Miscellaneous Movie Musings the Sequel

[Moonliner]

Originally Posted by flippyshark

Already this same issue has reared its head at live theater as well. Some theaters are encouraging patrons to text and tweet during the show, presumably by way of interacting with and commenting on the performance.

The main issue with texting at a movie theater is the dark environment. At concerts and many plays the room is not as dark so someone near me texting (especially on a nearly silent touch screen) would not bother me at all assuming they had it on silent so it's not buzzing and binging with each received message.

[alphabassettgrrl]

Originally Posted by Moonliner

Historically younger people go to more movies. According to the article that's no longer the case. If not being able to text is the real reason behind the drop in ticket sales then theater owners would be pretty much forced to embrace texting, taking, or whatever else the core audience wants.

I wonder if we are going to end up segregated. Texting/non-texting/etx/non-etx/2d/3d/2d texting/3d texting/2d no texting/3d no texting/48fps/24fps/48fps 3d with texting/48fps 3d with no texting, etc.....

I already don't want to see movies in a theater very often; this will continue to keep me away. I find texting very distracting and I don't want it around me when I'm trying to pay attention to a movie.

Originally Posted by flippyshark

Already this same issue has reared its head at live theater as well.
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but if an audience is simply texting away during a traditional musical, it would be hard for the performers not to feel like their audience is bored and distracted.

I would read someone texting during a show as bored, yeah. I've heard about some theaters doing this, setting aside a section where you can tweet or text to people who will tell you about the show, but I can't see myself doing it. Totally takes me out of the mood.

[lashbear]

Originally Posted by flippyshark

(Maybe I'll write an interactive multi-media show about it.)

That would be interesting. Get all the audience members to subscribe to your tweets prior to the performance, and then during the show, using twitter as a means of doing mental asides inbetween lines of dialogue: "That's funny... John never has a second cup of coffee at home..."

[Cadaverous Pallor]

So, the younger set isn't going to movies?? I thought Hunger Games, Harry Potter and Everything Aimed at Young People makes far more money than everything else??

Even so, they're going to scare away old folk with texting in the hopes that teens will start paying $13 each to see a movie? Sounds idiotic to me. No 19 year old is saying "I would totally take my girl to see Avengers for $26 plus $9 popcorn and $5 drinks even though I have literally dozens of entertainment options at home, but they won't let me text in the theater."

[Moonliner]

So I went straight to the source on this one and asked a teen.

Headliner is aghast at the idea of allowing texting in theaters. Not being able to text is definitely not keeping her and her friends out of the theaters. Price is annoying but it's also not the main reason. Nope, according to an actual teen they don't go to more movies because there just are not that many movies they want to see.

Put that in your pipe and smoke it theater owners of America.

[alphabassettgrrl]

Originally Posted by Moonliner

Headliner is aghast at the idea of allowing texting in theaters. Not being able to text is definitely not keeping her and her friends out of the theaters. Price is annoying but it's also not the main reason. Nope, according to an actual teen they don't go to more movies because there just are not that many movies they want to see.

Aha! There is hope for the future!

And I agree- there are few movies I consider worth seeing lately.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Originally Posted by Moonliner

Headliner is aghast at the idea of allowing texting in theaters.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but she's a smart kid, probably a 90 percentile type or better. She's your daughter. Makes Headliner a bit of an Outlier, if you ask me.

Originally Posted by lashbear

PS: The Haunted Mansion Reboot has me excited:

Usually you lads are in the future...how did you get stuck in 2010? :P

[Moonliner]

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

So, the younger set isn't going to movies?? I thought Hunger Games, Harry Potter and Everything Aimed at Young People makes far more money than everything else??

They are still going to movies, just not as many/often as previous generations.

[CoasterMatt]

In 1946, 4 billion movie tickets were sold in America. The number last year was less than 1.3 billion.

[lashbear]

See! Disney killed the movies after Song Of The South.