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...with a healthy dose of fanfiction. The quality of the writing ranges from the cringe-inducing to the occasionally sublime. These generally forgettable works run the gamut from ill-conceived robotic porn to misspelled actioners so awful, a roomful of monkeys with a typewriter and a set of Transformer DVDs might have fared better. Some writers, however, clearly aspire to a higher standard. Their websites hold stories rich in characterization and dramatic in scope, truly breathing life into these walking tin cans...
...half-hour later Dan and Alisha and their new DVDs are compressed into a Volkswagen Santana taxi, bound for the condo that the Sharks have leased for them in a complex of rococo pink high-rises that look like the Leaning Tower of Pisa dipped in grenadine syrup. "You!" Dan commands, using Mandarin for "turn right." Then, after passing through the gates, he says, "Ting!" which means "halt." The driver lets them out in front of a fountain topped by a plaster nymph with breasts the size of cantaloupes...
...biggest buzz at the Sony booth arose over three camcorders that record directly onto DVDs (due out this summer, starting at $1,000). The discs can be edited as you go (Don't like the lighting in that last scene? Erase it at the touch of a button and start over) and will work in any DVD player...
MEANWHILE Hacker Victory In an embarrassment to the Hollywood studios that brought the case against him, Norwegian teenager Jon Johanssen was acquitted of digital piracy by an Oslo court. Johanssen had developed a program to crack the codes on DVDs that prevent unauthorized copying and posted it on the Internet. The court ruled that he had only used the program to view DVDs he legally owned, and there was no evidence anyone else had used it illegally...
...your home-entertainment needs may be fulfilled by an inconspicuous cube that sits in the center of your living room. For now, if you want to do all the cool things modern consumer electronics allow--record DVDs, watch movies in HDTV, save your favorite TV shows for later viewing (with or without the commercials) and load all your CDs onto a hard drive for easier organization--you need space for a wall of sound and video...