Comments on: Movie Review: DOA: Dead or Alive http://www.3greenfish.net/2007/09/15/movie-review-doa-dead-or-alive/ Novel Watch & Reviews of Practically Everything Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:01:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Jacob http://www.3greenfish.net/2007/09/15/movie-review-doa-dead-or-alive/#comment-163 Jacob Mon, 17 Sep 2007 14:01:11 +0000 http://www.3greenfish.net/2007/09/15/movie-review-doa-dead-or-alive/#comment-163 C1: Bittorrent is a wonderful technology that allows data to be shared peer-to-peer around the world. What the data are, is up to the users of the technology. Gravatars are "globally recognizable avatars" — basically little pictures attached to an email address that can be automatically displayed on any website that speaks the Gravatar language. It's pretty nifty, because it's a "set it up once and it works everywhere forever" kind of thing. You write on one website that knows Gravatars with the email address you used, and there your picture is. C1: Bittorrent is a wonderful technology that allows data to be shared peer-to-peer around the world. What the data are, is up to the users of the technology. Gravatars are “globally recognizable avatars” — basically little pictures attached to an email address that can be automatically displayed on any website that speaks the Gravatar language. It’s pretty nifty, because it’s a “set it up once and it works everywhere forever” kind of thing. You write on one website that knows Gravatars with the email address you used, and there your picture is.

]]> By: 3 Green Fish http://www.3greenfish.net/2007/09/15/movie-review-doa-dead-or-alive/#comment-162 3 Green Fish Mon, 17 Sep 2007 08:18:17 +0000 http://www.3greenfish.net/2007/09/15/movie-review-doa-dead-or-alive/#comment-162 Jacob: Well, okay, so it's legal. That's great. That doesn't mean I wouldn't put it past the AAs to sue whoever they can get their hands on. After all, they don't seem inclined to stay legal or even sane in their pursuit of money... So you'll understand if I don't go out of my way to post any such links myself. Gravatars and comment-previewing. Sounds good. I have a few things I want to add as upgrades, so I'll try to do that soon. c1: Why do they repeat the title? Because they want you to know what movie you're watching. Well, okay, maybe not. My guess is that the games are well known as both "Dead or Alive" and "DOA," so maybe they thought that would increase name recognition? Or maybe they wanted to distinguish their movie from the completely unrelated "Dead or Alive" movie from the 90's? Actually, they probably thought it necessary so that they could make flashy DOA graphics to transition between scenes. Jacob: Well, okay, so it’s legal. That’s great. That doesn’t mean I wouldn’t put it past the AAs to sue whoever they can get their hands on. After all, they don’t seem inclined to stay legal or even sane in their pursuit of money… So you’ll understand if I don’t go out of my way to post any such links myself.

Gravatars and comment-previewing. Sounds good. I have a few things I want to add as upgrades, so I’ll try to do that soon.

c1: Why do they repeat the title? Because they want you to know what movie you’re watching.
Well, okay, maybe not. My guess is that the games are well known as both “Dead or Alive” and “DOA,” so maybe they thought that would increase name recognition? Or maybe they wanted to distinguish their movie from the completely unrelated “Dead or Alive” movie from the 90’s?

Actually, they probably thought it necessary so that they could make flashy DOA graphics to transition between scenes.

]]> By: c1 http://www.3greenfish.net/2007/09/15/movie-review-doa-dead-or-alive/#comment-159 c1 Mon, 17 Sep 2007 07:28:32 +0000 http://www.3greenfish.net/2007/09/15/movie-review-doa-dead-or-alive/#comment-159 3 people totally a forum make. (What is the difference between Gravatars and Avatars?) And hmm, bittorrents - I'd always kind of wondered what they were. TPB was a very educational site... (they funny) DOA: Dead or Alive sounds like not my kind of movie. And why do they repeat themselves in the title anyway? 3 people totally a forum make. (What is the difference between Gravatars and Avatars?)

And hmm, bittorrents - I’d always kind of wondered what they were. TPB was a very educational site… (they funny)

DOA: Dead or Alive sounds like not my kind of movie. And why do they repeat themselves in the title anyway?

]]> By: Jacob http://www.3greenfish.net/2007/09/15/movie-review-doa-dead-or-alive/#comment-158 Jacob Sun, 16 Sep 2007 14:18:38 +0000 http://www.3greenfish.net/2007/09/15/movie-review-doa-dead-or-alive/#comment-158 P.P.S.: You should install the thing that lets people preview their comments before they post, since it is also helpful and made of good. P.P.S.: You should install the thing that lets people preview their comments before they post, since it is also helpful and made of good.

]]> By: Jacob http://www.3greenfish.net/2007/09/15/movie-review-doa-dead-or-alive/#comment-157 Jacob Sun, 16 Sep 2007 14:18:11 +0000 http://www.3greenfish.net/2007/09/15/movie-review-doa-dead-or-alive/#comment-157 P.S.: It would be super-rad if you had Gravatars. Your website is getting awfully forum-y. P.S.: It would be super-rad if you had Gravatars. Your website is getting awfully forum-y.

]]> By: Jacob http://www.3greenfish.net/2007/09/15/movie-review-doa-dead-or-alive/#comment-156 Jacob Sun, 16 Sep 2007 14:16:31 +0000 http://www.3greenfish.net/2007/09/15/movie-review-doa-dead-or-alive/#comment-156 Hmm. I'll have to search YouTube for the relevant scene. :D Also, you don't really need to be worried about anything to which you link — you can't be held legally liable for any website to which you link, since you're merely hosting an informational method of visiting a site, and not any content on the site itself. But even then, with a BitTorrent tracker such as <abbr title="The Pirate Bay">TPB</abbr>, you needn't be worried: despite some of the legal hoops through which the (RI/MP) *AAs have jumped, trackers aren't engaging in copyright infringement themselves, either, since they're hosting just torrents — files containing locations of files — and databases full of connection information needed to make BitTorrent torrential. So have no fear: you merely have a link to a website that hosts links to things. Linkity link link. Hmm. I’ll have to search YouTube for the relevant scene. :D

Also, you don’t really need to be worried about anything to which you link — you can’t be held legally liable for any website to which you link, since you’re merely hosting an informational method of visiting a site, and not any content on the site itself. But even then, with a BitTorrent tracker such as TPB, you needn’t be worried: despite some of the legal hoops through which the (RI/MP) *AAs have jumped, trackers aren’t engaging in copyright infringement themselves, either, since they’re hosting just torrents — files containing locations of files — and databases full of connection information needed to make BitTorrent torrential. So have no fear: you merely have a link to a website that hosts links to things. Linkity link link.

]]> By: 3 Green Fish http://www.3greenfish.net/2007/09/15/movie-review-doa-dead-or-alive/#comment-154 3 Green Fish Sun, 16 Sep 2007 08:09:20 +0000 http://www.3greenfish.net/2007/09/15/movie-review-doa-dead-or-alive/#comment-154 Jacob: uh, no. It doesn't make you a bad person, but it probably makes you a prime target for the DOA: Xtreme games (yes, they spelled it without the E. Sigh), which I hear are quite bouncy. You'll be happy to know that there is an extended volleyball sequence in the movie -- shockingly, it's even somewhat relevant to the plot! (Just to be clear, 3 Green Fish in no way endorses, condones, promotes, or otherwise encourages illegal downloading of copyrighted materials. The movie and music industry models may be broken and in desperate need of re-envisioning, but that doesn't mean we want you to break the law.) Jacob: uh, no. It doesn’t make you a bad person, but it probably makes you a prime target for the DOA: Xtreme games (yes, they spelled it without the E. Sigh), which I hear are quite bouncy. You’ll be happy to know that there is an extended volleyball sequence in the movie — shockingly, it’s even somewhat relevant to the plot!

(Just to be clear, 3 Green Fish in no way endorses, condones, promotes, or otherwise encourages illegal downloading of copyrighted materials. The movie and music industry models may be broken and in desperate need of re-envisioning, but that doesn’t mean we want you to break the law.)

]]> By: Jacob http://www.3greenfish.net/2007/09/15/movie-review-doa-dead-or-alive/#comment-152 Jacob Sun, 16 Sep 2007 06:38:51 +0000 http://www.3greenfish.net/2007/09/15/movie-review-doa-dead-or-alive/#comment-152 Does it make me a bad person that I'd be more interested in seeing a movie version of <em>DoA: Extreme Beach Volleyball</em>? I mean, I can't imagine how boring two hours of volleyball would be, but I like the bouncey bouncey bounce of... volleyballs. By the way, the especially frugal computer users can also choose to forgo Blockbuster or Netflix rentals and simply <a href="http://thepiratebay.org/tor/3581132/DOA-Dead.Or.Alive%5B2006%5DDvDrip.AC3%5BEng%5D-aXXo" rel="nofollow">permanently rent a digital copy for no charge</a>. Assuming they're legally authorized to do so, of course. Does it make me a bad person that I’d be more interested in seeing a movie version of DoA: Extreme Beach Volleyball? I mean, I can’t imagine how boring two hours of volleyball would be, but I like the bouncey bouncey bounce of… volleyballs.

By the way, the especially frugal computer users can also choose to forgo Blockbuster or Netflix rentals and simply permanently rent a digital copy for no charge. Assuming they’re legally authorized to do so, of course.

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