OT: Movie Review - Live Free or Die Hard

[Thomas Rogers]

Bill V, thanks. Learn something new everyday. Yes, I expected the reason I didn't see Red-Band trailers was that the movies I see and the theaters I frequent simply don't include them.



I haven't seen many R rated films at the theater. I did see all the Kevin Smith films, sans the original Clerks in the theater...but no red-band trailers before any of them.



I don't want hack/slash movies at the theater, but do enjoy them now and then from Netflix (I think the Saw series was particularly well done).



TJR

 

[Bill V]

One additional note--My quick searches haven't found any evidence of a red band LFODH trailer being in existence. Then again, because of the aforementioned internet video block, I can't even get into livefreeordiehard.com. So you may have different results.

 

[Bill V]

TJR, just curious--what do you do in the movie business?

 

[Thomas Rogers]

Bill V,



I work in one of the "alternative distribution mediums." In particular, Video-On-Demand (VOD). I am a software engineer for a company that develops and sells VOD software and hardware to large cable companies like Comcast and Time Warner. It is our hardware and software that stores the movies and streams them to the digital settop box.



Well, I guess you are now asking:



Well how is that part of the film industry and why would that make you think you know anything about trailers?





As part of my job I work with a lot of industry committees and consortiums. One such group is a meta-data standards group that deals with the defining the digital standards for the information behind the videos. Only until very recently did the VOD standard allow for a "trailer" (aka preview) to hold a rating. Before then, they were always assumed unrated, and frankly, that was because all the studios and content providers that we work with always distributed GA (general audience) rated trailers only....and all still do today.



More company info at the link below:



TJR

 

[Dre L]

Around here the bus ads are "YIPPE KAY YAY MO|" and they're "torn off" after the O. then it says John 3:16" or something like that.



One of the best movie lines ever.

 

[Thomas Rogers]

P.S., read the Wiki page for the movie and it claims the line is intact, complete with MF in the movie. I won't spoil it, but let's just say you don't actually HEAR the MF part if it is said....



TJR