Bluetooth to replace movie posters? Wtf?

[OrlandoEastwood]

http://www.imdb.com/news/ni0748871/

Predicting that it will one day replace movie posters in theaters, the Belgian theater chain Utopolis said today (Thursday) that a communications system has now been activated that will allow visitors with Bluetooth-equipped cell phones to download trailers of each of the movies playing in the theaters as well as previews of forthcoming films. In the future, the company said in a statement, moviegoers will also be able to access special promotions, including "coupons" for snacks in the concessions area. The free service, which uses a "proximity marketing" technology developed by another Belgian company, Alterwave, also reminds users to turn off their cell phones when they enter the theater.

I can't live in a world without movie posters. I cannot have my daughter who is going to be in this world in the next couple of years see my collection of movie posters and ask me what they are. That is stupid on all levels. Movie posters are one of the great things about movie theaters. All movie theaters have posters, man!

[camper]

I actually look forward to the day where I can buy an LCD the size of a movie poster and hang it on the wall, and rotate high-quality images of my favorite movie posters.

But even then, I would still want real, authentic paper hanging on the walls for the best of the best.

camper

[SPH]

Didnt they have this on "the minority report"?

[Mike53421]

Technology sometimes freaks me out and often puts me in my parents shoes of how much things have changed in 40-50 years for people. Hell, even 20 years.

[Uniquely]

Or you can just get one of the many apps available for the iphone and other phones I presume; that allow you to see the schedules for your local theaters, watch trailers and read reviews for the movies, and even buy your tickets right from the phone. That way you can do it from anywhere..... not just in BT range of the theater.

[brettallica]

How is a Bluetooth-downloaded trailer going to "replace" a movie poster? A trailer and a poster are not the same thing, nor would I expect one to replace the other.

[jadedeath]

Anything that cuts down on massive amounts of paper wasted by the movie industry is good by me.

Especially for those god-awful 10 foot tall cardboard stand ups.

Logan

[atomik kinder]

Originally Posted by jadedeath

Anything that cuts down on massive amounts of paper wasted by the movie industry is good by me.

Especially for those god-awful 10 foot tall cardboard stand ups.

Logan

YEAH! Spam on your phone! I recall seeing on the national news the other night that the energy used by sending e-mail spam could have powered one million homes for a year. Which is more wasteful?

[camper]

Originally Posted by atomik kinder

YEAH! Spam on your phone! I recall seeing on the national news the other night that the energy used by sending e-mail spam could have powered one million homes for a year. Which is more wasteful?

Not to mention the chemicals from the batteries that leach into the ground water. That stuff is poison.

camper

[brettallica]

Let us not forget that everything has byproduct. Not to say that anyone in here is right or wrong; just that there's always going to be at least *something* wrong with everything. (except Blu-ray because that's infallible)

[thecroshow]

it's going to take a REALLY LONG TIME to roll this out.
i love movie posters, actually looking for a new one for my living room, getting tired of my scarface poster lol

[Mike53421]

Less bad movies, less bad posters, problem solved.

[mikejet]

Still waiting for a holodeck.

[jadedeath]

Originally Posted by Mike53421

Less bad movies, less bad posters, problem solved.

You obviously haven't been reading the piracy thread. *LOL*

Logan

[jadedeath]

Originally Posted by atomik kinder

YEAH! Spam on your phone! I recall seeing on the national news the other night that the energy used by sending e-mail spam could have powered one million homes for a year. Which is more wasteful?

Until you figure out how much waste is generated by Hollywood as a whole for posters, you'll never be able to answer that question.

Logan

[thecroshow]

Originally Posted by atomik kinder

YEAH! Spam on your phone! I recall seeing on the national news the other night that the energy used by sending e-mail spam could have powered one million homes for a year. Which is more wasteful?

maybe if you have your bluetooth on 24/7, i rarely turn mine on

[camper]

Originally Posted by mikejet

Still waiting for a holodeck.

Didn't you read the Dilber Principle? According to the author, that would be the last invention ever. Seriously...if you were a scientist who could 'holodeck' yourself onto a deserted island filled with nymphomaniac supermodels begging to fulfill your every wish, would ever leave?

camper

[OrlandoEastwood]

Originally Posted by thecroshow

it's going to take a REALLY LONG TIME to roll this out.
i love movie posters, actually looking for a new one for my living room, getting tired of my scarface poster lol

Yeah, I love movie posters too. I have a bunch of old movie posters from the early 90's from a video store that my uncle worked at. I have Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead (Tim Roth), Ambition (Lou Diamond Phillips), Oscar (with Sly Stallone), Dances with Wolves (Kevin Costner), and a several others. I love the nostalgic feel to them because they mention VHS and Laserdisc release dates. It makes me remember back in the time where I would love buying movies on VHS and going to the video store to rent movies on tape. I am planning on buying frames for all of the movie posters I own, considering those posters from the video store are almost 20 years old, they are in okay shape, pinholes are on all four sides which harms the value of it but for their age they are in so-so shape.