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0 pointsrudiger14y ago0 comments

I like movie previews. Am I the only one?

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I'm talking about "commercials" - not previews.

I love movie previews.

Some theaters I go to play commercials (i.e. ads for products) before the movie previews.

No, you're not. I could do without the TV-like nonsense that runs in between shows, though - I can actually tolerate a blank screen.

carbocation14y ago

I would be more tolerant if there were 2 listed times: (1) when the previews will begin; (2) when the movie will begin.

simonbrown14y ago

Trailers were once shown after films finished, but theatres changed that to force people to watch them.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trailer_(promotion)

HeyImAlex14y ago

For most theaters there are. Our local chain in my hometown started the actual film exactly fifteen minutes after the advertised time, and the same is true for the theaters where I live now.

joshmlewis14y ago

That's interesting. I would think there would be some kind of agreement with theaters and movie right suppliers to show the previews.

MichaelApproved14y ago

What do you do about getting good seats? If you show up just as the movie is starting, you're probably going to get bad seats.

steelaz14y ago

Movie theaters where I live let you choose the seats when buying tickets.

tomjen314y ago

Most seats are numbered except in smaller cinemas.

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bennesvig14y ago

I like them, though I've seen most of them already. It's still enjoyable to see them on the big screen.

bmelton14y ago

I like movie previews, and even some commercials. What I hate is anything that interrupts the show or movie that I'm watching.

I would more than happily sit through a long block of all the commercials before the show if it meant that I could watch the show, in its entirety and without interruption.

I can't find it, but I recall a conversation with Joss Whedon who proclaims the commercial interruption to be the hardest thing in TV-writing to accomodate, and are the most jarring obstacle to an otherwise well-told story.

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