Iron Sky - Space Nazi Steampunk

[LavCat]

This is why I am really frustrated with the movie industry as a whole, and also why I love bittorrent. There are tons of interesting movies out there, but no way for some people to actually pay to watch them. I worked in a store that sold retail DVDs for years and I would get disgusted when release dates for some of these obscure gems came around and we wouldn't get any to actually sell to people (note: I had no say in what DVDs we carried whatsoever). Sometimes we would get them months later in a bargain bin, but more often than not we'd never get them at all.

Really great movies like Sunshine, Children of Men, and Moon are excellent examples. I live in a decent-sized city and no local theatres were showing any of them. When the DVD release day came around, the store I worked in never got them. So I did the only thing I could do (other than not watch them at all) - I downloaded them via bittorrent. I eventually bought all three films on DVD six months to a year later - always in a bargain bin for less than $10 (which I almost hated, because I would absolutely have paid the $20+ full retail price for these movies on the release day).

I guess it sounds like I'm rationalizing movie piracy, but I'm really not. Movies are made so people can see them. Movies are also made so movie-makers can make money. The latter can't happen unless the former happens. This is sort of why I love to post reviews of some of these obscure gems on the Lounge - to get people to go out and find a way to buy them so similar movies get made.

edit: I will definitely buy Iron Sky when I see it for sale in physical form (either DVD or Blu-ray)

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