Ha, both of my assistants have/use VCRs, which became obsolete 20 years ago!
Ticket prices have been stable, inflation-adjusted: http://www.natoonline.org/data/ticket-price/ Sent from my iPad > On Dec 19, 2017, at 9:47 AM, Kirby McDaniel <[email protected]> wrote: > > Througout the VHS era I was contemptuous of home video because of the poor > picture quality and, initially at least, the sound was mono. DVD raised the > bar a bit. Blu-Ray and 4K and the fact that I am fortunate enough to own an > Oppo to play them and an LG OLED TV, clearly one of the best screens I have > ever seen, have really meant that I see more films at home than I do in > theaters. Still, I think you get something at the theaters that you will > never get at home. You don’t have to answer the phone or the front door. > The screen is big. The audience is live and experiencing the film with you. > > In my opinion, ticket prices at the theaters are too high. Do any of the > rest of you feel that way? > > Kirby McDaniel > movieart.com > > >> On Dec 19, 2017, at 5:01 AM, MoviePoster Collectors >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I watched tons o' movies when I was a youngling, but I'm 49 now and my >> entire post-college life have attended a movie theater once/twice a year, if >> that much. I never paid for cable TV and have never used a DVR, so rarely >> watched them at home. >> >> Now that I'm not working I'm the King of Free Time and have hitch-hiked to >> theaters to see "fun"/roller-coaster thrills/sci-fi movies like: >> >> Blade Runner 2049 (twice) >> Wonder Woman (twice) >> SW:TLJ (this week, partly spoiled after I unwisely skimmed a negative user >> review) >> Murder on the Orient Express >> Close Encounters 40th >> Justice League >> >> I also feel obligated to support historical films in theaters: >> >> Dunkirk >> Darkest Hour (future) >> The Post (future) >> >> The gameplan was to watch lotsa movies on pretty-cheap streaming services >> like Netflix/HBO/etc. but so far I've only watched a grand total of two >> (Wizard of Lies/DeNiro and SW:R1). Why? Too busy entertaining/terrorizing >> several online forums and watching 3-4 hours per day of MSNBC news shows and >> infotainment shows like The Today Show. >> >> How about you - and also does watching movies motivate you to buy the MP >> (yes, almost always for me)? >> >> -- >> Mel S. Hutson >> Charlotte, NC USA >> www.moviepostercollectors.guide: Movie Poster Collecting Reference and >> Showcase >> https://www.facebook.com/pg/MoviePosterCollectors/photos/?tab=albums >> >> To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: >> https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1 >> > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
