Armageddon: First Cars, Now Movies.
The American auto industry is in trouble. You can tell when they offer big "employee" discounts and then extend the offer for another month. The American movie industry is also in trouble. Will they begin to offer big discounts soon? There was already the "money back guarantee" on Cinderella Man, pleading with consumers to buy their wares. Television just keeps getting better, and the movies keep getting worse.
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2 comments:
It's not so much that the auto industry is in trouble, it's just that GM is in trouble. What the other companies are doing is pretty brilliant, by jumping on the "employee discount" bandwagon.
My grandfather worked for Ford and worked WITH Henry Ford. So my family is eligible for the Ford discount. It's not significant enough to make me by another ford (after the 74 Ford Gran Torino, it was all downhill!)
The same thing happened a few years ago when one company offered the "0% financing". Everyone jumped on it and it ended up destroying the Used car market for a few years. What this will do to the industry is probably insignificant. It's just another rebate.
As for the movie industry, it's not that TV is getting better (although it is) but rather the home theater experience is outpacing the theater experience. You should know that, mr. "I bought a plasma tv with surround sound"!! My wife and I deliberately avoid opening nights or weekends just because the punk-ass kids are so rude, we feel we're not getting our money's worth. The fact that ticket prices are skyrocketing doesn't help. This doesn't make sense because theaters make their money on the concessions, not the tickets.
Weird stuff, these industries. Maybe if you could test drive movies and get previews of cars, things would be different.
Of course, I agree on the home theater aspect of movie sale decline. There are a lot of factors, but I am encouraged by the fact that moviegoers seem to be finally sick and fed up with all the sequels.
I have to start saying "sequel" and not "remake," since I enjoyed the new tellings of the Batman story and the Wonka story this summer.
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