"UP" will be prohibited in Venezuela!!!

[visualove]

They could book Coraline now. There are many 3d films existing and in the pipeline. Not that they should ban Up.

[sleepytom]

Originally Posted by vjrei

I was looking as well, I just saw it on TV yesterday but we have so many millions problems, 76 death just this weekend by robbery, a 350% devaluation, the government closing all opposition TV stations and wanting to take over private cable TV, we can not buy foreing currency. The UP issue was something I saw. I am gonna write the movie theater about it because I met with them last week.

???

so its just your standard anti chavez rant then. I'll go back to not paying attention then.

[skulpture]

Tom You are like Simon Cowell of the VJforums!

[vjrei]

Noooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!

I have found one article this morning and is worst than I thought!!!!!

Is in spanish but it goes beyond me, is not only the trash they trew but the MINISTER of enviromental issues is saying that several law were broken, specially that "we do not know in what moment the movie was shot because we haven't give any permit so they did it illegally".

The Minister (and I asume the rest of the cabitent) believe the trash was real!

Here is the link:

http://www.elchiguirebipolar.com/200...de-up-por.html

Those are VENEZUELANS POLITICIANS, THE BEST A MOST EDUCATED IN THE WORLD.

[sleepytom]

LOL Rei you do know that site is a joke?
(or do you get all your news from a site who's name transliterates to "Manic Depressive Hamster"??)

Maybe we will get an english translation on the onion?

[vjrei]

The site make fun of the things are happening here, I just saw the article in my facebook this morning but I saw it on TV the other day and my mother just told me people are talking about that on the radio as well.

But as I say, until the movie is officially retired the news won't be out there, we have biggest issues. A few month ago the Bodies exibhition was retired as well and it took some 2 weeks for people to know. Yesterday the government prohibited the distribution of the Coca-Cola Zero that was lunched a month ago. We are here selling an apartment really quick because the government is going to install a law that will allow them to set the value of any private realstate, in other words, if you want to sell your apartemnt or house the government is going to stablish the value.

My point is that canceling the movie UP is not the biggest issue on the news right now. Too many things going on. When we had the oil strike the oil industry had 30.000 workers, the government fired all of them because they were too many, now the oil industry is producing less of 1 10th of what it used to and it has 80.000 workers! all chavez fallowers doing nothing.

Some other article will pop up about the movie but the headlines on the news papers are packed.

[sleepytom]

blah blah blah...

Your rich and you hate Chavez as you think it's your wealth that he is redistributing. I'm poor and I support his motivation and methods to do something about it. I guess we will never agree on this one.

[vjrei]

Rich? My friend, I have barely $1200 in my bank account in the US, here in Venezuela I have $200 in my bank account and I own over a thousand in my credit card and I have just one payment of $50 to cash... that is it. I have no money at all, this country is broke. because of Chavez. As I say to everybody else who likes the Chavez revolution... come here and live it yourself.

Tell me: how much is the inflation in England? how much are your interest rates? how much is your minimun wage?

In South America the mayor inflation rate was Brasil at 4.5% a year... after Venezuela who has 7% a month! and we just had a 325% since may alone.

All the cars manofacturers are closing, the people who works now at the oil industry are using the oil money "to buy food" overseas for the poor people, last year alone the oil company bought from the imperialist enemy United States 300% more milk than the needed in the country, 80% of that milk still in customs because no one picked up. The oild company just did it for the business of getting cheap currency from the government.

The government sell you dollars for food at Bsf 2150, but the people of the oil company who are managing those so called "missions", bring some milk to customs, once with the import papers in hand the government give them the dollars at Bsf. 2150 and then they resell that money to the black market at Bsf. 7000. and leave the milk (just to mention one product and one tiny case of corrution) in customs.

Not only that, the farmers who have cows and produce milk can not sell theirs because is more expensive than the import one (that manage to enter the ssytem) because the government is not giving them the dollars at the special rate.

Last week the government cancelled basically all special rates, even to pharmaceutical like Bayer. Now the medicines will cost %325 more but your salary still thye same.

When I started to do visuals I was charging Bsf 600 to Bsf 1500. Back then it was equivalent to $1000 per show and I was the one charging the most. Today the gusy are charging the same amount in Bsf. BUT the Bs. 1500 are equivalent to $200 for big events. Usually they are charging $30 per night in a club. How are you gonna buy a Edirol V4 or any VJ software if you make probably $250 a month?

How are you are going to survive with $250 a month = 1.750 when a Mac Pro cost 30 times that?

A year ago a combo meal in Mc Donalds was Bsf. 15.000, today the same meal is Bsf. 57.000! and that is based on the prices 2 weeks ago, wait a month and the same meal is gonna be above Bsf. 100.000.

Now... I have my 3D screens. They cost me $10.000. Back in october I was able to rent them at 10% of the price here = Bsf. 4500. Today the same 10% is Bsf. 7000. In a month is gonna be around Bsf. 9000 or more but... at 5%, not 10%.

If you wanna come here, be my gest, but do not say anything about Chavez and his revolution because NONE of the people saying any of those things live here or are not working for the government.

Just to mention... back in 2004 when I was in New York (you remember) I used to go to the Venezuelan consulate and join their film festivals. There were about 40 people at the most, all of them from extreme leftifs groups or working for the government.

Any of them, produced or were involved on any of the incidents the governments shows like the movie "the revolution won't be televised". The funny thing is that I APEAR IN THAT MOVIE because I was the only one in that audience who was infront of the line in the riots and I apear in that movie so... I know what really happened there. Imagine the faces of ALL the chavez fallowers there when they saw me in the video! I didn't know I was in it by the way.

I have to go, my cell phone is ringing.

[lowRes]

hey Rei - everyone knows about Venezuela,
(and also about your 3d screens and macs)
-cut-
returning to the original subject of the thread:
- what a joke!
(i don't know if i should laugh more bc of it, bc of people not getting it as a joke or myself falling for it!)

.r

[visualove]

UP is an animated film, so it wasn't shot, in Venezuela or anywhere. It is all synthetic. Thus no laws were broken. Another case of bad information from the Internet(s).

However, someone just showed a stereo video camera - Panasonic NAB? So you could find a buyer in Venezuela and sell your monitors to them or become a 3d consultant or start a 3d production or post company and make films the scenic wonders of the country in 3d for the theaters.