Ah, yeah, it might have been the implication that they were equivalent that got me thinking that rather than them using “download” instead of “steal”.
They also lost me with the sappy ads about the crews that don’t make millions from the movies, as if the studios would even be able to produce movies without paying crews (and weren’t already doing everything they could to reduce that expense).
Especially when I knew that it was the studios’ fault theatres had to gouge people on snacks because those greedy fucks wanted all of the ticket sales money, despite theatres requiring money to run and maintain.
And don’t get me started on Hollywood accounting and how it was used to claim Return of the Jedi made 0 profit to fuck over the actor behind one of the most iconic roles in film (who wanted royalties instead of a set pay but made the mistake of believing they were negotiating with him in good faith and weren’t just fucking vultures).
The original ad was “you wouldn’t steal a car,” literally claiming that downloading a movie is morally equivalent to carjacking.
From the people who brought us private sex islands, in both underage and cult varieties. Fucking hate Hollywood dictating morality to everyone else.
Ah, yeah, it might have been the implication that they were equivalent that got me thinking that rather than them using “download” instead of “steal”.
They also lost me with the sappy ads about the crews that don’t make millions from the movies, as if the studios would even be able to produce movies without paying crews (and weren’t already doing everything they could to reduce that expense).
Especially when I knew that it was the studios’ fault theatres had to gouge people on snacks because those greedy fucks wanted all of the ticket sales money, despite theatres requiring money to run and maintain.
And don’t get me started on Hollywood accounting and how it was used to claim Return of the Jedi made 0 profit to fuck over the actor behind one of the most iconic roles in film (who wanted royalties instead of a set pay but made the mistake of believing they were negotiating with him in good faith and weren’t just fucking vultures).