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[Zorak Prison Pod]

Modern 'Half in the Bag' be like:

Mike: "We just saw 'Space Cop' in Milwaukee's historic Egg Foo Young theater or whatever the fuck it's called. While we were there, a psychopath with orange hair barricaded the exit and opened fire on the audience with an AR-15. Jay, what was the budget for this film?"

Jay: "The budget, according to this tabloid website I choose to believe, was $420.69 billion. The revenue was $420.69 billion. Therefore the film failed to make back its budget."

Mike: "This has dire consequences for the film industry. Let's talk about that for 90 minutes. Meanwhile both you and I have received 5.56mm rounds to the face and chest, and we are currently dead."

 

[Preacher ✝]

Re:view of Kickassia when?

Imagine a BotW with all three of the Nostalgia Critic Movies.

 

[Bobbobson]

Imagine a BotW with all three of the Nostalgia Critic Movies.

Wouldn't work at all. They hate failed comedies and those movies on their own are worse than "Spacecop". They only have entertainment value if you have some interest in Channel Awesome people embarassing themselves. It would make good episode for something like Oneyplays. RLM usually keep away from this kind of stuff.

 

[Preacher ✝]

Wouldn't work at all. They hate failed comedies and those movies on their own are worse than "Spacecop". They only have entertainment value if you have some interest in Channel Awesome people embarassing themselves. It would make good episode for something like Oneyplays. RLM usually keep away from this kind of stuff.

Idk, I think it would be funny to watch Mike, Jay, and Rich suffer through those films while providing commentary from the perspective of seasoned critics that aren't invested in or knowledgeable of Channel Awesome.

 

[Starman John]

The only way i could see them watching the Channel Awesome trilogy was if they only made Rich watch it and recorded his horror upon witnessing all of them.

 

[SNEED.EXE]

Could be worse, You could be trapped in the Backrooms with this
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THE HACKROOMS

 

[Absurdist Laughter]

I didn't have anywhere to put this but RLM's criticisms of the state of movie theaters got me thinking. A lot of theaters in my area have started to bump money into innovations and making it feel as if you're getting more for your dollar. For instance, one of the most ghettoy ass theaters I've ever been to a decade ago now looks near unrecognizable. They got that big ol tank of popcorn with infinite refill and butter it yo self stations. Self serve icees, slushies, and infinite refill soda (even if it is from one of those shitty all in one machines.). That's value to my monkey american consumer brain. I think movies in general, block buster MSM put butts in seats sort of movies need to invest in theaters and specifically theater technology. The newer generations have 3d, they had 2d, now they want 4D and maybe even 5D experiences. Imagine if a company adapted a single theater and movie studios treated their movies more like experiences rather than just movies...how many more people would be wanting to come. Avatar, need volcanic ashe in the scene, well use some snow machines to rain down real "ash" in the theater. That sort of hokey BS but taken completely straight and serious. It won't be, "did you watch xyz movie," it'll be "did you experience xyz". That has to be the next natural evolution of movie theaters. Basically, become indiv

 

[p1138]

I didn't have anywhere to put this but RLM's criticisms of the state of movie theaters got me thinking. A lot of theaters in my area have started to bump money into innovations and making it feel as if you're getting more for your dollar. For instance, one of the most ghettoy ass theaters I've ever been to a decade ago now looks near unrecognizable. They got that big ol tank of popcorn with infinite refill and butter it yo self stations. Self serve icees, slushies, and infinite refill soda (even if it is from one of those shitty all in one machines.). That's value to my monkey american consumer brain. I think movies in general, block buster MSM put butts in seats sort of movies need to invest in theaters and specifically theater technology. The newer generations have 3d, they had 2d, now they want 4D and maybe even 5D experiences. Imagine if a company adapted a single theater and movie studios treated their movies more like experiences rather than just movies...how many more people would be wanting to come. Avatar, need volcanic ashe in the scene, well use some snow machines to rain down real "ash" in the theater. That sort of hokey BS but taken completely straight and serious. It won't be, "did you watch xyz movie," it'll be "did you experience xyz". That has to be the next natural evolution of movie theaters. Basically, become indiv

Even if people wanted a "5d" experience with ash thrown in their faces and shit, there's still a major set of problems to overcome.

1. Ticket prices. How much is all of that crap going to inflate ticket prices? Ignoring all of the subscription plan bullshit to get you to spend even more money, ticket prices are still in the $16-$20 range before even getting to the fake IMAX screen shit in some areas. Do you really want to pay $40+ a ticket for a movie "experience"? Even right now by the time you get some drinks and popcorn, you're already out $100+ for a family of four to watch a movie.

2. Customer service is non-existent, and hilariously replaced by more fees and bullshit.

3. The theater is still full of retards. Retards on their phone(after paying $18 to watch a movie, people still sit on their phone?). Retards yapping. Retards making racket with packaging and concession shit. Retards that can't sit still in a seat. Retards that constantly want to get up and walk past you so they have to wait for the 10 people between their seat and the aisle to all put the foot rests away so they can walk past, then do it again as they go back disrupting the audience even further, repeated 3 times a movie because they can't go 30 minutes without risk of shitting themselves in public.

Now the theaters can fix 1 and 2. They can't fix 3.

 

[I'm a Silly]

I didn't have anywhere to put this but RLM's criticisms of the state of movie theaters got me thinking. A lot of theaters in my area have started to bump money into innovations and making it feel as if you're getting more for your dollar. For instance, one of the most ghettoy ass theaters I've ever been to a decade ago now looks near unrecognizable. They got that big ol tank of popcorn with infinite refill and butter it yo self stations. Self serve icees, slushies, and infinite refill soda (even if it is from one of those shitty all in one machines.). That's value to my monkey american consumer brain. I think movies in general, block buster MSM put butts in seats sort of movies need to invest in theaters and specifically theater technology. The newer generations have 3d, they had 2d, now they want 4D and maybe even 5D experiences. Imagine if a company adapted a single theater and movie studios treated their movies more like experiences rather than just movies...how many more people would be wanting to come. Avatar, need volcanic ashe in the scene, well use some snow machines to rain down real "ash" in the theater. That sort of hokey BS but taken completely straight and serious. It won't be, "did you watch xyz movie," it'll be "did you experience xyz". That has to be the next natural evolution of movie theaters. Basically, become indiv

Aldous Huxley predicted your feelies idea, but he didn't predict not having a remedy for niggers.

 

[Acoustic Virgin]

They got that big ol tank of popcorn with infinite refill and butter it yo self stations. Self serve icees, slushies, and infinite refill soda (even if it is from one of those shitty all in one machines.).

You've been tricked. Unlimited refills are nothing special. For one thing, popcorn and soda are incredibly cheap for the theater, so their expenses on them are next to nothing. Hardly anyone actually takes advantage of the refills because doing so would mean getting up and missing some of the movie that they're paying so much to see. The theaters just wind up charging more for the snacks. And the self-serve gimmick is lame, too -- you're paying them to work for them.

The newer generations have 3d, they had 2d, now they want 4D and maybe even 5D experiences. Imagine if a company adapted a single theater and movie studios treated their movies more like experiences rather than just movies...how many more people would be wanting to come. Avatar, need volcanic ashe in the scene, well use some snow machines to rain down real "ash" in the theater.

I initially scoffed at the idea of a 4D theater. I don't even really like 3D, so the thought of sitting in the theater with stupid glasses on AND getting splashed with water at the same time is doubly unappealing. It's cute for a 15-minute simulator ride at Universal Studios, but I wouldn't want to sit through a 2-hour (or longer) movie with those gimmicks.

But that's really the idea behind the Wizard of Oz experience at The Sphere in Vegas. They've adapted the film to fill the enormous spherical screen and added interactive features like wind blowing during the tornado scene and plastic apples falling into the audience during the tree scene. It has received a lot of (well-deserved) criticism from people who attended because tickets are very expensive, the adaptation to the spherical screen was shoddily done using AI, and the effects are diminished depending upon your chosen seating section. Still, the idea intrigues me. There are precious few advantages to seeing a movie in a theater in the current year. If the industry is going to survive, they can't just do what they've always done -- they'll have to be creative and adapt. I don't know if William Castle-esque gimmicks and making me pour my own soda will do it, but they've got to try something.

 

[BubbleButt]

This is the weirdest episode of Half in the Bag I've ever seen!

 

[Love Is Blue]

This is the weirdest episode of Half in the Bag I've ever seen!

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I'm glad mike finally recognized he was an alcoholic and stopped drinking

 

[Hentai-Semitism]

I never buy conscessions anyway. but last time I went to the theater, they were so ridiculously overpriced I literally LOL'd. A handful of nachos and a Coke costed about as much as a cheap dinner. As for ticket prices, remember when RLM said they're OK with paying $20 to """rent""" a movie just so they don't have to go to theater?

(go to 14:35 if the timecode doesn't work)

By the way - if I buy a movie on Amazon, do I get to download the file or is it just added to my account and only accessible as long as I pay for the subscription? Because if it's the latter, then it's not much better than """renting""" it.

 

[TheHarbinger]

I didn't have anywhere to put this but RLM's criticisms of the state of movie theaters got me thinking. A lot of theaters in my area have started to bump money into innovations and making it feel as if you're getting more for your dollar.

You could build a quality home theater setup for a small budget since the late 80s. Now with streaming practically everything that hits theaters is available in your home in mere weeks, sometimes the same day, and often times just goes straight to streaming. Short of something being an 'event movie' I cannot fathom why people who are into watching movies wouldn't just invest in a decent home theater setup and watch everything at home.

 

[Beelzebub's Lawyer]

The newer generations have 3d, they had 2d, now they want 4D and maybe even 5D experiences. Imagine if a company adapted a single theater and movie studios treated their movies more like experiences rather than just movies...how many more people would be wanting to come. Avatar, need volcanic ashe in the scene, well use some snow machines to rain down real "ash" in the theater.

I'm just imagining going to some sports movie about boxing or something, then a nigger wearing boxing gloves comes out and punches you in the face whenever the protagonist gets punched.
Truly, this is the future of cinema.

 

[jallsballs]

By the way - if I buy a movie on Amazon, do I get to download the file or is it just added to my account and only accessible as long as I pay for the subscription? Because if it's the latter, then it's not much better than """renting""" it.

None of those services allow you to actually download a backup of the movies you "purchase" from them.

 

[Hentai-Semitism]

None of those services allow you to actually download a backup of the movies you "purchase" from them.

It figures. Subscriptions are so fucking scummy. Even Photoshop requires a subscription now. I don't know what I'd do without piracy.

 

[draggs]

The intro was not funny and felt like it took forever despite being 2 minutes. The awkshul talk about the movie was pretty good

 

[Absurdist Laughter]

They can't fix 3.

Well, that's kind of the point of the active stimulation of the other things such as the standard 4d which is seat movement, 5d being sensory like smells and what not. I'm givin' real Back To The Futures 2 vibes when I speak about what the next phase of movie theater is going to be.

Actually, you know what would be kinda cool? If the Blumhouse, A24, or some other "smaller" studio brought back the Spook Show Concept; I don't mean the night we invite all the niggers.

watching movies wouldn't just invest in a decent home theater setup and watch everything at home.

and I'm happy with just my laptop and headphones. It's just the business model doesn't work or translate well now a day. It's a whole new world I even categorize pre-covid and post-covid as two different eras akin to 9/11. There are some theaters in my area that are actually changing into arcades and bars in addition to movies. Gotta love competition though, ever since Alamo Drafthouse started the thing with ordering food and it gets delivered to your seat seems to have percolated through the stagnant theater chains. IDK, maybe I'm feelin' the American economy is swinging into a value town thirst. More bundled deals, maybe groupon or some spinoff will come back and maybe more theaters can swing in that direction. Warren Buffet started with just a pinball machine, maybe the struggling theaters can make a come back too.

 

[p1138]

Well, that's kind of the point of the active stimulation of the other things such as the standard 4d which is seat movement, 5d being sensory like smells and what not. I'm givin' real Back To The Futures 2 vibes when I speak about what the next phase of movie theater is going to be.

Not every movie needs to be a themepark ride, and the ones where that wouldn't make any sense are usually the easiest ruined by retarded shit. Also, even for a movie where it could make sense, 2 hours? No thanks.

But you're also forgetting something. Even themeparks have to tell retards to put their fucking phones away on rollercoasters. Do you seriously think the seat moving around and fart spray is going to stop people from ruining movies for others?