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Pablo Hidalgo@infinata.bsky.social |
I know other jerks in the audience are a big factor in the theatrical experience, but I don't think you can price out a jerk. My point is, a jerk ruining a $10 experience is a lesser risk than a jerk ruining a $20+ experience.
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Pablo Hidalgo
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The thing that last year should have made clear is that people are cash strapped enough that they only allow themselves to indulge themselves maybe one or two theatrical movies a season and probably made up their mind the previous season.
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Carter McKendry
@cmckendry.bsky.social
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A jerk ruining two hours (or possibly three, these days) transcends dollar value, for me
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Ross Brown
@wolfesghost.bsky.social
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Economists call this the "Bus seat neighbor / Airplane seat neighbor" paradox.
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@mrfengi.bsky.social
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Unless someone is an outlier, other people do not annoy me. I suspect most people have the temperment for group experience until the cost eats away at their frame of mind. Like, when its the one movie one can afford in 3 months, the presence of other people may seem inherently intrusive.
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Ducky Krup
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I have gone to repertoire screenings and film festival screening where you’d think the audience would behave appropriately and there’s at least one person who thinks the rules don’t apply to them.
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Charlie Brigden
@filmsonwax.bsky.social
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Also sometimes the jerks are the theaters who have next to zero accessibility for disabled people.
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Lumiel Hears
@lumiel-hears.bsky.social
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The anxiety over the myriad of ways the theater or audience members will turn the experience into a disaster has kept me out of theaters for 4 years now. I used to go almost every week or two. About every other time was a bad experience (temperature, volume, lights on, misaligned projector, etc)
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A Thousand Autumns
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Exactly! They can’t guarantee the quality of the film, or control for certain aspects of the experience, but right now the risk reward equation is way out of wack. Right now the cost of that risk better equates to renting something at home where I control the other factors.
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