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| Registered: March 24, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 2,044 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting FunkyLA: Quote:
Well, as I started this thread, I thought it would be full of "family/friends" are OK.
So...
My family, my friends and my workmates are all OK.
That is the important thing.
I hope that this thread gets "better"
That is all I'm glad to hear that you and yours are all fine Funky LA. This situation is nothing short of pure insanaity. Rory  | | | DVD Profiler for iOS as of 3/5/2013
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 3,197 |
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The stockpile of several small and independent DVD and Blu-ray labels appears to have been burned down by the mobs of looting and rioting crooks in London. Here’s the BBC’s footage of what is said to be the Sony DADC and PIAS warehouse and distribution centre in flames.
Amongst the DVD labels who had their stock on the premises are Dogwoof Films, Pecadillo Pictures, Terracotta, and Guerilla. At the moment, there’s some confusion on Twitter as to how extensive the damage is, but it would seem that these small labels have been hit severely.
Here are some tweets from the affected:
UPDATE: And we can sadly add Arrow Films, one of Bleeding Cool’s favourite distributors to the list. They held all of their stock in this centre.
SECOND UPDATE: And Metrodome, Revolver and Kaleidoscope. They too lost stock as a result of this arson.
THIRD UPDATE: And now Network are revealed to have lost stock too. Terrible, terrible, terrible.
FOURTH UPDATE: All Warp DVD stock and BFI DVD and Blu-ray stock was also in the warehouse.
FIFTH UPDATE: We can sadly add Crabtree films, Artificial Eye and Exposure Cinema to the list of those to lose their stock.
This could be a real disaster for film lovers and even film makers, not to mention the various business people trying to survive in an increasingly difficult DVD marketplace.
Recent films of note from these labels include Johnnie To’s Sparrow and the Oscar nominated Restrepo, while Peccadillo are preparing to release a remastered DVD and Blu-ray of Peter Jackson’s Heavenly Creatures.
The same distribution centre is used by a staggering number of independent record labels who will face at least the same hardship as the DVD and Blu-ray distributors.
While businesses, livelihoods and countless discs may have fallen foul of the fire, we should at least be thankful that nobody was actually hurt in this particular incident.
UPDATE: And you can do something to help. I’ve been compiling links by which you can purchase films from the affected distributors via download. Treat yourself to a film and help them keep healthy. Source | | | | First registered: February 15, 2002 |
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| Registered: May 19, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 5,917 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting VibroCount: Quote:
This has become a political thread. And the non-compassionate are dominating it. I don't see any political talk. I see discussion about the rioting and occasional jabs from one member to another. |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 |  Posts: 1,136 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting VibroCount: Quote:
Any activity in Worcester? According to @wmerciapolice twitter - nothing going on but rumours | | | Signature? We don't need no stinking... hang on, this has been done... blast [oooh now in Widescreen]
Ah... well you see.... I thought I'd say something more interesting... but cannot think of anything..... oh well
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| Registered: May 19, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 6,730 |
| | Posted: | | | | 16.000 policemen in London tonight.
They announced "robust policing against all disturbers".
I really hope that helps and doesn't fire up the emotions even more. | | | It all seems so stupid, it makes me want to give up!
But why should I give up, when it all seems so stupid?
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| Registered: March 10, 2009 | | Posts: 2,248 |
| | Posted: | | | | The working class across Britain was destroyed in the 80's. They have slowly been descending into an ever growing underclass. The kids doing this are the spawn of these people and have no faith in society and there future in it here.
Im not saying it's right im just saying it's no bloody surprise this has happen. Meanwhile Sky News does there best at filming baffled PC trendy middle class idiots, who are so enveloped in there own little worlds. They have no clue or understanding what has lead to this.
Now Sky News has moved on to pulling over any person with black skin on the street and ask them why this happen.
The rioting is bad enough, but the ignorance of ppl is even worse. |
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| Registered: July 16, 2010 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 527 |
| | Posted: | | | | I have to say I agree with my northern colleague above.
I’m just home from a trip to north London this evening. I tried a bit of looting but I couldn’t find quite the Blu-ray player I wanted, so left empty handed; I wasn’t going to settle for any old model! (That’s a joke by the way.) However, I was at a punk gig (Subhumans if anyone is interested) and the general vibe there was that smashing up, looting and burning independently run shops and businesses in your own neighbourhood was missing the target a bit; there’re plenty of banks, multinationals' property and Government buildings you can choose from if you're doing it to make a point to the 'bad guys'.
I have to say that like most things, the media is making it all seem far worse than it is. All I saw tonight was a few police at the stations looking bored and the Tube was really empty. (It was the same when I lived in Belfast; it always looked 100 times worse on the TV than it was in reality.) It’s just a small number of streets and a few hundred people in a city of seven million. Horrible if it affects you but in relative terms that’s not many people. As soon as it rains it will all die down. There are many far worse things going on here everyday that no one seems that bothered about; around seven people every single day are killed on the roads for example, many of which are caused by people doing stupid things quite deliberately. It makes a change from reading headlines about phone hacking anyway. | | | | Do you ever find yourself striving for perfection with an almost worthless attempt at it? Guttermouth "Lemon Water". Also, I include in my Profiler database VHS tapes, audio DVDs, audio books (digital, cassette and CD), video games (digital, DVD and CD) and 'enhanced' CDs with video tracks on them, as well as films and TV I've bought digitally. So I'm an anarchist, deal with it. Just be thankful I don't include most of my records and CDs etc in it too; don't think I haven't been tempted... | | | | Last edited: by SpikyCactus |
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| Registered: August 23, 2008 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 1,656 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Katatonia: Quote:
It's now affected some DVD/Blu-ray studios:
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Originally Posted by @ArrowFilmsVideo
It is most unfortunate that rioting has broken out in Enfield and the Sony DADC, Enfield distribution centre was looted and set on fire. Thankfully no staff were harmed in this atrocious attack on the plant but it does mean all Arrow stock, and the stock of many other distributors is now no more. We are working with Sony DADC and our partners to find a solution for getting stock back in stores very soon. What is with existing retailers is all that will be available for the moment and new releases such as Midnight and the forthcoming ArrowDrome titles will surely be affected. We thank you for your understanding through this difficult time and will update with news of the availability of Arrow stock as it is available.
^^ that's from Twitter Same thing happened with the stock of Palisades Tartan.  | | | Reviewer, HorrorTalk.com
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| Registered: March 19, 2007 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 6,018 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting VibroCount: Quote:
This has become a political thread. And the non-compassionate are dominating it. Compassionate with whom exactly? Personally, I feel a lot of compassion with for instance local business owners who have worked hard all their life to build up an existence only to find their businesses destroyed by these thugs and sometimes having to run for their lives. @FunkyLA: Good to hear your family, friends and workmates are all fine. I hope the same goes for our other fellow English users. | | | | Last edited: by dee1959jay |
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| Registered: May 8, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 1,945 |
| | Posted: | | | | Good to hear you family is ok Funky  And I agree fully with dee1959jay, the working class got hurt here by criminals, gangs and thugs. it is time to get rid of those trash. if they don't follow state rules put them behind bars for life, they are no use to our society anyways, no one will miss those animals! Donnie | | | | www.tvmaze.com |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 5,494 |
| | Posted: | | | | why is it that the Last two riots happen in Olympic cities... ?? | | | In the 60's, People took Acid to make the world Weird. Now the World is weird and People take Prozac to make it Normal.
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 2,692 |
| | Posted: | | | | I live and work in Croydon, so it was very sad to see parts of the Town up in flames, but at least I and everyone I know is ok.
Although one person I know watched the house at the end of her road being torched. (very frightening for her.)
There are a lot of people who have lost their livelihoods. | | | | Paul |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 5,635 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting pauls42: Quote:
There are a lot of people who have lost their livelihoods. And a 29-year-old who was shot dead by police while he was being arrested. Livelihoods may come back; lives cannot. | | | If it wasn't for bad taste, I wouldn't have no taste at all.
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| Registered: September 18, 2008 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 2,650 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting VibroCount: Quote:
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There are a lot of people who have lost their livelihoods.
And a 29-year-old who was shot dead by police while he was being arrested. Livelihoods may come back; lives cannot. A 29 year old convicted drug dealer. How many lives has he helped destroy? These looters are just scum and should be shot on site to join him. | | | | Last edited: by samuelrichardscott |
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| Registered: March 10, 2009 | | Posts: 2,248 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting samuelrichardscott: Quote:
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There are a lot of people who have lost their livelihoods.
And a 29-year-old who was shot dead by police while he was being arrested. Livelihoods may come back; lives cannot.
A 29 year old convicted drug dealer. How many lives has he helped destroy?
These looters are just scum and should be shot on site to join him. Socially progressive as ever |
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| Registered: March 19, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 6,018 |
| | Posted: | | | | I wonder how "socially progressive" you'd be if it is YOUR DVD collection that's being stolen and the place where YOU live that's being ransacked and burnt down. | | | | Last edited: by dee1959jay |
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