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Written by Derek Brigham on 04 September 2007.

In the early 80s, The Buggles proclaimed Video Killed The Radio Star. It was a catchy piece of blue eyed techno fluff with high production values pushing the message that the video age would forever change the golden days of Alan Freed, Wolfman Jack, and the radio DJs. Not really; the music itself has indeed suffered in my opinion, but video had it's peak, and now we're past the whole video TV sensation and it's on to ipods, inplants, and who knows what else.

Now director Ridley Scott says the web is killing the silver screen.

The Hollywood director, Ridley Scott, warned yesterday that new technology is killing off the big-screen experience. The Oscar-winning County Durham-born movie mogul said mobile phones and computers threatened movie-making on an epic scale.
He insisted that the best way to experience great film was still in a cinema with a big screen and state-of-the art acoustics.

Meh. Film box office sales will suffer and already have, but I seriously doubt the institution and experience will go away any time soon. As long as there is dating, there will be trips to the theater.