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

[IMJ]

Originally Posted by Leo656

....Do they MAKE you "play along", or can you just say, "Yeah, I'll have some f*ckin' nachos, thanks"?

Because I don't think that I could ever give people like that my money in good conscience. I would definitely urinate on the floor of their restroom on purpose, just on general principle. I've done it before for less.

Nah, you can order "nachos with chicken" as an appetizer. LOL!

[Leo656]

Whew, thank God.

Puns are the lowest form of comedy and the only reasonable response is physical violence.

Or unreasonable discharge of bodily fluids. Y'know, like, whatever.

[Coola Yagami]

Oh Leo you're no fun. It's no different than going to Mickey D's and asking for a Big Mac instead of just 'gimme a Burger.

Yeah my smaller theater does the same. I usually go for the Swartzanegger burger.

[Leo656]

It's quite different. For one thing, only an idiot orders a "Big Mac" instead of a Double Quarter Pounder With Cheese. The f*ck is with that extra slice of bread in the middle? I want beef, dammit, not a goddamn "bread sandwich". While we're at it, throw some goddamn bacon on that sum'bitch.

Y'know, what? F*ck it. F*ck your sandwich. Just bring me a live cow. I'll carve off what I want and I'll ride the rest home!!!

........Where I will proceed to spend about 25 minutes in the bathroom, because my dietary "Meat-To-Vegetable" ratio is about 99-1. I'm currently petitioning the Supreme Court to declare "coffee" a vegetable.

Y'know what else I like to do occasionally, is eat my half of a White Castle Crave Case, 15 cheeseburger sliders in one shot, and then spend the next three days cursing every name for "God" that exists while arguing with myself about whether this is an appropriate reason to go to the hospital.

You f*ckers don't know how to party.

[IMJ]

Originally Posted by Leo656

It's quite different. For one thing, only an idiot orders a "Big Mac" instead of a Double Quarter Pounder With Cheese. The f*ck is with that extra slice of bread in the middle? I want beef, dammit, not a goddamn "bread sandwich". While we're at it, throw some goddamn bacon on that sum'bitch.

Y'know, what? F*ck it. F*ck your sandwich. Just bring me a live cow. I'll carve off what I want and I'll ride the rest home!!!

........Where I will proceed to spend about 25 minutes in the bathroom, because my dietary "Meat-To-Vegetable" ratio is about 99-1. I'm currently petitioning the Supreme Court to declare "coffee" a vegetable.

Y'know what else I like to do occasionally, is eat my half of a White Castle Crave Case, 15 cheeseburger sliders in one shot, and then spend the next three days cursing every name for "God" that exists while arguing with myself about whether this is an appropriate reason to go to the hospital.

You f*ckers don't know how to party.

Dude.


Dude.

What if they put the thousand island dressing on the double quarter pounder?

Oof Mind. BLOWN.

[Leo656]

Holy sh*t, now there's a Gribble of an idea.

We need to start our own burger joint. Call it "F*ck Yo' Arteries".

Actually, no sh*t, true story. Back in high school, I had this Really Great Idea for a new franchise called BurgerPimp. My buddies and I were in Burger King one night but I felt like the whole "royalty" motif was dated and played out. Ol' Dirty was getting a lot of play on the radio, The Godfather was a popular character on WWF TV, and pimpin', as they say, was In. I figured there was money there.

I had all the bases covered. Every location would be bathed in mood lighting, with music from the Dolemite movies played on a constant loop. All the male employees would be dressed like Huggy Bear, the women like Pam Grier, and they'd greet customers by saying "Welcome to BurgerPimp, home'a the Holla Fo' A Dolla Combo. Lemme get'cha order, ho!" Instead of cheesy cardboard crowns, we'd give kids little plastic pimp hats. For pack-in toys we'd have gaudy plastic pimp rings and gold rope chains. Our version of the Whopper would be the "Bitch Betta Have My Money" Burger, with the "Funky Chicken" Sandwich as our secondary attraction. OH. And the soda fountain would exclusively pump Grape Soda. While waiting for their order to come in, customers would be entertained by dancing girls in cages. It was bulletproof. Especially the windows, because Obviously. But I mean the idea itself, too.

I am dead serious about all of this, by the way. I had more stuff written down somewhere but I lost it. In the end, we couldn't get the capital. But I still swear that if we could get at least one location running it would be a franchise inside of five years. Maybe only regionally, but still. The problem with fast food places nowadays is that nobody has a proper gimmick, and even most McDonalds look like converted banks. But BurgerPimp would have an identity. It would be an experience.

The problem is, the people who decide who gets a small business loan don't have any f*cking vision.

You, however, seem like a man of vision, as well as means. What say you? Wanna go all-in with me on BurgerPimp? F*ck it, the world's gonna end soon anyways. Might as well die laughin'. We can work the Thousand Island Dressing Quarter-Pounder in there. Call it the "Pimp-Slap Supreme" Burger, or some sh*t like that.

C'mon, man. You gotta do it. It's either You and Me, OR I gotta kill everyone in this room before they make off with what promises to be a billion-dollar idea. Your call.

[LeotheLateBloomer]

Before our theater closed, our managers were teasing that we were gonna be serving burgers which a lot of the staff dreaded. Since we had both an Ono Hawaiian BBQ and a Five Guy's not too far from us in our mall, no one saw the point in serving burgers in a theater. To be honest, I always thought it would kill time to make burgers on a slow day (busy is a different scenario).

So maybe that's what they were dreading. But because Concession attracts almost everyone in our mall, the theater will do anything to rake in more customers with more choices. Something I'd expect from a place that sells Red/Grape Vines for $4.75. That's business.

[CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy]

Originally Posted by Leo656

C'mon, man. You gotta do it. It's either You and Me, OR I gotta kill everyone in this room before they make off with what promises to be a billion-dollar idea. Your call.

Don't mind me, I'm just off to find a venture capitalist with enough liquid assets to get me into the game... (whistling innocently)

[CyberCubed]

Ever since I've been working at home over the last 8 months, the concept of leaving the house has felt like such a chore. I have no movie theaters in walking distance so I have to travel to get to one, and the idea of either driving/taking the subway to get to a theater feels like such a chore to me.

I don't know, the convenience of everything at home now has really changed things. I also pretty much stopped going to malls/stores for the most part and just ordered everything I needed online from either amazon or ebay or whatever.

You pretty much never have to leave the house again, except maybe grocery shopping (I still don't buy food online), but that's about it.

[sdp]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

You pretty much never have to leave the house again, except maybe grocery shopping (I still don't buy food online), but that's about it.

[AquaParade]

I actually enjoy grocery shopping. Idk if that is considered weird but it's fun to pick out a bunch of food 5o eat and feel like I am getting deals on stuff. It's also a constant excuse to go on a walk. It's going to feel super strange when we can go back into stores without a mask. It will be like getting your braces off or walking around in underwear. Maybe even like drinking orange juice after brushing your teeth.

Yeah, I may get HBO Max though. I definitely want to see Suicide Squad.

[sdp]

I like to choose my veggies and food so I'm not sure I'd ever be a fan of someone who doesn't have OCD doing it for me. I don't look forward to people not respecting basic hygiene in stores once this is over and masks should be a common thing during the flu season like in asian countries, i hope the pandemic means that some people will start to do it from now on even if it's only some.

[Andrew NDB]

"Some of our industry’s biggest filmmakers and most important movie stars went to bed the night before thinking they were working for the greatest movie studio and woke up to find out they were working for the worst streaming service" - Christopher Nolan on the HBO Max deal.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ne...rner-bros-plan

[AquaParade]

While Nolan knows a hell of a lot more about the movie industry than I do, I have to imagine that these circumstances mean basically nothing should be that surprising. How on earth will these studios stay alive if they just sit on this stuff forever? It certainly seems to be the case that people are not willing or able to go to theaters. Didn't Tenet prove that? What is the alternative?

[ranger_scout]

The DGA says that the decision Warner Bros. made was "unacceptable."

DGA Tells WarnerMedia That Deal To Release 2021 Warner Bros Movie Slate On HBO Max Is “Unacceptable” – Read The Full Letter

[sdp]

Directors and actors can whine all they want but the industry is moving on. It makes sense it's in their best interest for the movie to do well in theaters for Star power, there's still a signs for actors between big screen and small screen which is irrelevant how with hollywood starts doing streaming movies nowadays.

Many are also pissed since they are getting nothing it out of it while it's known gal gadot and others got s nice bonus, so many just want to be given some $$ and they'll shut up.

[CyberCubed]

It's the year 2020 where people watch movies on their 10 inch iphone on the way to work. You don't even need a TV anymore to watch things, so the industry has changed.

[Leo656]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

It's the year 2020 where idiots watch movies on their 10 inch iphone on the way to work.

Fixed for accuracy.

[CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy]

Originally Posted by Leo656

Fixed for accuracy.

I love you, man. This made my fvcking day.

FIGHT THE GOOD FVCKING FIGHT, BROTHER

[IMJ]

Originally Posted by Leo656

Fixed for accuracy.

Originally Posted by CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy

I love you, man. This made my fvcking day.

FIGHT THE GOOD FVCKING FIGHT, BROTHER

Yup... I've always thought of that as a thing that we do simply because we can. Nothing more.