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Message: <blockquote data-quote="barsoomcore" data-source="post: 2183738" data-attributes="member: 812">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.</blockquote>

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