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I used to go to the movies almost weekly. I was a Movie Pass subscriber back before HMNY bought it and destroyed it. I was a Regal Unlimited subscriber until the Pandemic. I still have over a dozen free passes to my local cinema I won in trivia contests. But since the Pandemic the only time I've been to the theater is for A Quiet Place 2 which premiered two weeks after I got my vaccine. Was looking forward to things finally getting back to normal, but that never happened. If someone as invested as I was hasn't returned to the cinema is it really a surprise that the box office as a total remains a disaster? So far in 2023 it is only slightly better than 2021/22 and nowhere near the average 2015-19. This new seating plan from AMC isn't going to help that situation.
 
I go to movies, but mostly ones that will be better on a big screen than my TV. Way less than I used too...

BTW ticap Moviepass is back and I have it! No idea how it works or if it does but I signed up just to watch the disaster ensue.
 
My wife and I lived within walking distance of a theater in the 90s and we would go weekly. We didn't leave movies; movies left us.

Streaming can support intelligent, creative, interesting movies. The actual theaters are so bloated and expensive they have to appeal to the lowest common denominator to make a profit. In person movies have reversed the television evolution and gone from rich diversity back to the three majors.
 
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I go to movies, but mostly ones that will be better on a big screen than my TV. Way less than I used too...
BTW ticap Moviepass is back and I have it! No idea how it works or if it does but I signed up just to watch the disaster ensue.
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I'm signed up but I've never heard anything. I assume it's because I live 120 miles from an AMC, 60 miles from IMAX and my local Regal is set to close.

Kepler said:
My wife and I lived within walking distance of a theater in the 90s and we would go weekly. We didn't leave movies; movies left us.

Streaming can support intelligent, creative, interesting movies. The actual theaters are so bloated and expensive they have to appeal to the lowest common denominator to make a profit. In person movies have reversed the television evolution and gone from rich diversity back to the three majors.
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The irony is these large chains are positioned to take more chances with more artsy programming. With 10-20 screens to fill, one would think they could devote one to a smaller film - especially when no other theater in driving distance is showing it. Instead they put up a fourth screen of a blockbuster and 99% of the seats are empty. Meanwhile the family-owned six screen cinema does take those chances and are usually rewarded (most recently booking Banshees for a week and cleaning up.). Maybe that's why Regal is closing and Smitty's is expanding...
 
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The irony is these large chains are positioned to take more chances with more artsy programming.
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As much as I revile mass entertainment, the chains have no reason to put up better films. It's not a "chance," it is guaranteed worse revenue. A good movie, over its entire existence, will never gross any MCU's opening's weekend. Movie theaters are abattoirs. They open the doors, the cattle rush in, and they slaughter their wallets. You would need an entirely different model to make hosting a good film a good business decision. Like you watch while being served a $500 meal while running up a $1000 bar tab.

There is no way to fight economy of scale when it comes to culture. Look at the best seller list. You have to bend low enough to meet your demo.
 
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I'm signed up but I've never heard anything. I assume it's because I live 120 miles from an AMC, 60 miles from IMAX and my local Regal is set to close.


The irony is these large chains are positioned to take more chances with more artsy programming. With 10-20 screens to fill, one would think they could devote one to a smaller film - especially when no other theater in driving distance is showing it. Instead they put up a fourth screen of a blockbuster and 99% of the seats are empty. Meanwhile the family-owned six screen cinema does take those chances and are usually rewarded (most recently booking Banshees for a week and cleaning up.). Maybe that's why Regal is closing and Smitty's is expanding...
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I wonder of they're incentived to block out extra screens by the production companies offering up front guarantees?

If not in counter to Kep's reply - with that much space does an MCU screening with 10 people really help that much more than a showing of Gone With The Wind in theater 15?

A possible issue there is the logistics and cost of advertising an art house or old school film so that anyone even knows it's happening.
 
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If not in counter to Kep's reply - with that much space does an MCU screening with 10 people really help that much more than a showing of Gone With The Wind in theater 15?

A possible issue there is the logistics and cost of advertising an art house or old school film so that anyone even knows it's happening.
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It might work to have that Theatre #16 (or #32) always be an art film at, say, noon (retirees) and 7pm (professionals), and have a fast rotation between the chain theatres. AMC has 1000 theatres. The Criterion Collection is 1000 films. Work a deal. Each film shows in each theater twice a day for a week, then rotates. Publish the whole schedule a year out. Have it as an event. Sell the tickets at I dunno 50 bucks. Maybe after a while it would become a habit for movie snobs and it would give AMC a prestige angle which it currently very much does not enjoy.

And it would give Republican serial killers an ideal soft target.
 
So, for all complaining about the outrageous cost of healthcare. My hospital system is newly forming. 35,000-37,000 employees. We are in the process of consolidating IT support (so EHRs mainly, but also VPNs, Workday, all shared services).

This week I've working on renewing licenses for portable EKG and Spirometry machines and the licenses alone are pushing $30,000 per year... for 25 devices. Right now I'm on a call discussing consolidating our MFA processes. We need two separate ones - one specifically that's DEA approved for providers to eprescribe controlled substances, and the other for remote staff to get access to VPN/Citrix. And they cannot be the same. Lots of options. Using Duo for both (the easiest option) will be well into six figures per year. Other options might be much cheaper but would require two mobile apps. Seems like an easy choice but MY GOD people whine...


Anyway. Just two IT things of many, and huge costs.
 
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It might work to have that Theatre #16 (or #32) always be an art film at, say, noon (retirees) and 7pm (professionals), and have a fast rotation between the chain theatres. AMC has 1000 theatres. The Criterion Collection is 1000 films. Work a deal. Each film shows in each theater twice a day for a week, then rotates. Publish the whole schedule a year out. Have it as an event. Sell the tickets at I dunno 50 bucks. Maybe after a while it would become a habit for movie snobs and it would give AMC a prestige angle which it currently very much does not enjoy.

And it would give Republican serial killers an ideal soft target.
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Haha
 
Kepler said:
It might work to have that Theatre #16 (or #32) always be an art film at, say, noon (retirees) and 7pm (professionals), and have a fast rotation between the chain theatres. AMC has 1000 theatres. The Criterion Collection is 1000 films. Work a deal. Each film shows in each theater twice a day for a week, then rotates. Publish the whole schedule a year out. Have it as an event. Sell the tickets at I dunno 50 bucks. Maybe after a while it would become a habit for movie snobs and it would give AMC a prestige angle which it currently very much does not enjoy.

And it would give Republican serial killers an ideal soft target.
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Marcus Theaters does limited runs of old movies, usual mainstream oldies that were either big hits 20-50 years ago, or critically acclaimed films that hit the prestige buttons. The tickets cost a few more bucks than a normal ticket.
 
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I'm signed up but I've never heard anything. I assume it's because I live 120 miles from an AMC, 60 miles from IMAX and my local Regal is set to close.
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I got my card today, have to download the app to see what theaters locally it works with.

I used to be an AMC member (3 films a week) but the closest AMC sucked and closed and they're just haven't been enough movies I need to see...
 
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He apparently fired the principal engineer who told him that his numbers are down because people are tired of his bullsh*t.

Also, it seems Elmo's got employees wasting time trying to solution edge cases that he hears about from replies to his Tweets. Elmo is totally clueless about software (and a lot of other things).
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He's no better than a teenager on Tik Tok having a tantrum because he's not getting enough views.
 
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He's no better than a teenager on Tik Tok having a tantrum because he's not getting enough views.
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It's true...and what's really annoying to him is he can't blame it on bots!

He tried so hard to force engagement with the "for you" tab being the default. Amazingly he was always one of the first tweets shown! He thought that combined with his Trumpian comments people would respond and engage. But all it did was appeal to his psychos and everyone else tuned out.
 
Moldova's legislature enacts an anti-separatism law aimed at any schemes Putin and his supporters in the breakaway Transnistria region may have. 2 to 5 years in prison for any acts committed with the purpose of separating the territory of Moldova.

EDIT: However, the entire government just resigned, so...
 
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