When you have a job, work a good chunk of the day, have the commute to and from work, plus family obligations, your free time is more precious than ever. Not to mention people are SICK AND TIRED of being advertised at.
I'm at the point where commercials are a "Do not buy this product!" list rather than a "promotional" tool that they are meant to be.
For the "unskippable" garbage on DVD/BluRays, turn on the player and pop in the disc a few minutes before you even switch the TV to DVD input....
2- and 3.5, pause the movie and make some actual FOOD, rather than over-priced popcorn, soda, and snacks. Your home, your choice what to make and eat and drink.
6 is a non-starter, since if you are waiting for a movie to come out on DVD, you've had plenty of time to overhear spoilers...
Otherwise hits all the important reasons why theater-attendance is in decline.
Geuss I'm lucky, I can go three hours in a movie on huge beverage (assuming I go before we enter the theater for the previews and the movie itself...
Of course, we went to a theater maybe once or twice in 2014, for Hobbit 3 and... maybe only one unless Hobbit 2 came out early in 2014....
The "movie-going experience" kinda sucks.
Yeah, the huge screen is great, but a lot of the time the sound effects or back-ground music tends to make it hard to hear the actual dialog (and there are no subtitles/closed captions unless you go to one of a very few theaters), you're locked into the theater's time schedule, no pause/rewind when needed/wanted, other people being noisy/disruptive/stupid, WAY overpriced food/drinks... and let's not forget how little originality to the movies anymore, they are all remakes of old movies TV shows, or yet another tired sequel (Liam Neeson in Taken 245, see his third cousin's uncle's brother's adopted neice's pitbull get kidnapped and need rescuing)
The theater isn't that great of an experience anymore...
When "justice" is bought and paid for by big business and the wealthy, the only option left is revolt. gstoddart has the only workable solution so far....
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I thought that was Apple's problem...
Ask in PSA on the screen, but no actual enforcement...
People confuse Volume Level with "sound quality"...
Seriously, the other movie goers don't want to listen to the OP chat with his/her/its friends during the movie....
If your only social outlet is in a dark theater where you're focused on the screen in front of you and not supposed to chat, you are doing it wrong...
You can do that watching a movie on your home theater system too...
Time crunch even moreso.
When you have a job, work a good chunk of the day, have the commute to and from work, plus family obligations, your free time is more precious than ever.
Not to mention people are SICK AND TIRED of being advertised at.
I'm at the point where commercials are a "Do not buy this product!" list rather than a "promotional" tool that they are meant to be.
For the "unskippable" garbage on DVD/BluRays, turn on the player and pop in the disc a few minutes before you even switch the TV to DVD input....
Only the fanatics who would give up their first born to be the first inline to see the new Star Wars/Star Trek/Fast and Furious/etc movie....
2- and 3.5, pause the movie and make some actual FOOD, rather than over-priced popcorn, soda, and snacks. Your home, your choice what to make and eat and drink.
6 is a non-starter, since if you are waiting for a movie to come out on DVD, you've had plenty of time to overhear spoilers...
Otherwise hits all the important reasons why theater-attendance is in decline.
Never said "unique consumers"
Man and wife go to 10 movies together, that's 20 tickets sold for just 2 people...
If no one pays for movies, they won't get made
That's one way to end piracy
He doesn't look like an action hero, feeding the average Joe's need to think they themselves could be an action hero?
Dude, grow a bladder
Geuss I'm lucky, I can go three hours in a movie on huge beverage (assuming I go before we enter the theater for the previews and the movie itself...
Of course, we went to a theater maybe once or twice in 2014, for Hobbit 3 and... maybe only one unless Hobbit 2 came out early in 2014....
The "movie-going experience" kinda sucks.
Yeah, the huge screen is great, but a lot of the time the sound effects or back-ground music tends to make it hard to hear the actual dialog (and there are no subtitles/closed captions unless you go to one of a very few theaters), you're locked into the theater's time schedule, no pause/rewind when needed/wanted, other people being noisy/disruptive/stupid, WAY overpriced food/drinks...
and let's not forget how little originality to the movies anymore, they are all remakes of old movies TV shows, or yet another tired sequel (Liam Neeson in Taken 245, see his third cousin's uncle's brother's adopted neice's pitbull get kidnapped and need rescuing)
The theater isn't that great of an experience anymore...
You had a shitty phone...
Apple products are still shit though....
When I had a Galaxy S4, it had an SD slot for extra memory.
Apple's iShit products do not....
it's a Seth Rogan movie, isn't making someone watch it a crime against humanity?
Only if you drop them on Sony execs from orbit...
(Douglas Adams you are sorely missed....)
When "justice" is bought and paid for by big business and the wealthy, the only option left is revolt. gstoddart has the only workable solution so far....
Galaxy Quest is probably the best "modern" Star Trek movie, especially compared to the past two offerings....
How about a whole new story line without all the throw backs to previous Star Trek movies?
ST:Into Darkness, I'm looking at you, way too many "homages" to Wrath of Khan...
Fuck off losers
The ride for "Coupling" could be fun :)
Kill Bill Part 1-style...
Nah, you will be stripped naked, securely bound in hospital restraints and sedated to complete unconsciousness before being allowed on the plane....
The TSA's very EXISTANCE is an unnecessary inconvenience on ALL travelers.
Most lead such "dull" lives, they foolishly assume this will have no effect on them.
Too bad the government once again makes the nutjob "militias" and similar groups look like oracles...