How many Movies/TV shows on your Computer/Hard Drive? - General Discussion Discussion

[–] olioz (3865) 8 years ago

You have over 8000 movies on your computer, wow, have you seen all of those?

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[–] janX9 (446) 8 years ago

I wish I had that much time on my hands!

I also have 2600 burned disks with multiple movies on each disc. There's approximately 6000 movies on them. I have yet to copy them to my hard drive though, so I didn't add them to the list.

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[–] Popcorn Kernel (2368) 8 years ago

What is the point of owning all that if you can never watch it all?

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[–] janX9 (446) 8 years ago

Of course my library is overkill, but collecting is a hobby/pastime of mine, also, if the mood strikes me and I want to watch it, I have it.

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[–] olioz (3865) 8 years ago

I have seen roughly around 4000 movies and it has taken me 30 years and I feel like I spend a lot of time watching movies. So good luck going through your collection LOL

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[–] Sentient Meat (1509) 8 years ago

It's amazing how much the American economy has lost to piracy... I say American only because we made the bulk of intellectual property. If you take your collection and multiply this by millions of people around the world, this would easily erase our trade deficit. Now one can argue they would have never bought any of this if they had to pay for it, but the fact is that people would buy quite a bit before they could get it for free. The sad part is that many people who would have gone into independent filmmaking, composing, writing, journalism, software designing have been discouraged from pursuing those careers because they know their hard work will be stolen. Even porno has gone downhill as models are only being paid in the hundreds what used to earn them thousands.

No judgment against the OP as almost anyone that's under sixty to seventy years old pirates stuff... I'm just commenting on how much artists and the American economy have lost.

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[–] arvin g borkar (2854) 8 years ago

Then again, if you can see a movie for free, why not? The movie industry is just as mad that they are not getting the money for their ideas, as we are, for sometimes wasting money on a movie that was mediocre. Movie making is as underhanded a way to make money as offering advice for a fee.

Of course, I am a hypocrite so I will also agree that movie making/ t.v making was actually a GOOD idea in making money. Who would have thought taking a camera, coming up with a plot on almost anything, and then selling it to people willing to buy it, would actually make money? When I use to buy movies, I always thought I was paying more for the d.v.d and case, instead of the idea.

Being on a movie set also has perks too. They feed you, pay you a day rate + overtime, which most main stream jobs do not do much anymore and you get to be publicized (if a principal or a lucky extra).

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[–] Sentient Meat (1509) 8 years ago

Ehh... by that logic you should be able to steal clothes if you don't like the way they fit, or a car if it has a poor repair record. No one cares about intellectual property theft because it keeps the population medicated while the wealthy steal everything else. People feel rich because they have a hard drive full of stuff like that OP listed, but they cannot afford to buy a house or pay for college. The middle class has traded real wealth for virtual wealth and most of us live like the coffin people in The Matrix or the fat people in WALL-E. We just don't see it because we're "busy" binge watching shows and porn and playing MMOs and listening to music instead of truly existing in the real world.

There's nothing wrong with that if you truly enjoy what you're doing, but just be aware that's what they are trying to do to us.

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[–] arvin g borkar (2854) 8 years ago

Very true.

For the clothes and the cars though, I would consider that theft (yes I am being a hypocrite again) because to me those are products.

In our economy, money changes hands when they either sell a product, idea, or service. Somehow, I do not think ideas are marketable; however, the movie industry has proved me wrong. Everyone one on a movie set provides a service and so, to me, I would think they should be paid for doing that. I go back and forth with myself.

All in all, I guess it would make sense that we are really doing a disservice by not actually buying the movie, before we download it. Thing is, if I really need to see a movie and I am broke, I am going to consolidate. I am going to watch that movie or t.v. show on my overpriced internet. The internet is a product/service and I just saved myself $9.50 to go watch it at a cinema. Oh wait, I saved gas getting to the cinema too!

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[–] Sentient Meat (1509) 8 years ago

In the same way a factory worker builds a car, or a seamstress sews a dress... the writer or composer sits at a desk laboring for hours to try to make their characters or music come to life. Just because you can't hold it in your hands doesn't mean it didn't require the same amount of labor. It's kind of like if you asked a masseuse to your house and then after enjoying the massage telling them that you don't see any finished product, so you're not going to pay them. We still pay for movies and shows though... we pay the telecoms and tech companies money that we used to give to movie studios and publishing houses. True, it's a lower rate but the money's going to the wrong people.

I respect that at least you think about it. Most people don't give a fuck about it at all. Remember, in the long run we are only hurting ourselves as there will ultimately be less artists and more coders and telecom workers.

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[–] arvin g borkar (2854) 8 years ago

I think it is horrible at what the music industry does to musicians and singers. Apparently, the studio takes a bulk of the money and it should be actually going to those few individuals. The movie industry is kind of different, when you look at the actors/actresses. The actors/actresses make a huge bulk of the money and the agent gets maybe 10% out of it. That is how it should be.

Being an extra on sets, I am considered a dog of the set. We eat separately and sometimes even leftover that principals get first dibs on. We may get that day rate and overtime (day rate is mostly minimum wage x8 and then overtime at time and a half, double time after 12). I feel for the crew because they may get $500/day, if that, and the principals, directors, and executive producers, who own those studios, get the rest of the bank.

Yes, scriptwriters, especially get the shaft. In fact, most of what they write does not even go into the movie. Yeah, that's right. The script is overseen by the producer and director and they will tell the writer of the changes that should be made, before they even consider it. If they do not consider it, that writer is broke for that amount of time.

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[–] Sentient Meat (1509) 8 years ago

The CEOs and executives have always stolen the bulk of the money, by this logic you should steal from Walmart as the Waltons have billions while their workers get minimum wage. Only problem with this is that they are insured, and when you shoplift... all they do is write off the losses on their taxes and the poor pay for it in higher prices or if the company is making less money all they will do is fire some workers. Ideally if you pirate you should send money directly to the artists and writers who you admire, but of course people are too lazy to do this.

At least the old way they would get some money, even if it was pennies on the dollar. Now they pretty much get nothing.

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[–] arvin g borkar (2854) 8 years ago

There were many ways in which the old school way of things was better. I do agree. I felt that things started getting scammish after the 1980s. Businesses seem to thrive, people would get paid fairly, everything seemed more ethical, and the wage lined up with the products. Now, everything is in the trash.

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[–] Sentient Meat (1509) 8 years ago

remember what I said about how we feel rich because we have access to intellectual property... that is the key to how the rich got away with income inequality. If the internet got shut off for a month there would be chaos, if not out and out revolution.

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[–] arvin g borkar (2854) 8 years ago

If movie chat.org was shutdown for a hour, we would become crazy. lol

The internet, I could deal with. I would just move to another internet provider because Spectrum is making me cough up $65/month. Now if you meant every internet service......

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[–] MinaVladimir (4086) 8 years ago

$65 a month? What's included in that, if you don't mind me asking?

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[–] arvin g borkar (2854) 8 years ago

Probably not what you would want to hear, but basic land line internet. I am talking cable connected to modem to get internet access. Even more so, the internet keeps going out every few minutes and so sometimes, the page does not load.

I know that is pricey for internet, but it is better than any other internet in my area. I know I have the option of Windstream and apparently, you have to have a contract with them and they charge you a fee, just to use their modem. It pretty much comes out to being the same thing.

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[–] MinaVladimir (4086) 8 years ago

Oh, man. I knew the Internet was tricky business in the US, but $65 for a landline. I suppose it'd cost too much to upgrade the whole network (or whatever you call it).

Not that the prices aren't going up here as well. And the big companies are buying out all the smaller cable/internet providers, and slowly but surely establishing a monopoly. But I jumped to a small (I mean a few city neighbourhoods) provider the first chance I got. I just hope they don't get swallowed up as well.

My sympathies go out to you.

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[–] arvin g borkar (2854) 8 years ago

It did not help that I had a job loss as well. It is getting to be up there with my credit card minimum payments. Imagine having to absorb that cost every month!

Well what the cable companies do here is exactly that. In KY, it is a very unregulated state. Businesses thrive doing anything and having any way they want. I felt better in CA where at least there were more options and maybe there was some talk about new businesses out competing these monopoly bulldozers.

What this business, Spectrum, does is make you pay a large fee for a la carte services and then lower the price as you buy more. The result is you calling them up and asking for lower prices and the only way to get a lower price is to bundle with cable or phone. Then again, how would you know it was a lower price? They could jack up the price to be $150 and it would be better than paying $65 for internet and another $85 for cable. This is starting to become theft.

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[–] Catbookss (13664) 8 years ago

I can't even imagine what would happen if the internet were for some reason shut off for a month. Or even a week. Or a few days!

We've all become extremely dependent on it. It's become like a utility -- electricity, gas, water. Likewise cell phones.

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[–] MinaVladimir (4086) 8 years ago

Regarding feeling rich: There is a reason why books, movies and music are among the most wide spread contraband in restrictive regimes. They can be used to dull down the population, but the opposite could be achieved as well.

I suggest checking out Chuck Norris vs. Communism. Though it's a bit exaggerated, it shows an interesting perspective on the impact movies and piracy could have, set in late Socialist Romania.

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[–] Sentient Meat (1509) 8 years ago

Trust me, most of these people are downloading Transformers movies, not Edward Said or Noam Chomsky clips.

I'll check out that video if I can find it, thanks for the recommendation.

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[–] Popcorn Kernel (2368) 8 years ago

Probably only one or two. I don't really collect movies like that because I rarely watch the same movie more than once. There are so many that I haven't seen before. I would usually choose to see something I haven't seen yet, not to rewatch something, so there is no need to keep/save/collect movies. There are just a few I have collected, mostly ones that are visually or stylistically dazzling. And in those few cases I would usually want it on dvd not just on my computer.

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[–] croft_alice (12180) 8 years ago

I own the entire series of :24, fallying skies,the walking dead and fringe,besides the number of movies that i can't tell you how many,alot anyway,but the "cherry on the cake" ,for me is RESIDENT EVIL ,the full movie collection.
Games:on ps 3 i have some titles including 2 RE games and 2 TR.
On xbox one i have TR: definitive edition and rise of the tomb raider

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