Actually, we should pray for the complete collapse of Warner Brothers, Columbia, Disney, and a few other studios.
They aren’t learning. They aren’t looking clear-eyed at their industry-—and I’m not talking just content (that’s big) but I’m talking even thinking about radical new ways to do movies.
For example, I think the time is ripe for a return to the movie that stays around for a month. Why? Because that is the ONLY place you’ll ever see the movie. No DVDs. No sales to HBO, etc. You can see it for a limited time then it will be a year before it comes back, just as use to happen with “Ben Hur” or other similar movies.
Now this wouldn’t occur without some pain and initial dislocation. The first few “event” movies would not do as well as might be expected because people might not believe the Studios are serious. But after 4-5 have NOT gone to TV or DVD, you’d see a change.
Once movies are again viewed as an “event,” like a concert, then the prices can go up significantly.
If people knew that the ONLY place they could see “Guardians of the Galaxy 3” was in the theater, for a limited time, you can be sure the theaters would be packed.
Yup, they won’t change, they will only be replaced.
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