re: Netflix Has Won the Bidding War for WBD. Paramount launches hostile takeover

Exactly. This just sucks, but I guess it's inevitable. On to the next big merger

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Paramount seems to think the process is rigged

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I assume Paramount is going to try to get the FCC to kill the deal. I wish WB would stay independent, but if they are going to get merged, you damn sure don't want it to be under Netflix. It will kill the film and theater business even more.

Paramount is in good with the Trump admin. They would actually be the most ideal company to own WB properties and do the massive IP right.

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It's about cost benefit analysis type shite,

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Reclining seats, massive screen, theatrical experience

$5 more compared to 20 years ago.. the cost benefit analysis leans overwhelmingly in favor of artisitc, dedicated theatrical releases compared to Netflix’ cookie cutter approach

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All of the reasons this is bad is pretty plain and has been laid out pretty clearly just on this page.

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Yeah, they just like going to theaters. Guess what, not everybody feels the same way. not everybody wants to have to go to the theater to watch every movie that is released. Some like the choice; I am in that camp.

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Go to the fricking theater you fricking cheap frick. You’d really rather save $25 (which you’re really not considering Netflix’s prices will certainly increase) and watch a shittier version of a movie from your LayZ Boy? I expected a more thoughtful response from you tbh

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Again, you are missing the point completely. It's not about being cheap. It's about the theater not being worth it anymore outside of certain releases. Hell, I took my wife and kid to the theater last month for a re-release of Back to the Future. And guess what, it was fricking awesome and I didn't mind spending the money for that.

Looking at movies in the closest theater to my house:

Five Nights at Freddy's 2
Wicked for Good
Zootopia 2
Jujutsu Kaisen
Now You See Me 3
Eternity
Hamnet
Merrily We Roll Along
Fackjam Hall
Predator Badlands
Running Man

Out of those, there are maybe a few that I want to watch period. And none that have me clamoring to run to the theater to drop 100 bucks on. I'm sure we may take my 6 year old to see Zootopia at some point. But I'd argue that none of those movies are "theater must see" movies, with maybe Running Man being the closest. Maybe Predator if that's your thing (and Predator is my thing, but this isn't one that has me clamoring to see it, especially in theaters).

I'd much prefer to have more options and be able to watch them at home most of the time. And for movies that break through that level for me, I'm more than happy to spend my money and not "be a fricking cheap frick" and take my arse to the theater. But a movie studio doesn't automatically earn my money just because they put a movie into theaters. They have to earn it by making something actually good that I want to see there. If you like going to the theater every weekend, that's awesome. Good for you, man. But that shite isn't as important to me.

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Again, this argument is so played out. Don’t go out and eat then. Never go to any restaurants and only eat at home. In fact, don’t go to any fast food places either because you’re going to spend damn near $40 or more at those places too and you can reduce costs by just making everything at home right?

Yet you’ll factor in grocery costs for eating at home, correct? It’s a monthly cost. But yet you don’t do that for your streaming services that you pay for every month? Most of us have Prime ($15 for the cheapest version with ads) Netflix (about the same price with Ads but most of us pay more) HBO, Hulu, Disney, etc. all that shite adds up to be close to $100 a month you pay every month and half the time there’s never any new shite on there. But we’ll complain about the $75 we spend to take our families to the movies every 3 months.

Give me a fricking break.

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Holy shite, are you gonna be okay?

It's not a played out argument; you just disagree with it. It's just my stance on it. And guess what, we don't have to agree on it. I'm glad you love forking over $100 to take your family to the movies. That's great. I'm not as big of a fan of that as you. And it doesn't even mean I refuse to do it, as evidenced by me taking them last month like I said. It's just that for me the theater experience isn't the same "entertainment destination" that it used to be, and the value of that experience has gone way down for me.

I'm sorry that very clearly bothers you so fricking much though.

And yeah, I pay out the arse for streaming shite too. And guess what, I still actually have cable, and pay too much for that too. So being that I already pay for "entertainment" shite, movie companies and theaters have to make me want to go there. They have to earn my dollars and time. And as time has gone on, they have done a worse and worse job of that. So I don't have a desire to go as much as I used to.

Bye bye CNN. Couldn't happen to a better group of people.

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If I just take my wife and son to a movie, that's upwards of $50 just for tickets alone, and you can almost double that for concessions. So that's $80-$100 just to go see a movie in the theater.

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I mean if price is the issue, another option is just see the regular version for $10 a ticket instead of IMAX XD and don't get concessions and you and the family saw a movie on the big screen for $30.

Not counting if we want to get a cocktail/beer me and MRs. Iwy come out around $30 with two tickets, and splitting a popcorn and coke zero. I would be fine spending more but that's just what it comes out to. Pretty reasonably priced night out.

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Reclining seats, massive screen, theatrical experience

$5 more compared to 20 years ago.. the cost benefit analysis leans overwhelmingly in favor of artisitc, dedicated theatrical releases compared to Netflix’ cookie cutter approach

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There are definitely benefits to a theater, no question. I am not arguing otherwise. I also like that you can choose your seats as well. So when we do go there, there are some good things about it. Although it is definitely not just $5 more these days.

I absolutely do not hate movie theaters. I just don't have a desire to utilize them as much as I used to. And part of that reason is because of the amount of options there are now. I'm sure 30 years ago, if HBO aired new theatrical releases a week after they came out in theaters, a lot of people would've wanted to watch them at home then too. At least nowadays you are a lot less forced to go to a theater to watch movies.

A lot of this honestly sounds like y'all are just mad that the theater experience is dying off. And I agree, that sucks. Going to see a new movie on the big screen used to be one of the best things ever. But things aren't the same anymore. But this seems like the same thing people said when NF happened and it put video rentals out of business. Hell, I'm sure that some companies weren't happy when HBO was created and you could watch movies at home. And now, the paradigm has shifted to streaming. And the theater experience slimming down is a product of that.

I'm not arguing that NF owning WB is better than it used to be. As I've said, monopolies are generally a bad thing for customers. I just don't think it's the end of the world either.