The Inevitablility of Advertising

In this new digital world I think advertising needs to be added to the list of certainties: death, taxes and advertising. It really is everywhere these days, but what is really on my mind are the adds in movie theatres. This seems to be a huge debate these days with most people absolutely hating them. I'm probably one of the few that don't mind them. Some of them are mildly amusing.

Of course the argument most come up with is "I don't want to pay to see commercials" Well, you aren't paying for the commercial. You're still only paying for the movie. Without the commercials you'd still be paying the same thing. Hell, if you have cable or the dish you're paying for commercials too. Do you buy magazines or newspapers? Well I hate to break it to you, but there is advertising in there too. Why should the movie theatre be any different?

Then you have the, "I can't talk to my date with the commercials going on" You didn't want to talk to your date anyway. That's why you took him or her to the movies. If you truly wanted to talk to your date, you would have picked another spot to go.

The bottom line is this is a multi-million dollar revenue for the theatre chain. They won't give it up no matter how much you complain. If you hate it so much then wait in the lobby until they're over.

Or Is It?

I'm so vain that I keep checking to see if I've gotten any comments on my first post. Which is pretty dumb since nobody even knows about this blog. My only shot at getting it read is by having somebody stumble across it with the random next blog button.

Do I want people to read it? I'm not sure. I have delusions of grandeur that my blog becomes a must read for thousands of people and I can retire on the money I make from the advertising. Only problem with that is I don't write well and don't have very much to say.

I suppose I could go all political and start huge debates, but I'm too middle of the road to get anyone fired up. Strike 1.

I used to work in movie theatres and at one point thought that I'd start my own review site. The problem with that is I no longer work there and since my daughter was born two years ago, I've only seen about 7 movies in the theatres. So there's strike 2.

So I guess I'll just go with whatever I feel like writing at the moment. If people find it great. If they like it, and I really don't know why they would, even better. Do me a favor though, leave a comment just so I know you've been here. It'll stroke my ego, or potentially destroy it depending on what you say, and I can pretend I have loyal readers :)

First One is the Hardest

First off, if you've stumbled onto this page somehow you should turn back now. Really. I have no vision for this blog. Unless of course you count the fantasy that I have in which my daughter finds the things I've written after my death and gets to know me better than she did in life. It has all the touches of a Hallmark movie of the week in my mind's eye, but enough about that.

If you're looking for a really good blog you should check out Josh Friedman's http://hucksblog.blogspot.com/ . His blog has some of the funniest things I've ever read. It helps if you're a movie buff or a writer I suppose, but definitely not a requirement. His most recent post is responsible for me writing this so please feel free to blame him for your wasted time in reading this as well.

So anyway, thanks for stopping by. If you're a fan of the mundane everyday thoughts of a regular guy then come on back. I'm sure I'll update this regularlyish. Although I probably should tell you I'm lazy and love to procrastinate so we'll see how it goes.