radioisdead.net — How do you kill the movie industry? Well, first you make it so you don???t have to actually go anywhere to watch the movie. Then you bring the movie into peoples homes for only one third of the cost of what it would be to go to the theatre. Then, you sell a device that allows people to take the movie with them so they can watch it anywhere.
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mypenisSep 18, 2006
Hmm. I can tell you why I haven't gone in ages. Its basically because all the reason specified up top compounding into one overpriced, under-performing night. Here's a example: I pay gas (usually) to go to the theater. Whatever. I pay $10 for the ticket (better be a good movie with tons of special effects I've never seen before). I pay $5-8 on popcorn and soda (yeah, stupid I know. but convenience and I feel like I gotta get my "full movie experience"). When I finally get to my seat (luckily found one behind the good RESERVED seats), the ads come on. Not Previews mind you (which I kinda like). 10 minutes of ads (Coke, Cingular, Army, Navy, Marines, etc.,). THEN 20 minutes of previews. So I'm 30 minutes in this thing and I haven't seen the movie yet. Just as the movie starts, some jackass answers his phone and talks...loudly (for those that do that bleep, I HATE YOU!). 3/4 way into the movie, I gotta take a leak (hey it's already around the 2 hour mark at that point. A guy's got limits). Well, that's not a total lost since it was sucking in the first place, but just like those new Star Wars trilogy, special effects movies only get good in the last 30 minutes. So I miss some of the good stuff and might check out the DVD to see what he missed. OR I do the smart thing now and just rent out what I was missing and watch it on my TV, on my time, in my space, with my cheapy food. I'm not worried about missing out cause it'll be on DVD next week...or was that the bittorrent version?
imthedarkcydeSep 18, 2006
"Not for me. Satellite radio is just more stations of people deciding what you need to hear. Sorry, but I want to decide for myself."because you get to hear a whole lot of new or obscure music when randomly downloading from BandYouLike X.
cdreilingSep 18, 2006
These mediums will not die, they just evolve and adapt. Podcasting, youtube are transformations of these mediums. radio did not kill the movies, tv did not kill radio, tv did not kill the movies, internet did not kill tv. However, vaudeville is dead. The Medium is the Massage
shrimpcrackersSep 18, 2006
I'd never buy 640x480 movies from iTunes. The quality is terrible. Especially for $14.99.Secondly, movie theaters around the world have adapted a bit, trying everything except for shooting/booting those that forget to turn off their cellphones on sight (something I'd pay for).In Taiwan most theaters have first come first served arranged seating, everyone has comfortable chairs, and they even have a more expensive center section with big leather couches with the best angles to improve the experience. Food is delivered and sold before the movie and delivered to your seat by people running around like they do at the stadium and coupons encourage you to return at a discount.On the otherhand I spent a few thousand over the course of half a decade to build my cheap basement theater with most of the cost going into the projector. It was worth it, I have the walls covered in crimson cloth like they have in certain theaters, I brought the ceiling lighting from ikea, the lighting controls manually from RadioShack, the speakers are better and more accurate than THX (which is mainly just loud), and managed it. It looks convincingly like a small private theater. Worth the effort, definitely, everyone loves it and the movie starts when you want it. I even put in the Hi-Def Quicktime trailers I get from Apple Movies.
minime283Sep 18, 2006
Wait...Radio is dead? This is news to me...XM Radio and Sirius?I prefer podcasts...but I wouldn't say radio is dead.
dissidentSep 19, 2006
I'd prefer watching a movie at home actually. I find theater movies to have good sound, but the picture blurry, and I'm not a fan of loud people, cell phones, and the like. When I do go to a movie, I try to go during a weekday when few people will be there.I don't think movie theaters will die though... lots of people do love them. It's more of a social thing... a place to take dates, and the like.
theatremanMar 16, 2008
agreed. theatre isnt dead yet....! at least theatre in london is huge, I used to work for these guys <a class="user" href="http://www.theatregiftvouchers.net">http://www.theatregiftvouchers.net</a> and they were processing huge amounts of tickets.