Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!TAURUS.BITNET!zifrony From: zifrony@TAURUS.BITNET Newsgroups: comp.society.futures Subject: TV vs Movie theatre Message-ID: <8906111007.AA04654@sl2.tau.ac.il> Date: 11 Jun 89 10:07:34 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Reply-To: Organization: The Internet Lines: 24 In his letter, Mike Trout says: >There's a different atmosphere, too; watching a movie at home is just too >constricting and there are too many familiar distractions. Movies in REAL >theatres (not those mall phone booths) are an unmatched romantic experience >that can never be duplicated at home. I second that feeling. I never feel the same experience when watching a film on the television (either from a VCR, or from the air). Something is lost by the lack of a big screen, and maybe, by the lack of the surrounding people. Of course, the fact that you can watch the film whenever you want, on your favorite seat and you can stop it to run to the toilet are a strong point too in favor of watching films at home, but it's not the same. -- Doron Zifrony E-mail: BITNET: zifrony@taurus.bitnet Msc. Student INTERNET: zifrony@Math.Tau.Ac.IL Dept. of CS ARPA: zifrony%taurus.bitnet@cunyvm.cuny.edu Tel Aviv Univ. UUCP: ...!uunet!mcvax!humus!taurus!zifrony Israel CSNET: zifrony%taurus.bitnet%cunyvm.cuny.edu@ csnet-relay -- Disclaimer: I DON'T represent Tel Aviv University. The opinions hereby expressed are solely my own.