Warner Brothers pushing all 2021 movies to HBO Max and Theaters Same day in 2021

[Jester]

Bring back drive-ins

[Andrew NDB]

Terrible news for theaters. What a big knife in the back.

[NinjaPug]

AT&T completely ****ed up the rollout of HBO Max and to try and drive growth they rush into a decision that could damage domestic theaters permanently as well as piss off a bunch of actors and directors. It's crazy that Legendary, who co-financed Godzilla vs Kong, didn't know about this plan until it was announced today.

[CyberCubed]

Looking at the movie list, I completely forgot there's a new Mortal Kombat movie reboot coming. Are we expecting that to be good?

There doesn't seem to be much hype for it, and if it is coming next year it's odd there's no trailer yet.

[ranger_scout]

Variety answered 5 burning questions after today’s news.

https://variety.com/2020/film/news/w...ss-1234845580/

[Cure]

I'm super excited for this news. Good thing they're gonna be in 4K HDR, too, because it's some horseshit that HBO Max didn't launch with that for $15 a month.

[ranger_scout]

Here's what the AT&T boss said about the future of movies.

AT&T Boss John Stankey Says Movie Theaters Will Always “Have A Role In Society”, But Streaming “Horse Left The Barn”

WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar also did a lengthy Q&A.

WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar On How Groundbreaking HBO Max Theatrical Window Strategy Will Optimize Revenues

ETA: Here are a lot reactions to the news.

Hollywood, Theater Owners Sound Off on Warner Bros.’ Bold HBO Max Move: ‘They’re Playing With Fire’

[sdp]

Disney was already going this route but now that AT&T is doing it they won't want to be seen as the weaker streaming service. We'll start getting higher budget movies at Netflix as well since they're going to feel the pressure. In a way studios won't care to make "big hit" blockbusters anymore that need to make millions to break even which has lead to tons of sequels/remakes over the years, we'll see new ideas being made into movies again. This will allow great movies to be greenlit with lower budgets or specific audiences. It's exciting, and to think that if it wasn't for COVID this might've taken a few more years to get there.

[ranger_scout]

Movie theaters have always been a part of my life. My best friends & I live miles away from each other's houses. Cinemas have always been more convenient places to meet. If they all shut down, then we will lose our main meeting places.

[Leo656]

Yeah, but half the people here only have "friends" that exist as text on a screen so that's of little consequence to them. The fact that some people aren't total losers makes them feel inadequate and they're excited about everyone being forced down to their level.

"Progress" and all of that nonsense. Anybody who has a life outside their bedroom knows it's lousy, but that's not the bulk of the people here.

[CyberCubed]

Do teens still take people to dates to movie theaters? I always assumed that was a thing that died off after the 90's or early 2000's, and it's just movies/tv shows that still show it as an outdated stereotype of past culture.

[Leo656]

As someone who used to go to the movies a lot when that was still allowed, I can attest that Yes, teenagers go to the movies as dates, "group parties" and lots of other reasons. Comic book stores would also often rent theaters out to hold parties for their customers when new comic book movies would come out.

Once again, for the hundredth time, people with actual lives who don't live on the internet go to the movies a whole lot. People of all age groups love going to the movies for a dozen different reasons. I know this comes as a shock to some of you who wouldn't know what the sun looks like if Google wasn't full of pictures of it. But it's true. Get over it. Not everyone is a sickly, pasty shut-in who hates people and fears social interaction. Some people are normal, and they like going out.

[IMJ]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

Looking at the movie list, I completely forgot there's a new Mortal Kombat movie reboot coming. Are we expecting that to be good?

There doesn't seem to be much hype for it, and if it is coming next year it's odd there's no trailer yet.

I didn't know either - not until I saw that list. I will say though that there were some MK short films....sort of hybrid fan films but with a few D-List actors you'd know (like Michael Jai White). They were incredible.....

[superstaff]

Originally Posted by Leo656

Once again, for the hundredth time, people with actual lives who don't live on the internet go to the movies a whole lot. People of all age groups love going to the movies for a dozen different reasons. I know this comes as a shock to some of you who wouldn't know what the sun looks like if Google wasn't full of pictures of it. But it's true. Get over it. Not everyone is a sickly, pasty shut-in who hates people and fears social interaction. Some people are normal, and they like going out.

I'm basically a sickly, pasty shut-in who hates people and fears social interaction.

However, I do like going out to places, and I do prefer movie theaters to watching movies on a crappy laptop or phone screen.

[sdp]

Attendance to movie theaters has been down since the year 2001 yoy. They make up for it by having higher prices.



Data doesn't lie, at&t and disney wouldn't be doing it if they had s business model that still worked.

[CyberCubed]

It's kinda funny it declined so much even in the early 2000's, since online streaming wasn't much a thing yet. And it really wasn't until the early/mid 2010's where online streaming even became readily available for most people rather than a few.

Also what's with the huge dip in 2005? Star Wars Episode 3 came out that year as well as Batman Begins, you'd think that would have been a huge year.

[sdp]

It's not a coincidence that DVDs became huge at that same time.

[superstaff]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

Also what's with the huge dip in 2005? Star Wars Episode 3 came out that year as well as Batman Begins, you'd think that would have been a huge year.

Can you name other big movies from that year, off the top of your head?

[Autbot_Benz]

Originally Posted by Leo656

As someone who used to go to the movies a lot when that was still allowed, I can attest that Yes, teenagers go to the movies as dates, "group parties" and lots of other reasons. Comic book stores would also often rent theaters out to hold parties for their customers when new comic book movies would come out.

Once again, for the hundredth time, people with actual lives who don't live on the internet go to the movies a whole lot. People of all age groups love going to the movies for a dozen different reasons. I know this comes as a shock to some of you who wouldn't know what the sun looks like if Google wasn't full of pictures of it. But it's true. Get over it. Not everyone is a sickly, pasty shut-in who hates people and fears social interaction. Some people are normal, and they like going out.

Everytime Cubed posts I just know he has never interacted with a woman in person. He probably repels them or something

[CyberCubed]

Originally Posted by superstaff

Can you name other big movies from that year, off the top of your head?

Not off the top of my head but here's rotten's top movies of 2005:

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/top/bestofrt/?year=2005

Also 2005 is the year youtube came out, but I don't think anyone even knew the potential youtube had back then.

I swear, if Knew now I would have become a youtuber back in 2005 and I'd be a millionaire by now. I was born in the wrong generation, instead of posting on forums I could have ranted on youtube everyday for 15 years and made millions.