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Old 06-23-2020, 11:42 PM
 
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I read somewhere that there is a possibility of the companies in the movie theater business going out of business.
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Old 06-24-2020, 02:17 PM
 
Location: Houston
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I read somewhere that there is a possibility of the companies in the movie theater business going out of business.
If so, that would be a tremendous loss to our nation. But, I don't believe that it is even possible.
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Old 06-24-2020, 08:59 PM
 
Location: San Antonio
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I was in the movie theatre business for over thirty years. When I started as an usher in the late 60s, we ran a little screen ad warning against "THE MONSTER IN YOUR LIVING ROOM", aka Cable TV. The theatre business was coming back from a long slump caused by television. They figured cable TV was going to knock them down again.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIgZHZpiq1U


Then VCRs hit and the theatre business worried about that. It actually helped. It got more people interested in movies and there was a long enough gap between a movie's release to the theatre and it's availability on VHS. Theatres started improving, going to stadium seating, digital stereophonic sound and now digital projection. The independent theatre owners could not afford to make these upgrades and many went out of business. Then High Def TVs hit the market and people can rent a DVD, blu-ray or stream a movie with the technology and comparable screen opulence of a movie theatre. Throw in the film companies total lack of regard for the theatre owners, I think this will be the end of theatres as we know them. The film companies are already streaming some of their "lesser" films that would normally play in a theatre, and they are doing well. After this pandemic is over, and people have gotten used to seeing movies at home, I think it will be hard for theatres to recover. AMC, the largest theatre chain in the world is having big problems. I don't think the future is bright for the theatre business.

I think there will always be a theatre or two around because people do like to go out. But I think technology and the film companies are going to really hurt the movie theatre industry.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apBy3ek5k5M
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Old 06-26-2020, 06:15 AM
 
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It has been a long time since I went to the movies and that was before the virus hit. Mainly because the pricing outweighed the comfort of watching the movie at home when it was released on dvd or online later.

I do miss the blockbuster/hollywood video era very much. Redbox never really caught on for me.

Technology is a double edge sword that can kill off things that we will miss very much later on.
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Old 06-26-2020, 03:18 PM
 
Location: Texas
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to be honest, I don't think people will miss it as much as they say they will miss it. As everything, time rolls on and so does how we do things.
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Old 06-26-2020, 05:15 PM
 
Location: San Antonio
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to be honest, I don't think people will miss it as much as they say they will miss it. As everything, time rolls on and so does how we do things.
I agree with you 100%. Back in the day, a movie was a hit if it was well written and well acted. Today's hit movies are just a bunch of noise and special effects. I remember when we ran "Love Story" back in 1970. We sold out EVERY showing in a 900+ seat theatre for three weeks! Today, I don't think that movie would have even been made and if it was, it would be a flop. During the times of the year that the studios weren't releasing a lot of films, we would bring back old hits for an encore showing. I can't count the number of times we brought back "Blazing Saddles". Every year we would bring back the MGM Fantastic Four, which consisted of "Gone With The Wind", 2001: A Space Odyssey", "Doctor Zhivago", and "Ryan's Daughter". We would run them for a week each and they always did well. Now with video, a movie will not be shown at a theatre again after it's six months old.

Throw in the fact that the studios don't care much for the theatres that run their movies anymore, I see nothin but doom and gloom for the business I devoted many years of my life to.

The last movie I went to see at a theatre for myself was "Goldmember". I have taken my grandkids to see a few Pixar movies but there are fewer movies made that even they want to see!
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Old 06-27-2020, 07:27 AM
 
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Nope and not planning to probably ever. Don't really care about AMC(corporate america)
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Old 07-01-2020, 10:38 AM
 
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No way ! Even without a virus.
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Old 07-24-2020, 10:21 PM
 
Location: San Antonio
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Here's a parody of "AMC Theatres At Home". It shows what you can do to have the ''benefits" of a movie theatre in your home.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-Le_05ti6c
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Old 07-25-2020, 06:32 AM
 
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Most of the movies that were set to be released this summer and throughout the rest of year have now been pushed back to be released a year from now. Many people think the movie industry can just "stream" movies on a home platform, but there is no monetary profit in that. Even if they charge a $20 viewing fee for a movie, I can just invite 10 of my friends over and charge them a $2 viewing fee each and the industry/theaters will miss out on $180.
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