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Greenhornet
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
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 Posted - 03/29/2008 : 12:47:07 PM
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3D has been tried HOW MANY times since it's introduction? It's a no-go, people realised that back in the fifties!
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Sardu
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
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Posted - 03/29/2008 : 3:39:51 PM
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Originally posted by Greenhornet
3D has been tried HOW MANY times since it's introduction? It's a no-go, people realised that back in the fifties!
"The Queen is testing poisons." CLEOPATRA, 1935
Trying to compare the awful anaglyph (red/blue) 3D of the 50's (and pretty much up until the last 15 years or so) to the stunning polarized process they have now is pretty much like comparing a 60's Japanese transistor radio with a 2" speaker to an iPod.
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hk6909
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
651 Posts |
Posted - 03/29/2008 : 4:50:20 PM
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I think he's saying people just don't get that excited by it. I don't, even if the process is different.
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zombiewhacker
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
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Posted - 03/29/2008 : 5:10:51 PM
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Hollywood's trump card will always be the communal experience of going to a theater. I don't care how big a home theater screen is, I'm glad I saw Lord of the Rings in theaters with a jam-packed audience. With some tent pole films, an enthusiastic audience will make the viewing experience better, not worse. Heck, there are movies I wish I'd seen for the first time with an audience instead of home on DVD.
DVD and other technical innovations will cut into theater sales, no doubt, but the theater going experience isn't going away, not by a long shot.
The music industry, on the other hand, that's somebody who should have ants in their pants. |
Edited by - zombiewhacker on 03/29/2008 5:12:09 PM |
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CDiehl
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
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Posted - 03/31/2008 : 12:11:03 PM
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Hollywood's trump card will always be the communal experience of going to a theater. I don't care how big a home theater screen is, I'm glad I saw Lord of the Rings in theaters with a jam-packed audience. With some tent pole films, an enthusiastic audience will make the viewing experience better, not worse. Heck, there are movies I wish I'd seen for the first time with an audience instead of home on DVD.
I agree. In fact, most movies don't need to be in theatres. For example, will anyone feel like they lost anything in a few years when I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry gets spammed on TBS 6 times in a weekend? Will anyone feel cheated when, a few years after that, they plug it into a random Tuesday morning slot sandwiched between sitcoms? The same can be said of a large majority of movies that have ever come out; they look just as well and are just as entertaining when shown on TV as they ever were on the screen. I'm not even talking about one of these fancy-pants $35-a-head places. I'm talking about how most movies aren't good enough to justify showing them in a regular, $8 or $10 theatre. Most movies that come out each year could do just as well, or better, if released direct-to-DVD. To fill the void, the studios could make more big, rousing, visually impressive movies to be shown in theatres, and run them longer.
You know Grand Funk, don't you? The wild, shirtless lyrics of Mark Farner? The bong-rattling bass of Mel Schacher? The ... adequate drumwork of Don Brewer? |
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Ken HPoJ
Supreme Potentate
USA
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Posted - 03/31/2008 : 12:15:38 PM
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How about this, charge $2 more than you do now, but station in each theater an usher who escourts out anyone who talks during the movie, lights up their cell phones screen, or brings a noisy kid. Do that, and 90% of customers will be satisfied, and more likely to attend movies in the future.
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The Rev. D.D.
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
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Posted - 04/10/2008 : 1:00:51 PM
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I'd gladly pay a little extra for that particular service as well, Mr. Begg.
I have to admit, I do like the communal experience sometimes, but only during "midnight movie"-type events where everyone knows and loves the movie being shown and it's like a giant MST3K party. Any other time I'm happy to not have that many people around.
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twitterpate
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
Canada
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Posted - 04/10/2008 : 4:40:07 PM
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Originally posted by zombiewhacker
Hollywood's trump card will always be the communal experience of going to a theater. I don't care how big a home theater screen is, I'm glad I saw Lord of the Rings in theaters with a jam-packed audience. With some tent pole films, an enthusiastic audience will make the viewing experience better, not worse. Heck, there are movies I wish I'd seen for the first time with an audience instead of home on DVD.
DVD and other technical innovations will cut into theater sales, no doubt, but the theater going experience isn't going away, not by a long shot.
The music industry, on the other hand, that's somebody who should have ants in their pants.
I think you're right - watching a good film in a packed theatre is irreplaceable.
And that makes me think that the theatre described in the opening post is at EXACTLY the wrong size point - it's too small to get a good "we are the world, and we LIKE this movie" vibe going, yet big enough that you will have people rather uncomfortable around strangers. I'm more comfortable in front of 399 other people than 39.
And if one of those high rollers decides to spend the whole movie talking on his cell phone, because HE'S TOO RICH TO BE QUIET, how are they going to deal with it? |
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Liz of the Spiders
Altar Boy of Jabootu
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Posted - 04/17/2008 : 1:04:12 PM
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Sushi is a theater-friendly meal? Let's wait until the remains from previous sessions start to reek. These people are just nuts.
Oh, but rich people would never leave a mess in the theatre like us dirty proles! /sarcasm |
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