No to all of those. Those are not solutions to my problem(s).Quoting Ezee E (view post)
No to all of those. Those are not solutions to my problem(s).Quoting Ezee E (view post)
I did, I just know thats crap because it will have no effect on piracy.Quoting Dukefrukem (view post)
Well there won't be anyway to record off it. So unless you're talking about cam stuff (which is such a minor part of movie piracy) I don't see it as an issue.Quoting Skitch (view post)
If it's playing on your TV what stops you just using a DVR recorder or whatever?
For the same reason why you can't do that with the PS3 or PS4.Quoting Winston* (view post)
Nor do I, but I know how geek nation works. They'll have a work around it in about a week, month tops.Quoting Winston* (view post)
The only time I have bad theater experiences in recent memory is:Quoting Dukefrukem (view post)
-Film projector broke down in Son of Saul
-Too damn hot in the theater (typically sold out shows)
-Old people predicting the outcome of scenes in Boyhood
PS3 and PS4 have yet to be hacked.Quoting Skitch (view post)
No.
Last 10 Movies Seen
(90+ = canonical, 80-89 = brilliant, 70-79 = strongly recommended, 60-69 = good, 50-59 = mixed, 40-49 = below average with some good points, 30-39 = poor, 20-29 = bad, 10-19 = terrible, 0-9 = soul-crushingly inept in every way)
Run (2020) 64
The Whistlers (2019) 55
Pawn (2020) 62
Matilda (1996) 37
The Town that Dreaded Sundown (1976) 61
Moby Dick (2011) 50
Soul (2020) 64
Heroic Duo (2003) 55
A Moment of Romance (1990) 61
As Tears Go By (1988) 65
Stuff at Letterboxd
Listening Habits at LastFM
I think movie theaters are so fun that even one full of awful audience members is still better than watching a movie in private in the greatest home theater in the world.
Movie Theater DiaryQuoting Donald Glover
I wish porn is still shown in theaters regularly. The handful of times I've watched porn on a big screen with an audience (at a porn film festival, or there's an arthouse theater in Brooklyn that screens old porn features at midnight every couple of months), it's been really fun.
Masturbating is frowned upon, though, so maybe home theaters are still good for something.
Movie Theater DiaryQuoting Donald Glover
Watching porn in a theater is the very last thing I want to do in life.
Weird goal.Quoting Dukefrukem (view post)
I think you read my post wrong. After I do everything else in the world, I will watch porn in a theater. That's how interesting and fun it sounds.Quoting Winston* (view post)
I go to Disney movies just to masturbate. That Princess Elsa is one sexy bitch.
Just because...
The Fabelmans (Steven Spielberg, 2022) mild
Petite maman (Céline Sciamma, 2021) mild
The Banshees of Inisherin (Martin McDonagh, 2022) mild
The last book I read was...
The Complete Short Stories by Mark Twain
The (New) World
Sometimes Winston makes jokes.Quoting Dukefrukem (view post)
The closest I've ever been to watching porn in a theater was 9 Songs.
Coming to America (Landis, 1988) **
The Beach Bum (Korine, 2019) *1/2
Us (Peele, 2019) ***1/2
Fugue (Smoczynska, 2018) ***1/2
Prisoners (Villeneuve, 2013) ***1/2
Shadow (Zhang, 2018) ***
Oslo, August 31st (J. Trier, 2011) ****
Climax (Noé, 2018) **1/2
Fighting With My Family (Merchant, 2019) **
Upstream Color (Carruth, 2013) ***
Shortbus for me.
Didn't see Gaspar Noe's Love in the theater....
Oh yeah, that one too.Quoting Ezee E (view post)
Coming to America (Landis, 1988) **
The Beach Bum (Korine, 2019) *1/2
Us (Peele, 2019) ***1/2
Fugue (Smoczynska, 2018) ***1/2
Prisoners (Villeneuve, 2013) ***1/2
Shadow (Zhang, 2018) ***
Oslo, August 31st (J. Trier, 2011) ****
Climax (Noé, 2018) **1/2
Fighting With My Family (Merchant, 2019) **
Upstream Color (Carruth, 2013) ***
This is what I imagine when I read Duke's posts in this and any other thread:
The severed arm perfectly acquitted itself, because of the simplicity of its wishes and its total lack of doubt.
Not a bad thing.
This has been proposed and re-proposed for years. It'll never work.
People pay a premium to get out of the house. Going to the movies is "something to do," and we've collectively assigned value to that. Immediacy isn't what people are paying for. They are paying for the social experience. (I'm speaking broadly to the general pop, not cineastes or movie nerds.) Going out costs money, so people are willing to pay more due to the lack of cheap alternatives. That long married couple still wants to get out of the house on date night.
There is a different value calculation we do for entertainment at home. The value is considerably less because there are cheap options. Netflix, Redbox, cable, internet, etc. The value to a consumer of a movie "at home" is probably like 2-3 bucks at most. There may be a small premium people will pay for a "new release", but I doubt it's that significant.
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letterboxd.
A Star is Born (2018) **1/2
Unforgiven (1992) ***1/2
The Sisters Brothers (2018) **
Crazy Rich Asians (2018) ***
The Informant! (2009) ***1/2
BlacKkKlansman (2018) ***1/2
Sorry to Bother You (2018) **1/2
Eighth Grade (2018) ***
Mission Impossible: Fallout (2018) ***
Ant-Man and The Wasp (2018) **1/2
At the cinema now fyi. Will provide updates.
It'll never work because the industry won't allow it, not because consumers wouldn't want it.Quoting DavidSeven (view post)
We assign a different values to things at different ages, and it feels like you believe Screening Room's target is much younger than it is. They don't want the under 30s. They want young families. They want dinks (double income, no kids). They want people who go to the movies 6 times a year (the nat'l average) or less. They see value in capturing extra dollars between day 1 and day 90 in the traditional release window. That market doesn't involve kids who are looking for "something to do" and go out just to go out.
Immediacy is one of the few things theaters offer, and they know it. That's why the Nat'l Assoc of Theater Owners (NATO!) freaks out constantly about the day and date release window. It's also why the industry pushes opening weekend as the only metric that matters.
If the social angle were that strong, especially as a selling point, attendance wouldn't drop year over year. And besides, Screening Room doesn't inhibit socializing at all. You can still watch the same movie with the same friends. The only difference is where that happens.
The average cable sub in the US is 70 bucks. Premium VOD is already above your price point at $10-15 a pop. Pay-per-view sporting events are many times that. I think you're underestimating how much people will spend for entertainment at home (it's slightly off topic, but Steam, XBOX Live, and PSN don't fit into your model at all, where the costs are potentially higher per piece than Screening Room).
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Man, watching a film with an appreciative audience is the best. Home viewing is for chumps.Quoting Winston* (view post)
Last edited by Winston*; 03-14-2016 at 07:44 AM.