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I don't feel like stealing at my local movies because the tickets are only $4.
If a movie theater is charging more than that, you can consider them to be stealing from you.
Oh and I just got back from this and it was totally awesome. Brad Pitt was just amazing.
do you know how much it costs to rent one print of a film for a week
like $20,000 minimum
so the theater needs like 20,000 people to see the movie in a week for them to recoup the cost
so who's stealing from who, eh
unless they charge more than a dollar each
did you see the part where they only get 10% of ticket sales
so they charge $10 but they only get $1
This isn't true. Or, it's an exaggeration at least. A more typical ratio would be this:
"Upon initial release, for the first 10 days of a movie, the box office is split 80/20 in favor of the studio. For the next 10 days, it is split 60/40 in favor of the studio. For the next 10 days, the split is 50/50. For the next 10 days and usually a films final week in theaters the split is 30/70 in favor of the theater."
Also, the theaters don't just get money from ticket sales. They get money from concessions and advertisement too. True, you probably won't be buying popcorn if you're not paying for the movie, but you will have to sit through the advertisements. Also, there other people WILL buy popcorn, and that stuff sells for like $5.50 and costs something like 10 cents to make.
Also, some movie theaters are getting movies in blu-ray, hd-dvd, on harddrives, by secure satellite connection, etc. although it's not as ubiquitous as it should be. Hopefully lower attendance rates will convince theaters to transition to digital for higher quality and lower costs.
Yeah we got a digital projector installed and were getting 3 more by years end. But thats it because they cost millions and millions of dollars to install and theres about 4 tech in the country who know how to repair the fucking things right now so its super expensive if they break down.
This movie was awesome. Brad Pitt was easily the best part of the movie.
Brad Pitt's performance was certainly the best in the movie, but J.K. Simmons got all the best lines. His three minutes of screentime were what made the whole film work.
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The rental fee goes to the distributor, not the studio. Ticket sales go to studio, film rental fees go to distributors.
It is a lame system and the distributors are up in arms over the whole digital thing because they are being made obsolete. Or so I was told by my previous boss.
But boy was that a hilarious bunch of threads. Especially revealing the names of who voted for who.
Also, I think my favorite line from this movie was when John Malkovich was insulting Brad Pitt and said "You take your little Schwinn bicycle and-" and Brad Pitt interrupts him going "You think that's a Schwinn?"
It was his delivery that sold it for me. Perfect amusement combined with disdain.
But boy was that a hilarious bunch of threads. Especially revealing the names of who voted for who.
Also, I think my favorite line from this movie was when John Malkovich was insulting Brad Pitt and said "You take your little Schwinn bicycle and-" and Brad Pitt interrupts him going "You think that's a Schwinn?"
It was his delivery that sold it for me. Perfect amusement combined with disdain.
The funniest thing about those threads was everyone saying horrible horrible shit about Teefs when she wasn't there, and then when she did show up everyone was like "Oh we'll miss you sooo much!"
I mean I'm not really saying she had it coming, but I can't exactly say she didn't deserve some kind of permanent punishment. I just hope that it ends up being better for her.
also pony was not a gracious winner in the thread afterwards so he got banned too
Oh yeah, I lost a ton of respect for Pony there. I mean it's one thing to be happy that you weren't banned, it's another to brag and rub it in the faces of everyone and call them idiots.
This movie was awesome. Brad Pitt was easily the best part of the movie.
Brad Pitt's performance was certainly the best in the movie, but J.K. Simmons got all the best lines. His three minutes of screentime were what made the whole film work.
I swear every movie I see him in he's only in the movie for like five or ten minutes but he basically steals the movie, it's ridiculous
also pony was not a gracious winner in the thread afterwards so he got banned too
wasn't that only supposed to be a two week ban?
I'm pretty sure he's unbanned, but hasn't come back, likely because of the ban.
Also, if anything I gained respect for Tube for this. I mean, he didn't do shit to actually ban the people. He picked a group of people that are disliked by a large section of the forum and set everyone on them.
Honestly, if people really didn't want anyone to be banned, then nobody should have voted. Of course, he probably still would've banned someone for posterity, but regardless, we all played how exactly how he wanted.
also pony was not a gracious winner in the thread afterwards so he got banned too
wasn't that only supposed to be a two week ban?
I'm pretty sure he's unbanned, but hasn't come back, likely because of the ban.
Also, if anything I gained respect for Tube for this. I mean, he didn't do shit to actually ban the people. He picked a group of people that are disliked by a large section of the forum and set everyone on them.
Honestly, if people really didn't want anyone to be banned, then nobody should have voted. Of course, he probably still would've banned someone for posterity, but regardless, we all played how exactly how he wanted.
it was definitely a classic Prisoner's Dilemma, albeit with a larger group than usual
also pony was not a gracious winner in the thread afterwards so he got banned too
wasn't that only supposed to be a two week ban?
I'm pretty sure he's unbanned, but hasn't come back, likely because of the ban.
Also, if anything I gained respect for Tube for this. I mean, he didn't do shit to actually ban the people. He picked a group of people that are disliked by a large section of the forum and set everyone on them.
Honestly, if people really didn't want anyone to be banned, then nobody should have voted. Of course, he probably still would've banned someone for posterity, but regardless, we all played how exactly how he wanted.
A lot of people disliked Teefs, but I still think he added to the community.
This place plays on a lot of drama, I wonder how many people truly wanted Teefs banned as compared to those that actually voted for him.
I don't miss all the bullshit that surrounded teefs and I did indeed vote for her.
Nothing fair about it, but anyone who gets their panties in a twist over it needs to get some fucking perspective. It was just someone getting banned from a fucking forum.
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Yeah we got a digital projector installed and were getting 3 more by years end. But thats it because they cost millions and millions of dollars to install and theres about 4 tech in the country who know how to repair the fucking things right now so its super expensive if they break down.
Also if they go all digital I'm out of a job....
Brad Pitt's performance was certainly the best in the movie, but J.K. Simmons got all the best lines. His three minutes of screentime were what made the whole film work.
It is a lame system and the distributors are up in arms over the whole digital thing because they are being made obsolete. Or so I was told by my previous boss.
I mean, can you wear both of them at once? doesn't that fuck things up?
Why did Teefs get banned?
so... everyone was like "Ban Teefs" and he got the boot?
well everyone voted "ban tfs" and then he got banned
How often are these voting sessions held?
I kinda feel bad for the guy/girl, not sure really which.
I think tube was just bored
Also, I think my favorite line from this movie was when John Malkovich was insulting Brad Pitt and said "You take your little Schwinn bicycle and-" and Brad Pitt interrupts him going "You think that's a Schwinn?"
It was his delivery that sold it for me. Perfect amusement combined with disdain.
Do you know if Bibbles in fact,
tried to ban Pony?
His intonation had the perfect amount of sheer surprise and pain.
I'm pretty sure this was the first and only time it has happened so far.
Tube just popped up one day and asked everybody who should be banned and teefs got fed to the proverbial lions.
Ouch, thats, pretty fuckin harsh.
I mean I'm not really saying she had it coming, but I can't exactly say she didn't deserve some kind of permanent punishment. I just hope that it ends up being better for her.
Oh yeah, I lost a ton of respect for Pony there. I mean it's one thing to be happy that you weren't banned, it's another to brag and rub it in the faces of everyone and call them idiots.
I swear every movie I see him in he's only in the movie for like five or ten minutes but he basically steals the movie, it's ridiculous
As much as I didn't enjoy their posts, I am really sad to see them banned. That really disappointing about Tube.
wasn't that only supposed to be a two week ban?
I'm pretty sure he's unbanned, but hasn't come back, likely because of the ban.
Also, if anything I gained respect for Tube for this. I mean, he didn't do shit to actually ban the people. He picked a group of people that are disliked by a large section of the forum and set everyone on them.
Honestly, if people really didn't want anyone to be banned, then nobody should have voted. Of course, he probably still would've banned someone for posterity, but regardless, we all played how exactly how he wanted.
I dunno, was it?
I haven't seen pony since
it was definitely a classic Prisoner's Dilemma, albeit with a larger group than usual
A lot of people disliked Teefs, but I still think he added to the community.
This place plays on a lot of drama, I wonder how many people truly wanted Teefs banned as compared to those that actually voted for him.
It's terrible but I don't miss teefs much. While I didn't vote to ban her, I did find most of her antics tiring most of the time.
Same, but banning is bullshit, thats pretty weak. This place is pretty weak if thats how things are run.
Peace, this is my last post, you all take it easy.
Word. And his defense was just "I make you feel better about yourself!", which is fucking retarded.
Nothing fair about it, but anyone who gets their panties in a twist over it needs to get some fucking perspective. It was just someone getting banned from a fucking forum.