I watch a movie every day. As a screenwriter, I'm watching stuff that's in the genre I'm working on to inspire me, and as a human being, I'm watching stuff to be entertained. Some days, it feels like my entire life is movies, and I love that. But what would I do if movies just went away? I ran across this tweet from esteemed film writer Kyle Buchanan about how the two-hour movie could be a thing of the past soon. It really freaked me out. — (@) This perfect, standardized format is quickly becoming a relic, and as the tweet states, it's an endangered species because the war between theatrical cinema and streaming content is over. And streaming won.Let's dive in. Streaming Seems to Have Won the War With Netflix buying Warner Bros, it feels like we've now seen streaming win the war against theatrical. Now look, I have tickets to see two movies this weekend, and I don't want to be irrational, but I don't want this stuff to go away. But the way things are going, it feels like movie theaters may just be for big events. It's just so much easier for most people to sit on their couch and get their entertainment on demand. And cheaper, too! An event that justifies the cost of tickets, babysitters, and a giant tub of popcorn. But now that streamers have seemingly won, they want the events to be on their platforms, not in theaters. Streaming platforms thrive on...
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