Comments on: Eli Roth blames pirates for the failure of his crappy movie http://www.ericdsnider.com/blog/2007/06/18/eli-roth-blames-pirates-for-the-failure-of-his-crappy-movie/ Eric D. Snider's blog. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 06:10:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Ian http://www.ericdsnider.com/blog/2007/06/18/eli-roth-blames-pirates-for-the-failure-of-his-crappy-movie/#comment-41760 Ian Mon, 25 Jun 2007 09:28:27 +0000 http://www.ericdsnider.com/blog/2007/06/18/eli-roth-blames-pirates-for-the-failure-of-his-crappy-movie/#comment-41760 It looks like the post you quoted above is no longer up at Eli's MySpace page. Or is it perhaps only viewable by his friends...? It looks like the post you quoted above is no longer up at Eli’s MySpace page.

Or is it perhaps only viewable by his friends…?

]]> By: Ian http://www.ericdsnider.com/blog/2007/06/18/eli-roth-blames-pirates-for-the-failure-of-his-crappy-movie/#comment-40890 Ian Wed, 20 Jun 2007 07:52:37 +0000 http://www.ericdsnider.com/blog/2007/06/18/eli-roth-blames-pirates-for-the-failure-of-his-crappy-movie/#comment-40890 Further to Rob D.'s comment -- R-rated horror in particular has done very badly this year, and in fact HOSTEL PART II's performance is right in line with movies like THE HITCHER, DEAD SILENCE, VACANCY & THE HILLS HAVE EYES 2. This is too bad, as I'm a fan of serious horror -- but the quality of these R-rated horror offerings has been pretty low, so the folks who are making these movies have only themselves to blame... Further to Rob D.’s comment — R-rated horror in particular has done very badly this year, and in fact HOSTEL PART II’s performance is right in line with movies like THE HITCHER, DEAD SILENCE, VACANCY & THE HILLS HAVE EYES 2.

This is too bad, as I’m a fan of serious horror — but the quality of these R-rated horror offerings has been pretty low, so the folks who are making these movies have only themselves to blame…

]]> By: Kyralessa http://www.ericdsnider.com/blog/2007/06/18/eli-roth-blames-pirates-for-the-failure-of-his-crappy-movie/#comment-40849 Kyralessa Wed, 20 Jun 2007 01:06:04 +0000 http://www.ericdsnider.com/blog/2007/06/18/eli-roth-blames-pirates-for-the-failure-of-his-crappy-movie/#comment-40849 Note too, of course, that everyone who ever pirated a movie anywhere in the world would have paid full price to see it in a theater otherwise. I especially enjoy this argument in the software industry. If a kid in China gets an illegal copy of SQL Server, Microsoft counts it as $5000 in piracy losses. Because if the kid couldn't have pirated SQL Server, you see, he naturally would've just ponied up the $5K to buy it. _Clearly_ it's a lost sale. Note too, of course, that everyone who ever pirated a movie anywhere in the world would have paid full price to see it in a theater otherwise.

I especially enjoy this argument in the software industry. If a kid in China gets an illegal copy of SQL Server, Microsoft counts it as $5000 in piracy losses. Because if the kid couldn’t have pirated SQL Server, you see, he naturally would’ve just ponied up the $5K to buy it. _Clearly_ it’s a lost sale.

]]> By: Greg http://www.ericdsnider.com/blog/2007/06/18/eli-roth-blames-pirates-for-the-failure-of-his-crappy-movie/#comment-40835 Greg Tue, 19 Jun 2007 23:40:24 +0000 http://www.ericdsnider.com/blog/2007/06/18/eli-roth-blames-pirates-for-the-failure-of-his-crappy-movie/#comment-40835 You're wrong about one thing, Eric. The music industry pulls the piracy excuse far more frequently than the movie industry. At least they've learned that DRM is pointless and actually costs them more money than piracy ever did. Hope the MPAA wisens up to that point. You’re wrong about one thing, Eric. The music industry pulls the piracy excuse far more frequently than the movie industry. At least they’ve learned that DRM is pointless and actually costs them more money than piracy ever did. Hope the MPAA wisens up to that point.

]]> By: John Doe http://www.ericdsnider.com/blog/2007/06/18/eli-roth-blames-pirates-for-the-failure-of-his-crappy-movie/#comment-40824 John Doe Tue, 19 Jun 2007 22:18:44 +0000 http://www.ericdsnider.com/blog/2007/06/18/eli-roth-blames-pirates-for-the-failure-of-his-crappy-movie/#comment-40824 This whole pirated thing reminds me of the "Whose Line Is It Anyway" skit with the theme of "give money to the stars". Pirating wasn't a big problem back then, but the theme is the same: We don't have enough money! People need to give us more money! Feel sorry for movie folks who only make a couple of million a year. As Weird Al said "Stop taking away money from artists just like me. How else can I afford another solid gold humvee. And diamond studded swimming pools, these things don't grow on trees." Sorry, it's hard to feel sorry for folks who make more in a year than I will in my entire life. This whole pirated thing reminds me of the “Whose Line Is It Anyway” skit with the theme of “give money to the stars”. Pirating wasn’t a big problem back then, but the theme is the same: We don’t have enough money! People need to give us more money! Feel sorry for movie folks who only make a couple of million a year.

As Weird Al said “Stop taking away money from artists just like me. How else can I afford another solid gold humvee. And diamond studded swimming pools, these things don’t grow on trees.” Sorry, it’s hard to feel sorry for folks who make more in a year than I will in my entire life.

]]> By: BeeDub http://www.ericdsnider.com/blog/2007/06/18/eli-roth-blames-pirates-for-the-failure-of-his-crappy-movie/#comment-40822 BeeDub Tue, 19 Jun 2007 22:00:40 +0000 http://www.ericdsnider.com/blog/2007/06/18/eli-roth-blames-pirates-for-the-failure-of-his-crappy-movie/#comment-40822 The guy is just a few hairs shy of being Mr. Unibrow. Respect! Also: I've never seen an Eli Roth movie, and I never will. The guy is just a few hairs shy of being Mr. Unibrow. Respect!

Also: I’ve never seen an Eli Roth movie, and I never will.

]]> By: card http://www.ericdsnider.com/blog/2007/06/18/eli-roth-blames-pirates-for-the-failure-of-his-crappy-movie/#comment-40805 card Tue, 19 Jun 2007 20:37:51 +0000 http://www.ericdsnider.com/blog/2007/06/18/eli-roth-blames-pirates-for-the-failure-of-his-crappy-movie/#comment-40805 I'm with the Sylar/Ben Stiller crowd, too. I’m with the Sylar/Ben Stiller crowd, too.

]]> By: Rob D. http://www.ericdsnider.com/blog/2007/06/18/eli-roth-blames-pirates-for-the-failure-of-his-crappy-movie/#comment-40798 Rob D. Tue, 19 Jun 2007 19:49:22 +0000 http://www.ericdsnider.com/blog/2007/06/18/eli-roth-blames-pirates-for-the-failure-of-his-crappy-movie/#comment-40798 Eli Roth is obviously completely wrong about why his movie failed. That being said, I'm not a big horror movie guy- but I do like rated "R" movies. "R" rated movies haven't done well at the box office and there are less and less of them. This year, Knocked up and 300 are the exceptions. Eli Roth is obviously completely wrong about why his movie failed. That being said, I’m not a big horror movie guy- but I do like rated “R” movies. “R” rated movies haven’t done well at the box office and there are less and less of them. This year, Knocked up and 300 are the exceptions.

]]> By: AdamOndi http://www.ericdsnider.com/blog/2007/06/18/eli-roth-blames-pirates-for-the-failure-of-his-crappy-movie/#comment-40789 AdamOndi Tue, 19 Jun 2007 18:39:55 +0000 http://www.ericdsnider.com/blog/2007/06/18/eli-roth-blames-pirates-for-the-failure-of-his-crappy-movie/#comment-40789 So a guy who looks almost exactly like Sylar makes a horrid movie filled with disgusting visuals and a plot that is identical to the original..... Yes, it was definitely piracy that killed this movie. I mean, there are exactly three people I know who have ever gone through the enormous hassle of downloading a movie on the Internet. His whiny rant would have been more accurate if he had blamed pygmy witch-doctors in South America for causing his movie to fail when they made a voodoo doll out of the first Hostel DVD. So a guy who looks almost exactly like Sylar makes a horrid movie filled with disgusting visuals and a plot that is identical to the original….. Yes, it was definitely piracy that killed this movie. I mean, there are exactly three people I know who have ever gone through the enormous hassle of downloading a movie on the Internet. His whiny rant would have been more accurate if he had blamed pygmy witch-doctors in South America for causing his movie to fail when they made a voodoo doll out of the first Hostel DVD.

]]> By: Carrie http://www.ericdsnider.com/blog/2007/06/18/eli-roth-blames-pirates-for-the-failure-of-his-crappy-movie/#comment-40787 Carrie Tue, 19 Jun 2007 18:02:45 +0000 http://www.ericdsnider.com/blog/2007/06/18/eli-roth-blames-pirates-for-the-failure-of-his-crappy-movie/#comment-40787 Peptidefarmer, I'm with you. That's hilarious. Peptidefarmer, I’m with you. That’s hilarious.

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