Drive in theaters have higher resolution screens, way better audio (and more options for it), a wider variety of snacks, better parking, better vehicles to enjoy the movie from, and brighter projectors.
Soda fountains now allow you to mix any flavor combination you like and there are often unlimited refills along with larger serving sizes.
Happy Days… is still kinda shit actually, not much you can do there, but hey, you can watch it anywhere now! On a phone, on a tablet, on a computer, on a TV, on a VR headset, or even on a fucking refrigerator! Ok, that last one might not be a great invention, but you get the idea.
None of this should really be a surprise though: Tech improves over time (minus enshittification, of course).
Glad there are still a few out there. I’m surprised to hear it. When I was a kid, you could still get paper grocery bags. My mom would pop enough corn to fill one and we’d take a cooler with pop to the drive-in and eat all that popcorn, then we kids would fall asleep in the back seat.
It’s dumb that they’re actually removing Freestyle machines from a lot of places. But it was even dumber that they would have a flavor hooked up, but then the software wouldn’t allow you to use that flavor in everything they offered. Can get a cherry coke, but not a cherry sprite? Why? 😮💨
Drive in theaters have higher resolution screens, way better audio (and more options for it), a wider variety of snacks, better parking, better vehicles to enjoy the movie from, and brighter projectors.
Soda fountains now allow you to mix any flavor combination you like and there are often unlimited refills along with larger serving sizes.
Happy Days… is still kinda shit actually, not much you can do there, but hey, you can watch it anywhere now! On a phone, on a tablet, on a computer, on a TV, on a VR headset, or even on a fucking refrigerator! Ok, that last one might not be a great invention, but you get the idea.
None of this should really be a surprise though: Tech improves over time (minus enshittification, of course).
Where are these drive in theaters you speak of? I haven’t seen one since I was a kid.
I’m not revealing where I live but they definitely still exist at least in North America (300+)
Glad there are still a few out there. I’m surprised to hear it. When I was a kid, you could still get paper grocery bags. My mom would pop enough corn to fill one and we’d take a cooler with pop to the drive-in and eat all that popcorn, then we kids would fall asleep in the back seat.
It’s dumb that they’re actually removing Freestyle machines from a lot of places. But it was even dumber that they would have a flavor hooked up, but then the software wouldn’t allow you to use that flavor in everything they offered. Can get a cherry coke, but not a cherry sprite? Why? 😮💨
The problem with freestyle machines from what I hear is that they are basically impossible to clean, so they just don’t.
(This is true about the ice makers in 90% of restaurants too, admittedly…)
Just fill it halfway with coke and then halfway with sprite.
My guess is that one is actually some sort of physical limitation rather than a coding one but I’m not familiar with the internals of those things.
Personally, I think water is the best drink. Coffee is #2.