Thought I'd share this website with all of you because it's possibly the best website I've ever encountered. I'm not sure how to describe it. It's like Hulu on steroids. You can watch watch pretty much any movie you want, even if it's still in theaters. I just finished watching Duncan Jones' Moon (which was awesome).  You don't even have to deal with torrents or other peer-to-peer garbage. Its all streaming video like Hulu. Check it out.

-the 37th President

Some people may not like the fact that you posted this.

A few sites like this exist and they are good if you don't mind lackluster quality.

I imagine there would some legality issues with this site.

Nope, the site is legal. They would have something like this somewhere:

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Like Surf The Channel does. The site would be legal, as they are just a portal to ILLEGAL streaming sites. This is the same as peer to peer torrent sites (some of them).

I have found that Megavideo usually has very lovely quality when streaming and recommend it.

Quoted from Old Time Wesley Some people may not like the fact that you posted this. A few sites like this exist and they are good if you don't mind lackluster quality.

I've actually been surprised by how good the quality has been. The stream of Star Trek I watched was near DVD quality. I guess people are bringing better cameras to the theaters.

For us screenwriters who want to make it in the business, sites like this ain't good as it stops people splashing the cash.

Quoted from jayrex sites like this ain't good as it stops people splashing the cash.

Yeah, but it doesn't stop the movie companies from fronting the cash to us. After that, then, they worry.

Let's be honest, folks... Most revenue in hollywood comes from DVD's and pay for services. such as Netflix - and on demand. Box Office is only a means to an end... Basically, we've done it for so long we've gotta carry on tradition. Like the drive in movie, in door theaters are slowly giving up the ghost.  You might not see it now, but as your tv screens get bigger in your living room and that HD content comes faster down your optic cables... The movie, and the cost involved will not even be a second thought to you all.

It might seem like a never situation, but it's closer than you think.  Hell, I have a 52 in 1080P Sony bravia, blu-ray player and a ps3... I can get any movie I want in HD quality and never leave my house.  < Not that I condone that behavior, but I'm just saying... I never wanna go to the movies anymore.  

To be fair, Hollywood makes it easier and easier with the shit they unload on us, but still... Fact is fact. Movies suck and paying 70 bucks for your family to go to one is financial suicide in the American economy. I don't care if Obama can win 100 Nobel awards for not doing anything, he hasn't balanced our budget yet and, to quote a line from my upcoming epic "FROST BITE" -->  "he can't turn water into wine, turn back the hands of time or raise the dead."

Nuff said...

Quoted from Nixon I guess people are bringing better cameras to the theaters.

Is that why they keep coming in all the time inspecting the people in the theater?

Baltis, I don't know how many Tv's we have in this house, but they are all tube TV's.   Husband came close to running out and getting a big LED last weekend for the Gator game when the "big" TV in the family room had a really skewed picture. I fixed it however, by slapping it a few times. That always does the trick.

I usually rent or by movies from iTunes then watch them on my laptop. 17" is more than enough for me.  

Quoted from jayrex For us screenwriters who want to make it in the business, sites like this ain't good as it stops people splashing the cash.

I'm not saying you're wrong but people have been claiming pirated movies would bankrupt hollywood for nearly a decade. Film (and other forms of media) are constantly changing, and I think sites like this are part of that change. Change is good. Look at how people get and interact with media today and compare it with ten years ago. I'm not sure I could survive without itunes and hulu.

How many people, here, would be cool if someone stole your script?  If you're fine with it, then enjoy your films.


Phil

Quoted from Grandma Bear I usually rent or by movies from iTunes then watch them on my laptop. 17" is more than enough for me.

Exactly... and that's more than enough for most people today. That's why the movie industry is hurting. They have to have a reason to go out and they just don't.  I'm like you in a lot of ways, I love streaming movies onto a lap top or a little TB drive and being done with it.  I've done away with all physical media, save for my blu-ray collection which I'm now porting over to my TB drive at under 4 gb and still retaining 96% of the original picture in the process.

The problem with the above link, the site the guy posted and is touting as god... Hollywood hasn't made a movie I'd pay to go see in years and, in turn, they haven't made one worth stealing, either.  Why bother?

Quoted from dogglebe How many people, here, would be cool if someone stole your script?  If you're fine with it, then enjoy your films.

I have voiced my opinion on this many many times...

Quoted from dogglebe How many people, here, would be cool if someone stole your script?  If you're fine with it, then enjoy your films. Phil

I call BS on that.

By me watching a film on one of those streaming sites, I am making no money from it. What's the worst thing that can happen? I'm not paying my $15 or so to see it in the cinema, or my $5 to hire the DVD, I hear you say.

BUT, if it is a good film, I will tell my friends and family about it. Some of them are sure to buy, hire or see in it in the cinema, which they may not have done without me telling them about it. Hell, I might even go with them.

So by previewing the film, as I do on these sites, I am, by word of mouth (which is the best advertising) making good films make more money, and crap films make less money.

One could even argue that the film industry are making more money due to exposure on sites like the one posted than if they weren't posted.

Stealing a script, changing some character names, making it, and selling it IS making money, and is of course bad.

Big difference in my book.

This is partially why the price of movie tickets have risen so much.  People are finding ways to watch them for free (stealing them).


Phil