I am so glad I can keep watching old movies forever.
million on a 185mil budget (so ~605 mil "profit").. and turning it into a $384mil movie that made $89mil profit.
i duno. plenty people still make cool stuff here and there.. just not huge awesome cool stuff.. heh
someday your TV will include AI to automatically correct the "wrong think" in old movies too! they do already run software on many of those TVs to "watch" what you watch and report it somewhere.
seriously though.. i think they just hate money. we're at a point where you could ask a kid about modern movies and they'd say "they keep remaking old stuff." worse yet they don't have any sort of nostalgia connection to it, so the whole thing is wasted on them anyways. they basically made
i duno. plenty people still make cool stuff here and there.. just not huge awesome cool stuff.. heh
MRO wrote to Nightfox <=-
Re: Video rental store to shut its doors after 40 years in
business
By: Nightfox to MRO on Mon Apr 01 2024 04:50 pm
I think there are a lot of people with a collection of movies & such on old formats that they don't want to replace (due to what it would cost, or just not wanting to bother). And for people who still use physical media, I've been hearing that DVDs are still selling more than newer formats such as blu-ray (and 4K blu-ray) because there are a lot of people who just have DVD players and/or don't care about updating to something newer, or don't understand what advantage blu-ray offers over DVD.
Well eventually nobody will be buying physical media.
It's so much easier to go get it via a streaming service.
People are getting past the phase of owning something that will just
take up space.
we are getting to the point where people are sick of superhero movies. they are going to have to find another fad to burn through.
What if you don't have an internet connection? When would that be, you ask? Well.... for starters: When there's an extended (a week) power outage. Yes, that happens where there are hurricanes. Or maybe you're out camping in an RV in the boonies. There are plenty of other situations where physical media is handy.
Re: Re: Video rental store to shut its doors after 40 years in business
By: MRO to fusion on Mon Apr 01 2024 10:24 pm
we are getting to the point where people are sick of superhero movies. they are going to have to find another fad to burn through.
I've been tired of superhero movies for years. There are only a few I really like.
MRO wrote to Nightfox <=-
it's cheaper to get cable and then get a streaming service. or be like me and download whatever you want and use plex.
Where I am, I get fairly good over-the-air TV reception. I don't have cable TV service. I also have a TV tuner that works with Plex, and I use Plex to DVR some shows to watch at any time (mostly game shows like Jeopardy, Family Feud, etc.). Also, when you do that, you can skip the commercials.
i'm not sure that's something i'd want because we just watch
specific tv shows.
we aren't real couch potatoes that leave the tv on all day for
background noise.
MRO wrote to Nightfox <=-
I'm surprised you've never known anyone watching over-the-air TV. Things like local news & weather, game shows, etc. are often broadcast on such channels, and I've known a lot of people who watch those things sometimes. If you have cable and watch those shows, they're likely on local channels you could also get over the air. There are also a lot of TV series in the
well i wasnt thinking when i said that. what i meant to say was
there were few people who did it back in the day and after the
big bandwidth switch many years ago, i don't know anybody else
that did more than play with it. I don't know anybody who
continued to use over the air.
even in a big city my options are really limited.
most people just prefer to get cable.
There are other use-cases where cable/streaming doesn't work. Where I live, there can be power/cable outages due to tropical weather conditions. Sometimes an hour, sometimes a week. For $40 at Walmart, you can buy an over-the-air antenna, and hook it to your TV (coax input). With your generator running to power the TV, you can receive OTA broadcasts *IN HIGH DEFINITION* from your local channel broadcasters. This is very useful in these situations, because that's how you can learn about current/upcoming weather, power restoration efforts, food/water distribution points, and similar. Perhaps even a sporting event or sitcom/show. It's FREE.
There are other use-cases where cable/streaming doesn't work. Where I
live, there can be power/cable outages due to tropical weather conditions. Sometimes an hour, sometimes a week. For $40 at Walmart, you can buy an over-the-air antenna, and hook it to your TV (coax input). With your generator running to power the TV, you can receive OTA broadcasts *IN HIGH DEFINITION* from your local channel broadcasters. This is very useful in these situations, because that's how you can learn about current/upcoming weather, power restoration efforts, food/water distribution points, and similar. Perhaps even a sporting event or sitcom/show. It's FREE.
MRO wrote to Skylar <=-
Re: Video rental store to shut its doors after 40 years in business
By: MRO to Skylar on Thu Apr 11 2024 07:37 pm
you're an AI chatbot.
Wrong again. *That* would make me a nobody.
wrong again? when was i wrong the first time
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