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I don't particularly mind that MCU movies are so popular or that most people seem to only watch them as far as movies go, I even liked them pretty well til the story arc ended with Infinity War, but it sucks that there is no such thing as a mid budget movie any more. There's indie stuff and high budget stuff but rarely something in between. It's partially why I think that things like comedy movies aren't much of a thing anymore. I know a lot of people seem to be fine with watching everything on their TV but I still think there's something to be said for going to a giant screen and watching a movie with a bunch of strangers and would like that to stick around.
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Oct 4, 2023 21:26
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Famethrowa posted:unfortunately they dont make many new comedies They do! but they are super hero movies. There is also drama, sports, romance, noir, and all the other genres that you can fit in super hero movies.
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Oct 4, 2023 21:32
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Marvel and Disney don't make movies they make 2.5 hour commercials.
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Oct 4, 2023 21:34
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I loving love seeing films in the theater. I saw Stop Making Sense in IMAX a couple weeks ago and it was absolutely amazing. I am so glad I was able to share that experience with my niece who saw it for the first time. That said, I rarely go to the theater. There’s something like 70-some screens within 10 miles of me, but at any given time I only have 10 or so movies to choose from because they all play the exact same poo poo on multiple screens. The one great indie theater in the area closed during Covid and reopened as yet another major studio multiplex, and I am not going into NYC every loving weekend just to see a movie I am actually interested in. Why is it too much to ask that one of the 10 multiplexes here dedicate one screen to smaller films rather than having 3 theaters of the new Saw?
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Oct 4, 2023 22:22
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I AM GRANDO posted:I don’t know if mentioning the front page in that ad is a great idea.
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Oct 4, 2023 23:33
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Brocktoon posted:I loving love seeing films in the theater. I saw Stop Making Sense in IMAX a couple weeks ago and it was absolutely amazing. I am so glad I was able to share that experience with my niece who saw it for the first time. do you want to watch a movie
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Oct 4, 2023 23:36
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My local doing a big renovation upgrade to assigned seating powered oversize recliners got me to go back. Such a superior experience compared to ripped fold down seats and smelly, sticky floors. Watching the latest spiderverse with my daughter there was a priceless experience. Stuff made to really use the big screen and sound system make it more worthwhile to me.
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Oct 5, 2023 00:07
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New Saw is actually good. It’s a revenge horror drama movie. Tobin Bell is great
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Oct 5, 2023 00:28
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i have both a decent TV and sound system, but even if i had one of those fancy $50,000 home theater set ups,, i still would want to go to the actual theater. part of the fun of going to the theater is obviously wanting to see the movies, but a good part of it is the theater experience itself. it's fun to react with the audience when something funny or cool happens on-screen*. you can't replicate that experience at home. i understand sometimes you can deal with unruly people, but thankfully 99% of my theater trips have been perfectly fine *back in the day when The Village came out, i went to see it with a friend of mine. we were all seemingly enjoying the movie throughout. the suspense and dread was building up nicely, everyone was at the edge of their seat, thing were just going well. ....at least, it was until the "the twist" was revealed, and holy poo poo, i am not exaggerating when i tell you that it seemed like literally EVERYONE in the theater audibly groaned in unison. there were a bunch of comments like "are you loving kidding me?"s and "what the hell was that?"s interspersed throughout. and when it became clear that everyone was saying what everyone else was thinking, the groans eventually erupted into laughter. it was incredible. i never experienced anything like that, before or since. i was so glad to see that we were all on the same page cause i was pissed. the movie wound up sucking rear end, but it was all worth it for that reaction. it was awesome 
Mr Interweb fucked around with this message at 01:08 on Oct 5, 2023 |
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Oct 5, 2023 01:06
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B33rChiller posted:My local doing a big renovation upgrade to assigned seating powered oversize recliners got me to go back. Such a superior experience compared to ripped fold down seats and smelly, sticky floors. In my experience the only time a theater is any good is like, the first month after it opens. The nearest theater to me was great after it opened, just like you describe. Now all those nice, comfortable, seats are half broken and either don't recline, or are permanently stuck in recline mode and nearly every single one looks like a bear mauled it. The interior used to be nice, clean, and maintained with some light up displays of movie posters to show what was playing in the theaters and what was coming out soon, now most of those are half burnt out or broken and the floor is just ragged and stained so it looks like you're walking through the set of a horror film. The place isn't even a decade old and it's gone to utter poo poo, you show up at the time the movie starts and it's about thirty minutes of ads and twenty minutes of previews then you can finally see your movie. For the price of a movie ticket, not even including the price of theater food, I can just get some takeout and watch a movie at home in the dark and be less at risk of getting covid and less annoyed at all the noise other people are making.
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Oct 5, 2023 01:10
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Famethrowa posted:unfortunately they dont make many new comedies This year had a bunch of real good ones at least! No Hard Feelings, Theater Camp, and Bottoms were all p enjoyable.
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Oct 5, 2023 01:19
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I like taking my nephews to see kids movies because going to the cinema is still An Event to them and I live through their excitement. gently caress no I'm not going to the cinema by myself though, I can't pause the movie when I inevitably need to go for a piss half an hour in. The ads aren't even unique cinema ads any more either it's just the same poo poo you get on TV except maybe also with a big effort ad for the cinema you're in thrown in. That all said my local cinema is pretty nice because they built it in a building not designed for it (after moving out of a building less than 500m away that was designed for it and is still empty) so the seats are tiered really steeply and that's pretty nice. njsykora fucked around with this message at 01:47 on Oct 5, 2023 |
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Oct 5, 2023 01:44
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Eeeeeeeee https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6BsXWdbSFM
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Oct 5, 2023 01:49
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theaters are an enjoyable communal experience bc its fun to laugh with other people and gasp in unison when something shocking happens. on the other hand im constantly thinking abt that story that i think don mccoy, a podcast guy, told about going to a movie theater and the woman next to him unwrapped a whole roasted fish wrapped in newspaper and started eating it
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Oct 5, 2023 04:39
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Slotducks posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEyVl14GgyE My confidence that their nft thing was just a bit faded long ago. From what I’ve seen they fell for the Idea of digital collectibles hard and weren’t evil enough to get paid. EDIT: I super lost hope last year specifically when they started going after Dan Olson 
MrQueasy fucked around with this message at 04:44 on Oct 5, 2023 |
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Oct 5, 2023 04:40
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fun hater posted:theaters are an enjoyable communal experience bc its fun to laugh with other people and gasp in unison when something shocking happens. on the other hand im constantly thinking abt that story that i think don mccoy, a podcast guy, told about going to a movie theater and the woman next to him unwrapped a whole roasted fish wrapped in newspaper and started eating it This is gross but you got a funny story to tell! That’s something at least
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Oct 5, 2023 04:41
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fun hater posted:theaters are an enjoyable communal experience bc its fun to laugh with other people and gasp in unison when something shocking happens. on the other hand im constantly thinking abt that story that i think don mccoy, a podcast guy, told about going to a movie theater and the woman next to him unwrapped a whole roasted fish wrapped in newspaper and started eating it lol
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Oct 5, 2023 04:41
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fun hater posted:theaters are an enjoyable communal experience bc its fun to laugh with other people and gasp in unison when something shocking happens. on the other hand im constantly thinking abt that story that i think don mccoy, a podcast guy, told about going to a movie theater and the woman next to him unwrapped a whole roasted fish wrapped in newspaper and started eating it I think that was Stephen Sajdak from We Hate Movies who had that story. Unless there are multiple people out there terrorising cinemas with whole fish
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Oct 5, 2023 05:16
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without theaters, we would have never gotten the "he eatin beans" post
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Oct 5, 2023 05:18
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Weird Sandwich posted:I think that was Stephen Sajdak from We Hate Movies who had that story. Unless there are multiple people out there terrorising cinemas with whole fish yeah that anecdote's 19 minutes into the Secret Window episode.
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Oct 5, 2023 05:24
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My mom and sisters once snuck an entire bucket of KFC into a theater.
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Oct 5, 2023 05:56
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Weird Sandwich posted:I think that was Stephen Sajdak from We Hate Movies who had that story. Unless there are multiple people out there terrorising cinemas with whole fish gently caress you're probably right. i knew it had to be some new york podcaster, but that wouldn't narrow it down at all
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Oct 5, 2023 05:58
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8one6 posted:My mom and sisters once snuck an entire bucket of KFC into a theater. disgusting
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Oct 5, 2023 06:16
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new york sickens me
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Oct 5, 2023 06:17
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Ghostlight posted:there's a front page?? Yes, and you're on it. Because somethingawful.com just redirects to forums.somethingawful.com nowadays.
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Oct 5, 2023 06:20
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Weird Sandwich posted:I think that was Stephen Sajdak from We Hate Movies who had that story. Unless there are multiple people out there terrorising cinemas with whole fish https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzm49SIednw
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Oct 5, 2023 06:44
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god its so good. like a candybar
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Oct 5, 2023 07:16
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MrQueasy posted:My confidence that their nft thing was just a bit faded long ago. From what I’ve seen they fell for the Idea of digital collectibles hard and weren’t evil enough to get paid. They do seem like utter twats.
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Oct 5, 2023 09:43
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Flying Zamboni posted:The theater experience owns, mostly. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGqZFWKbTZU&hd=1 covid really hosed them up though, they closed one of their locations(down to 3), and drastically cut back on the menu, they used to do a lot of experimenting with things like lobster macaroni, and some pretty big sandwich variety, but now they've largely switched to a static menu with temporary menus for big blockbusters(my favorite thematic item was a mario alcoholic drink for the mario movie that had a green straw "pipe" and a strawberry with the tip in white frosting which made it look like a pirahna plant  ). I miss their pitcher of margarita. but they're doing pretty good these days I think, most showings I go to have at minimum 25% capacity, and they do lots of standup comedy, events, and drag shows basically every week in addition to movies.also their menu is all movie references, though they've since removed some of my favorites, like The Titanic meatball sub.  Bakeneko posted:All of the ones I've ever gone to have started the ads playing at the time the movie is supposed to start. Maybe there are more before that but all the times I've been over the past like 5 years or so I showed up on time, or even a little late, and counted the 30+ minutes from there.
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Oct 5, 2023 10:02
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Ads when the movie start is pretty standard for southwest and midwest chain theaters as far as I've seen in the US. Before start time they have a slow moving slide show of trivia and text ads. Once you hit the supposed start time is when actual film ads play for 15-30 minutes.
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Oct 5, 2023 10:22
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Mr Interweb posted:i have both a decent TV and sound system, but even if i had one of those fancy $50,000 home theater set ups,, i still would want to go to the actual theater. part of the fun of going to the theater is obviously wanting to see the movies, but a good part of it is the theater experience itself. it's fun to react with the audience when something funny or cool happens on-screen*. you can't replicate that experience at home. i understand sometimes you can deal with unruly people, but thankfully 99% of my theater trips have been perfectly fine I don't even remember my theater's reaction to the twist in The Village because during the scene when the woman's being chased through the woods by the monster, some poor girl 10 seats down from me started screaming bloody murder. Actual, terrified shrieking. Kinda took the rest of us out of it, lol.
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Oct 5, 2023 10:59
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Lol, the Nerd City guys decided that the issue with NFTs was that the collections were filled with crappy, lazy art and not that they were inherently a piece of crap and a scam so, instead of joining the grift while the grift was good, they spent time and effort designing and making their own NFTs. Or, as they said: quote:I’m enjoying the symmetry of putting it right after the demon worship reveal, because: CRYPTO-gasp-oɟqγɿɔ?????! This is the NEW “satanic-panic” of the month.
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Oct 5, 2023 12:13
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Dangerous Person posted:Seeing a classic comedy in a packed theater is the best thing ever "Packed theater" always makes me shudder. I can barely stand the normal human density in my city. And I say this as someone who goes to movie theaters purely for social reasons. (Over the years, I've learned that going into the theater alone sucks rear end.) Correspondingly, as I normally live like a hermit, there was a long phase in my life where I just did not go to the movie theater in over a decade, but then I met someone who has a similarly bad taste in movies, and now we occasionally go into nearly empty theaters together, to make fun of whatever bullshit the movie tries to sell us. 
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Oct 5, 2023 12:27
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I liked the Nerd City videos I watched years ago, but holy poo poo how did NFTs rot this dude’s brain lmao.
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Oct 5, 2023 12:31
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It's not me being swindled by hustlers causing me to put too much time and effort into a failed project. It is you who refuse to engage who are the villains
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Oct 5, 2023 12:38
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trucutru posted:Lol, the Nerd City guys decided that the issue with NFTs was that the collections were filled with crappy, lazy art and not that they were inherently a piece of crap and a scam so, instead of joining the grift while the grift was good, they spent time and effort designing and making their own NFTs. lol at watching Dan's extremely solid and boiled down explanation of the 2008 financial crash and making out it was an attempt to appear smart instead of extremely relevant to crypto and NFTs.
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Oct 5, 2023 12:58
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But it was worth it as season one of the collection sold out! (Season 2 only minted 5%) So 5253 beautiful pieces of art with a mint cost of 0.05 eth and 81 eth worth of transactions (with a 5% fee for the creators) that's a total of ~263 eth. With eth at around $1600 in worthless fiat currently that's 430k in total. Divided between at least six people, minus all the transaction fees and whatever. Which may not sound like much but has helped them acquire these beauts (God, I love how everything blockchain related is just open for anybody to see). Well, in the case of JustinTrudape and Ghislape Maxwell (don't search for this one) they also created them. trucutru fucked around with this message at 13:23 on Oct 5, 2023 |
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Oct 5, 2023 13:01
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I don't know how being a nerd became synonymous with being smart, because by Christ there's surely been enough evidence by now that that's no longer the case.
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Oct 5, 2023 13:03
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Samovar posted:I don't know how being a nerd became synonymous with being smart, because by Christ there's surely been enough evidence by now that that's no longer the case. it never was, nerds just like telling themselves this
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Oct 5, 2023 13:17
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I guess you gotta give something to a theater willing to display a Delta Farce poster. But no way could I deal with those seats. I need armrests if I am going to watch a movie for 3 hours.
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Oct 5, 2023 13:26
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