I think the biggest problem with theaters is just the expense. During the before times, in the long long ago, there were no luxury loungers or XD, no IMAX or restaurant style food brought to you - you had $2 theaters with broken seats and cruddy popcorn. If some old theaters were like, "let's do $5 tickets and cut back on the extras" there'd probably be a market for it, but not when it's like a $100 for a family of four for tickets and popcorn.
I'm sure that's part of it. Also, waaaaay back in the day when my Mom could drop me off at the local theater with a quarter and do her shopping (15 miles from home) for over 2 hours while I watched a Saturday matinee double feature you could actually WATCH and HEAR the movie. Even a crowd of Boomer kids didn't ruin the experience for everyone.
Today, between weird sound on the movies, overly loud music in the movies itself, people talking and even yelling, screen pics being snaped, etc, I can barely watch/hear the movie at all.
The "theater experience" is rarely fun any longer.
So. High cost, low fun plus streaming equals why go?
As for Dementus-in-Chief, I don't know if he was dropping a dookie or had no idea where he was or what he was doing, but I do know he is quite visibly getting worse. And it's still 5 months to the election. Could have been both, maybe. He might have been 'searching' for the bathroom commode to do his business.
I don't see how he can be propped up for an hour of 'debate' even if he has the questions beforehand, is thoroughly coached on his answers, and is pumped full of Adderal or whatever. At some point he would have to respond to something Trump said and disaster would loom.
Wife and I went to the movies 2 weeks ago for the first time in years to see the Crow re-release. 6:30 start time, 6:45 screen dark and the lights still on. Spoke to the person at guest services about it. Sat back down, 10 minutes later fella comes in to tell us sorry folks, no movie, projector is broken. Oh well, we tried. Got home and watched the Lollapalooza doc on Paramount+.
I mean, I'll see the movie. Eventually. I sorta want to watch it in a big theatre. But my son bought the biggest and nicest TV at Costco, so maybe I go to his place and get a reasonable facsimile of a theatre. When I say he bought the biggest, I mean it's something like 120 inches or something crazy. TEN FEET across. Holy Shizz. We are living in the golden age of home entertainment, but what's available? Absolute dreck on the best days, chilled diarrhea on the worst. But that TV will be awesome come football season. I look at my 48inch TV, and I go limp.
I think the biggest problem with theaters is just the expense. During the before times, in the long long ago, there were no luxury loungers or XD, no IMAX or restaurant style food brought to you - you had $2 theaters with broken seats and cruddy popcorn. If some old theaters were like, "let's do $5 tickets and cut back on the extras" there'd probably be a market for it, but not when it's like a $100 for a family of four for tickets and popcorn.
I'm sure that's part of it. Also, waaaaay back in the day when my Mom could drop me off at the local theater with a quarter and do her shopping (15 miles from home) for over 2 hours while I watched a Saturday matinee double feature you could actually WATCH and HEAR the movie. Even a crowd of Boomer kids didn't ruin the experience for everyone.
Today, between weird sound on the movies, overly loud music in the movies itself, people talking and even yelling, screen pics being snaped, etc, I can barely watch/hear the movie at all.
The "theater experience" is rarely fun any longer.
So. High cost, low fun plus streaming equals why go?
As for Dementus-in-Chief, I don't know if he was dropping a dookie or had no idea where he was or what he was doing, but I do know he is quite visibly getting worse. And it's still 5 months to the election. Could have been both, maybe. He might have been 'searching' for the bathroom commode to do his business.
I don't see how he can be propped up for an hour of 'debate' even if he has the questions beforehand, is thoroughly coached on his answers, and is pumped full of Adderal or whatever. At some point he would have to respond to something Trump said and disaster would loom.
Wife and I went to the movies 2 weeks ago for the first time in years to see the Crow re-release. 6:30 start time, 6:45 screen dark and the lights still on. Spoke to the person at guest services about it. Sat back down, 10 minutes later fella comes in to tell us sorry folks, no movie, projector is broken. Oh well, we tried. Got home and watched the Lollapalooza doc on Paramount+.
I mean, I'll see the movie. Eventually. I sorta want to watch it in a big theatre. But my son bought the biggest and nicest TV at Costco, so maybe I go to his place and get a reasonable facsimile of a theatre. When I say he bought the biggest, I mean it's something like 120 inches or something crazy. TEN FEET across. Holy Shizz. We are living in the golden age of home entertainment, but what's available? Absolute dreck on the best days, chilled diarrhea on the worst. But that TV will be awesome come football season. I look at my 48inch TV, and I go limp.
Yes, that is why we like you (at least one of many reasons)!!