Movie Software make HT a Waste of Resources?

Having a background in film, there are many reasons films are made. Film is nothing more than the medium in which a particular message is sent, just like the internet is a medium for you to espouse your opinions or direct people to the www.fair.org. I think it is the message contained in this medium, especially those that are from for-profit, Hollywood corporations that you are objecting to. But for every recycled 60's TV show turned into a movie, there are thoughtful projects that seek to expand one's intellect and get their messages out to a broader audience. Documentaries that can propell you from the relative confort of your sofa to the frontlines of war, famine and disease. In fact, one could argue without this medium, most people would be unaware of things outside of thier familiar surroundings or places they have visited. That said, there are movies made to advance one message, make people laugh, make people scared - to create a response. Some acheive this goal, others do not. I think you are selling the American people short who want to see these movies. They are no less stupid than people in Europe or Asia who line up to see the SAME films - only dubbed in their native languages! As far as obesity, greed, Enron, 9/11 or the supposed moral and spiritual superiority of the Islamic world (don't get me started there!) - I don't know what that has to do with the original statements you made. However, since we are lucky enough to live in a country that allows us the persuit of happiness, people who want to line up to buy Charlie's Angels' should be able to do so without judgement being passed on them. Just one man's opinion. Tony.

Why are more than 50% of the posts on this thread by you, Nanderson? In fact, every time someone responds you have a couple of follow-ups that espouse the same positions. Anti-Bush, anti-corporate anything, anti-Hollywood, anti-Enron ( which is understandable), anti-SUV. Oh, I almost forgot, anti-home theater. Would the world truly be a better place if Americans rode bicycles into work (presumeably work would be somewhere other than an evil Fortune 500 company), watched only independent films recorded in glorious, full-range mono? Maybe we should carry our little red books into work as well! It's a good thing you don't have anything against color film - most film purists would tell you color was an evil marketing scheme by Technicolor and later crammed down our throats by Kodak when all REAL art was filmed in black and white! Let's not even talk about that evil gimmick called television which threatened to turn people into zombies - after all, only rich and powerful people/organizations/companies could afford to put their messages on television and radio. Surely this means everyone who sits in front of a TV becomes a mere corporate stooge, ready to march to the orders being broadcast by their corporate masters! And if I recall, it was those evil Republicans in the Eisenhower administration who concocted that plot to put fluoride in our water supply. Or was that the Soviets? So long ago, I don't remember. It hurts my brain too much to think. Guess it's time to chase my Zoloft with another beer. Gotta go, "Funniest Commercials You've Never Seen" is coming on soon and I can't miss it. I laugh right along with the laugh track but I find I can't help myself. God deliver us from this foresaken land! Cheers!