RE: paleonet Bible Belt creationists threaten IMAX film industry with extinction

[Nancy Meyer <marsglow@xxxxxxxxx>]

Actually, that's a much better idea than mine.
--- Jack <jpenkethman@ispwest.com> wrote:
> Why not do the opposite of boycott? Find ways to get more
> people out to see
> those films. Perhaps open up channels of communication
> between IMAX and the
> wider scientific community to provide extra-marketing
> information to IMAX
> that, yes indeed, there is an audience out there that has
> not been included
> in their marketing research and that will, on hearing of
> the need, show up
> at the theater. I'm sure there are many ways of
> supporting the public
> dissemination of good science entertainment.
> Jack
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: paleonet-owner@nhm.ac.uk
> [mailto:paleonet-owner@nhm.ac.uk] On Behalf
> Of Bill Chaisson/Deirdre Cunningham
> Sent: Friday, March 25, 2005 2:42 PM
> To: paleonet@nhm.ac.uk
> Subject: Re: paleonet Bible Belt creationists threaten
> IMAX film industry
> with extinction
> 
> 
> 
> All I'm saying is, taken at their word, the IMAX folks
> can't be expected to
> operate at a loss, whether we're talking about individual
> theaters or the
> entire chain (and, of course, the individual theater and
> the entire chain
> are pretty much synonymous within the markets of
> Charleston, Ft. Worth,
> etc.).
> 
> 
> As Rich Lane as noted, the IMAX in Fort Worth has changed
> it's mind.
> Perhaps they have realized that the more (free) publicity
> that a film gets,
> the better attendance is likely to be.
> 
> 
> Gee, what a revelation (no pun intended) - the Free
> Marketplace, where
> people have to make a profit to even exist, isn't
> necessarily the best place
> in the world to champion a truth that's not always
> profitable.
> 
> 
> It would be nice if some group existed to encourage
> people to go to media
> offerings that are progressive and well done.  Why does
> the opposition
> always seem so vocal and monolithic and the proponents so
> passive and
> fragmented?
> 
> Bill
> -- 
> ---------------------------------------------------
> William P. Chaisson
> Adjunct Assistant Professor
> Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
> University of Rochester
> Rochester, NY  14627
> 607-387-3892
> 
> 

"The United States is in no sense founded upon the Christian religion." - George Washington


		
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