Ads in movies
I hate them. I hate the pre-show ads. I hate having five minutes of
cell phone and Coke commercials before the movie. I hate the movie ads
pretending to be "behind the scenes of the making of..." mini-shows.
Movie previews are fun, but watching the Japanese scientists sing "Close
To You" for the 100th time is the worst.
There's been a fair amount of media buzz lately about upscale theaters with fancy food and bars and so on, charging a premium ticket price. I'll stick with my popcorn and soda, but this does give me an idea.
I'll tell you right now, theater owners: I WILL PAY A PREMIUM TO NOT WATCH ADS BEFORE THE MOVIE. I'll pay enough to cover your lost revenuefrom Coca-Cola. If there were two theaters, and one was, say, a $9 ticket and one was $12, but had no ads, I would go to the $12 theater EVERY SINGLE TIME.
(Note: I also mailed this to Roger Ebert. I'm hoping he'll publish it in his Ask The Answer Man column.)
There's been a fair amount of media buzz lately about upscale theaters with fancy food and bars and so on, charging a premium ticket price. I'll stick with my popcorn and soda, but this does give me an idea.
I'll tell you right now, theater owners: I WILL PAY A PREMIUM TO NOT WATCH ADS BEFORE THE MOVIE. I'll pay enough to cover your lost revenuefrom Coca-Cola. If there were two theaters, and one was, say, a $9 ticket and one was $12, but had no ads, I would go to the $12 theater EVERY SINGLE TIME.
(Note: I also mailed this to Roger Ebert. I'm hoping he'll publish it in his Ask The Answer Man column.)