I bought a 77-inch OLED on a Black Friday sale for less than my family spends on takeout in two months, paired it with a mid-range soundbar, and my living room now looks better than the local multiplex screen that still has a smudge in the corner from 2019. Dune: Part Two hit my streaming service about six weeks after release, and I rewound the sandworm ride four times, which is a feature no theater on earth offers. The studios killed the mystique themselves: when Universal will put a movie on Peacock 17 days after opening (their window deals), every theatrical release becomes a trailer for the living-room version. Why would I pay a premium to beta-test the film?
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