DIGITAL RIPOFF

I've been with HBO ever since it's inception and I must tell you, I was delighted as all get out when they began letting us see movies right smack in our very own living rooms. WHAT A GREAT SET UP! I no longer had to take the 10 minute drive to my local BlockBuster to grab a movie that I was allowed to keep for a mere 2/3 days, let's say. Of course after HBO came into my life, that simple little 10 minute drive soon began to feel like an hour and 10 minutes, thus boom. Next thing you know, I'm soon returning the movie 4/5 days later, which naturally meant I was paying like $27 in no time at all. Anyway, GOODBYE BLOCKBUSTER. ENTER: CABLE TV. Great idea, if ever there was one. On cable TV you could rent the box instead of the films, and wow... now I was seeing ALL KINDS of things I never saw before. Crazy ass music videos, soft porn, decent movies, cooking, decorating, etc. etc. Yet through it all... my favorite has always been HBO. Well, until now, that is. I'm thinking its time for a revolt of some sort. I can't beLIEVE what old, crappy movies they bring out on center stage at the beginning of each month! I swear to God... they think we've been under a rock or something? Like, just how many times must I view Forrest Gump, anyway? The Matrix? Terms of Endearment? Geez... GIVE ME SOMETHING LESS THAN 10 YEARS OLD, ALREADY!! It's horrible. Oh yeah... forget the free Cinemax they threw in as a 3 month present for me. NEVER ONCE did I find a movie on that channel I remotely wanted to see. I'm telling you... HBO, and now Cinemax, has GOT to come back to the future, if you ask me. I feel like I'm being ripped off left and right. I mean it... am THIS far from calling them and telling them... YOUR MOVIES SUCK. And, so do you! Actually, I know EXACTLY why they're putting on such old, annoyingly repetitive movies. The want me to instead, lay out even MORE bucks for the Pay Per View movies. WHAT? ANOTHER COST TO THE CONSUMER?? This is SOOOO outta control, it's nuts. Of course, they have me between a rock and a hard place... and the cable people damn well know it. I have no choice BUT order Pay Per Views. I HAVE to... the regular movies are such MAjor crapola! So... not one wanting to settle for crap, I caved in the other day. I ordered three movies. FABULOUS ONES, I might add. And believe me.. they were well worth it.

1.) Australia

2.) Slumdog Millionaire

3.) He's Not Really All That Into You

Whoa... they were soooo great, I can't even tell you. One I had seen in the theater, granted, but let me tell you... it was SUCH A RELIEF to see a flick that wasn't already 16 years old! True, I had to shell out bucks, but they were minor bucks and less than if had I gone to the multiplex. Senior discount, included. So... bottom line:

GIVE US A BREAK, HBO. Stop grabbing every last dollar we have to rip us off with your constant reruns! BRING ON ONLY THE REALLY CURRENT MOVIES, already. Man... you want digital blood from all your customers? Besides, you don't even offer popcorn.

Oh yeah... one last request. Let us actually RECORD the Pay Per Views so that instead of just one month, I can watch it over and over and over for years and years and years. Uh... kinda like the programming you offer on your regular crappy channel line up. THEN we'd be even.