arrgster’s Comments

• Jan 29th, 2013 @ 2:58pm

  Well

  on Richard Marx And How Not To Act In The Internet Era
  If we take in account the actions of lindsay lohan and all the crazy stuff she's been doing, only to be offered 500k to appear somewhere. I would say acting like an ass probably may help more than hurt a persons career. Seriously, the most popular thing I hear about these days is honey boo boo. Come to think of it, I would say Richards only problem is he's not being ridiculous enough...
• Jul 24th, 2012 @ 2:49pm

  He wasn't watching the movie.

  on Attendee At Batman Shooting Plans To Sue Warner Bros For Making Batman Too Violent
  So if he had walked in to Ice Age would they be suing for making it too violent to squirrels? Ridiculousness!!!
• Jul 24th, 2012 @ 9:38am

  Numbers

  on Press Speculates Batman Shooter Must Have Played Video Games; They're Right: He Loved Guitar Hero
  When people start blaming video games or violent movies it really shows how little they know about the world as a whole.
  
  Lets just think about some numbers. Almost 7 billion people on the planet. Around 300 million people in the united states. There are around 40 million monthly players of call of duty at this time. At least 16 million people have seen batman so far.
  
  Now, how many have gone nuts and shot up a movie theater? 1
  
  world population 1 in 7 billion
  
  US citizens 1 in 300 million
  
  Call of duty players 0 in 40 million (he didn't play call of duty)
  
  Batman movie watchers 0 in 16 million (he wasn't watching the movie he walked in and shot up the place)
  
  So statistically he is a anomaly and very rare as a whole. We shouldn't start saying movies, games, or guns are bad because a minuscule percentage of the population did something very abnormal.
• Mar 21st, 2012 @ 6:50pm

  uumm

  on Parent Claims 'Ender's Game' Is Pornographic; Teacher Who Read It To Students Put On Temporary Leave
  I think there is more porn in the bible than in Enders Game.
• Apr 6th, 2011 @ 10:45am

  New business model

  on Why Chris Dodd Is Doing Everything Wrong With The MPAA
  New business model. I'll tell you what it's going to look like. Netflix is going to start producing their own movies and shows bypassing the studios. They won't worry about file sharing because at $8 a month why would most consumers go through the trouble of downloading a crappy possibly virus infected movie on some torrent.
  
  This is what the studios need to do. Get the price down to a level where quality and safety from viruses overcomes free. At that point they can start making that argument to the public. "look we have a high quality product that is safe and easy to purchase or rent".
• Jan 13th, 2011 @ 11:45am

  ggaaawddd

  on Rep. Peter King Wants Treasury Dept. To Put Wikileaks On Terrorist List
  Seriously, I love techdirt but I'm really starting to get depressed! Do any of our politicians believe in the basic idea of what the founding fathers were trying to accomplish. The government is FOR THE PEOPLE.