Posted by NunYa Bidness on 02/25/44 11:30

On Thu, 27 Oct 2005 18:15:49 -0400, Rich <none@none.com> Gave us:

>On Wed, 26 Oct 2005 21:37:34 GMT, NunYa Bidness
><nunyabidness@nunyabidness.org> wrote:
>
>>On Wed, 26 Oct 2005 11:00:07 -0700, Richard <richard@nospam.edu> Gave
>>us:
>>
>>>The "ONE" reference was half the god damn article, the several
>>>paragraphs I quoted earlier in this thread, which you simply ignored.
>>>One more time...
>>
>> No. It referenced using different wattage bulbs, just like I said
>>NOT changing the wattage being sent to the bulb.
>>
>> There was only ONE reference to actually changing the feed to a bulb.
>>All the rest (most of the article) was about using lower wattage bulbs
>>in place of the correct bulb requisite. That isn't the same as
>>turning one down, as was suggested by the OP.
>>
>> That is not what the guy in the post said! Just like I said in my
>>first response. Nothing has changed.
>>
>> Get some skull-o-sucktion done to thin out the skull, and make some
>>room in there.
>
>Once upon a time, the studios and the theatre chains had
>money.

They still do, they just don't know how to use it, or distribute it
correctly among the company's members.

> They could have introduced digital in a big way,
>they could have produced better film showing devices or
>at least used them as they should have been used.

That is absolutely true. Had they embraced what we now know to be
they best method for storing what gets filmed, that being digital
mediums, We would / could have Film On Demand personal theaters where
customers do not need to view a film with 200 or more strangers, many
of which doing things you wouldn't do during a film screening. There
should be movie kiosks everywhere to watch a new release.

Digital delivery at the theater level, should have happened ten
years ago. Right around the same time as the advent of MPEG2.

> A live
>projectionist to monitor problems that could occur with the automated
>systems they have. But, they didn't do any of this.

The don't even need that really.

>Instead, they cheapened everything, right down to the poor development
>of the film stock we often see now.

Within another ten years, well be "filming" in the digital realm.

Remember when CDs came out how there weren't many "DDD" discs
around? Check the numbers now.

> THX-equipped theatres became a
>joke, especially when you can actually hear the DIALOG from a movie
>next door!

Yet they spent inordinate amounts of cash on the theater. You'd
think that they would be able to do a better job.

>So what happened?

The execs wanted better toys. There is no middle class any more as
a result. We are getting screwed by industrial America. It ain't
like our wrists are chained to the production line, like in the
twenties, but it ain't far from it when the oil, cable, gas, and
electric, landlords get it all. You can bet they have nice houses.

>People flocked OUT of the theatres and to DVD when they realized they
>could watch pristine copies of movies on their big home theatre
>TVs.

It's just plain cheaper. You get to keep the flic, and watch it
whenever you desire as well.

>Just as the TV networks dragged their feet on adopting digital and HD
>and lost out to the cable companies, so too are the theatres now
>paying the price.

Actually, it was the cable companies that did most of the pissing and
moaning about HDTV. Their equipment upgrade costs were their reason.

TV stations get their gear bought by their network carrier.

> People have voted with their feet.

The internet changed the way we shop for a lot of things. Digital
storage has as well.

>The studios and theatres are now getting EXACTLY what they deserve.

I'm sure the studios are doing fine. The theaters are sliding, I'll
bet however.

Last week's new release takes were horrid.

The release of Star Wars on DVD will pulse millions back through
their veins though.

I'll bet Saw II does real good as well.

>Greed f------ ass-----.

Damned shame I can't tell my landlord to eat shit and still stay
here. :-]

The oil companies are gouging mother fuckers though.

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