It's a cycle. Those small towns will become viable locations once whatever the new normal (god I'm getting tired of using that phrase) is established. To reiterate, I don't see the big names going out of business at all, let alone anytime soon, but we've been talking about this very topic long before PVOD was a thing. AMC and Regal's initial reaction is a sign that they don't believe they're teflon.
They shouldn’t. They know theaters going around them for certain releases is a real thing. But they’ve always done that. We used to have direct to video or direct to dvd features when vhs and dvd were popular things. shyt it’s still a thing. The only difference is a high profile movie making the jump that has them shook
You are 100% on point, but I wasn't making a direct analogy. The mall itself was a change to how people shopped. The days of spending hours going from point A, B, C, D, etc to buy what you wanted didn't go away but was greatly diminished. Now most of your shopping and leisurely needs were one stop away. Your Walmarts, Tatgets, Best Buys tend to be located within or adjacent to malls. That's convenience. Then you have an Amazon come through and crush the buildings. Internet shopping has greatly affected the mom and pop establishments. Malls have also been affected but nowhere near as drastically. Black Friday sales have been on the decline while Cyber Monday continues to grow. The mall is the real example of people wanting to socialize. Yeah, I could get whatever I want with a click, but I want to get out of the house. Sam Goody used to be a powerhouse until downloading and then streaming took over. With gaming, we're seeing digital downloads slowly dig into the sale of physical discs. Gamespot will be dead soon enough. The internet in general is the biggest threat to the brick and mortar dominance we grew up on.
Dave n Busters one of the last ones left
still do
I’m rolling at socializing being a reason to go to the movies when in essence you are sitting in complete darkness with the goal being not to talk and to focus on a movie for 2 hours
If your argument is to keep theaters alive you’d be better off arguing the sound and visual quality
FWIW I think the comparison of the movie theater and the arcade is the perfect analogy. The arcade in it's time served a similar if not the very same purpose that the movie served, only to be userped by consumer convenience and cost. Hell, normally in that time--they were generally next to one another because they served the same audience. But movie theaters have been seeing the same decline in popularity that arcades have seen--only instead of consoles, they're being replaced by streaming services and high definition technology.
Nope.
I saw someone say they were good with their 65" screen... that does not compare to a 30-50 foot screen
