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Towlie

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16. "Downside of course... no huge screen or zillion-speaker sound system."

Sat Apr 4, 2020, 11:38 PM

Apr 2020

Upsides:

A pause button
A volume control
Buttons to back up and replay, or watch the rest later
Subtitles
No noisy kids or crying babies
No kids with laser pointers
No person sitting near you who saw it already and yells "Ooh! Watch this! Watch this!"
No Mystery Science Theater 3000 wannabees in front of you
Nobody if front of you partially blocking the screen
Nobody next to you fighting you for possession of the armrest or behind you kicking your backrest, like when you're on an airplane

And finally, a "director's cut" version of the movie where the director was able to tell the complete story no matter how long it took, rather than a version that was cut short so that the theater could fit two showings into an evening.

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Wow- Staggering figure- Movie Industry on the ropes [View all] packman Apr 2020 OP

The movie industry doesn't need to suffer, the theatre industry does. Towlie Apr 2020 #1

Not at $30 for a rental exboyfil Apr 2020 #2

From what I've read, $20 is likely to be the most common figure thesquanderer Apr 2020 #11

Usually two viewers for when I go to movies exboyfil Apr 2020 #13

re: "only have to see first run theater movies are ones with huge special effects budgets" thesquanderer Apr 2020 #25

"Downside of course... no huge screen or zillion-speaker sound system." Towlie Apr 2020 #16

I am totally addicted to subtitles now, never realized I was missing half the movie dialog! Baclava Apr 2020 #20

re: director's cut thesquanderer Apr 2020 #26

There are good director cuts and bad director cuts. Towlie Apr 2020 #33

The Abyss was one where the extra footage really improved the film. (n/t) thesquanderer Apr 2020 #34

The "lack of a zillion-speaker sound system" is a bonus. JustABozoOnThisBus Apr 2020 #24

Amazon Prime is offering some first-run movies PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2020 #30

Why do you say that? ancianita Apr 2020 #4

My daughter works at a national theater chain's headquarters rainbow4321 Apr 2020 #15

Working at a theater was my first real job in high school. cwydro Apr 2020 #21

She started out as a concession worker rainbow4321 Apr 2020 #27

Yeah I was 15 also. cwydro Apr 2020 #28

My Wife Did That ProfessorGAC Apr 2020 #31

Why does the theatre industry need to suffer? (n/t) PJMcK Apr 2020 #29

Drive-ins. I remember those days and those dates. panader0 Apr 2020 #3

drive-in dates cojoel Apr 2020 #8

Yeah - OhZone Apr 2020 #5

There will be a considerable shake out and tough times ahead for the entire industry. Sherman A1 Apr 2020 #6

Fewer theater-goers; more watch-at-homers. lagomorph777 Apr 2020 #7

This fucking virus is destorying everything it touches. Initech Apr 2020 #9

S Korea acted and their movie industry isn't suffering like ours uponit7771 Apr 2020 #18

Yes, tRump needs out of our lives, NOW! Fucking virus. SammyWinstonJack Apr 2020 #23

One of my daughter's businesses relied heavily on the SoCal entertainment industry, especially film. Floyd R. Turbo Apr 2020 #10

Yeah, my daughter is head of Warner Brothers Studio's costume department. She says they're in CTyankee Apr 2020 #32

most of what they make is junk but sad to see the job losses nt msongs Apr 2020 #12

Back when Movie Pass was still amazing, I saw 1 movie per day. I had to walk out on 95% of them. Progressive Law Apr 2020 #19

Even TV shows are in trouble MiniMe Apr 2020 #14

This message was self-deleted by its author Initech Apr 2020 #17

Live theater? Concerts? Sports venues? Industrials? jmg257 Apr 2020 #22

The ironic part.... Xolodno Apr 2020 #35