Nicker on 22/1/2008 at 09:56
Could we take the legal bickering elsewhere children? The grown-ups want to talk about acts of retribution.
Please continue, fett.
Tocky on 22/1/2008 at 12:37
Right. What are you going to do? Go back to throwing rocks for fun? Spay paint things they don't want to see on thier corporate jets? Make them have to constantly kiss each others asses and backstab to get ahead at thier companies? Where did you miss the YOU ARE HERE AND SCREWED sign?
nuckinfutzcat on 22/1/2008 at 13:27
Disney has become mega-evil. The way they prey on working parents through children is a step-and-a-half away from kidnapping. I'm astonished that the gyroscopic force of Walt spinning in his grave has not stopped the Earth from rotating . When did the release of a "High School Musical" DVD become evening network news. Oh yeah, When they bought the network. I believe they are also responsible for "The View". If THAT isn't proof of abject evil, NOTHING is.
fett on 22/1/2008 at 13:54
Disney's evil is most visible in their "Available for a Limited Time" releases. Sleeping Fucking Beauty has been around for 200 years and looks like shit (not just regular shit, but old man I ate spicy burritos for three days shit) and they only make it available on DVD 'for a limited time'. "For a Limited Time"? Snow White is so "special" you can only make it available for a Limited Time? Snow White sucks ass you fucktards, no matter how many times you restore it. Shit doesn't get prettier because I threw on some filters and sharpened the edges. I should be able to buy that shit at Dollar General with cheap flip-flops and off brand candy bars.
Same with all their other 'classic' (using the word loosely here) cartoon movies. So idiots run out and pay the $27 price tag for this garbage because "Ooh! Ooh! Honey, it's for a limited time only! We need this shit now! We don't have enough Walt Disney shit!" So then MY kids see the Little Mermaid preview (which we're forced to watch through their genius 'fast play' feature), but the 'limited time' is over. Now as a parent with kids who want to watch Disney shit (not that they do very often because they both have a pretty sophisticated shit detector) I can't buy it at the store.
So how do I get my hands on it? Since I know where to look, the only thing Limited is my fucking patience.
Starrfall on 22/1/2008 at 14:44
I for one will never shake the image of fett kneeling in front of the tv, attacking a dvd with a power drill and shouting JESUS' MOTHER WAS A WHOOOOOORE
Also when I was taking care of a rugrat my plan of attack was to put on the damn previews and things and then go do what I needed to do for five minutes until shouts of "auntie amanda the movie" drifted up the hallway.
Although this eventually led to her figuring out how to work the stupid thing herself instead of waiting for me and that might not be a side effect you appreciate.
Shakey-Lo on 22/1/2008 at 15:22
Quote Posted by fett
Disney's evil is most visible in their "Available for a Limited Time" releases.
Yes, God I hate this. I just barely missed out on the new edition of the Jungle Book, I was going to get my dad it, and ended up having to pay twice what I would have liked.
I'm now trying to track down Fantasia for myself, it is simply unavailable anywhere except eBay where it goes for $60+
And what I don't understand is how Disney benefits from this! Sure, they sell out quickly as people rush to make sure they don't miss out and/or can double their money on eBay afterwards, but wouldn't they be better off letting me buy it whenever I want instead of paying
someone else for an eBay copy?
Really though, in the scheme of things this and a lot of other things Disney do are only annoyances. Their manipulation of copyright law, on the other hand, is downright bastard evil.
Mazian on 22/1/2008 at 15:42
Quote Posted by fett
Don't get me started on toy packaging. Next year I'm hiring a shoplifter to help get things out of the package, and I intend to pay them well. If there is a hell, this is what people will be doing there.
DVD packaging is one thing, but toy packaging has gotten abso-fucking-lutely
insane. For example, if a toy is surrounded by a plastic bubble that's affixed to a cardboard back, the bubble usually has little tabs that poke through the cardboard and are taped down. And that's the
least annoying type of packaging.
The most common annoyance is the 18 in. long twist ties that get wrapped around the toy, go through a piece of cardboard and get wound up in a rat's nest of wire that looks like it got caught in a running power drill. God help you if you're opening a large toy as you're looking at 8 of these fuckers, minimum.
The worst, though, are the toys that are
screwed to the packaging. I opened a toy this X-Mas where there was a plastic plate on the bottom that was attached to a plastic spacer of sorts via 8 little philips head screws, and this spacer was attached to the toy with 4 more. I think some sadist also threw in a few twist ties for shits and giggles. The last two Christmases I started carrying a multi-tool just for packaging. The wire cutter works wonders on the fucking twist ties and the integrated screw driver eliminates an unneeded tool hunt while my moppet is clamoring for his new toy.
fett on 22/1/2008 at 18:28
Speaking of Disney, some of the Toy Story figures my 2 year old got his Christmas had holes punched in the head for those wires to go through. Let me repeat that for the folks at home. THEY PUNCHED HOLES RIGHT INTO THE FUCKING FACES OF THE ACTION FIGURES to bind them to the cardboard backing.
We either need to start televising public executions of shoplifters, or burn down Disneyland. Probably both.
scumble on 23/1/2008 at 12:40
I wonder what the hell is going on with US toy packaging - there is nothing like it in the UK. I suspect there's some stupid law behind it that claims to have something to do with "safety", or an arsebrained corporate policy...
By some nice wooden toys or something. For example: (
http://www.ogunquitwoodentoy.com/5775.htm)
Some of them are on the expensive side perhaps, but is the amount of plastic crap made in China you can get for the same money really preferable?
Also, nearly every plastic toy makes an irritating noise as well these days, and this (
http://www.elc.co.uk/toy-31235) alphabet pal caterpillar thing that my wife's parents bought won't even let you spell "fuck" to relieve the tension.
Inline Image:
http://worldofwonderlisburn.com/images/alphabet_pal_pull_toy.jpgJust looking at the thing makes me angry.
fett on 23/1/2008 at 13:54
It used to let you do that, but they changed the 'ck' sound to a giggle in recent years if preceded by the 'f' key.
There have been some dark days at my house.
