This post started as a comment on this post but got so long that I decided to make it a post.So I guess the question is whats wrong with this? Its not like theyre interrupting the movie with advertisements. Theyre just putting more before it. If the movie still starts at the ticket time then you dont have to watch them. You just show up at show time and itll be like the extra ads werent even there. Right? And even if you show up 64 minutes early to get the best seat in the house why do you care if they have ads on the screen? I think it makes the time go faster.
We can only hope that with this extra income the theaters will go back to the old days when theaters held people responsible for allowing everyone to have an enjoyable movie going experience. I would gladly sit through 10 extra minutes (that Im not doing anything else with anyway) of ads before a movie if it means that they bring back ushers. Now I have no doubt that some of the new revenue is going to go directly to the owners and operators of the theaters. But I also have enough faith in capitalism that they will use some of the money to better the movie going experience for their patrons. Not because they care about us necessarily but because it will drive ticket sales again and line their pockets even more.
Usher picture found here.
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well, there are two kinds of advertisements, in case you don't pay attention... 1. trivia mixed with ads before the ticket time, and 2. previews mixed with ads after ticket time. #2 can take anywhere from 15-30 mins before the movie starts. (pun intended)
this is not the case for all theaters, but it has been the trend i've seen lately.
i don't need to get there 64 minutes early, because only wankers sit 10 rows back. therefore, i don't much care about the trivia/ads.
i do care about the preview/ads. i like to watch all my previews without commercial breaks.
the only thing ushers will ever do anymore is check the thermostat to make sure you are comfortable while sir yaksalot calls his wife on his cell phone.
maybe you should just do an entire blog post about your love affair with commercials/advertisements. you can detail how much you love them. how they've made your consumer-driven life so much easier. yes?
i knew you'd say that.
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I don't know who's more insane here; the fanatic capitalist or the sarcastic idealist.
I dont know what that means.
what about the dude who deleted his comment one minute before you posted yours, shedu? that dude's pretty insane.
it would be really awesome if you stopped trying to use semicolons.
That was his gay ass logged in as his wife.
It's true. I was there. His ass was gay and he was signed in as me.
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