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Author Topic: The multiplex was once a force, but it’s gone over to the dark side Dave Bird Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 777 From: Perth, Ontario, Canada Registered: Jun 2000 posted 01-13-2016 07:05 PM                        No problem here, we still supply all the mosquitoes and starlight you can handle, just like back "in the day". Sometimes I think all these multiplex issues are why we're still popular, because it IS still like it was. But also, I think I was only ever offered money for one on-screen ad, for egg producers, which we ran for a month or so....  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 01-13-2016 09:42 PM                        quote: Dave Bird I think all these multiplex issues are why we're still popular, because it IS still like it was. I think that's us, too. Our movie experience is basically unchanged from 1930 to today, except in good ways: More legroom, better sound, larger screen, non-scratchy picture, newer movies.  |  IP: Logged Dave Bird Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 777 From: Perth, Ontario, Canada Registered: Jun 2000 posted 01-14-2016 10:00 PM                        Drove back to our theatre from BC via Denver this past summer. At one point I saw a sign for Forsyth "next left", and thought hey, I gotta see the Roxy! Next sign indicated it was 173 miles in the wrong direction for us....  |  IP: Logged

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