ByteOnBikes@discuss.online to Business@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agoAMC now warns moviegoers to expect ‘25-30 minutes’ of ads and trailerswww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square74fedilinkarrow-up1214arrow-down12cross-posted to: thevergenews@sh.itjust.works
arrow-up1212arrow-down1external-linkAMC now warns moviegoers to expect ‘25-30 minutes’ of ads and trailerswww.theverge.comByteOnBikes@discuss.online to Business@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square74fedilinkcross-posted to: thevergenews@sh.itjust.works
minus-squareByteOnBikes@discuss.onlineOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·6 days agoI remember being a kid and a movie at 8:35pm would have 2-3 trailers and the movie would start. A decade ago, I noticed it was 10 minutes of trailers. And a few ads for random products showed up. 30 minutes of this? This is new to me.
minus-squareTrickDacy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·6 days ago30 minutes has been common for probably 10 years. Dunno what to tell ya. When I first started going to movies in the late 90s, I remember 15 min of trailers then so I dunno.
I remember being a kid and a movie at 8:35pm would have 2-3 trailers and the movie would start.
A decade ago, I noticed it was 10 minutes of trailers. And a few ads for random products showed up.
30 minutes of this? This is new to me.
30 minutes has been common for probably 10 years. Dunno what to tell ya. When I first started going to movies in the late 90s, I remember 15 min of trailers then so I dunno.