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In response to "People look at screens all day...takes more to get them to spend to sit front of a bigger one -- nm" by zeitgeist

I don't think it's screen fatigue. I think audiences want something that demands the communal experience of a theater.

Posted by TWuG Jul 26 '23, 16:42

Put another way, if they aren't seeing their friends excited, they aren't excited and then everyone just consumes it in their own time.

So the product has to have some sense of urgency to it and be new or be something audiences have expressed interest in. So some sequels will work, some licensed IP will work and some new stuff will work.

Horror seems to be doing better now than it did for a long while. It's possible Westerns or Musicals or Fantasy could be big again if the right people were involved. Rom-coms and sci-fi and superheroes are on the downswing.

It'd probably help if the powers that be in Hollywood were a bit younger and had a better personal grasp of what is catching the attention of younger audiences.

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The problem is an entire generation of younger audiences, pretty much everyone under 30, grew up with second screens. - David Jul 26, 16:52 4
- they’re all going to see Barbie and Oppenheimer in droves -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 26, 17:29 3
  - Reading is fundamental. -- nm - David Jul 26, 17:32 2
    - so is math -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 26, 17:48 1
      - And you need to study up on both. -- nm - David Jul 26, 17:49

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I don't think it's screen fatigue. I think audiences want something that demands the communal experience of a theater.

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