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Cineplex in Canada used to have Pizza Hut, KFC, Taco Bell, New York Fries, and Burger King, but they seemed to have all pretty much disappeared out of theaters and they're just back to candy and popcorn poo poo. Well, they've introduced their new "menu" items, which is code for sub-fast-food-quality garbage that they try and pretend is gourmet. "Yes sir, please enjoy our gourmet food choices, prepared by our in house executive chef, who is whoever isn't on sweeping duty tonight."
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Enjoy our fine artisinal pressed corn wafers, lightly dusted with fresh sea salt and drizzled with our signature creamy lactose-free fromage sauce.
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Oct 3, 2015 09:16
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It would be pretty cool if movie theaters actually got to keep enough of the ticket sales to not have to rely on concession sales as the majority of their income, wouldn't it.
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Oct 3, 2015 15:07
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When I was in high school. someone renovated the local small theater by ripping out half the rows to put in bench tables, and they started serving good food. If something like that opened nearby I'd see at least one movie a week, maybe more. The only reason I'd go anywhere else would be for "must see in IMAX" films. Hey, they're still open (and they expanded to Latrobe!) -- http://www.fleeglecinemas.com
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Oct 3, 2015 16:21
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tetrapyloctomy posted:When I was in high school. someone renovated the local small theater by ripping out half the rows to put in bench tables, and they started serving good food. If something like that opened nearby I'd see at least one movie a week, maybe more. The only reason I'd go anywhere else would be for "must see in IMAX" films. Bench tables is a great idea - let people nosh on a bigass burger or something hell yeah, or you could even get some bar seating up behind the reclining chair or something.. Now I wanna go to a theater that's got pool tables up in the back.
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Oct 3, 2015 16:56
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Time to fill my purse with tampons and condoms.
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Oct 3, 2015 19:34
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 what does Regal expect their 16 year old purse checker to do when he actually runs into someone with a gun who wants to shoot people?"heyyyyy.  I know what you are planning on doing with this buster. Mass murder is not allowed in this theater. You are gonna have to leave this AK-47 at that snack stand and pick it up after movie is over"
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Oct 3, 2015 20:25
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NESguerilla posted:
Be thankful that the sweet release of death is coming to save him from the minimum-wage hell of spending all day being yelled at by lovely people who take their indignation at being delayed for 5 seconds on their way into the movie theater out on him.
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Oct 3, 2015 20:29
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coyo7e posted:There are a couple small/indie theaters in my town that serve local craft beer and stuff, but they always are way behind. One of them used to just project DVDs on screen and called themselves a bar until they got their poo poo more together. My theater does this. They have craft beers, wine, a pizza oven, candies from local candy shops, and good popcorn. They have two screens and play more indie-ish movies, though they did play American Ultra. They're pretty awesome, though I wish they would play midnight movies.
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Oct 3, 2015 20:33
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NESguerilla posted:
That's why I consider the bag checking thing to be a passive-aggressive way to shame people from bringing their own stuff in, than any potential security boost - just like sending a kid with a flashlight through the theater two or three times during the showing. When they find some chick does have pepper spray and a pink .32 in her purse, are they going to send her away? Reimburse her ticket price? Let alone the angry redneck gun-rights enthusiast who truly believes he's doing a public service by bringing his own protection to the theater.. And the first serious gun nut who has a concealed permit is gonna call the NRA and have a media team and lawyers down there to go full Kim Davis faster than corporate can say "PR debacle". coyo7e fucked around with this message at 22:17 on Oct 3, 2015 |
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Oct 3, 2015 22:14
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coyo7e posted:Yeah this was nearly exactly my first thought when I encountered it, except I live in a place where it's more likely to be a well-meaning idiot with a serious gun-rights chip on his shoulder who may or may not believe that Obama is going to send a spree shooter to the latest showing of Jurassic Park. I worked at a movie theater. One time a guy carried a gun into the theater. When we noticed we told him it was against theater policy to have guns on the property. He took his gun outside and locked it in his car. Problem solved
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Oct 3, 2015 22:40
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I found out that my dad is strapped 100% of the time that way when we went to a baseball game. we got to walk 20 minutes back to the car so he could lock it up. 34 years old and I had no idea he had a gun in those dad jeans all that time. I can just never imagine a mass shooter going in with a pistol in a purse or something let alone letting someone check their bag. At best that policy seems like it would just get an extra person killed when they ask to check the guys duffel bag.
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Oct 3, 2015 23:40
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coyo7e posted:There are a couple small/indie theaters in my town that serve local craft beer and stuff, but they always are way behind. One of them used to just project DVDs on screen and called themselves a bar until they got their poo poo more together. They're called Alamo Drafthouses and they are pretty much the best. Slowly spreading from Texas to other places. Food, first run films, and tons of special shows. http://drafthouse.com
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Palooka posted:They're called Alamo Drafthouses and they are pretty much the best. Slowly spreading from Texas to other places. Food, first run films, and tons of special shows. Still nowhere close to the northeast, though. 
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Oct 4, 2015 02:32
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Evil Mastermind posted:Still nowhere close to the northeast, though. That's not true, there's one in Yonkers, NY.
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Oct 4, 2015 14:27
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I live in the UK; What's the best VPN to view US-prime movies?
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Oct 4, 2015 15:50
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:That's not true, there's one in Yonkers, NY. And it is heaven.
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Oct 4, 2015 17:05
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Evil Mastermind posted:Still nowhere close to the northeast, though. They have independent theaters all over the place. Just google "CityName theater with food"
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Oct 4, 2015 17:11
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:That's not true, there's one in Yonkers, NY.  Alterian posted:They have independent theaters all over the place. Just google "CityName theater with food"
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Oct 4, 2015 17:19
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Evil Mastermind posted:Three hours away. Cable Car is really awesome. I saw A Hard Day's Night there when they were showing the new print. Comfy seats, good screen/sound. I didn't get any of the food but there was definitely plenty to choose from.
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Oct 4, 2015 17:21
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Evil Mastermind posted:Three hours away. Hey, I hate traveling to Yonkers too, but there is at least one Drafthouse here!
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Oct 4, 2015 17:24
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Any idea what happened to Property Virgins on Netflix? I cannot find it and it was supposed to be added on Oct 1st
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Souvlaki ss posted:Any idea what happened to Property Virgins on Netflix? I cannot find it and it was supposed to be added on Oct 1st Sorry to burst your bubble, but it's just a show about people buying their first house.
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Oct 5, 2015 15:55
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For the first episodes yeah, but then they reveal that the ranch home in episode 2 was just shy.
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Oct 5, 2015 17:06
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I just saw "Hot Girls Wanted" last night and I still can't get over some of the poo poo that went on. Like with the one girl who just showed up, they're like "oh here's your trashed bedroom you're gonna share with 2 other girls" and it didn't even faze her. It didn't seem like they all came from lovely situations, so I couldn't understand how they were able to delude themselves into thinking they had it made. I mean, you live in a lovely house with 5+ other people, you hardly go out, you get pizza all the time. That's probably worse than sharing a house with maybe two other people who work low wage jobs at the same age.
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Oct 6, 2015 15:29
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I'm not sure if Netflix messed something up with the latest client update for Fire TV or if this has been a thing for a while, but what is up with US Netflix having foreign shows and movies without subtitles? For some Spanish stuff I can understand them putting up the content before they have subs available, but Portuguese? Or this movie I tried watching where they speak Siamese in like half the scenes, there's only CC available for the English parts. Similarly, when watching stuff from non-US Netflix, they often don't provide English subs even though they're available in the US. I heard every platform has a different Netflix client, is this a thing on all platforms or just Fire TV?
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Vodos posted:I'm not sure if Netflix messed something up with the latest client update for Fire TV or if this has been a thing for a while, but what is up with US Netflix having foreign shows and movies without subtitles? For some Spanish stuff I can understand them putting up the content before they have subs available, but Portuguese? Or this movie I tried watching where they speak Siamese in like half the scenes, there's only CC available for the English parts. Well if its anything like my fire TV stick its kinda lovely in all the wrong ways. Don't hold your breath for Amazon if the fix is on their end
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Doctor Butts posted:I just saw "Hot Girls Wanted" last night and I still can't get over some of the poo poo that went on. Yeah, the thread has gone over this already. That film is very biased and not particularly sex-positive.
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Oct 7, 2015 05:23
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I don't know if this is new or not, but I just learned that Paramount has a Youtube channel with a decent offering of free movies. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzMVH2jEyEwXPBvyht8xQNw/
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Jose Oquendo posted:I don't know if this is new or not, but I just learned that Paramount has a Youtube channel with a decent offering of free movies.
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Jose Oquendo posted:I don't know if this is new or not, but I just learned that Paramount has a Youtube channel with a decent offering of free movies. Look at that fuckin goddamn banner. Good lord.
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Oct 7, 2015 22:23
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:Look at that fuckin goddamn banner. Good lord. haha. looks like some 1998 geocities poo poo. only worse.
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Oct 7, 2015 22:33
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Welcome to Hollywood! You may see some stars when you're in town...
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Oct 7, 2015 22:35
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If you wanna watch a documentary that seems to contain actual SA Goons (not really...I think) then watch The Nightmare. Its about sleep paralysis. I enjoyed it at first, but as it went on I became annoyed by the interviewees and their mental illnesses.
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Oct 7, 2015 22:40
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Wiggles Von Huggins posted:If you wanna watch a documentary that seems to contain actual SA Goons (not really...I think) then watch The Nightmare. Its about sleep paralysis. I enjoyed it at first, but as it went on I became annoyed by the interviewees and their mental illnesses. It's worth mentioning that The Nightmare is by Rodney Ascher, who also did Room 237 (the documentary about crazy theories surrounding The Shining, like it having clues that prove that Kubrick had been forced to fake the moon landings for the goverment) and The S From Hell (short documentary about people scared of corporate logos as kids). Him letting weird/crazy people air their damage is kind of his thing at this point.
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I watched part of it last night, and as someone who has had sleep paralysis it was interesting to see other people who have had almost the exact same experiences as me, but the horror aspect fell pretty short for the same reason. I look forward to watching the rest of it in the hopes that they go into the science of it a bit more.
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I felt the most interesting element of The Nightmare was the lack of a scientific explanation. If they offered any clinical research it would undercut the anxiety that's so effectively built throughout. I think one of the things the movie is showing is that it's very easy to believe people when they tell you things, especially if they're in movies, and even more so when there are re-enactments. It's sort of a meta-commentary on the genre it's a part of. That also accounts for the fourth wall breaking transitions, which undercut the mood the movie worked so hard to maintain.
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Oct 8, 2015 04:23
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Okay so they took Dead Zone off of Netflix for october. so what are some streaming recommendations for halloween spooky scary time? I have netflix and amazon
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A MIRACLE posted:Okay so they took Dead Zone off of Netflix for october. That Paramount youtube channel has The Loved Ones. Pretty entertaining.
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Past Tense Ragu posted:I felt the most interesting element of The Nightmare was the lack of a scientific explanation. If they offered any clinical research it would undercut the anxiety that's so effectively built throughout. I think one of the things the movie is showing is that it's very easy to believe people when they tell you things, especially if they're in movies, and even more so when there are re-enactments. It's sort of a meta-commentary on the genre it's a part of. That also accounts for the fourth wall breaking transitions, which undercut the mood the movie worked so hard to maintain. To me it's interesting to see how much these experiences have affected these people, when I have had the same experiences and haven't thought about it a whole lot. Whenever it's happened to me I've been like "wow my brain just really hosed with me that sucked" and gone on about my business.
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