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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rabulias" data-source="post: 8141742" data-attributes="member: 16651">The demise of movie theaters, much like the end of the world and the falling of the sky, has often been predicted, but not yet realized. Some of the points where this was touted:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The advent of television</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Cable TV</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Pay TV channels like HBO and Showtime</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">VCRs and movies on VHS</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Netflix (when they first started, renting DVDs by mail)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Internet streaming in general</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">And now streaming services</li> </ul>I believe the idea of seeing movies on large screens and with larger audiences than one can have in the home will still have appeal. I admit that there are some people who will prefer viewing all movies at home, but there are still grognards like me who like to see films on massive IMAX screens (really - I cannot understand how people want to want to watch movies on their phones). Until we die off (or until I can get an IMAX-sized TV in my non-IMAX-sized home), theaters will still do OK.</blockquote>