The time of year is again upon us when movie studios send out DVD screeners of the latest theatrical releases to the members of the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for awards consideration. Of course, these screeners inevitably end up in the hands of evildoers who rip them and distribute them through intricate underground networks of pirates, buccaneers, and scallywags who ultimately make them available to the public via bittorrent sites, often while the films are still in theatrical release. From now on, I will have links in the sidebar to torrents of the latest DVD screeners. No rubbish Telesyncs or Cams. So curl up on the chesterfield in front of your new 42" HD LCD TV, pop up 18 cents worth of popcorn, raise your middle finger to the MPAA, and watch the latest festering bag o' garbage coming out of Hollywood in the comfort of your own home, safe from terrorists, war, plagues, and homeless people.
If you still don't know how to use bittorrent, here's a quick primer...
1. Download and install a bittorrent client; uTorrent is lighweight and feature packed but is only available for Windows. Mac and Linux users should try Azureus. It runs on Java and also has any feature you could ask for.
2. Go to a site that hosts torrents. A few of the largest are ThePirateBay, BTJunkie, IsoHunt, and TorrentSpy, but there are many other. ScrapeTorrent is an excellent amalgamated search site that searches most of the above sites and a few others simultaneously.
3. Download the .torrent file and open the file with your client (this should happen automatically). The movie will start downloading into the folder you selected for your new files.
4. Periodically stare at the downloading speed for 10-20 minutes and watch it fluctuate. This can be very meditative.
5. Watch the movie* or burn it to DVDs with the pirated DVD burning software you just downloaded and hawk them in a Chinatown alley.
*Movies are usually in .avi format and 700-1400 mb in size. They are encoded with a variety of codecs but VLC Player (Windows, Mac, Linux) will play pretty much anything you throw at it.
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