response 128 of 342:

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.

response 130 of 342:

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. 

response 132 of 342:

Jan 20 23:40 UTC 2006

Until I own a screen as large as one in a theatre, and a suitable environement
in which to house it, both of which I expect to be never, then there are
certain films I want to see at the theatre, for the entirely unique visual
and audio effects that affords.

response 134 of 342:

Jan 21 00:00 UTC 2006

My neighbor has one of those setups with the captain's chair and big screen
and surround sound and all that stuff.  One of these days, I'm going to hack
the signal and broadcast a distress message from my Federation starship.

response 136 of 342:

Jan 21 14:13 UTC 2006

I had an instructor that told us the very first class that from that point
on each time a phone rang during class, that student would get 10 points
deducted from the grade.  If the same student let it happen 3 times, they
would fail the class.  He also made it a point to openly check that his phone
was off at the beginning of each class as a visual reminder.  The instructor
in a class this semester has a 3 strikes and you're out rule as well.  When
one student's phone rang during the 2 class, she immediately called out strike
one and noted which student, then realized that she hadn't checked her phone
and found it still on, dropped the strike against the student for that one
as being only fair.  She has to carry hers with her as she is quite pregnant
(we're betting whether she makes it to the end of the semester even though
she insists she will.)

The local theaters where/when I was growing up had crying rooms in the back,
usually in the balcony if there was one.  It was and enclosed, sound proof
room with its own speaker system where parents with crying child or thought
that their child might cry could watch the movie without bothering the other
patrons.  I thought it was sad when they disappeared from theaters.  When we
had to take a small child to a movie one of us would leave if said child
started to whimper, before it got to a full cry (at least we would have if
we had had that problem, the one time we took Damon when he was less than a
year old he slept through most of it, only waking up to nurse once with no
fussing or crying at all, though I was prepared to leave if need be.)

response 138 of 342:

Jan 21 16:53 UTC 2006

That is true, bhelliom, but usually I dont want to have to leave the
movie to complain and there isnt much they can do once the movie is
over.

response 140 of 342:

Jan 21 17:12 UTC 2006

Hahahaha. That would be beautiful!

response 142 of 342:

Jan 21 20:01 UTC 2006

Send a cellcam photo by email from your seat of the person

response 144 of 342:

Jan 24 19:19 UTC 2006

Re resp:132: I know what you mean.  I can now get better audio than 
most second-run theaters at home, and video that's nearly as good, but 
I still can't compete with a good first-run theater. 
 

response 146 of 342:

Jan 24 21:51 UTC 2006

I dont find that I need that whole theater experience for most movies 
anyways. Even with my crappy TV, I have been more prone to watch movies 
at home these days. I think I need to make my TV room better for having 
guests since the major reason I go out to the movies these days is for 
social reasons. It would be nicer and cheaper to invite people over 
instead. 

response 148 of 342:

Jan 24 22:26 UTC 2006

*EATS NACHO CHIPS LOUDLY AND SQUEAKS SODA CUP STRAW THROUGH LID*

response 150 of 342:

Jan 24 22:49 UTC 2006

Yeah, I hate going to the movies when there are people in the audience
who are like I was as a teenager.