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Also true.
Excellent point!
I believe that Diversity was an old, old wooden ship. But I dig that you got the reference. :)
Great idea!
True. Like the video game, it's a 'cartoon' of sorts, so I don't expect anything resembling reality, but for some reason this sequence lacked immersion for me because I couldn't buy it even for a moment.
I had a feeling it couldn't be done. Why did they have to pick a stunt which has such an incredible premise?
Cash.
Apple Pay - or even using debit cards - is so much better than having to juggle change, having exact change, having to retrieve the right amount of money, or having to break a fifty because you were 10 cents short.
Hi Janet,
If you are still searching for this, it is now streaming on the Criterion Channel!
That makes sense. I'm guessing that running server farms isn't free, either.
True enough!!
I have thought about this, too, and the same can be said for games! Often, you can buy a Playstation game on a disc for the same price or even less than the digital version.
I think it's good to buy a Blu Ray or DVD of any movie that you really like for the reasons you stated.
They do cover the history of the Bend, Oregon location: it started out as an independent store, and they talk about the conversion to Blockbuster, and there's even a bit of suspense towards the end when the owner is waiting to find out from Dish Network (the owners of Blockbuster, Inc) whether or not her Blockbuster licence will be renewed.
As of the making of the film, the location was still in business, and as I understand it, it remains so as of today!
Balaban is awesome. Nice!
Woody Allen
Steven Wright
Mitch Hedberg
Ricky Gervais
George Carlin
Dave Allen
Jerry Seinfeld
I've experienced similar...to an extent.
In my situation, when I wanted to kiss her, she explained that she wanted to maybe wait until next time, which wasn't a problem for me. She didn't follow up and give me a serve about it, though. She just agreed to another date, didn't bring it up again (neither did I) and it worked out fine.
So although it's not a usual occurrence, it's not unheard of.
What I have found to be true is that things generally go south if you like each other and you *don't* make your intentions clear and don't move things forward. That just makes people bored and they move on without you.
Where I do think your situation is unusual is that she later berated you over attempting to kiss her. That would be my cue to get out of there. That's just silly behaviour, especially considering that she was flirty, giving you signs of interest, etc.
So at that point, I wouldn't have given her a hard time in return, I'd just text back, 'Sorry about that. I honestly didn't mean to offend you and I wouldn't have done it had I known it would have that effect. It seems like we're not really looking for the same thing and it might be best to leave it there. I appreciate your time. Stay safe'. And then hit send and delete her number.
That's very true, of course, and an important mindset in life, but sometimes other people's logic eludes you so you want to gain some insight into why they think the way they do.
I used to work as a cinema projectionist for over 25 years, and I started a DVD rental store from scratch and owned and operated that for 10 years.
I've made a couple of short films in the past but never had enough time to pursue this. Now I finally have the time (since those above occupations no longer exist!) I plan to make more shorts. That's the main thing I plan to spend my time with.
I wonder how streaming companies get away with such a sparse selection? Why isn't there more demand, or rather why don't they respond to the demand for a more comprehensive selection?
I can only conclude that either the demise of DVD is greatly exaggerated, or demand for the missing titles doesn't exist. I don't know how else to reconcile the disparity.
Edit: The rent/stream option is better as you say, however it is region specific. The selection available on the US iTunes store, for example, is far superior to that available on the Australian iTunes store. Neither selection is a patch on what's on disc, however.
Where it gets really confounding is when you find people for whom CD, DVD and Blu Ray is obsolete...but they embrace vinyl. (For the record - no pun intended - there's absolutely nothing wrong with vinyl, but the combination of eschewing DVD but embracing vinyl is quite the head scratcher).
I think you touch upon a good point here: why are people so keen to call discs obsolete? To appear cool, maybe, and for the media, it's great clickbait.