Thursday, June 05, 2008

Dangers of Downloading

Je procurer le "Blood Diamond", mais c'est en Francais. San Anglais transcript. Je ne comprends pas.... Merde!

Downloading is actually quite safe, except for a few things. Sometimes you don't notice that you're getting a version dubbed in a foreign language. Usually there IS an English version, it's just that I chose the wrong one. I actually like the ones with French subtitles, so that I can learn. Or even French speaking ones so that I can familiarise with the pronunciation. But I kind of prefer to watch the original version first.

Accidentally getting porn is a major annoyance. Now I make sure the file size is typical for the type - 350 MB for TV episode and around 700 MB for movies. And I'm extra careful is something is too fresh out to already be available. I once downloaded Shrek 3 and could not get images. I thought the sounds were funny but I stupidly downloaded the codec, which was really a virus magnet, and then found that "Shrek 3" had nothing to do with ogres... Sheez. Discovered that sometimes they disguise the titles so that people would think that it was legit stuff - like CSI: The Golden Triangle. Do not download it. There's no Grissom in there.

But otherwise, I'm happy to get my favourite shows. I've watched GA till the end of the current series and caught up with movies I didn't get a chance to watch at the cinema. I even managed to watch the 7th season of the Gilmore Girls until the not so grand finale.

A spoiler for GA fans - season finale is good, but beware, 'coz gay dude has exerted influence too far by first eliminating dear old Burke. I hate Hahn, by the way. And now there are LEZZERS on the show. Ee-yewww!!! Luckily they are the 2 characters that I least like, so at least not so badlah. But watching girls kiss... yuck. Stomach churning.

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