“Folks grew up thinking ‘I want to make movies on a gigantic screen and have strangers watch them [and to have them] play in the theater for two months and people cry and sold-out shows … It’s an outdated concept.” — He makes it sound terrible. Like candy or the beach. variety.com/2025/film/ne... - ThreadSky

mattzollerseitz.bsky.social • 22 days ago

“Folks grew up thinking ‘I want to make movies on a gigantic screen and have strangers watch them [and to have them] play in the theater for two months and people cry and sold-out shows … It’s an outdated concept.” — He makes it sound terrible. Like candy or the beach.

https://variety.com/2025/film/news/netflix-ceo-ted-sarandos-movie-theaters-outdated-1236376565/?fbclid=IwY2xjawJ3RD1leHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETFUdkdUTUtpUzF1SG9oQlo1AR6v2PPgQOGnjV_GTIFYr6k3Kp1Nk7zdtf3fx80H9JFgaLoARQ3NWjC-Nb1NTA_aem_K-4lIrr7Ff8Bhx_JLF9Vkw

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htownjenny.bsky.social•22 days ago

Someone should run for president on bringing back small town movie palaces.

lisamims.bsky.social•22 days ago

And drive-ins, like the Starlite.

justin-sands.bsky.social•22 days ago

Again, though, theatres suck. Way too expensive, obnoxious people, often poor projection, and too expensive for what it is. If you want ppl to go to theatres then push theatres to up their game.

rbripley.bsky.social•22 days ago

The über rich have no way of hiding just how totally out of touch they are with what day-to-day living is like for nearly all of humanity.

lauriojain.bsky.social•22 days ago

Yeah, I’d rather watch algorithmically packed video files that have a bitrate of a dvd from a flat screen and listen 5.1 sound mixes from the speakers of a tv rather than go to a cinema with a great audio system and a big ass screen. Yeah, the streaming platform is far more superior

denishh.bsky.social•22 days ago

Ich fand Reed Hastings charismatischer. 😕

neveronbrand.bsky.social•22 days ago

"It's crazy how this artistic process that doesn't contribute to my personal wealth is also something I consider an outdated concept."

mjflanagan.bsky.social•22 days ago

Who else is watching them other than 'strangers'? 🙄

cesspoolboy.bsky.social•22 days ago

he's wrong.

thewhiteribbit.bsky.social•22 days ago

dralant.bsky.social•22 days ago

🎬 His platform rides on classic titles, star directors and actors who originated on the big screen. #netflix

boblinger77.bsky.social•22 days ago

He is scum.

dlbowman76.com•22 days ago

Admittedly, it's a drive for me, but the Indiana State Museum has a 70mm print of SINNERS.

You bet your boots I'm driving downtown to see it this weekend.

davidbasswrites.bsky.social•22 days ago

🤬

thisnicelady.bsky.social•22 days ago

This man has never cried at the movies and it shows

revdjesq.bsky.social•22 days ago

Most of the country can't walk anywhere, Ted, because we became too focused on cars.

The model of my childhood -- movie is out in theaters for at least 3 weeks in main cinemas, likely more; then discount cinemas; then a few months later for rent; then on TV -- would be great to get back to.

nicolarzzz.bsky.social•22 days ago

Sarandos is the one who keeps platforming the alt right stand up schmucks, so I'm not surprised. His taste is foul.

chainsawjr.bsky.social•22 days ago

It's frustrating too b/c while the kernal of "people can't walk to a multiplex" is absolutely true, especially in states like where I'm from (Oklahoma), going to the movies for most people there *STILL* is at *worst* one of the 1-3 things people default to for a weekend day/night out.

chainsawjr.bsky.social•22 days ago

I joined A-List because where I work 3 days out of the week (downtown Chicago), within 5-10 walking minutes of *TWO* AMCs, 15 of another, and a 15 minute train ride from another that USED to be the ArcLight.

chainsawjr.bsky.social•22 days ago

Adding to that, I just finished going to 10 days of David Lynch at the Music Box, and every main film screening was either at capacity or nearly so, in a space that seats 700. Fucking INLAND EMPIRE was completely sold out.

Sure a lot of moviegoing is outdated, but not in how he's presenting it.

sharilyn.bsky.social•22 days ago

I am a regular NYC moviegoer. I see a lot of first-release films and a lot of art house and rep screenings as well. The general quality of first release films post-COVID is noticeably worse imho! They seem to have been collectively designed for people playing Wordle on the couch at home.

sharilyn.bsky.social•22 days ago

But I still get shut out of a fair amount of screenings that get sold out! I'm sure film consumers in NYC are a bit more sophisticated than in suburban CA where I grew up, but there's also a lot more choices. People still go to the movies, it's just very expensive and the movies aren't as good.

kenaaron.bsky.social•22 days ago

I remember all those walk-up drive-in theaters, those were the days

tluz.bsky.social•22 days ago

The executive overseeing the production of such classics as The Gray Man, Red Notice, and The Electric State would only be bothered if "people stop making great movies."

jedgeco.bsky.social•22 days ago

"Most of the country can't walk to a multiplex"

Bro, most of the country can't walk to *anything*.

frostyplum.bsky.social•22 days ago

"movies are to be enjoyed at 6-13 inches diagonally, 15 inches *max*"

reddogmelvin.bsky.social•22 days ago

Yeah, because what today’s budding filmmakers should be dreaming of is making a 300 billion dollar movie with big stars and action and that disappears from the social conscious in a week.

Like The Electric State.

d0gm3at.bsky.social•22 days ago

What he thinks we want is a really good tv show that gets cancelled like a season in for no reason at all

seanchai313.bsky.social•22 days ago

What the screening of sinners at 115 pm this Saturday already looks like in NYC. People love seeing movies made for the big screen in that format when they get the chance

rantz.bsky.social•22 days ago

It is absolutely a true thing that the more money people get (like in the absurd levels of millions of dollars) and the longer they have it, the more removed they are from the actual common experience of being human.

zachrosewriter.bsky.social•22 days ago

This smug, artless hack

jjr222.bsky.social•22 days ago

can't stand this guy

sirdonnerbold.bsky.social•22 days ago

Claiming movie theaters are outdated *because* not enough people live in walking distance of them is wild. Does he listen to himself? "Concerts are outdated: Many people don't live near a concert hall. Health is outdated: Folks are sick." Dude, you're just pointing out the need for more of them!

brandow.bsky.social•22 days ago

“Folks grew up thinking ‘I want to grill a patty of beef, melt a slice of cheese on it, then put that patty between a top and bottom half of a bun with lettuce and tomatoes’… It’s an outdated concept.”

wikinaut.bsky.social•22 days ago

timsaccenti.bsky.social•22 days ago

Why do these guys always keep their top buttons open

jakecole.bsky.social•22 days ago

These people cannot stop doing Tom Sawyer and the picket fence but for tricking you out of enjoying anything. Your engagement threatens maximum consumption optimization.

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