• trainsaresexy@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Ads are fairly new, like the car commercial kind of ads. Before you’d show up early to watch the trailers. No one would show up early to watch ads.

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      First time I remember going to see a movie was about 20 years ago. There might’ve been a movie preview or two; I don’t remember ads. Both “trailers” and ads have gotten progressively worse over the years - almost to the point that you’d think they alone fund the movie and the theatre - but you still pay a ridiculous ticket price.

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        1 year ago

        Adverts have been on at the cinema for as long as I remember although they might have been for products sold at the cinema.

        This is the oldest advert that I remember and it’s from 1986. https://youtu.be/rlyrlsf3EfA

        Edit: although your point of both previews and ads getting progressively worse is still very correct.