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kingjon
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response 107 of 342:
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Jan 19 20:04 UTC 2006 |
One audio editorial (on NPR, I think) -- or was it in print? -- suggested that
theaters publish the start time of the previews and the start time of the
actual movie.
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tod
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response 108 of 342:
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Jan 19 20:09 UTC 2006 |
I wonder if anyone has a patent on a cup that fits in a cinema armwrest and
can be used as a tripod for a handycam? 8D
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marcvh
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response 109 of 342:
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Jan 19 20:16 UTC 2006 |
I'm told that theater owners regard cupholders in the armrests as a key
innovation, since they facilitate multiple snacking runs. The ideal
movie is the one that sells the most popcorn, which means that an Adam
Sandler movie is way better than an engrossing epic.
I didn't mind trailers when they showed a couple of them before the
movie. When they show six of them, plus two car commercials and god
knows what else, then people simply choose to opt out of the whole
theatrical process.
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jadecat
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response 110 of 342:
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Jan 19 20:23 UTC 2006 |
"When they show six of them, plus two car commercials and god
knows what else, then people simply choose to opt out of the whole
theatrical process."
Yeah, if by the time all the previews are over you can't remember what
the movie is that you actually came to see... there may be a problem.
I believe it was a lawmaker of some sort in Michigan who wanted it put
into law that the showtimes in the paper had to list both the preview
start time and the actual movie start time.
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tod
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response 111 of 342:
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Jan 19 20:38 UTC 2006 |
They should have a discount for folks that show up before commercials.
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richard
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response 112 of 342:
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Jan 19 22:08 UTC 2006 |
I liked the deluxe movie theaters in Bangkok, Thailand. There the theaters
chairs were all lazyboy recliners and they expected you to, and would consider
impolite if you didn't, to take your shoes off. Similar to a Japanese
restaurant. So you're in a movie theater watching a movie, reclined all the
way back in a lazyboy chair, with your shoes off and drinking a beer or
cocktail. Its quite nice if you can keep from falling asleep during the movie
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richard
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response 113 of 342:
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Jan 19 22:14 UTC 2006 |
although rane's attitude concerns me in general because IMO a big problem we
are facing in societey today is the movement away from collective experiences.
Not only are people not going to movies together anymore, they aren't doing
much of anything together as a community anymore. This leads to lack of
understanding of common problems, and fosters political extremism.
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slynne
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response 114 of 342:
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Jan 19 22:28 UTC 2006 |
So what you are saying is that, really, it is the VCR and DVD player
that are the root of...say...the 9/11 terrorist attacks? *snort*
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tod
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response 115 of 342:
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Jan 19 22:30 UTC 2006 |
re #112
In Romania, you sit in a hard wooden seat like school desks from 1900 and
there are no refreshments allowed in the theater. You have to get there
walking uphill..both ways. The movies are in English and sometimes have
Romanian subtitles.
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rcurl
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response 116 of 342:
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Jan 19 23:56 UTC 2006 |
Re #113: don't take my relative indifference to the rest of the audience too
far. I consider it a social evening to attend an event with a group of my
friends/relatives, and we have a good time there and afterward.
What "common problems" are going to be solved by being empathetic with the
mob sitting in the dark with you at a movie?
The types of things I do or have done in the sense of community is
participating in Red Cross disaster teams, serving on boards of
non-profits, lead field trips, etc. Is sitting in the dark with a mob for
a movie a better community activity?
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marcvh
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response 117 of 342:
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Jan 20 00:00 UTC 2006 |
I don't really get that either. When you watch a movie it's not like
you're a "team"; if anything you're adversaries, competing for the best
place to sit and balancing your need to chew loudly with other's need to
hear the dialogue.
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tod
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response 118 of 342:
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Jan 20 00:06 UTC 2006 |
I dunno...I always enjoyed seeing a comedy at the Star Theaters in Southfield
with a packed theater. I guess it just depends on the situation.
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bhelliom
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response 119 of 342:
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Jan 20 07:20 UTC 2006 |
The last time I went to a movie, two assholes, a couple (how lovely),
answered calls. After the second incident I went to go get security.
When I returned with Smith & Wesson (sp), they had gone from using their
cell phones to SMOKING in the damned theater. *facepalm* I am by no
means in favor of the ethnic group from which I'm primarily descended
dying out, but I hope those two don't breed.
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tod
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response 120 of 342:
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Jan 20 07:54 UTC 2006 |
And she's talking about the actors in Last Holiday, not the audience! ;)
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furs
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response 121 of 342:
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Jan 20 11:27 UTC 2006 |
The cell phone thing really bugs me too. I have a cell phone and I
always turn it off or on vibrate. I know you can "forget" but that's
why they have reminders. I don't mind if people yak on their cells
phones in public, it doesn't reallly bother me, but to get calls in a
theaters, church, etc. is riduclous.
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nharmon
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response 122 of 342:
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Jan 20 13:17 UTC 2006 |
College professors are becoming increasingly annoyed by students who
answer their cell phones in class. Students (including me) are becoming
just as annoyed.
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slynne
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response 123 of 342:
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Jan 20 14:11 UTC 2006 |
I think some theaters block cell phone signals. I have been on call
before (with my pager set to vibrate) and have missed pages while I was
in a movie. Personally, even as a person who has to be on call, I think
that is a smart move for a theater to make
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richard
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response 124 of 342:
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Jan 20 15:24 UTC 2006 |
The one thing that does annoy me is when someone brings a baby to a movie.
Then the baby starts crying in the middle of the movie and then stops and
starts again, and the mother is sitting in the middle of the aisle and won't
take her kid to the lobby because then she'd miss the movie. They ought to
ban babies under age one from movie theaters...
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springne
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response 125 of 342:
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Jan 20 16:08 UTC 2006 |
What's worse? Mothers with babies who have cellphones. There ought to be
a law against babies with cellphones in movie theaters.
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slynne
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response 126 of 342:
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Jan 20 16:18 UTC 2006 |
I have seen some theaters have special showings where people are
enouraged to bring their babies and I really think that is a good idea.
They set up changing areas in the back and stuff. That way, people with
babies can see the movies they want to see without bugging the rest of
us.
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marcvh
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response 127 of 342:
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Jan 20 17:11 UTC 2006 |
Theaters can't do much to limit cellphones; jamming is illegal, and passive
blocking is expensive and limited.
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tod
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response 128 of 342:
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Jan 20 17:19 UTC 2006 |
When I went to see Syriana on MLK Day, it was the 11:50am matinee in Factoria.
I expected an empty theater and of course I showed up 5 minutes after start
time expecting commercials to still be running. Instead, I showed up just
as it was starting and the theater was packed. I put myself into the chair
up front in the disabled section. Shortly thereafter, a couple with a baby
in a baby carrier came into the theater. They gave me dirty looks like I
should move so they can put their baby carrier where normally a wheelchair
occupant would park. I didn't budget of course cuz I was absorbed in the
movie and frankly I'm not their nanny. And yea, get this, the guy was on his
cell phone. I'm not joking.
Doesn't that suck?
Theaters and colleges should have signs: Use vibrate ringing and exit the
premises before utilizing/answering your cellphone. Those who decide to still
be dicks will be ejected without a refund.
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happyboy
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response 129 of 342:
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Jan 20 19:08 UTC 2006 |
agreed.
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slynne
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response 130 of 342:
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Jan 20 20:23 UTC 2006 |
resp:127 - This was in the newer part of showcase. I wonder if they
might have included something in the contruction that makes it
difficult for signals to get through. I know that is the case in the
room where I work although I dont think that was intentional. Almost no
cell phones or pagers work in this room...it is weird.
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tod
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response 131 of 342:
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Jan 20 21:14 UTC 2006 |
Perhaps they have RFI shielding built into the ceiling. Its not hard to do
actually.
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