Moviepass: pay $10/mo, see one movie a day in theaters
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Vaclav
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Chukzombi
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somebody like me who sees maybe 3 or 4 movies a year would only bring in maybe 40 bucks a year. if i had a year long sub, then i bring them 120 bucks a year whether i go see a movie or not. if i do go movies to rationalize the cost then it increases the chances i will buy their overpriced concession goods. its basically a steady income for movie theaters for doing nothing different.
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Unfortunately still not loading for me. Turned off all the adblockers, tried multiple browsers, just sits there at Loading...
spronk
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it just is a front end someone wrote for moviepass's actual data, so its 50/50 on whether the MP site is working or not. try it late at night or early morning, hopefully MP gets their stuff working again in the next few days
interview with the MP CEO, they got hundreds and hundreds more times signups than they expected lol. Also why they don't expect AMC to be able to block them (they use mastercard debit cards, AMC would have to stop accepting mastercard)
MoviePass Leaders Talk AMC Legal Threats, Overhauling the Movie Business
interview with the MP CEO, they got hundreds and hundreds more times signups than they expected lol. Also why they don't expect AMC to be able to block them (they use mastercard debit cards, AMC would have to stop accepting mastercard)
MoviePass Leaders Talk AMC Legal Threats, Overhauling the Movie Business
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Vaclav
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movie theaters really dont run a good business model as it is. if i owned a theater, i would just show classic films in the best resolution and sound that modern technology could supply. who here wouldnt want to see the chariot scene from Ben Hur the original way it was intended?
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My biggest issue is they are all priced around the same (especially within brand) but some theaters are complete dogshit quality. If I'm going to spend $30-40+ food for two people to watch a movie, your fucking armrests better not be hard plastic and your legroom better not be out of a Delta A320 coach seat.
It's just insane cost for mediocre experiences in 90% of movie theaters. It's Disney pricing for Six Flags tickets during the local school districts spring break. Fuck that noise.
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i'm sure some deal could be made with studios for them to get more money from old classics they werent getting shit from anymore. the quality is not too much of an issue as a lot of the old widescreen films are filmed in 75mm or larger so you can see the high res. check out a blu ray copy of Patton sometime and be prepared to shit yourself.
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spronk
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Oh if you lost a blockbuster VHS tape they certainly charged you $80-100 for the replacement fee. I will always remember this because I fucking gave a blockbuster VHS tape of Sixteen Candles to a girl I liked in high school and the bitch pretended like I never did and my dad beat the ever living shit out of me and he took away my Turbografx 16 and sold it to pay for the tape.
But it made me stronger and made me realize that you can't buy love
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Vaclav
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I was working for Blockbuster at roughly that time - mid 90's I think is when I left - we absolutely paid those sorts of costs before the wholesale discounts for every single brand new video in there. (for "first run" VHS that is - there were redistributes that happened like 6-12 months later where they were reasonable though)
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Yea, I was just a kid at the time (I was done about a year before leaving for college) - but with what I know now of business - the minute the movie houses stopped doing the 6-12 month exclusivity window, the writing was on the wall.
Making me think back to it, it rather surprises me that Redbox can make the numbers work, but I guess the near zero overhead since it's like 1 employee for 100 boxes and minor rent payments to the places they're located helps a ton. I'd really be curious to see what the numbers they actually pull per "Redbox" actually is though, I'd not be surprised if plenty just barely break even with the low overhead.
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saw a couple of stories saying that the moviepass new causes some of the big chain's stock to drop another 4-8%
some theaters come out in support of it, didn't see anymore complaining
didn't realize some studios were still trying to work out a service to download movies opening weekend for $30-50 a pop
this next few years could be interesting
some theaters come out in support of it, didn't see anymore complaining
didn't realize some studios were still trying to work out a service to download movies opening weekend for $30-50 a pop
this next few years could be interesting
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Damn I'd love this. $50 is mehhhh, but I could definitely drop $30 for stuff I really want to see.