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Spot on. 10% of [theater-goers] buying 50% of all cinema tickets ought to be a wake-up call. If they simultaneously released to streaming services (at a palatab

by niftich 10y ago

Spot on. 10% of [theater-goers] buying 50% of all cinema tickets ought to be a wake-up call. If they simultaneously released to streaming services (at a palatable, yet-undetermined price point), studios could make a killing at the expense of the theater industry. Anecdotally, as a 18-34 year-old, peer pressure and fear-of-missing-out contributes to which movies I'll go see. If I could watch them on my own time, from my house, as it's being released, I'd spend more on movies, and would be more adventurous with my movie-watching choices.

hobo_mark 10y ago
> peer pressure and fear-of-missing-out What? It's just commercial entertainment ffs...
- mjevans 10y ago
  Culture. Missing out on /culture/. Also if you want to avoid spoilers you can't participate in normal discussion venues because there's always going to be that one user that just can't behave.
  - hobo_mark 10y ago
    > Culture. The article is about big-budget Hollywood movies. Also, you're seriously saying you avoid certain places/people out of fear of movie spoilers?
    - vitd 10y ago
      I suspect he means online. And yes, I do that, too, if it's something I'm very interested in.
- niftich 10y ago
  I second 'culture'. Commercial entertainment can be a shared interest. If I were to completely recuse myself from commercial entertainment, my relationships with my friends would suffer. But I have a limited budget, so I prioritize movies I think I'd like and movies I think my friends would enjoy talking about; I have less incentive (and money) to see lesser-known or less popular movies at full ticket price.