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Author Topic: What's the point of "shipping names" Dave Macaulay Film God Posts: 2321 From: Toronto, Canada Registered: Apr 2001 posted 04-25-2002 04:58 PM                     Why bother with weird names for shipping new release prints? Any serious pirates must have a reliable way to get prints, get at prints, or access review tapes - so the shipping obfuscation would be no hindrance to them. Crazed fans or impulse thieves might grab "Spiderman" yet ignore "Iguana" if they spotted the cans at a bus station or somewhere, but except for the very first week's shipment anyone actually wanting a print would know the "cover" name... and anyone who really needs to steal a print the first week could find it out. The names are hardly a state secret. So.. other than for the pleasure of confusing the distribution process, what's the point? How many film prints are actually stolen or reported lost/missing, anyway??  |  IP: Logged Jesse Skeen Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1517 From: Sacramento, CA Registered: Aug 2000 posted 04-25-2002 05:44 PM                     I think Box Lunch, She Stood Alone, Stranded, Weaver, Dog Bone, Mary's Story, Bones, and Papa Bear are among the greatest movies ever released!  |  IP: Logged Manny Knowles "What are these things and WHY are they BLUE???" Posts: 4247 From: Bloomington, IN, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 04-25-2002 10:36 PM                     Yes, but "Perfect Timing" was a disappointment ------------------ And, hey! Let's be careful out there. ~Manny.  |  IP: Logged Aaron Sisemore Flaming Ribs beat Reeses Peanut Butter Cups any day! Posts: 3061 From: Rockwall TX USA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 04-26-2002 12:00 AM                     Films? 'Box Lunch' and 'She Stood Alone' were TRAILERS!!! -Aaron  |  IP: Logged Pete Naples Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1565 From: Dunfermline, Scotland Registered: Feb 2001 posted 04-26-2002 01:19 AM                     I've never seen the point of this shipping names malarkey either, like the man said, the serious pirates obviously have source of prints or good DVD/video masters, if the quality of the pirate stuff I've seen round 'ere is anything to go by.  |  IP: Logged Mike Spaeth Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1129 From: Marietta, GA Registered: Jul 2000 posted 04-26-2002 05:25 AM                        The most ironic thing about "shipping names" is that while the bar-coded label from ETS has the code name ... the other side (slapped on by the local depot) - in Atlanta, at least ... doesn't bother ... so LOTR says "Changing Seasons" on one side, and "Lord Of The Rings" on the other side of the same can!  |  IP: Logged John Hawkinson Film God Posts: 2273 From: Cambridge, MA, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 04-26-2002 02:45 PM                     Do the ETS labels specify the real names on the openning week? If not, perhaps it's to prevent theft at the lab level. --jhawk  |  IP: Logged Jesse Skeen Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1517 From: Sacramento, CA Registered: Aug 2000 posted 04-26-2002 03:22 PM                     The Fox titles always had the fake name on one side and the real name on the other, but I just called the movies by their fake names just for fun.  |  IP: Logged

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