I unfortunately don't have MAX anymore after they dropped Westworld (and all the other crazy shit that happened around a year or so ago) so I may also have to borrow a copy from my friend the internet..

Edit: Looks like my son already put in a Requestarr for it and it's in Sonarr. The *arr stack really has changed the game after I was out of the scene for 10 or so years.

[–] loutr@sh.itjust.works 11 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Same, stopped pirating when Netflix became available here. By 2024 I was subscribed to 4 different services, and was still missing out on a lot of cool stuff. So when I got my first Prime video ad I just said fuck them, bought a NUC, set up jellyseerr+Jellyfin+a bunch of *arrs, and canceled all my subscriptions. Now I can watch anything I want, and the experience is so much better than any of the legal services.

[–] 7U5K3N@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 6 months ago

I have a copy of sg-1.

It's in widescreen, 1080p , the audio is from the Blu-ray and the video is an upscaled release.

My server crashed as I was in the middle.of my rewatch and so I jumped over to prime to continue as I rebuilt my server.

It's in 4:3, maybe 720p, horribly dark. Audio was recorded on two cans and a string and it has advertisements.

I couldn't watch it. It was such a painful experience.

[–] vulgarcynic@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

It's crazy how they fucked themselves out of revenue streams so completely. Within 6 months of canceling all our streaming services, I was able to pick up 4x16tb HDD's for a JBOD connected to a NUC for about the same cost (likely less all said).

A lot of us that grew up sailing the seas became stable enough to afford the media we wanted and docked our ships. Now, I'm back on my favorite newsgroups like it was 2001.

There's that quote from GabeN, I won't repost it, but it's true. There's a serious service problem and the greed isn't helping. Now I've got a multi terabyte NAS and backup with a streaming services and a Steam account I'll never make through the backlog of.

All that said, when possible, I still by the stuff I like on physical, but even that is getting harder and harder anymore.

The biggest mistakes these shareholder appeasing cock puppets are making is thinking we don't have a choice anymore. We do and they are greater than they've ever been.

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[–] dubyakay@lemmy.ca 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

What country is that? If it's Canada, then it was (maybe still is) available on stack.tv with ads through prime or apple(?). The delivery is atrocious and stack.tv is already pricey as hell, so I don't blame you if you pirate it.

Really good show though. Reminds me a lot of Les Maîtres du temps from the 80s.

[–] loutr@sh.itjust.works 4 points 6 months ago

Nope, France. I checked because I wanted to pay for it after pirating it.

[–] Norgur@kbin.social 76 points 6 months ago

How can this be damaging if you ain't trying to sell it to us in the first place?

[–] jabathekek@sopuli.xyz 72 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (10 children)

“When I was a kid we were lucky if we only had to wait 9 months to rent a theatrical release. The generation before mine had to hope and pray a favorite of theirs would be re-released or air on one of, like, 7 TV channels. ‘I want it now’ is not a real justification for piracy.”

They would do the same if they weren't so old and crusty.

*I'm probably around the same age as this bastard. At least I'm not as crusty.

[–] kakes@sh.itjust.works 52 points 6 months ago (1 children)

With corporations so consistently and vehemently acting in bad faith, I honestly don't think we need a further justification for piracy.

[–] Damage@feddit.it 2 points 6 months ago

Yeah fuck them, they're not being good citizens of the world anyway

[–] thefartographer@lemm.ee 32 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I can identify with that entire statement except for the last sentence. Hell, I'll accept "cuz it's Tuesday" as a valid reason for piracy.

My generation paid a lot for the type of shit that many of y'all take for granted and I think that's fucking fantastic. In fact, let's face it: my generation paid more than enough. Y'all should be stealing everything isn't already given for free by the corporations. If the BaCk iN my DaY squawkers wanna keep paying the poor innocent execs, then fine.

For everyone else, if it ain't nailed down or owned, take it. And if someone hoarded more than they could use in 10 lifetimes, eat them and then take everything. We should never forget what's been taken from us and it's pretty much your duty now to take it all back.

This isn't thievery, this is the fucking bill coming due.

[–] aniki@lemm.ee 6 points 6 months ago

I'd come to your church.

[–] BlueEther@no.lastname.nz 18 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

meh, it's those of us that are entering into our 50's that drove piracy in the early '90s and '00s. Hell, we were copying floppies in the 80s.

You youngins don't know how lucky you are, we had to push our bits up hill in both directions, in bare feet and the rain

[–] Damage@feddit.it 5 points 6 months ago

My father used to gift me a box of floppies with pirated games on them on Christmas, the next day ritual was checking each of them, 'cause half of them were duds. Still loved it, and I had no concept of piracy or it being wrong.

[–] lobut@lemmy.ca 9 points 6 months ago

These are the same people that abuse tax loopholes and lobby and shit. I don't pirate but I don't give two shit's on their holier than thou tone.

[–] BruceTwarzen@kbin.social 6 points 6 months ago

I love the notion of: we leu us getting scammed by big corporations like good little puppies and WE LIKED IT.

[–] ReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.com 5 points 6 months ago

Old is a state of mind, and these execs are OLD.

[–] dsemy@lemm.ee 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I'm not very old, but I remember as a kid my big sister would go to the local market and buy burned copies of movies still in theaters (which were usually a recording someone made of the movie in the theater).

[–] jabathekek@sopuli.xyz 2 points 6 months ago

Nice lol.

[–] Robin_net@beehaw.org 4 points 6 months ago

It's funny they act like piracy didn't exist before the internet. The tools are different and easier to use, but the justifications are the same. People want convenience, so if companies really cared about stopping piracy they would bend over backwards to make their content affordable and easy to access. Releasing only in theaters and/or doing the subscription shuffle is not convenient to the consumer.

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[–] billygoat@catata.fish 45 points 6 months ago (1 children)

IIRC this all came about because a different company has the rights to Godzilla in the US and that US distributor didn’t want -1.0 to cut into the sales of the new Godzilla Kong movie, which is all bullshit.

[–] Die4Ever@programming.dev 9 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Oh that's really dumb

Maybe they should've rushed it instead of delaying it lol

[–] alphacyberranger@sh.itjust.works 37 points 6 months ago

They were asking for it, since they didn't release it in theatres or in Blu-ray in many countries.

[–] glitchy_nobody@leminal.space 31 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I'd buy it on Blu-ray tomorrow if I could. They won't shut up and take my money...

[–] INHALE_VEGETABLES@aussie.zone 8 points 6 months ago

Psst kid hey it's me the director

[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 25 points 6 months ago

I love how the article right under this one tells you exactly how to pirate it lol

[–] veeesix@lemmy.ca 23 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Didn’t help that this only played in my city for a limited time in select theaters. Give us blurays!

[–] Pistcow@lemm.ee 8 points 6 months ago

Yeaah I keep checking ot see where I can watch it and can't find anything. Guess it's off to the high seas.

[–] vodka@lemm.ee 5 points 6 months ago

It played for 1 week in 1 cinema in my entire country.. :(

[–] Luvon@beehaw.org 3 points 6 months ago

I don’t think it even played in my country so…. How do they want me to buy it exactly…

[–] hal_5700X@sh.itjust.works 14 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Being an Japanese only release for the Blu-ray. Will do that.

EDIT Why Japanese companies are so fucking stupid?

[–] aniki@lemm.ee 10 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

b b b but legendary has to sell a shitty godzilla vs. kong that no one gives a shit about!~ wont you think of the cross-licensing confusion?!!?

[–] applepie@kbin.social 8 points 6 months ago

Execs in shambles

[–] Rodneyck@lemm.ee 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Good job everyone!

[–] Midnight1938@reddthat.com 2 points 6 months ago

I did it exactly 12 hours ago

[–] YeeHawSeeSaw@lemm.ee 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Any copies of “the most pirated movie in the world” the dubbed version?

[–] DarkDaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 6 months ago

Someone mentioned the dubbed version might not be until November. I couldn't confirm it but I assume when ever it releases worldwide.

[–] shirro@aussie.zone 7 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I have been wanting to watch this since release but it isn't showing anywhere near me or streaming or available to purchase and ironically I haven't pirated because I figured everyone was in the same situation so good quality rips would be scarce. This movie is a spectacular example of all that is wrong with geographical distribution rights. I will probably still wait for a legit stream on this one because I want to send a positive signal if any service grabs the rights but I can't blame people for making other choices. Copyright is supposed to protect the rights holders so they can profit from their work but in cases like this it just stops them connecting with their audience and they get nothing, neither money or exposure. I don't think piracy is harming anyone in this situation.

[–] ancoraunamoka@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Can someone explain to me how this movie stand in the whole godzilla franchise?

Suppose I am a guy who only watched the original godzilla movies from 85

[–] zipzoopaboop@lemmynsfw.com 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

It's basically a remake/update of the original

Edit: not the American edit

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[–] TurboHarbinger@feddit.cl 6 points 6 months ago

Is there another way to get it?

[–] Default_Defect@midwest.social 4 points 6 months ago

I'm absolutely buying it when I can. So good.

[–] KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 months ago

I went out of my way to see Minus One Minus Color.

[–] beaxingu@kbin.run 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

japan should just have streaming service for all there shit already instead of always Licensing it to companies in every country. if they keep doing it this way then there just doing it too themselfs.

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