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.
@shuttersparks Oh! I had no idea you're an older generation than I.
@clacke Scary old guy here. Yeah, newsreels went out in the late 1950s as television news gained traction.
SPOILER for "Lateral" podcast a week or two ago
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.
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