Dorkgasm Gonzo Is God

Maybe she had it explained to her, but all too often these people really just don't get it. There's a fundamental problem with American Capitalism, and that's the thought that "The Customer is Always Right"... Anyone who has worked retail in any capacity KNOWS that this isn't true. More often than not, it's really "Make the customer happy so they shut up and go the hell away". Now take working in a video store. When you KNOW how much time and energy has gone into a film, especially one on DVD, it is frustrating to hear phrases like "I don't like the black bars" or "I hate special features". It's almost as frustrating as those who walk into a book seller and complain that V.C. Andrews should be in the LITERATURE section. If someone is going to complain about what they are buying, at least have a valid argument. If a person really would rather read crappy Daniel Steel novels, fine, they should go to the grocery store and look in the magazine section, but there's no valid reason to put tripe like that next to a Phillip K. Dick or Leo Tolstoy, you know?

What happens with movies in this case has more to do with the technology than any kind of artsy fartsy bullshit. If a lady comes in to a video store and wants a fullscreen DVD, sure she'll get it. There will be someone who might try to explain to her why she should buy widescreen, but she will inevitably walk away with the crappy pan and scan. One in ten people will click, however, and suddenly understand and start buying widescreen. Saddly, 3 in ten will think that they were just lied to and that the clerk is trying to trick them. THAT is really irritating. I met a guy once who swore up and down that he was being robbed and that there was supposed to be a picture where the black bars where.

As far as the comic is concerned, I think it is directed at those who HAVE worked retail and have tried to educate their customers only to be met with apathy. No one ever come out of the blue and beats the crap out of a customer for being so stubborn and deaf; it's a cartoon for Pete's sake! In this case, I think that the setting is potentially problematic, but the main theme is simply "Widescreen is better". There really isn't a reason to EVER buy anything fullscreen unless that happens to be the original aspect ratio (Wizard of Oz, Citizen Kane). Believe me, it's just as frustrating when someone goes on a rant about there not being a Widescreen version of ANY film made before 1952...

Don't fuck with the Punisher man, captain planet stands no chance because before the fight even starts Dolph sets up a claymore and perches behind a wall with a fully loaded M60 machine gun and those kids go flying in so many different directions they will likely find Quami's or whatever the fuck that kids name is balls floating down the nile river. God I would pay to see that.
On a more serious note however I would like to say that I do not appreciate Mr. Brinkman falsely accusing me of putting restrictions on people, If he was somewhat intelligent and actually read the posts on this particular subject I think he would realize that any of us here are not restricting any sort of behavior is someone chooses to be a posterchild for abortion by buying a fullscreen film and tell themselves that they are in someway contributing to the overall good of the industry that is their decision and as I am a soldier feel that they are entitled to that but, that does not stop me or others who are intelligent enough to see the fraud that is being done to people all over by the film industry and they continue to take that giant cock up the ass then I feel it is my place not to restrict their behavior just to simply make fun of them and call them exactly what they are dumb fucking cattle. Brinkman I would hope that you could justify your position that people should continue to get shafted out of hard earned money because they make poor uneducated decisions and that by your logic is ok. I believe that people like you are the ones that cause the most problems. You have one ability and that is to agree or find a logical argument why these people should continue to get fucked the basis of capitalism. I hope that in the end the ghost of Christmas future shows up at your door like Ray Liotta in Goodfellas. I hope he pistol whips you and sets your dick on fire for putting him or his compadres in such a shitty media format like fullscreen. Have a Nice Day!