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Listed below are comments made by Robert_Stevenson between Wednesday, 13th May 2009 and Monday, 18th May 2009.

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Sam Raimi's worst monsters aren't on screen 4:42pm on 18 May 2009 Absolutely right, again! Horror is very close to humour. Proven by the factor that The Life of Brian was banned in Ireland for 8 years!! The Exorcist too (greatest (horror) film ever)SHAME!

Yes, there is amazing talent needed to do both horror and humour right, it should be recognised. But both often need to push the boundaries to achieve their goals, which is often where the problems occur.

I grew up on nasty films, most were terrible, but some were really great. The closest I've been to calling a horror film actually nasty was Martyrs, which doesn't seem to have attracted much attention from censors (maybe I'm wrong) Almost walked out, but I held onto my lunch, but I did leave feeling a bit traumatised, which was nice.

I'd be happy to come out of the average film these days feeling anything other than regret that I'd wasted my time and money.

Love Evil Dead/II can't wait for Drag Me To Hell.

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Pieces of blog and even more of your 3D thinking 1:37pm on 13 May 2009 Hello Mark, I'm really enjoying the blog and the comments, good work.
I personally feel there is a revival of the independent spirit, in movies and particularly in music these days. And perhaps it will be the independent studios that will prove the real innovators in the movie experience over the next few years.
Some musicians offer free downloads, then CD and deluxe CD/DVD at a higher price, but allowing a higher level of access to the music, musician, art whatever, and of course the chance for us to own our own copy of the music if we choose.
Because we dont just listen to music, we experience it. And we dont just watch films anymore. Sometimes we want to own them, we want to relive them, we want to share them, we want to feel a part of something, and importantly sometimes we want to forget them! If studios help us to do any of those things, and make us an affordable offer, then each individual can customize the way that they experience any one film.
As a side point, music and film download has another significant advantage to it, there is far less energy, fuel, materials used in packaging, distribution and retail.
Let us pay a basic fee to access the film (one of your contributors had, a similar thought) then we can download in MP4, SD, or HD, or order the disc for our collections whatever, we have the tools to watch video in almost any situation nowadays. And if we have less environmental impact in the process, then all the better for it.

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