▲ 214 ▼ AMC now warns moviegoers to expect ‘25-30 minutes’ of ads and trailers (www.theverge.com) submitted 1 year ago by bytesonbike@discuss.online to c/business@lemmy.world 71 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] bytesonbike@discuss.online [S] 81 points 1 year ago (4 children) Movie theaters: "Why are movie theaters dying?" (Also Movie theaters) permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (3 children) This isn't new at all permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago* In the 90's they were like 10 mins, 20 tops, and most of that was trailers for upcoming movies. It was great pre-internet. Now they can go fuck themselves with their ads, right in the dickhole. permalink fedilink source parent [–] bytesonbike@discuss.online [S] 7 points 1 year ago (1 child) I remember being a kid and a movie at 8:35pm would have 2-3 trailers and the movie would start. A decade ago, I noticed it was 10 minutes of trailers. And a few ads for random products showed up. 30 minutes of this? This is new to me. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago 30 minutes has been common for probably 10 years. Dunno what to tell ya. When I first started going to movies in the late 90s, I remember 15 min of trailers then so I dunno. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (3 children) This isn't new at all permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago* In the 90's they were like 10 mins, 20 tops, and most of that was trailers for upcoming movies. It was great pre-internet. Now they can go fuck themselves with their ads, right in the dickhole. permalink fedilink source parent [–] bytesonbike@discuss.online [S] 7 points 1 year ago (1 child) I remember being a kid and a movie at 8:35pm would have 2-3 trailers and the movie would start. A decade ago, I noticed it was 10 minutes of trailers. And a few ads for random products showed up. 30 minutes of this? This is new to me. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago 30 minutes has been common for probably 10 years. Dunno what to tell ya. When I first started going to movies in the late 90s, I remember 15 min of trailers then so I dunno. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago* In the 90's they were like 10 mins, 20 tops, and most of that was trailers for upcoming movies. It was great pre-internet. Now they can go fuck themselves with their ads, right in the dickhole. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bytesonbike@discuss.online [S] 7 points 1 year ago (1 child) I remember being a kid and a movie at 8:35pm would have 2-3 trailers and the movie would start. A decade ago, I noticed it was 10 minutes of trailers. And a few ads for random products showed up. 30 minutes of this? This is new to me. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago 30 minutes has been common for probably 10 years. Dunno what to tell ya. When I first started going to movies in the late 90s, I remember 15 min of trailers then so I dunno. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago 30 minutes has been common for probably 10 years. Dunno what to tell ya. When I first started going to movies in the late 90s, I remember 15 min of trailers then so I dunno. permalink fedilink source parent