Facism in Hollywood

In 2003 the movie industry blamed poor sales on people text messaging their friends warning them about the fact a movie sucks while they are still in the theater.  My thoughts then, and now, on the subject were, “Make movies that don’t suck.”  If you are upset that your customers don’t like your product, improve it.  Don’t lash out at the technology they use to communicate their displeasure with your product.  Make a movie that will encourage them to send a text message encouraging their friends to see your movie.  

In 2005 the theaters are seeking permission from the FCC to do what no other entity has the legal right to do.  Allow the blocking of cell phone signals.  Since the early days of radio it has been illegal to interfere with another device’s radio signals.  This has made it possible to have competing products from many companies, without significant concerns about interference.  Cardiac wards in hospitals do not have the right to block radio signals that may endanger the lives of patients.  Now we have an industry that is having some quality issues that have led to poor sales and they want the rules changed because they can’t seem to make products that the public is willing to buy.  Yes, in 2005 they are saying it’s too stop people from being rude.  Have you seen what they charge for a soda that cost them a few pennies? That is rude.  If you want to eliminate rudeness charge normal prices for concessions.  Remove people for talking during a movie, whether they are using a cell phone or not.  Don’t try to change the rules that every else lives with because your product is too inferior to sell as well as you would like.

The movie industry and theaters need to get a reality check.  Technology will change, deal with it.  Every one else has to adjust to survive.  Is the movie industry really so weak that it can’t keep up with the times?  If so let them become extinct.  I doubt all of the movie companies and theaters will go away, if they do, maybe we just don’t want them anymore.  Either way they must adapt to their environment.  I’m tired of the entertainment industry trying to take our rights away. What happened to the music and movie industries that spoke out against government and industry taking away the rights of the individual?  They have sold out and become the enemy.  Instead of peace and love they bring us invasion of privacy, lawsuits and root kits.  Instead of rebel without a cause they seek to silence all dissent.  No wonder the children of today think it’s ok to steal from them.  I have no pity on them. They have become what they professed to abhor.  If they cannot survive in today’s technological environment, let them be replaced by those who can.