Would a movie theater get into trouble with the law...

[Jack]

...if it ran cartoons before the feature, but didn't charge extra money for people to see them?


Jack :confused:

[Thad Komorowski]

I don't think so, if the theatre already payed for the cartoon film and played it as a bonus.




-Thad

[chuckamuck43]

No way will they EVER do that again.

Advertisers and the studios KNOW they have a captive audience 15 minutes before every movie starts - that's why you'll see some trailers, music videos, concession promos, even COMMERCIALS - but never a cartoon!

Why entertain 'em for free, when you can SELL 'em something? :mad:

[Thad Komorowski]

It's a shame they still don't do it. But the trailers and ads before movies are getting WAY to long. I mean, when I saw Harry Potter on Sunday, there was at LEAST 20 minutes of ads! :eek:






-Thad

[Jack]

Originally posted by chuckamuck43
No way will they EVER do that again.

Advertisers and the studios KNOW they have a captive audience 15 minutes before every movie starts - that's why you'll see some trailers, music videos, concession promos, even COMMERCIALS - but never a cartoon!

Why entertain 'em for free, when you can SELL 'em something? :mad:
I know, but it's nice to know they could do it if they wanted to.

I'd go to the movies more often if they were showing cartoons.


Jack :D

[Thad Komorowski]

My local Four Seasons theatre has a bunch of film prints of cartoons. Occassionally, they'll play a cartoon, most of the time a Disney cartoon. This happens because they get prints of movies about four or five months after other theatres and don't have to play any ads. :)





-Thad