And people aren’t watching at home. They’re watching their phone. They’re watching their kids. They getting up to grab snacks. They’re taking a call, theyre taking a shit.
Don’t get me wrong I’m as guilty of this as anybody. The problem and the enshitification isn’t because of the delivery system itself. It’s because the studios understand that you got stuff going on. You’re distracted.
So the content they produce is catered to that. Nothing too complex nothing too visually demanding. Show and Tell replaces show don’t tell. They’ll still make an award season movie here and there, but the general trend will be making background noise not films.
And then there are the old farts that still play movies from Blu-ray disks. The picture quality is better and you have more control over the experience. And I’d argue that the picture on my OLED screen is better than what I’ve seen in most cinemas. And you don’t have any rude idiots to contend with and the disk costs less than two cinema tickets and a bowl of popcorn.
Honest question not intended to be antagonistic in any way. Have you not had an enjoyable communal experience watching a movie?
I took my kids to watch K-pop Demon Hunters at a theater. They already had that movie on loop for 2 months in my house. But hearing a hundred kids sing along was one of the coolest movie experiences ever. Hearing 100 people gasp or jump or laugh or cheer and being part of it just isnt an experience that can be recreated by an OLED.
So you saw one movie in the cinema this year?
The cinema is how movies are delivered too a tiny fraction of the viewership. The vast majority of consumers stream at home on all types of devices.
Also seeing movies at home is the exact opposite of Enshittification
I saw a few. But I specifically saw this one.
And people aren’t watching at home. They’re watching their phone. They’re watching their kids. They getting up to grab snacks. They’re taking a call, theyre taking a shit.
Don’t get me wrong I’m as guilty of this as anybody. The problem and the enshitification isn’t because of the delivery system itself. It’s because the studios understand that you got stuff going on. You’re distracted.
So the content they produce is catered to that. Nothing too complex nothing too visually demanding. Show and Tell replaces show don’t tell. They’ll still make an award season movie here and there, but the general trend will be making background noise not films.
And then there are the old farts that still play movies from Blu-ray disks. The picture quality is better and you have more control over the experience. And I’d argue that the picture on my OLED screen is better than what I’ve seen in most cinemas. And you don’t have any rude idiots to contend with and the disk costs less than two cinema tickets and a bowl of popcorn.
Honest question not intended to be antagonistic in any way. Have you not had an enjoyable communal experience watching a movie?
I took my kids to watch K-pop Demon Hunters at a theater. They already had that movie on loop for 2 months in my house. But hearing a hundred kids sing along was one of the coolest movie experiences ever. Hearing 100 people gasp or jump or laugh or cheer and being part of it just isnt an experience that can be recreated by an OLED.
Absolutely!
I love my OLED as well and before that my home Plasma TV was better than theaters.
As far as viewing experiences nothing beat my home set up.