TV is Movies
So, there's this whole running thing on how theatre ticket sales are down, and I can (and probably will) do an entire Rant solely on that topic, but I'd like to focus on one aspect of the theatre problem this morning. After watching umpteen hours of "Lost" over the weekend, it's pretty obvious that one of the movie theatres worst problems nowadays is that TV is getting closer to Movie level in terms of quality all the time.
Y'see, back in the Olden Days of my Youth, when dinosaurs roamed and whatnot, the only time TV even attempted to compete with Movies was when there was a mini-series. And frankly, even the best mini-series (the adaptation of the Stand and Wild Palms both come to mind) were pretty amatuerish compared to the real thing. Movies gave you a bigger, bolder experience back then.
Nowadays, not so much so. TV has the technology to directly compete with Movie level production values. In addition, TV censorship has started to lessen to the point where TV content is far less restrictive. Hell, on HBO they don't even have too much censorship to worry about period. TV is becoming more intelligent and well written all the time. In the meantime, movies seem to be getting dumber, cheaper, weaker, and lamer. Hell, there have been multiply movies this year alone that were based on old TV series.
Now, obviously, this is all a bit of a blanket statement. Afterall, there's still tons and tons of crap on TV. Lord knows, Reality Shows haven't gone the way of the Dodo yet. Still, I watched one episode of "House" on my crappy TV screen the other day and was more entertained than I was by at least five of the movies I've watched this year.
In conclusion, if the film industry really wants to get us up off of our dead asses and stop watching TV and get our dead asses back in theatre seats, they're gonna need to be able to do what they used to be able to, which is provide an experience worth getting off our dead asses for.
Y'see, back in the Olden Days of my Youth, when dinosaurs roamed and whatnot, the only time TV even attempted to compete with Movies was when there was a mini-series. And frankly, even the best mini-series (the adaptation of the Stand and Wild Palms both come to mind) were pretty amatuerish compared to the real thing. Movies gave you a bigger, bolder experience back then.
Nowadays, not so much so. TV has the technology to directly compete with Movie level production values. In addition, TV censorship has started to lessen to the point where TV content is far less restrictive. Hell, on HBO they don't even have too much censorship to worry about period. TV is becoming more intelligent and well written all the time. In the meantime, movies seem to be getting dumber, cheaper, weaker, and lamer. Hell, there have been multiply movies this year alone that were based on old TV series.
Now, obviously, this is all a bit of a blanket statement. Afterall, there's still tons and tons of crap on TV. Lord knows, Reality Shows haven't gone the way of the Dodo yet. Still, I watched one episode of "House" on my crappy TV screen the other day and was more entertained than I was by at least five of the movies I've watched this year.
In conclusion, if the film industry really wants to get us up off of our dead asses and stop watching TV and get our dead asses back in theatre seats, they're gonna need to be able to do what they used to be able to, which is provide an experience worth getting off our dead asses for.
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Well said, Joe.
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