[opendtv] Re: Opinion: Mass-Media Meltdown
- From: "John Willkie" <JohnWillkie@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 17:45:53 -0700
last year, judging by admissions.
John Willkie
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From: "Kon Wilms" <kon@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, May 13, 2005 7:56 PM
Subject: [opendtv] Re: Opinion: Mass-Media Meltdown
> On Fri, 2005-05-13 at 20:51 -0400, Tom Barry wrote:
> > > The high prices for movie attendance don't help either. Of
> > > course, prices can only go up if attendance goes down. So
> > > it becomes a vicious cycle. If theater managers would wake
> > > up and discipline the more obnoxious members of the
> > > audience, that might help.
> >
> > I have been abandoning theaters for all those reasons but also
> > because modern technology seems to have allowed them to make some
> > sort of much more poisonous seeming (and expensive) butter
> > popcorn. But maybe it is just age, or me.
>
> You could always turn around and/or stand up and tell them to shut their
> collective pie-holes, which works 99% of the time. Also if you complain
> after the show to management they will usually give you free tickets.
>
> I don't go to theaters anymore because they don't have couches, I can't
> sit in my boxers and watch, there is no pause and/or eject button, I
> only have to fight with one person (or the dog) over the prime seating
> in the house, and infinite beverage refills are missing from the
> equation. :)
>
> For the price of a movie ticket these days, you can rent one at
> Blockbuster *AND* pay the late fees. Now that's saying something!
>
> How long until the traditional movie theater becomes the next drive-in?
>
> Cheers
> Kon
>
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