zeropaid.com— The genius behind "Blade Runner" and "Alien" warns that new technology is killing off the big-screen experience.
Sep 4, 2007View in Crawl 4
That doesn't change the fact that, like pointed out above, his own movies were released on VHS, an "inferior" experience when compared to cinema.The fact is, the internet is keeping cinema alive. Until we had the internet, TV shows and movies that weren't commercially successful would drop off into oblivion. Now we have the opportunity to go back and watch our favorite shows and movies all over again.Movies today only show for a limited time. Without transferring them to another medium, they're gone and forgotten. The internet isn't destroying cinema; if anything, it's eroding the potential market for DVD sales, but I still wouldn't argue that. If I like a movie, I have no problem buying it and owning it on DVD. In fact, because I don't have a media center PC or anything, the only way I'll get to watch it on my TV is via DVD. And I much prefer watching movies on a TV than a PC.
Internet will kill cinema as effectively as radio killed print, television killed radio (and cinema), and video killed the radio star. That is to say, not at all. If television didn't take out the movie theater experience, the internet certainly won't. Television (specifically broadcast television) has a more to worry about than cinema.
I think Scott's fear is that it may not be possible to just have the 3% of good cinema. Who's the next Ridley Scott, and will the learning opportunities necessary exist to have the same level of "creative vision"?Is it a case of "take the good with the bad", or "throw out the baby with the bathwater"?
rarsonSep 5, 2007
That doesn't change the fact that, like pointed out above, his own movies were released on VHS, an "inferior" experience when compared to cinema.The fact is, the internet is keeping cinema alive. Until we had the internet, TV shows and movies that weren't commercially successful would drop off into oblivion. Now we have the opportunity to go back and watch our favorite shows and movies all over again.Movies today only show for a limited time. Without transferring them to another medium, they're gone and forgotten. The internet isn't destroying cinema; if anything, it's eroding the potential market for DVD sales, but I still wouldn't argue that. If I like a movie, I have no problem buying it and owning it on DVD. In fact, because I don't have a media center PC or anything, the only way I'll get to watch it on my TV is via DVD. And I much prefer watching movies on a TV than a PC.
bishocoSep 5, 2007
Internet will kill cinema as effectively as radio killed print, television killed radio (and cinema), and video killed the radio star. That is to say, not at all. If television didn't take out the movie theater experience, the internet certainly won't. Television (specifically broadcast television) has a more to worry about than cinema.
mandarinSep 5, 2007
Overpriced snacks, lousy seats and smelly theaters are killing Cinema...
matriSep 6, 2007
I don't care if they were 2 or 3 MONTHS behind the latest films, at that price I'm there!
matriSep 6, 2007
You gotta have popcorn. Cinema without popcorn is like a rollercoaster without screaming.
wallitronSep 6, 2007
I think Scott's fear is that it may not be possible to just have the 3% of good cinema. Who's the next Ridley Scott, and will the learning opportunities necessary exist to have the same level of "creative vision"?Is it a case of "take the good with the bad", or "throw out the baby with the bathwater"?
windmillninjaSep 7, 2007
The internet is not killing cinema. Brett Ratner, maybe, but not the internet.