"Jay Honeck" writes:

You only *think* you're "self-selecting" what you see at the movies. That
decision was actually made for you well in advance by the Miramaxes of the
world...

I've mostly given up on Hollywood movies. Not that I see that many
movies anyway, but mostly they're furrin' art flics. Less special
effects and much better plots and character development.

And, really, would you want it any other way? Would you really *want* 500
movies to choose from, at 500 theaters? Hell, what makes it to the theater
now is often so bad, it's hard to imagine that someone "OK'd" making
it.

Well, that's pretty much what Blockbuster is: hundreds or thousands of
movies to choose from. So, yeah, I sure would have it another way.

Personally, I'm glad there are "studios" and "record companies" weeding out
the field.

I'm not. The music I like--acoustic guitar stuff--is rarely played on
the radio. You don't find much of it in CD stores either.
Peer-to-peer networks make it available.