@Taw,

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I suspect that all they will become is more cgi-blockbuster fests

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Take Star wars for example, I have the Videotapes of the original trilogy. (The alreay touched up versions, not the originals) I simply loved Yoda as a puppet in TESB it gave him a more lifelike appearance then he was drawn on CGI, sure, he could fight when he was digitally drawn, but it wasn't as "lifelike" as when he was a puppet

Loc - Imagine the Yoda puppet trying to fight Dooku; now *that* would be something to see! Kind of like "The Muppets Go Medieval" with a Star Wars twist .

I think Indy's right, its just an advancement in technology. Artists can and will exploit it in ways that we cannot foresee. Speaking as someone who has edited in both mediums, I can't see how they will dislike it at all.

And as for multiplexes, I too am not a fan, but they do have their advantages. I think that they have sapped the soul out of cinema going, they no longer feel like places that I'd take my family to happily - usually full of pre-pubescent t***ers pumping money into arcade machines and talking all the way through films. However, my local multiplex (or rather ff's local multiplex and my closest) has a "deluxe" screen. This screen only has about 40 seats in it, and half of those are sofas with tables next to them. There is a licensed bar that deluxe visitors can use and waiter service for food and drinks whilst you are watching the movie. The regular cost for this experience is £12 a head, which is extortionate in my opinion, however on a tuesday, wednesday and thursday the cost is half price at £6 per head, which is much more reasonable as a "normal" ticket would cost £5. Now there doesn't appear to be a great number of people who realise this price drop during the week, which means I can always get a sofa in there with the missus....and as the lower price applies to thursdays too, I usually get to watch the "advance showing" of films in there. So not only do I get to see all the best new releases first, I can also relax with shed loads of leg room and free popcorn As much as I love old cinemas - this is a major advantage of multiplexes imho.

so when you're asked what you're doing tonight, you'd be happy to say "I'm going to the pixels"

new fangled rubbish. it'll never catch on, y'know.

..you shut your mouth, how can you say, I go about things the wrong way..

lol. actually thats quite catchy....

If broadband and subscription broadcasting is installed in the majority of homes, those deluxe viewings will be superseded by special pay viewings at home is my guess. We already have pay per view.

Although I wish we had one of those deluxe things in my neighborhood. I take it those sofas don't have gum and candy/cola stains still sticky and messy on the upholstery?

I prefer watching movies at home when I can, but I enjoy going to the ole cinema. I think that there will always be a place for it, even when the screens and projectors are replaced by enormous OLED screens in the next twenty years or so .

the deluxe screens are 100% pikey-free...meaning no talking, no rustling, nobody kicking the back of your chair, no gum, no fighting for the chair arm, no shuffling for extra leg room....the chairs/sofas have head rests too, so you can either curl up on them or just chill out completely....plus the added advantage of your own little side table. How civilised

Wow.

Now THAT would get me back to going to the movies and paying the highway robberty ticket prices.

Let's see. Arrange for baby sitter.... No. Check movie listings first. Arrange for baby sitter. Fly to ff's town.... no, won't work.

you cant fly to ashford

I just wait a few weeks after the initial premiere of the movie and then it tends to be fairly uncrowded. At my local cinema if you ask for the seats that sit directly above the entrance you also get extra leg room which is always good.
If I reeeeally want a nice trip to the cinema I go to the one at Bluewater shopping complex (that huge fecker of a shopping mall that must be well over a mile to walk around). The seats have headrests and there is plenty of legroom, there aren't many pikeys since they need to get a bus to go there and it takes too much effort as far as they're concerned.

@rec - where are you?! I work 20 minutes away from bluewater!

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there aren't many pikeys since they need to get a bus to go there and it takes too much effort as far as they're concerned

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I couldn't disagree with that enough though sorry mate, bluewater is a pikey haven.

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Here Endeth the Post of Gromit. RIP.

Great. Now if only they'd fix the cinema in Coleraine...

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@Grom
I live in Orpington, I can get the bus to Bluewater but it takes the best part of an hour because it goes all over the place before it gets there. My local cinema is in Bromley, believe me, Bluewater has nothing on Bromley on a weekend. The current fashion among them is to wear a ski mask along with the usual hoodie and cap combo so that no one can recognise them when they vandalise a bus stop or shoplift. At night they get scarier and start fights, great fun!