Her full post can be found here: http://maple-leaf-mag.blogspot.com/2016/10/class-response-rise-and-fall-of-movies.html
Maggie's most recent post was on her response to our discussions of the rise and fall of movies, and I found it very interesting. She expressed that despite her being in the audience movies are catered for, she finds herself to be relatively indifferent towards them. Her own home would suffice in comparison to a theater, and because I know her, I'm betting a book would too.
I found her perspective (which was taken into much greater detail in her post) to be refreshing and perhaps relevant to the future of movies. While most people understandably argue that the internet is slowly taking over media and will become singularly dominant, I think there may be forces that challenge that, particularly the youth seeking more enrichment outside of the cyber world. My friends and I make it a point (much of the time) to put our phones away when we are together because we have found we enjoy our time much more. Many people I know discuss how having the internet at our fingertips has closed off our minds, and I think that there is a possibility for society too go in a totally different direction that most notably predicted.
I do not think there will ever be a day when the majority of people want to live free of modern technology (I reference the internet, mainly.) But, I think there is the potential for a movement come about that encourages people to be without internet to become wildly popular at some point within a certain group of people.
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