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The very last times I went to a theater were to the "premium" theaters with big reclining seats but not even that was enough to get me back. I haven't been to a
by Maxburn 3y ago
The very last times I went to a theater were to the "premium" theaters with big reclining seats but not even that was enough to get me back. I haven't been to a theater in probably fifteen years and I have no desire to. It's really about the inconvenience of making a trip somewhere at a specific time. Then you have to deal with all the other people, bathroom lines, blocking your view or just talking over the whole thing.
For middle class it's not really a lot of money for a decent player, stereo, and TV especially when you realize they last over a decade easy. My speakers and stereo are probably 12 years old (but still THX, TrueHD, DTSHD-MA), and I have one of the last plasma TV's made so about 9 years old. Sure it's "only" 1080p. I think with apple goggles or whatever they have coming the equipment expense is about to go way down clearing this expense for the masses.
Then there's just the convenience of seeing what you want when you want. Need to pee or make a snack, just pause it. Falling asleep, just stop it and finish it tomorrow.
- 404mm 3y agoLast time I went to a theatre, I bought tickets for specific seats. When my wife and I arrived, we discovered elderly couple occupying our seats and leaving us with worse options. I tried to explain to them that we paid for those and they just “played dumb”. It also became obvious that the man was down with some cold. We ended up leaving before the movie started.
- Maxburn 3y agoHope you got a refund, and if they did it's interesting they would refund rather than fix the seating issue.
- 404mm 3y agoYah, I was really pissed. I got a refund and yes, it was their preference too. Tbh, at that point it was my preference as well. Had they moved the elderly couple we would be still sitting next to someone clearly sick. No 2hr movie is worth spending a week with cold (ymmv lol)
- Maxburn 3y agoHonestly it really says something about society that this social experience has degraded to this point. I don't know how it happened and I don't know how to fix it but being sick in a theater is not acceptable, more unacceptable than the behaviors I was mentioning. Then you have people throwing popcorn or worse etc. No respect anymore.
- wodenokoto 3y agoFor me the draw of a theater is getting out of the house and spending two hours away from connectivity.
- Maxburn 3y agoI see the attraction in that but for me the math works out to a net negative with the detractors I listed above and below. But on a walking path in the park listening to a podcast or the birds would be a completely different situation. It's just that on topic here I don't find the theater experience fun anymore, and I don't think I'm alone on this one.
- FredPret 3y agoYou could leave your phone at home and go for a long walk too...
- wodenokoto 3y agoI could also go on a diet, but so far that hasn’t happened…