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   clacke (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Friday, 09-Feb-2024 17:10:08 JST clacke
   Just explained to kid that in the 90s if you wanted to see some trailers to know if any upcoming movies seemed cool, you had to go watch a movie.
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     clacke (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Friday, 09-Feb-2024 18:19:38 JST clacke

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     • Phil Landmeier

     On "Lateral" there was the question why so many people bought tickets for "Meet Joe Black", but left when the movie started.

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     It was because that movie premiered the long-awaited trailer for the first Star Wars prequel, so people went just for that.

     @shuttersparks

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     Phil Landmeier (shuttersparks@qoto.org)'s status on Friday, 09-Feb-2024 18:19:39 JST Phil Landmeier

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     @clacke Hahaha. That's true.

     Of course, I'm really old. I'm just old enough to have caught the tail end of the newsreel era. (in black and white, of course.)

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     clacke (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Friday, 09-Feb-2024 18:19:42 JST clacke

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     • Phil Landmeier
     @shuttersparks Oh! I had no idea you're an older generation than I.
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     Phil Landmeier (shuttersparks@qoto.org)'s status on Friday, 09-Feb-2024 18:19:57 JST Phil Landmeier

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     @clacke Scary old guy here. Yeah, newsreels went out in the late 1950s as television news gained traction.

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     Leif Lindholm (unixsmurf@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 09-Feb-2024 19:08:17 JST Leif Lindholm

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     @clacke
     Or rent one. Or buy one.

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     clacke (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Friday, 09-Feb-2024 19:08:17 JST clacke

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     • Leif Lindholm
     @unixsmurf Then it would have old trailers for movies you would buy or rent. I meant for current and upcoming movies in the cinema.
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     Leif Lindholm (unixsmurf@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 09-Feb-2024 22:55:24 JST Leif Lindholm

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     @clacke
     Hmm, maybe I have false memories. I agree that was the norm on VHS, but I think DVDs sometimes had upcoming (at time of release) ones.

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     clacke (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Sunday, 11-Feb-2024 12:39:09 JST clacke

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     • Leif Lindholm
     @unixsmurf I wouldn't know, I would generally buy DVDs years after the fact, when they were in the 5 EUR basket at the hypermarket.