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Finally, thank god. I love DRM. Im really flag those studios delayed releasing their titles because I didn't really want to buy those movies if other people were possibly going to burn them and put them on bittorrent. If a movie is on bittorrent, is just kinda feels dirty, and I just can't enjoy watching them. Thanks Sony and Disney!

My 11 share pickup of apple shares 2 weeks ago is looking better and better. :)

Wow, by a little, you really meant alittle. They acheive that effect using the http://script.aculo.us/ javascript library. It s actually just ONE line of javascript they had to write. Check out the wiki for some documentation on the effect they used:

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Just had another idea. There are alot more people out there with awesome home theatres. These people are usually passionate about film, and are the "Mavens" and "Early Adopters" or people you want spreading word of mouth about your movie. These people also usually follow the films they want to see for months, if not years, before the movie comes out. Entire weekends are planned around movies. But, most of these people would rather watch the movie in their home theatres, if they had a choice, and they would pay for it. Why not provide some sort of pre-order for the movie industry. People could pre-order a one-time/one-weekend use dvd that would be delivered to their door the day the movie opens. This happens with books and amazon all the time. It also gives you a clue as to whether the movie will be popular or not. If the movie is good, the film fan who bought the pre-order for opening weekend will tell his co-workers and others about the movie who then might see it the next weekend. OK, its late, and I just took some nyquil *sp. Night.

First off I think its pretty cool your humble enough to ask the general public for ideas. On to the topic, here are some of my thoughts: 1) I don't think the affiliate marketing will take off. Affiliate marketing can bring a "dishonest" stigma to recommendations. Imagine if your viewing someones myspace profile and checking out their favorite movies. If you find out half their "favorite" movies are affiliates, then they will no longer be trusted for recommendations. 2) Correct me if I am wrong but most movies now are promoted nationwide, without discrimination of the local demand. Since movies are distributed in large film reels, that are expensive, flexibility in showtimes/locations/entire cities and or regions is basically nonexistent. So if your promoting to regions or areas where the potential demand is low, then it seems like a waste of money. The way to change this is digital distribution, which I know is happening right now. By dramatically lowering the costs and increasing the speeds of distribution, showtimes are much more flexible. Entire regions where money would be wasted in promotion and distribution would be effectivly reduced, as well as costs, and those savings can be used to market in the areas with latent demand. Before a movie is even released, do market research and reduce eliminate the regions that aren't cost productive. 3) There is a very large spanish demographic in the US. Telemundo is extremely successful. Why not create spanish specific movies. Thats just a little footnote of a point. Good Luck Mark.

What about the dog behind the couch to the left? Thats what put this really over the top.

You guys rock. Me likey the treo!

Have you read the books. Obviously there is a chance that he could be killed off. Its clearly stated that Harry Potter and Voldomort cannot coexist, so one of them will have to die. I doubt it will be harry though, remember, these started as kids books, and, as adult as they have become, I would highly doubt she would kill off the character whose made her billions.

IM sure he was a nice guy, but man, saw I sucked. It had a horrible cast, plot holes bigger than texas, and whoever edited that film should be pulled out to the side of the studio and executed.