What Would You Screen at Cine Barsoom?

[Desdichado]

As an avowed fan of the cinema experience, I can agree with everything stated here; that's why my wife and I love going out to movies. Heck for our date this weekend, we're going to forego going out to eat and see two back to back movies.

But I still think the market is drying up for the cinema experience. For most, heck, even myself half the time, a DVD and a good home theater setup is just a better deal all around. Especially since once you get past the fixed costs (your home theater setup) you can buy the freakin' DVD for the same price as two tickets to the cinema anymore, and you can watch it as often as you want once you do.

I just think cinemas have a big fat timer on them as an industry and when it reaches zero, the whole industry will be vaporized. I'll be one of those that's sad to see it go, but I'm still pretty certain that go it will.

 

[Mark]

Schlock-Fi-Fest

The Sword and the Sorcerer
Ice Pirates
They Saved Hitler's Brain
Dark Star
Plan 9 from Outer Space


Ape-Fest

Planet of the Apes
Beneath the Planet of the Apes
Escape from the Planet of the Apes
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
Battle for the Planet of the Apes


Harryhausen-Fest

The 7th Voyage of Sinbad
Jason and the Argonauts
One Million Years B.C.
The Golden Voyage of Sinbad
Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger
Clash of the Titans

Bakshi-Rankin-Bass-Fest (Animated)

Wizards
The Hobbit
The Lord of the Rings
The Return of the King
Fire and Ice

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[barsoomcore]

I just think cinemas have a big fat timer on them as an industry and when it reaches zero, the whole industry will be vaporized.

What I think we're seeing is end-of-life for the existing method of distribution for films. And it's anybody's guess as to what's going happen once digital distribution takes off. I see living space affecting that equation -- if we're mostly living in large houses like my parents did, with three bedrooms and a basement and what not maybe you can have a big-screen TV with room for friends and that will be all you need. But in places where people are living in small apartments they probably won't have room for a truly satisfying theatrical experience.

It'd be cool to see smallish neighborhood theatres springing up again. Megaplexes become less valuable as theatres can switch films effortlessly at any time, and clever theatre operators (like the owners of CineBarsoom, for example) would allow patrons to SELECT movies.

Pretty cool if you could go to cinebarsoom.com, select The Road Warrior and go watch it with your friends the next night at the theatre, don't ya think? Especially if it only costs, say, a dollar a head or so, and is actually a pleasant experience with trained staff (who LOVE movies and can answer questions, make suggestions, AND have excellent service skills, trim uniforms and actually behave like they give a crap) and, being a neighborhood operation, gets to know you and welcome you as a valued patron?

Hosting film festivals becomes a snap: ANYONE can volunteer to schedule a weekend's worth of themed films. Screening independent and locally-made films likewise. Show your home movies on the big screen for your wedding anniversary! And then watch Kill Bill with your wife and family.

 

[barsoomcore]

Oh, and Mark: You can schedule a festival at CineBarsoom ANY time.

 

[Rodrigo Istalindir]

Oh, one more: The Right Stuff

 

[GrendelKhan]

Love to see a few of these on the big screen again and for the first time.

Aliens
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai In The 8th Dimension
The Killer
Hard Boiled
Enter the Dragon
Evil Dead 2
Akira
Seven Samurai
Gladiator
Saving Private Ryan
Full Metal Jacket
Blackhawk Down
Excalibur
Re-Animator
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
Edward Scissor Hands
A Nightmare Before Christmas
The Abyss

 

[Angel Tarragon]

I don't think I'll be hanging out at the Frukathkaplex...

We all have different tastes...

 

[MonsterMash]

Oh, one more: The Right Stuff

How could I forget that - truly excellent

 

[Desdichado]

I'd probably go for even older movies than most of you here. I'd love to see Captain Blood, The Adventures of Robin Hood, Hatari!, Singing in the Rain, The Sound of Music and Where Eagles Dare on the silver screen, for instance.

 

[Rodrigo Istalindir]

Dug up the schedule for that filmfest a few years back. I saw everything but The Color Purple, Superman and Batman. What a week!

All the President's Men
Dog Day Afternoon
Superman
Blazing Saddles
The Exorcist
A Clockwork Orange

The Color Purple
Chariots of Fire
Full Metal Jacket
Blade Runner
The Shining
Batman

Driving Miss Daisy
The Fugitive
Unforgiven
GoodFellas
JFK

The Jazz Singer
42nd Street
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Public Enemy

Mildred Pierce
Now, Voyager
Casablanca
The Maltese Falcon

The Searchers
Dial M for Murder
A Streetcar Named Desire
Rebel Without a Cause

The Days of Wine and Roses
Bullitt
Bonnie and Clyde
The Wild Bunch