^ Also, Pullman’s character in ID4 is ex-military (Navy carrier-pilot), and has Gen. Robert Loggia as his gruff mentor/USMC commandant. So more than likely, yup.
Independence Day is an awesome movie, and I agree he was a Republican. And very likeable.
I do not like to go to movies alone, and I assume you always do Sonny... I have more fun when I can share the good and bad with someone, and the people that used to go with me, have suddenly become uninterested in going. Even to the local drive in where we used to go all the time. So, I miss going.
I most likely will see all these when they are featured selections in my movie clubs or are streamed on a streaming service I subscribe to.
I am looking forward to the Minions one, along with Top Gun and I already bought Thor, but, haven't seen it yet. I also have Dr Strange...
thanks Sonny... I've been wondering if theaters can survive streaming. It will be very tough. If I owned theater chains, I'd have sold them by now. Even the restaurant theaters are having trouble surviving. We're all buying bigger and bigger Big Screens, and installing luxury seating to recreate the theater experience at home, right in our living rooms. And young people just watch their phones. IMAX maybe? We can't do that at home yet...
The answer is pretty simple, really: you have to have release windows where movies are exclusive to theaters. Every time the window shrinks a little, a certain percentage of audiences are trained to just wait a little while to watch it at home. Theaters cannot survive a world of simultaneous at-home and in-theater releases (aka, "day and date" releases), it's as simple as that.
Right, that totally makes sense... except that studios and even indy producers need to maximize profits. They already make concessions to theaters by delaying streaming. Will they really want to protect theater chains to the point of leaving money on the table? I don't think so.
Theaters might want to consider shifting more toward private events... party venues... I hate to say this, but it might be time to let big movie theaters go (except in LA... some of those are like churches and should be preserved,) but as a business? It's possible movie theaters will become obsolete. Not in 2023... but by 2030... I could be wrong, but just following the trajectory...
I wish we got the kind of rational, compassionate, nice presidents irl that we get in movies. Or maybe we could have a My Fellow Americans buddy presidency.
^ Also, Pullman’s character in ID4 is ex-military (Navy carrier-pilot), and has Gen. Robert Loggia as his gruff mentor/USMC commandant. So more than likely, yup.
Please include Asians and Latinos in the diversity project. So rare to see an Asian or Latino face.
Independence Day is an awesome movie, and I agree he was a Republican. And very likeable.
I do not like to go to movies alone, and I assume you always do Sonny... I have more fun when I can share the good and bad with someone, and the people that used to go with me, have suddenly become uninterested in going. Even to the local drive in where we used to go all the time. So, I miss going.
I most likely will see all these when they are featured selections in my movie clubs or are streamed on a streaming service I subscribe to.
I am looking forward to the Minions one, along with Top Gun and I already bought Thor, but, haven't seen it yet. I also have Dr Strange...
thanks Sonny... I've been wondering if theaters can survive streaming. It will be very tough. If I owned theater chains, I'd have sold them by now. Even the restaurant theaters are having trouble surviving. We're all buying bigger and bigger Big Screens, and installing luxury seating to recreate the theater experience at home, right in our living rooms. And young people just watch their phones. IMAX maybe? We can't do that at home yet...
The answer is pretty simple, really: you have to have release windows where movies are exclusive to theaters. Every time the window shrinks a little, a certain percentage of audiences are trained to just wait a little while to watch it at home. Theaters cannot survive a world of simultaneous at-home and in-theater releases (aka, "day and date" releases), it's as simple as that.
Right, that totally makes sense... except that studios and even indy producers need to maximize profits. They already make concessions to theaters by delaying streaming. Will they really want to protect theater chains to the point of leaving money on the table? I don't think so.
Theaters might want to consider shifting more toward private events... party venues... I hate to say this, but it might be time to let big movie theaters go (except in LA... some of those are like churches and should be preserved,) but as a business? It's possible movie theaters will become obsolete. Not in 2023... but by 2030... I could be wrong, but just following the trajectory...
I wish we got the kind of rational, compassionate, nice presidents irl that we get in movies. Or maybe we could have a My Fellow Americans buddy presidency.