Design Challenges

$9 a movie no more

As a teenager I use to be a movie freak, then I use to have friends who worked at movie theaters allowing for often free admission, popcorn and soda. Now a days it cost about $40 to attend a movie. On the average $9 for admission, $5 for soda and $5 for popcorn, times two, as I don't attend if I don't have a date. Who wants to be lonely at the movies, right? Anyhow, at those prices, dinner and a movie is no longer a typical date.

With rude people attending the theaters, i.e., answering cell phones, talking, wearing tall hats, instant messaging, blackberring, among other things I have been witness to; who wants to pay the high tag for the priviledge?

Well, it seems I'm not the only one thinking of this, I have been a member of netflix for over three years and now it seems the service will get help from a new label proposing to release movies to DVD simultaneously with the theaters. This is great news, now I can be at the comfort of my home and watch the same movies for an eighth of the price. Watch the sale of HDTVs go up pretty soon and theaters to either lower prices or be out of business soon!