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    Quote Quoting Ezee E (view post)
    Ridiculous.

    If you want to avoid crowds, go to an Independent theater where people are typically polite, an earlier show where there's hardly anyone at all, or sit closer.
    No to all of those. Those are not solutions to my problem(s).
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    Uwe Boll movies > all Marvel U movies
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    I work in grocery. I have not gotten sick. My fellow employees have not gotten sick. If the virus were even remotely as contagious as its being presented as, why haven’t entire store staffs who come into contact with hundreds of people per day, thousands per week, all falling ill in mass nationwide?

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    Quote Quoting Dukefrukem (view post)
    Because of the anti-piracy software on the box. Did anyone read the articles?
    I did, I just know thats crap because it will have no effect on piracy.

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    I did, I just know thats crap because it will have no effect on piracy.
    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.
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    Uwe Boll movies > all Marvel U movies
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    I work in grocery. I have not gotten sick. My fellow employees have not gotten sick. If the virus were even remotely as contagious as its being presented as, why haven’t entire store staffs who come into contact with hundreds of people per day, thousands per week, all falling ill in mass nationwide?

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    If it's playing on your TV what stops you just using a DVR recorder or whatever?

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    Quote Quoting Winston* (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.
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    Uwe Boll movies > all Marvel U movies
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    I work in grocery. I have not gotten sick. My fellow employees have not gotten sick. If the virus were even remotely as contagious as its being presented as, why haven’t entire store staffs who come into contact with hundreds of people per day, thousands per week, all falling ill in mass nationwide?

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    I don't understand things.

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    Quote Quoting Winston* (view post)
    I don't understand things.
    Nor do I, but I know how geek nation works. They'll have a work around it in about a week, month tops.

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    Quote Quoting Dukefrukem (view post)
    No to all of those. Those are not solutions to my problem(s).
    The only time I have bad theater experiences in recent memory is:
    -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

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    Quote Quoting Skitch (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.
    PS3 and PS4 have yet to be hacked.
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    Uwe Boll movies > all Marvel U movies
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    I work in grocery. I have not gotten sick. My fellow employees have not gotten sick. If the virus were even remotely as contagious as its being presented as, why haven’t entire store staffs who come into contact with hundreds of people per day, thousands per week, all falling ill in mass nationwide?

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    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.
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    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.
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    I was actually just reading about Matt Damon and he’s like, ‘There’s a culture of outrage.’ I’m like, ‘Well, they have a reason to be outraged.’ I think it’s a lot of dudes just being scared. They’re like, ‘What if I did something and I didn’t realize it?’ I’m like, ‘Deal with it.’
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    Watching porn in a theater is the very last thing I want to do in life.
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    Uwe Boll movies > all Marvel U movies
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    I work in grocery. I have not gotten sick. My fellow employees have not gotten sick. If the virus were even remotely as contagious as its being presented as, why haven’t entire store staffs who come into contact with hundreds of people per day, thousands per week, all falling ill in mass nationwide?

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    Quote Quoting Dukefrukem (view post)
    Watching porn in a theater is the very last thing I want to do in life.
    Weird goal.

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    Quote Quoting Winston* (view post)
    Weird goal.
    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.
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    Uwe Boll movies > all Marvel U movies
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    I work in grocery. I have not gotten sick. My fellow employees have not gotten sick. If the virus were even remotely as contagious as its being presented as, why haven’t entire store staffs who come into contact with hundreds of people per day, thousands per week, all falling ill in mass nationwide?

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    I go to Disney movies just to masturbate. That Princess Elsa is one sexy bitch.
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    Quote 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.
    Sometimes Winston makes jokes.

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    Shortbus for me.

    Didn't see Gaspar Noe's Love in the theater....

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    Quote Quoting Ezee E (view post)
    Shortbus for me.
    Oh yeah, that one too.
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    This is what I imagine when I read Duke's posts in this and any other thread:

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    Not a bad thing.

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    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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    At the cinema now fyi. Will provide updates.

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    Quote Quoting DavidSeven (view post)
    This has been proposed and re-proposed for years. It'll never work.
    It'll never work because the industry won't allow it, not because consumers wouldn't want it.

    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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    At the cinema now fyi. Will provide updates.
    Man, watching a film with an appreciative audience is the best. Home viewing is for chumps.
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