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<blockquote data-quote="WizarDru" data-source="post: 1338264" data-attributes="member: 151"><p>An interesting mental exercise, but it's really not much more than that. In 1978, video games didn't have nearly the penetration they do now, the internet was a military and scientific tool, computers were a rich man's toy, cable was only in a handful of homes, VHS and Beta had not reached either an acceptable price level OR any significant amount of content, and several other diversions also didn't exist.</p><p> </p><p>Further, in 1977, they made fewer movies than today, and hade a drastically reduced emphasis on films making a huge profit on it's opening weekend. Disposable income was greater per family. The number of movie theaters was also much less, by 15,000 screens or so. In many cases, you had much less choice, so people migrated to certain releases, because they had less choice in the matter. And the further back you go, the more polarized this becomes. When Star Wars was released, some 4100 films were released internationally that year. In 1952, that number was closer to 2500. In 1939, there were only 1900. In 2003, that number was 10,180. Never mind that, when Star Wars came out, the concepts of a marketing blitz had only been done once or twice before, and the viewing public wasn't tired of the concept yet (Planet of the Apes really having been the only big example previously).</p><p> </p><p>And don't forget, prior to the mid-60s, going to see a movie could be an all day event. You might see two movies, three short subjects and some cartoons and a serial in one sitting. So some of the old movies might be considered 'double-dipping'. And I'm not sure I jibe with their number-crunching, anywho.</p><p> </p><p>There are simply too many factors that would make Star Wars less of a blockbuster than it is, now.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As for theaters with alcohol...no big deal. I first went to one back in the mid-80s. It was OK. Being able to eat pizza and having a little table was what made it better, for me. It was more like a pub then a movie theater, in atmosphere. Too bad they went out of business, like so many theaters are, these days. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WizarDru, post: 1338264, member: 151"] An interesting mental exercise, but it's really not much more than that. In 1978, video games didn't have nearly the penetration they do now, the internet was a military and scientific tool, computers were a rich man's toy, cable was only in a handful of homes, VHS and Beta had not reached either an acceptable price level OR any significant amount of content, and several other diversions also didn't exist. Further, in 1977, they made fewer movies than today, and hade a drastically reduced emphasis on films making a huge profit on it's opening weekend. Disposable income was greater per family. The number of movie theaters was also much less, by 15,000 screens or so. In many cases, you had much less choice, so people migrated to certain releases, because they had less choice in the matter. And the further back you go, the more polarized this becomes. When Star Wars was released, some 4100 films were released internationally that year. In 1952, that number was closer to 2500. In 1939, there were only 1900. In 2003, that number was 10,180. Never mind that, when Star Wars came out, the concepts of a marketing blitz had only been done once or twice before, and the viewing public wasn't tired of the concept yet (Planet of the Apes really having been the only big example previously). And don't forget, prior to the mid-60s, going to see a movie could be an all day event. You might see two movies, three short subjects and some cartoons and a serial in one sitting. So some of the old movies might be considered 'double-dipping'. And I'm not sure I jibe with their number-crunching, anywho. There are simply too many factors that would make Star Wars less of a blockbuster than it is, now. As for theaters with alcohol...no big deal. I first went to one back in the mid-80s. It was OK. Being able to eat pizza and having a little table was what made it better, for me. It was more like a pub then a movie theater, in atmosphere. Too bad they went out of business, like so many theaters are, these days. :( [/QUOTE]
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