Slashdot Mirror
Movie Theaters Haven't Innovated Beyond Popcorn, Says Netflix CEO (variety.com)
Janko Roettgers, reporting for Variety: Asked about his company's relationship with major theater chains, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings didn't pull any punches on Thursday. "How did distribution innovate in the movie business in the last 30 years? Well, the popcorn tastes better, but that's about it," he quipped. "What Netflix wants to do is to unleash film," he said. "It's fundamentally about growing the movie business." [...] On Thursday, Hastings pushed back against the notion that the company aims to bypass theaters. "We are not anti theater," he said. "We just want things to come out at the same time."
Microwave popcorn? Blasphemy!! Buy unpopped kernels and make some real popcorn!
Seriously, microwave popcorn has some strange chemicals you may not want to ingest.
Considering Netflix rarely gets any new movies anymore, one thing movie theaters have that Netflix doesn't is new movies.
I'm a good cook. I'm a fantastic eater. - Steven Brust
World-wide distribution on day #1. No more scratched, third-hand, celluloid reels. Better screens, better projectors, better sound. 3D projection on applicable movies.
At the end of the day it's just a dark room full of chairs with a screen at the front. What else is there to innovate Mr. Hastings?
Oh, yeah, one thing: http://theoatmeal.com/comics/m...
Not widely implemented yet.
No sig today...
Christ yes! Microwave popcorn is surely one of the signs of the Apocalypse and an abomination before the Lord. "And lo I did see the fifth rider, and he rode in on a rubbery margarine-flavored piece of popped corn, and the name written on the bib tied around his puffy neck was 'Tastes like old shoes'."
The world's burning. Moped Jesus spotted on I50. Details at 11.
Brazier/brassiere.
One is for holding up boobies, the other is something workmen warm their hands on.
You can see how confusion arises...
systemd is Roko's Basilisk.