This will never happen for as long as humans continue to exist in the physical form which they do today.
Today's PPV is a total joke, but the day is coming when you will be able to view all movies ever made, at any time, from anywhere. Movies can be made and delivered to almost any arbitrary quality. But none if this matters because this is NOT about technology!
Movie theaters are a cultural and social institution. They offer things that no home theater ever could, regardless of technology. Movies (in theaters) are things that you go out to, which is very important. Also there is something very different with watching a movie with hundreds of other real people than sitting at home, even with a group of people.
Sure there will be a place for interactive movies and home theaters, and sure these offer things that can never be found in movie theaters. But there will always be a place for real movie theaters (so long as humans continue to exist as they do today), just like there is still a place today for theater (as in plays/musicals), with real live people. Limiting oneself to just one of these forms ensure that one is is never able to experience the richness of the arts. And limiting on the basis of technology is just plain stupid.
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This will never happen for as long as humans continue to exist in the physical form which they do today.
Today's PPV is a total joke, but the day is coming when you will be able to view all movies ever made, at any time, from anywhere. Movies can be made and delivered to almost any arbitrary quality. But none if this matters because this is NOT about technology!
Movie theaters are a cultural and social institution. They offer things that no home theater ever could, regardless of technology. Movies (in theaters) are things that you go out to, which is very important. Also there is something very different with watching a movie with hundreds of other real people than sitting at home, even with a group of people.
Sure there will be a place for interactive movies and home theaters, and sure these offer things that can never be found in movie theaters. But there will always be a place for real movie theaters (so long as humans continue to exist as they do today), just like there is still a place today for theater (as in plays/musicals), with real live people. Limiting oneself to just one of these forms ensure that one is is never able to experience the richness of the arts. And limiting on the basis of technology is just plain stupid.