Comment Re:Gift books (Score 1) 230
I prefer this method. The book isn't helping anyone by sitting on a shelf.
I strongly suspect the real issue is there aren't enough people with taste similar to yours to make the types of movies you want to see financially viable.
Sadly, the other part of this issue is that it costs so much to produce these films that they have to get funding from major studios who care about demographics.
Real Programmers don't eat quiche. They eat Twinkies and Szechwan food.