A Concise History of What Has Happened Over Time If You Missed a Movie in Your Neighborhood Movie Theater

 

First there was a movie in your neighborhood movie theater that if you missed it you might see it 15-30 years later if it was re-released by the studio or if it showed up on television on either The Late Show or The Early Show on one of your three local television channels.

Then there was a movie in your neighborhood movie theater that if you missed it you might see it 5-8 years later if it showed up on network television in prime time on programs like Saturday Night at the Movies on NBC or the ABC SundayNight Movie 

Then there was a movie in your neighborhood movie theater that if you missed it you might see it 1, 2, or 3 years later by renting it at the neighborhood video store where movies on VCR tapes or DVDs were available, assuming you had a VCR and/or a DVD player.

Then there was a movie in your neighborhood movie theater that if you missed it you might see it a few months to a year later on a premium cable television channel like HBO, Showtime, or Starz assuming you were subscribed to a premium cable televison channel like HBO, Showtime, or Starz.

Then there was a movie that was very, very briefly in your neighborhood movie theater if you still have a neighborhood movie theater that if you missed it you might see it a couple of days later  on a streaming service like Netflix, Max, Amazon Prime, Disney Plus, Hulu, Apple, Peacock, or Paramount Plus assuming it was a streaming service to which you were subscribed.

Then there was a movie that was never in your neighborhood movie theater because there isn't one anymore but was beamed directly into your brain by our AI Overlords that you could never miss it because our AI Overlords want to keep us pacified while they rule the planet.

But know what? 

From the very first movie in your neighborhood movie theater that if you missed it you might see it 15-30 years later to the movie that was never in your neighborhood movie theater but was beamed directly into your brain by our AI Overlords that you could never miss it ...  

Paul Rudd will still look great. 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~