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There is a not at all farfetched (anymore) scenario where Amazon or Netflix circle back around and roll out a series of movie theaters or "event cinemas" and tr
by brm 7y ago
There is a not at all farfetched (anymore) scenario where Amazon or Netflix circle back around and roll out a series of movie theaters or "event cinemas" and try to sell people on it as some sort new real world experience where they're able to capture everything down to the concessions and market their own tentpole franchises.
- kibwen 7y agoThey won't even need to make any investments in infrastructure, because they'll easily be able to cheaply snap up existing franchised cinema locations as they see the writing on the wall. Coming soon: "Delivery Option: Save $5 on your next ticket at Amazon Cinema by having this package delivered directly to your nearest theater!"
- wry_discontent 7y agoThis seems so dystopian. Victory Cinemas. Victory Gin. Victory Cigarettes. :s/Victory/Amazon/g
- newsoul2019 7y agoIndeed. "Spaceballs, the flamethrower!"
- linuxftw 7y agoI could see a prime-theater partnership network. 'The Official Prime Cinema Experience'.
- newsoul2019 7y agoNow with Personal Seat Licenses! For a low one-time fee you can own your seat at the Prime Cinema! Buy or sell your seat tickets using the Prime Cinema Seat Marketplace! Purchases made with the Prime Cinema Credit Card get 5% off. Alternatively you can simply add the PSL to your Amazon Prime Mortgage balance as a one-time courtesy!
- linuxftw 7y ago> Amazon Prime Mortgage balance Good stuff right here. Scary that all of these things are a real possibility.
- philshem 7y agoI would have paid $$$ to see Roma in the cinema, after first streaming it to my phone via Netflix. Cinematography genius! Edit: I would still pay $$$
- JoshTriplett 7y agoCompletely agreed. I would absolutely pay movie-ticket prices to watch Netflix or Amazon shows in a comfortable theater setting.
- intopieces 7y agoThe Alamo Drafthouse used to do this in Austin, except it was the AMC dramas “Mad Men” and “Breaking Bad.” It was free - $5 to save a seat that then went towards concessions - but the networks threatened legal action on the basis that it skewed viewership numbers or some such. What was really clever about it was that Drafthouse was playing the previous week’s episode without commercials while the new one aired, then edited out the commercials for the current week’s episode and played it right after. Those were good times.
- amelius 7y agoI guess that using VR goggles you can have that theater experience in your home.
- momokoko 7y agoThere was a period in the video game industry, right at the tail end of the arcade era, where video games were launched in the arcade in order to boost sales of the games in the console market. I imagine Amazon and Netflix will look to a similar strategy with movie theatres in order to boost demand for both individual films and their services in general.