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Movie Theaters will fade out like Drive-Ins. Streaming will be the new norm. COVID just sped up the time line. *

Posted by: Pennystocks2 (a.k.a pennystocks2) on Apr 05, 02:58 in response to notfabio's post Discussion topic, presuming movie-going overall returns...

* Tell me I'm wrong, then check back with me - Summer of 2021. Let's see how Movie Theater attendance is doing by then. Hopefully we'll all be here on HSX :-)

That's just my opinion.  Don't get me wrong. I love movies. Hey, I used to manage a Drive-In, and then an old Movie Theater, with Carbon Arc Projectors and 20 minute reels. I thought they would last forever. I never saw a platter, a Xenon bulb or a digital projector. What marvels!

Remember movies on Laser Disk, Beta Tape, VHS, DVD, BLU-Ray etc.? Every time you bought your favorites on one format they came out with something better. Damit!

Then there were 8 Track Tapes, Cassettes, CD's, MP3...

Then Drive-In's, Movie Theaters, Streaming...

Technology is a Real ****!  

Discussion topic, presuming movie-going overall returns to normal, does recycled glasses required 3D outright die? notfabio Apr 04, 15:01

They'll raise the price by a dollar, and you can keep the glasses Rishoutfield Apr 04, 15:21

its more likely to obtain the virus through an armrest or a door handle. {nm} Moviesnob Apr 04, 16:41

Movie Theaters will fade out like Drive-Ins. Streaming will be the new norm. COVID just sped up the time line. * Pennystocks2 Apr 05, 02:58

Drive-Ins will boom in the next 18 - 24 months {nm} KingRichard Apr 05, 06:34

there's no available land to build new ones and the capital investment for a dubious short-term proposition would be enormous {nm} joe exotic Apr 05, 08:43

Streaming is just another way to deliver content to your television, which didn't kill movie theaters either. {nm} Antibody Apr 05, 14:56

That's like saying TV would eliminate live attendance at sporting events. Completely different experience. {nm} PhoneHome Apr 05, 18:34

Of course my statement was based on post Covid-19 apocalyptic assumptions. {nm} Pennystocks2 Apr 05, 23:50

The statement was that it would happen without Covid-now sooner. Covid is not our 1st pandemic. Sports, movies, concerts survived and thrive PhoneHome Apr 06, 05:34

Drive-In did not predate movie theaters. Movie theaters did not kill stage performance theater. Antibody Apr 05, 09:26

^reply to Pennystocks2 {nm} Antibody Apr 05, 09:27

No, Drive-Ins were a fad. They had a long success. Will they return? Doubtful. I never included Stage Acting Theater. {nm} Pennystocks2 Apr 05, 12:49

Point is streaming will not kill movie theaters just as movie theaters did not kill stage theaters. {nm} Antibody Apr 05, 14:51

Agreed. There are lots of reasons to go to a theater besides watching at home. Get away from home, shared experience, immersive, date, get PhoneHome Apr 05, 18:31

Only time will tell, I guess. Curious to see how Movie Theater recovery will be after Covid though. {nm} Pennystocks2 Apr 05, 19:01





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