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Rimbo

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  1. It's a classic "who moved my cheese" business case study. The market changed, and rather than finding ways to innovate and adapt, the industry is resorting to begging the market to come back to it. The theater industry, once upon a time, was the only place to see moving pictures of any length. Color film arrived before color TV did. Theaters were a place where you could stay cool on a hot summer day before every home had A/C. In the 80s and 90s, it was about a superior movie-watching experience -- no longer about a unique experience. Over the past quarter century, the home experience has caught up and in many homes surpassed the picture and audio quality of a theater. Now that you can stream anything anytime in an air-conditioned home with 4k video and surround audio and any of the snacks and booze you see fit to grab from the local supermarket, what does the typical theater offer? Jack shit. Now, you've got things like the Alamo Drafthouse that attempt to offer a different experience from what you'd get at your nearby 90s-style ultra-cine-plex. There's value in that. But that's it. That's all. Go upscale or go out of business.
  2. Definitely seems to be in the Find Out phase.
  3. you and I must be going to different theaters
  4. Ohhhhhhhh yeah I thought by "slip" you meant "fall" rather than "move up." Didn't realize he was projected lower than 2nd.
  5. I'm negging anything that is only about Derka. @Rockwell Torrey, why do you think that?
  6. lol you seem poor I have at least 3 systems in my tiny bungalow that beat the typical movie theater and I can use the bass amp as a subwoofer. BOOOOOOM
  7. Why is it strange? Most people don't want to see them. They went to the movies to -- get this -- watch a movie. Not to watch ads. They reduce the quality of the experience. And you could do that back when the best home video experience one could get was a well-rented VHS tape. But now? Why should audiences pay more for a worse experience?
  8. iI didn't watch the Oscars and I didn't see whatever stupid effort they tried to use to appeal to me. What... am I supposed to feel romantic about squeezing into a metal seat with God-only-knows what parasites while my feet stick to the floor and stingy operators turn down the bulbs to make the screen too dark while cranking up the volume of the sound system to ear-splitting levels while I snack on the absolute worst garbage barely fit to be fed to humans while Robots vs Alien Menace 15, the sequel to Robots vs Alien Menace 14, takes up 90 minutes of my life that I'll never fucking get back? You want me to feel like that's some fuckin' romantic moment? The last time, the absolute last time, that I was in a theater and remembered enjoying the experience because I was in a theater was watching the heat-seeking proton torpedo blow up Christopher Plummer's cloaked Bird of Prey on opening night of Star Trek VI, because Plummer absolutely nailed the villain role and we all cheered to see him blow up. And I guess going to see Episode I at Mann's at midnight in Westwood was pretty cool, because of all the cosplayers. But that's the absolute last time. I fail to see why that is the audience's problem. If the business model cannot support a superior experience, then it deserves to die.
  9. At home I have multiple 4k displays and audio options for days. I control the snacks, the environment, and the rest of the viewing audience. Why the hell would I leave? The theater experience, of sitting in a filthy seat with shitty overpriced garbage snacks, is obsolete. Painfully so. Things like the Alamo Drafthouse make a shit ton more sense. Give me a reason to leave the house. Nobody likes Jujubes. No one ever did. Theater popcorn is ass. I don't need a fuckin' sugary bubble soda 72 oz in size. Your industry's failure to innovate, combined with greedy price-gouging, does not constitute a moral failing on the audience's part.
  10. greyhounds have such sweet personalities
  11. i can confirm that most cellists are good at both including the women
  12. The only thing interesting about the cello is that I play it. Like, at a work icebreaker, "I'm really good at cello" is a great answer to "tell us something interesting we don't know." But that is literally the only thing interesting about it.
  13. Fenton! FENTON!!! Jesus Christ ... FENTOOOOON!
  14. ohhhhhhhh right those! Somehow got the two conflated
  15. There must be something in the water or the heavens. So many people being colossal dickheads right now.
  16. Mock drafts have ALWAYS been the worst of the worst sports commentary, the last refuge of those desperate to be taken seriously, feeding those who suffer the worst withdrawals from the end of the season. If Mel Kiper were an alcoholic beverage, he'd be Night Train; consumed only by those at or near rock bottom. I wonder if there's some unheralded non-P4 or Div II QB that will go in the late rounds or undrafted that might make a career out of it. Nobody talks about those teams and players.
  17. he was definitely our wr #1 by the end of the season
  18. I don't understand why, in a year where we've had more Combine invites than ever, you would rather talk about Derka instead. The fuck is wrong with you? Put him on ignore.
  19. that's why i use American Express and Discover whenever possible instead
  20. you know those were a major plot arc in Rebels, too?
  21. i like my women like i like my coffee unmodified
  22. "what the fuck are those" -- e e cummings
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