From: jrjj@moscom.UUCP (Jad Jordan)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.disney
Subject: Re: pinocchio
Date: 22 Jul 92 17:07:25 GMT
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In article <19430@optima.cs.arizona.edu> gln@cs.arizona.edu (Gary L. Newell) writes:
> good - I hope they don't even make that. Screw them and their stupid video
>policy. This myth that they are somehow allowed to milk their product in
>anyway they choose and the public should simply sit back and drink it
>up is assinine. They have already released the damn movie on video tape and 
>made money and most likely will again soon and make a great deal more money
>I know I won't feel bad for them. I really wish that most folks just blew
>their ridiculous - "oh it really is new and important" ads off and sent them
>home with a loss on this release. Their video release policy is absurd and 
>is a slap in the face of disney fans everywhere if you ask me. Someone please
>explain to me why I should payu 6$-7$ to see this film rather then wait a
>couple months and see it at the 1$-$2.50 theaters, particularly since I can 
>go down to the local video store and rent it for 99 cents.... 
>OH MY!!! I thought they needed to wait until there was some significant
>advance in video technology before they'd re-release their films on
>video - what a pile of sh*t. 
> No don't - don't support their idea that they can live off the past *over
>and over again* every 7-10 years. They are producing quality films and can 
>should survive off that quality along with the sales of yet to be released
>videos rather than releasing the films for limited periods of time. I'll
>be damned if I'll pay $6.50 a head to see Pinnochio or say "Lady and the
>Tramp" when I can watch them both for nothing as it is.... like they need the
>money....





Oh Oh. Somebody's in a grumpy mood.

So, let me ask you something. If you don't want to see it, you don't have to
see it. Is there any real resaon to be this upset about it?

      
      ()_()  Jad R. J. Jordan		"I hope we never loose sight of one 
       (_)   MOSCOM Corporation. 	 thing... That it all started with a
	     jrjj@moscom.com		 mouse."  - Walter E. Disney
						(the all-mighty creator) 

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In article <19430@optima.cs.arizona.edu> gln@cs.arizona.edu (Gary L. Newell) writes:
> good - I hope they don't even make that. Screw them and their stupid video
>policy. This myth that they are somehow allowed to milk their product in
>anyway they choose and the public should simply sit back and drink it
>up is assinine. They have already released the damn movie on video tape and 
>made money and most likely will again soon and make a great deal more money
>I know I won't feel bad for them. I really wish that most folks just blew
>their ridiculous - "oh it really is new and important" ads off and sent them
>home with a loss on this release. Their video release policy is absurd and 
>is a slap in the face of disney fans everywhere if you ask me. Someone please
>explain to me why I should payu 6$-7$ to see this film rather then wait a
>couple months and see it at the 1$-$2.50 theaters, particularly since I can 
>go down to the local video store and rent it for 99 cents.... 
>OH MY!!! I thought they needed to wait until there was some significant
>advance in video technology before they'd re-release their films on
>video - what a pile of sh*t. 
> hmmm... could this perhaps have to do with the fact that it was already
>released on video and many of us have seen it a million timesw and think that
>blowing another $6 to see it again is stupid?
> No don't - don't support their idea that they can live off the past *over
>and over again* every 7-10 years. They are producing quality films and can 
>should survive off that quality along with the sales of yet to be released
>videos rather than releasing the films for limited periods of time. I'll
>be damned if I'll pay $6.50 a head to see Pinnochio or say "Lady and the
>Tramp" when I can watch them both for nothing as it is.... like they need the
>money....





Oh Oh. Somebody's in a grumpy mood.



So, let me ask you something. If you don't want to see it, you don't have to
see it. Is there any real resaon to be this upset about it?

      



      ()_()  Jad R. J. Jordan		"I hope we never loose sight of one 
       (_)   MOSCOM Corporation. 	 thing... That it all started with a
	     jrjj@moscom.com		 mouse."  - Walter E. Disney
						(the all-mighty creator) 
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