And I don\'t recall saying that you did, or I would have used your name.
\"What an arrogant ass! How nice it must be to wander through life with a purely black and white view of the universe. If you can\'t re-read that paragraph and understand why this entire forum sees you as a know-it-all prick and dismisses your posts as soapbox pronouncements, you\'re hopeless.\"
When did I claim I \"know it all?\"
\"I don\'t live in Australia, and neither do most of the other members here. Mostly because our ancestors weren\'t criminals deported to an island prison.\"
No, but most of what I said can be taken universally. None of my ancestors were criminals deported to Australia either. They came here peacefully of their own free will.
\"Again, Blade Runner isn\'t about preservation. Here\'s what it\'s about: some guys on a Star Wars forum who love Blade Runner, own the retail DVD, and are disatisfied with its quality. So one of them took an HD broadcast that\'s been floating around the web for who knows how long and created a kickass DVD out of it. Hopefully, these guys will buy the retail release when it comes. I know I will. I\'ll certainly be the first in line for the HD-DVD or BluRay release.\"
Now if one of the members here adds it to a torrent site, don\'t you think that *other* people from this site and not from it will want to download it? People who don\'t necessarily own the DVD?
\"I alse see a bunch of future buyers of the 25th anniversary edition (or whatever anniversary it is by the time it gets released).\"
I\'m prepared to wait it out for the next release. You see it\'s not that they don\'t want us to have it, Blade Runner has been tied up in legal issues since the stone age of DVD.
\"Absurd hyperbole. Disney is known for holding out, so they\'re the perfect studio to prove your point.\"
Disney is also known for selling-out.
\"Also, name the studio who would release a film to theaters for 57 years without providing a retail release in this day and age. You could at least set up a hypothetical situation that had a chance of actually happening.\"
Then don\'t look at it now, look at the past. How would you have felt about copies of Snow White being shared, assuming it was a film you love, and assuming that you\'ve had ever opportunity to see it in theatres each time Disney released it?
And really Jay there\'s no need for name-calling.