Yeah, like I said it was probably my security software. I will say that the link did not go to Amazon. It went to a site that was blocked. So at the very least it was a click tracking thing. Maybe harmless, but not something I'm going to disable security for. Not when I can just go straight to Amazon and get a direct link with no tracking or affiliation.
Affiliate codes end with ?= and some code and do not flag my security software. So they wanted to monetise the click beyond the affiliate link.
Unrelated to the technical issue in the article — I love this movie and I'm glad it's getting a 4K release. $50 is crazy though, I guess Blu-rays have RAM now too (PC builders' joke).
Like a lot of people, I thought it looked stupid. My wife gave it a chance and then demanded we watch it together. I've been hooked ever since. Then I was at a family function, and my sister-in-law's smart TV was going unused, and there were bored children around, so I hijacked the TV with my MacBook and put on KPDH. The kids got into it and even the adults were entertained. My brother-in-law blames me for his then 8 year old daughter watching it daily. He bought a cheap TV at a thrift store and set up an old Xbox in her room she could watch Netflix on, so she could watch it on her own. We took her to the sing-along theatrical showing, and told her to stand up on her seat and sing the songs. We'd been to one already and people were having their kids do that. It was a blast. I never went to Rocky (Horror Picture Show, not the boxing one) events or any other audience-participation movies before, so seeing a bunch of kids and teenagers singing along to the movie, it wasn't distracting and it was actually a lot of fun. So when we brought our kid (niece), it was even cooler.
My niece actually seems to believe that watching the movie over and over again and singing the songs along with the band (but never the Saja Boys' songs) helps seal the Honmoon, the spiritual barrier in the film that keeps the demons from invading the human realm (though, somehow a few still slip through, such as the Saja Boys and the ones who took over HUNTR/X's flight in the very beginning). We've convinced her that supporting her favourite song ("What it Sounds Like") and her favourite girl (Mira) will help as well. I have the same favourite song from the movie, but my girl is Rumi (with the purple hair; Mira is the redhead). So we have a bit of a rivalry. Being the only one making money, I can spend more money on my girl, but I also buy her Mira stuff, so she has Mira and KPDH merch, too. Only difference is, she believes it.
It annoys me that a lot of Christians seem to be opposed to this movie. I asked about it in a couple Christian comms here on Lemmy, but they wouldn't speak to me about it. Might have banned or kicked me, I don't know. I just know I wasn't given any kind of response. But I've had Christians tell me IRL the film is offensive. I disagree — the girls use the power of fan devotion to keep demons at bay. It's the same as any church rallying parishioners in prayer to praise Jesus and keep Satan at bay. It's literally the same thing. No, fans shouldn't be worshipping HUNTR/X; but rather, HUNTR/X uses the power of music to bring people together with a common goal to unite people against the demons. The difference is, the HUNTR/X fans don't know about the demons. They're just there for the music. But their love is what seals the Honmoon, not some power the girls have. Their only power seems to be to summon their weapons out of thin air. And to jump out of a plane and land with no harm. So, cartoon stuff in a cartoon world. But even as an Atheist, this doesn't bother me — people coming together for a common goal isn't exclusive to Korean folklore, or any religion. If anything, it's Humanism — the belief in the inherent and innate goodness of human beings. That's what the film is about for me.
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cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 103d
The article has a bad link to the Amazon listing for the Blu-ray.
https://a.co/d/0fMOc1Yp
So there’s a link generated by the Amazon app.
I imagine the link did work, but it had tracking that my security software blocked.
golden@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 103d
The link worked for me, maybe it was an affiliate code or something in the link?
cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 103d
Yeah, like I said it was probably my security software. I will say that the link did not go to Amazon. It went to a site that was blocked. So at the very least it was a click tracking thing. Maybe harmless, but not something I'm going to disable security for. Not when I can just go straight to Amazon and get a direct link with no tracking or affiliation.
Affiliate codes end with ?= and some code and do not flag my security software. So they wanted to monetise the click beyond the affiliate link.
cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 103d
Unrelated to the technical issue in the article — I love this movie and I'm glad it's getting a 4K release. $50 is crazy though, I guess Blu-rays have RAM now too (PC builders' joke).
Like a lot of people, I thought it looked stupid. My wife gave it a chance and then demanded we watch it together. I've been hooked ever since. Then I was at a family function, and my sister-in-law's smart TV was going unused, and there were bored children around, so I hijacked the TV with my MacBook and put on KPDH. The kids got into it and even the adults were entertained. My brother-in-law blames me for his then 8 year old daughter watching it daily. He bought a cheap TV at a thrift store and set up an old Xbox in her room she could watch Netflix on, so she could watch it on her own. We took her to the sing-along theatrical showing, and told her to stand up on her seat and sing the songs. We'd been to one already and people were having their kids do that. It was a blast. I never went to Rocky (Horror Picture Show, not the boxing one) events or any other audience-participation movies before, so seeing a bunch of kids and teenagers singing along to the movie, it wasn't distracting and it was actually a lot of fun. So when we brought our kid (niece), it was even cooler.
My niece actually seems to believe that watching the movie over and over again and singing the songs along with the band (but never the Saja Boys' songs) helps seal the Honmoon, the spiritual barrier in the film that keeps the demons from invading the human realm (though, somehow a few still slip through, such as the Saja Boys and the ones who took over HUNTR/X's flight in the very beginning). We've convinced her that supporting her favourite song ("What it Sounds Like") and her favourite girl (Mira) will help as well. I have the same favourite song from the movie, but my girl is Rumi (with the purple hair; Mira is the redhead). So we have a bit of a rivalry. Being the only one making money, I can spend more money on my girl, but I also buy her Mira stuff, so she has Mira and KPDH merch, too. Only difference is, she believes it.
It annoys me that a lot of Christians seem to be opposed to this movie. I asked about it in a couple Christian comms here on Lemmy, but they wouldn't speak to me about it. Might have banned or kicked me, I don't know. I just know I wasn't given any kind of response. But I've had Christians tell me IRL the film is offensive. I disagree — the girls use the power of fan devotion to keep demons at bay. It's the same as any church rallying parishioners in prayer to praise Jesus and keep Satan at bay. It's literally the same thing. No, fans shouldn't be worshipping HUNTR/X; but rather, HUNTR/X uses the power of music to bring people together with a common goal to unite people against the demons. The difference is, the HUNTR/X fans don't know about the demons. They're just there for the music. But their love is what seals the Honmoon, not some power the girls have. Their only power seems to be to summon their weapons out of thin air. And to jump out of a plane and land with no harm. So, cartoon stuff in a cartoon world. But even as an Atheist, this doesn't bother me — people coming together for a common goal isn't exclusive to Korean folklore, or any religion. If anything, it's Humanism — the belief in the inherent and innate goodness of human beings. That's what the film is about for me.