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When we went to our seats, the wait staff let us know that despite the fact that the previews were playing, we wouldn’t know until the movie actually started whether we could see the film or not. If it didn’t work, the screen would just turn black. Luckily, the film went through without a hitch.

  • june@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    Curious how I’m supposed to pirate the theater experience.

    This doesn’t really seem like a problem that piracy can solve.

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        10 months ago

        I would laugh so hard if they downloaded a version with chinese subs because they are not good enough to find better versions.

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      10 months ago

      You can watch pirated movies in a virtual theatre in VR. It’s quite impressive really.

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      10 months ago

      Someone working in a movie theater could just take the file and send it to other movie theaters and then they can play the movie whenever they want without paying the distributor. They could also just upload it onto the internet so anyone can watch it. It’s essentially to keep theater operators honest.