I got a reply regarding that Harry Potter thing:
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To: psykotik@gmail.com
Subject:
From: Martyn_Leek@mrn.co.uk Add to Contacts
Date: Thu, Nov 29 2001 11:12:03 AM +0000
Justin,
After all that my fuckin’ newsdesk have decided that you are too far away!
We would have paid you and paid for it to be Fed Exed over as well.
They are making a big mistake because as I said loads of journalists are
claiming the pirate film is available but no one has a copy in there hands.
I already have my PS2 chipped and I get games early from the software
houses because I’m a journalist – then a friend of mine copies them for me.
Thanks for all your help though and I will continue to look at the site
because it makes interesting reading.
Cheers
I’ll be in touch
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I must really learn to stop posting up my e-mails and replying to them on my site.
Regardless, i went out and bought myself a copy of Harry Potter on VCD anyway. I skimmed through both discs and the movie seems to be pretty much intact. No scenes dropped at all. The end credits seem to be missing though. I guess they couldn’t fit it in. I’ll have to give it a proper viewing to be sure about everything though.
I took some screenshots.
A BIG FAT OWL!
See? Chinese and Malay subtitles. Which you can’t turn off. Even on the bootleg DVD version.
Damn you Harry Potter and your big fat owl.
As you can see, it’s full screen. Which sucks. The bootleg DVD version (when it comes out) will probably be in widescreen.
I went to the mall today. Ate at McDonalds. Bought my mom some floral tea (Which cost 41 bucks. That better be some good tastin’ tea…). Bought two magazines. Empire. The November 2001 issue and a special Directors Issue featuring Steven Spielberg.
VERY INTERESTING NO?
I also asked around about the price of PS2’s over here. They’re selling em for around RM$1800. Modded. And they’ll throw in 10 games for free. You only get one controller though.
RM$1800. Which is about BN$900. Which is roughly about US$450-ish. Which is simply ridiculous.
I don’t think i’ll ever get a PS2 anytime soon so long as i’m still over here. I want one. I REALLY want one. And the first game i’m gonna get is Metal Gear Solid 2.
Bootlegged PS2 games only cost about RM$5 here (US$1.30). CD version of the games that is. Which probably have a whole chunk of stuff cut out. Devil May Cry for exmaple comes on 3 CD’s. And there’s this complicated thing you have to do when you wanna continue the game on the second and third discs.
Bootlegged PS2 games that come on DVD however, cost RM$38 (US$10). They’re pretty much exact copies of the original games. Nothing missing in the game itself.
Of course, much like bootlegged movie DVD’s, bootlegged PS2 DVD’s come with no instructions, no liner notes and whatnot and they have crappy packaging. Same goes for the CD versions.
Fucking hell man. I think i want to be a journalist too. I want to get games early from software houses and play them till my eyes bleed.
But then i’d have to be a good writer.
So that’s not happening anytime soon.
Poo.
I actually picked up 3 other VCD’s last night. I managed to track down Drive: Director’s Cut, Demons and Demons 2. All ripped from DVD and put on VCD. Without any of the features of course. You only get the movie itself when you buy VCD’s.
All three are what you would call B grade movies. Bad (in a good way) low budget flicks that’ve gained a cult following.
Mark Dacascos. Kadeem Hardison. Think Matrix style fights meets Rush Hour style comedy. It’s not exactly the best movie ever but the fight sequences in there are probably one of the best out there. It’s right up there with the Jackie Chan flicks. In fact, i’d say this is the best Hong Kong movies that’s made in Hollywood.
Dario Argento had a hand in making these two movies. So you can bet that they have really sick death scenes. Again, these aren’t exactly what you would call good movies. They’re just bad… but in a good way.
Much like this site really.
But yeah, if you love sick disgusting hardcore horror movies, go check out Demons. I watched it last night and i got that same feeling i did after watching Requiem For A Dream for the first time.
Sick.
Some of those death scenes in there are just… EWW. I haven’t watched the sequel yet but i’ll probably do it tonight or something.
I’d be hard pressed to say that Demons is the best Dario Argento movie that isn’t actually directed by Dario Argento (He just co-wrote it. Lamberto Bava directed).
YES. I WILL STOP WRITING NOW BECAUSE NOBODY CARES ABOUT WHAT I’M GOING ON ABOUT.
I want Harry Potter’s big fat owl.
Whaaaaaat ?? 450 USD for a PS2 ??? U can get one in Belgium for approx. 260 USD !!
#1 | Comment by the webbler — November 29, 2001 @ 10:37 pm
i think the fat owl wants you too, or so i hear.
#2 | Comment by will.hinds. — November 29, 2001 @ 10:52 pm
i need to pee.
#3 | Comment by regine — November 30, 2001 @ 2:40 am
I’m looking forward to buy a Harry Potter bootleg VCD… can you tell me where, please? If you could mail me your answere I would be so delighted.
Thanks
Capi
#4 | Comment by Capi — December 3, 2001 @ 4:06 am