Comment by slumberlust

19 days ago

Are you implying that movie theaters are a better experience than home theaters? I'd argue movie theaters dug their own graves with greed shovels.

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troupo 19 days ago

> Are you implying that movie theaters are a better experience than home theaters?

I don't have an IMAX screen at home. I don't even have the smallest theater screen at home.

Oh, and that "home theater"? Good luck getting the advertised 4k on it from any streaming platform, and very few will have a handy BluRay/Torrents set up at home. Neither do I have Dolby surround at home. Or a way to make the room fully dark.

> I'd argue movie theaters dug their own graves with greed shovels.

I seriously doubt that. Covid maimed theaters, and then streaming dealt the killing blow.

watwut 19 days ago
Streaming killed theater because experience of streaming is just overall better then experience of going to the theater. There I said it.
I have noise control. I can pause it. If I am watching alone I can rewind a scene. I watch when I want and I dont have to go to the mall for it. And it is massively cheaper.
If more of us watch, we can talk to esch other or comment things. Or be silent and not disturbed by somebody else making noise.
- troupo 19 days ago
  
  Ah yes. I really enjoy watching Dune (or Openheimer, or even less bombastic movies) on my 65" TV with two rather tiny speakers [1].
  Streaming killed theaters because movie advertisement basically stopped (the lesser problem), and movies are immediately released on streaming platforms (the bigger problem). Why go to a theater when it will be released on Netflix/Hulu/Amazon within a week or two?
  Movies used to get several weeks (sometimes months) of theatrical runs, and then there was at least a 90 day window (often longer) before home releases on VHS/DVD/BluRay. Now theaters are fighting for at least a 45-day window.
  [1] Well, a 2015-ish Sonos soundbar and two IKEA Sonos speakers.
  
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