Comments on: The Era of Big Cinema is Over http://tammybruce.com/2006/10/the_era_of_big_cinema_is_over.html Independent. Conservative. Unruly. Fri, 25 May 2012 23:10:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Talkin Horse http://tammybruce.com/2006/10/the_era_of_big_cinema_is_over.html#comment-106181 Talkin Horse Sat, 28 Oct 2006 06:50:00 +0000 http://tammybruce.com/2006/10/the-era-of-big-cinema-is-over.php#comment-106181 <p>There's been so much evolution in the movie industry that it's hard to compare the present with the past. The old studios were like factories, cranking out a movie a week. Now, it's a new ballgame, with new media, new distribution, new everything. With 999 channels of cable and a home theater environment, there's demand for lots of cheap programming, and a sense that there's no need to go out because the programs will come to you. On the other hand, people still like to get out of the house, which is why movie theaters still exist; it's the same reason there are Starbucks, even though we can make coffee at home. (Even Tammy visits Starbucks, and she's got an $800 (!) coffeemaker.) So maybe the dinosaurs aren't dead yet. I admit that when I hear they've spent $200 million on a film (such as the recent Superman or War of the Worlds), I'm inclined to go to the biggest bestest theater I can find just to see where all the money went.</p> There’s been so much evolution in the movie industry that it’s hard to compare the present with the past. The old studios were like factories, cranking out a movie a week. Now, it’s a new ballgame, with new media, new distribution, new everything. With 999 channels of cable and a home theater environment, there’s demand for lots of cheap programming, and a sense that there’s no need to go out because the programs will come to you. On the other hand, people still like to get out of the house, which is why movie theaters still exist; it’s the same reason there are Starbucks, even though we can make coffee at home. (Even Tammy visits Starbucks, and she’s got an $800 (!) coffeemaker.) So maybe the dinosaurs aren’t dead yet. I admit that when I hear they’ve spent $200 million on a film (such as the recent Superman or War of the Worlds), I’m inclined to go to the biggest bestest theater I can find just to see where all the money went.

]]> By: The Ugly American http://tammybruce.com/2006/10/the_era_of_big_cinema_is_over.html#comment-106180 The Ugly American Sat, 28 Oct 2006 00:26:00 +0000 http://tammybruce.com/2006/10/the-era-of-big-cinema-is-over.php#comment-106180 <p>Which is why I haven't been inside a theatre since the opening of Pirates 2 earlier this year.</p> <p>I much prefer to spend an evening watching TCM.</p> Which is why I haven’t been inside a theatre since the opening of Pirates 2 earlier this year.

I much prefer to spend an evening watching TCM.

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