xxp "Take that man out and have him shot."
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― Millennial Whoop, wanna fight about it? (Phil D.), Wednesday, 2 May 2018 17:01 (six years ago) link
kurt, as someone who has also moved from rock shows to cinema do you find film people better or worse than music people
depends on the genre! metal dudes are always the nicest except the racist ones. shoegaze ppl are the roughest group of humans i've ever encountered. political punks still the worst.horror ppl are always sweet and full of love. old revival film dudes are the biggest jerks on the planet. basics that go see back 2 the future or something are always rough but they pay the bills so oh well.
ftr i do a lot of work for alamo and i think they have changed the way ppl see movies for the better. if you are complaining about the food or drinks or whatev you probably haven't been to an alamo. they are pretty strict about the manners thing, which is good 90% of the time. one time i got in trouble because i encouraged dancing during a 35mm (it was QT's print!) screening of Sign O The Times after Prince died.
― kurt schwitterz, Wednesday, 2 May 2018 17:07 (six years ago) link
is that... Orson Welles as a nazi
xp
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 2 May 2018 17:07 (six years ago) link
idk everyone otm here except for Adam, Alamo is fine (and p much the only theatre besides the Castro that I go to nowadays)
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 2 May 2018 17:09 (six years ago) link
"WOOOOOOOOOW!!!" or "BEAAAAAAAUTIFUL!!!" or "AMAAAAAAAAZING" ... "OOOOOH-LA-LAAAAA!"definitely into this
― chilis=lyrics...hypocrits (sic), Wednesday, 2 May 2018 17:11 (six years ago) link
There's this tic among **certain** movie people that I see as completely absent in the music scene, so it's really striking for me when I encounter it.
I call it "nachos"
Like if you bring a music guy some nachos, he might say something sarcastic or funny like, "'Bout time, thanks"
But if you bring a movie guy some nachos, he will say something like, "Oh ho, cheesy comestibles for my masticating pleasure!"
― we æt so many shimripl (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 2 May 2018 17:12 (six years ago) link
When I made that comment this morning I was referring to people on their phone ie texting the kind of communication that most people use when on their phones in public for about 10 years now. Obviously if someone is holding a full conversation they will step into a lobby, to cut down on by noise if anything.
It is hilarious to see all these people that demand empathy from their leaders and fellow citizens yet in an everyday situation it’s just asking too much to move to another fucking seat
― Hazy Maze Cave (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 2 May 2018 17:13 (six years ago) link
you go to movie theaters with extra seats? Alamo theaters seat like 30 people.
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 2 May 2018 17:14 (six years ago) link
damn dude let me know when the shuttle lands xp
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 2 May 2018 17:16 (six years ago) link
oh yah Whiney otm re: nachos. music is a social thing. movies are a world of imagination and wonder you can explore all by your lonesome!
― kurt schwitterz, Wednesday, 2 May 2018 17:17 (six years ago) link
no empathy for people texting in movie theaters. ever. go outside
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 2 May 2018 17:17 (six years ago) link
Lmao Adam everyone knew you meant texting, if you need to text (you don’t) leave the film you aren’t watching instead of expecting everyone else to move seats you psycho
― type your stinkin prose off me, ur damned qwerty uiop (wins), Wednesday, 2 May 2018 17:18 (six years ago) link
The only majorly irritating trend I've seen of late is the spontaneous La-Z-Boy-ification of theaters. There have been a couple instances in recent memory where a theater I used to casually go to suddenly has only fourteen assigned easy chairs (with the only available seats on the aisle, natch) and everyone naturally has to recline except the foot thing like actually blocks the entire aisle and so an entire aisle of people has to noisily retract their foot thing every time some kid has to take a squirt. Just yuck.
― Love Theme From Oh God! You Devil (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 2 May 2018 17:18 (six years ago) link
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, May 2, 2018 1:07 PM (nine minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
lol no, General Dreedle in "Catch-22"
― Millennial Whoop, wanna fight about it? (Phil D.), Wednesday, 2 May 2018 17:19 (six years ago) link
What if I really feel like jerking off? What if it takes my mind off my sick relative? A little empathy from my fellow patrons, if you please
― type your stinkin prose off me, ur damned qwerty uiop (wins), Wednesday, 2 May 2018 17:20 (six years ago) link
yeah the sofa style seats in theaters = dud
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 2 May 2018 17:21 (six years ago) link
Ah, yes, the deep empathy expressed by "Can all of you please inconvenience yourselves in the middle of a movie to accommodate my rudeness? Thanks!"
― Millennial Whoop, wanna fight about it? (Phil D.), Wednesday, 2 May 2018 17:22 (six years ago) link
Not sure if this is specifically a Washington, DC thing (or just the shows that I attend), but both film and music events in this area seem to attract people who are more interested in meeting up with their friends than watching the show. A Fugazi reunion/70mm screening of 2001 could be happening but there'd be big portions of the audience more interested in talking to the people they came with.
Which do you find more disruptive: use of a cellphone/tablet during a screening, or audience members audibly snapping at someone for using a phone? I say the latter, and it's quite common at the National Gallery of Art screenings I attend.
― Polly of the Pre-Codes (j.lu), Wednesday, 2 May 2018 17:25 (six years ago) link
recliner seats in cinemas rule hard
― chilis=lyrics...hypocrits (sic), Wednesday, 2 May 2018 17:26 (six years ago) link
There's no need to audibly snap. Just throw popcorn.
― how's life, Wednesday, 2 May 2018 17:26 (six years ago) link
yah it aint like that out here. Shakey can vouch for the certain breed of SF TRUE CINEMA LOVER. i appreciate them. xxp
― kurt schwitterz, Wednesday, 2 May 2018 17:27 (six years ago) link
The first time I ever saw someone use a cell phone during a movie was during South Park Bigger Longer Uncut. I didn't say anything to the guy, but when I bit into my hot dog, some of the grease shot out the end and landed in his hair.
― how's life, Wednesday, 2 May 2018 17:28 (six years ago) link
hell yea
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 2 May 2018 17:30 (six years ago) link
xxxp
Ah but we're not supposed to bring food into the NGA auditorium. (Not that it stops me or anyone else from smuggling in stuff, but the guards probably wouldn't ignore someone throwing something.)
― Polly of the Pre-Codes (j.lu), Wednesday, 2 May 2018 17:30 (six years ago) link
i was going to say in the other thread that "we need narcs... and vigilantes" i.e. other people in the theater telling talkers & texters to shut up/stop it but realized that was... maybe not the best word re: movie theaters in the US
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 2 May 2018 17:31 (six years ago) link
As a rule, if a theater patron in front of me is using a phone during a movie, I apply ever-increasing pressure to the back of their seat. Subtle and gradual pressure, but also unrelenting. It seems to work.
(NB, none of the patrons in question have been like big hulking dudes as of yet. When they are, I'll report back on whether my method resulted in me getting mashed.)
― Love Theme From Oh God! You Devil (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 2 May 2018 17:32 (six years ago) link
https://youtu.be/Ea5FClfrQpg?t=240
timestamp 4:00
― we æt so many shimripl (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 2 May 2018 17:34 (six years ago) link
there are certain scenarios where I actually really enjoy/approve of loud audience/audience participation sorta shit but it really depends on the situation/screening/film. That's v different from cellphone use though, which is explicitly about *not* engaging with what's going on on-screen and with the audience, it's inherently an alienating thing.
idk if I qualify yet as an SF TRUE CINEMA LOVER (I probably don't see enough tbh, hopefully that will change as my kids get older) but some day I will join their hallowed ranks, donating to the upkeep of the Castro theater organ and shushing people talking during Robert Mitchum movies
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 2 May 2018 17:40 (six years ago) link
At a performing arts theatre, you would get escorted out for pulling out a phone mid-performance, and many of those productions are longer than movies.
We should accomodate the poor young guy who can't wait 2.5 hours to text his g/f the lyrix to "The Whisper Song" using only emojis
― fuck the NRA (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 2 May 2018 17:46 (six years ago) link
Recliner seats + food + booze needs to happen. I want to recline and just spill shit everywhere while watching.
― Position Position, Wednesday, 2 May 2018 17:52 (six years ago) link
It's really not that difficult to not make a mess
― fuck the NRA (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 2 May 2018 17:59 (six years ago) link
I'm assuming the Alamo theaters are like this since the local knockoff is, but it's not servers constantly walking in front of you
the local one (flix brewhouse) is a tiered theater, and each row has a shallow table in front of it, with a little aisle in front of that, *below the level of the table*so if anyone walks down that aisle, whether it's a patron hustling out to the restroom or a server dropping something off, they're not that noticeable and you never have audience members shuffling in front of more than a couple people to get down to the aisle and out
if you need anything during the movie, there's dim lighting on the table and you write your request on a notepad and then push a button to summon the server. so all you ever see is their arm reaching up to grab the note, or to drop something off
they also have a checkbox on the order pad where you can tell them about a loud guest, but the policy is that guests get a warning before they're told to get out
― mh, Wednesday, 2 May 2018 18:17 (six years ago) link
Theaters should keep the lights on during movies and maybe also play some music so I don't get bored. And would it be too much to ask for like a row of TVs along the side walls showing cable news?
― Love Theme From Oh God! You Devil (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 2 May 2018 18:18 (six years ago) link
They have this combo at some Alamo locations, although the seats don't recline back very far, plus the food is on a small table in front of you. Doesn't mean you can't spill it all over yourself, if that's what you truly desire, but most people don't do this.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Wednesday, 2 May 2018 18:19 (six years ago) link
I love the Alamo and hate people talking/texting/etc during movies, but I would feel like a total dick if I reported someone for being a loud guest or whatever.
― Position Position, Wednesday, 2 May 2018 18:20 (six years ago) link
I've never ratted anyone out but I was insanely close to it at a crowded showing I went to (alone, on valentines day, lol) and this young couple next to me showed up to the theater completely hammered. they were doing the "i'm wasted so i make no sense but i'm going to argue with your nonsensical statement" bullshit for the first twenty minutes and I eventually asked if they could go to the lobby if they needed to discuss something, at which point the woman was angst-drunk offended and wanted to start shit but the dude toned it down
they passed out five minutes later and were sleeping deeply enough the server had to shake the dude's shoulder to get him to pay the check after the credits started
I have no qualms complaining about those people tbh
― mh, Wednesday, 2 May 2018 18:21 (six years ago) link
It's pretty weird to me how many people ITT can't wrap their heads around how Alamo-style theaters could possibly work.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Wednesday, 2 May 2018 18:21 (six years ago) link
I think having a system to complain about guests in a non-obvious way is cool in these theaters but I'd still default to glancing at them or asking quietly
if I weren't a middle-aged average white dude I'd be all about asking assistance
― mh, Wednesday, 2 May 2018 18:22 (six years ago) link
when I saw the first of the matrix movie sequels years ago, there were several dudes in front of us opening weekend who were talking loudly and at one point took a phone call on speakerphone
like dude I know this isn't the sequel you were expecting but holy shit that's just disrespectful
― mh, Wednesday, 2 May 2018 18:24 (six years ago) link
well you never know when the call might be important
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― omar little, Wednesday, 2 May 2018 18:28 (six years ago) link
I have been to the Alamo Drafthouse and am not sure how well it worked for me and there are movies I would probably not want to watch there.
― MrDasher, Wednesday, 2 May 2018 18:28 (six years ago) link
if it was 2018 when those dudes were doing that they probably would have started doing video chat and showing the screen
then I could call the feds
― mh, Wednesday, 2 May 2018 18:29 (six years ago) link
a guy i knew who worked at the alamo-like cinema in salt lake warned us to not sit in the sofas at the back because people would be stuffing chicken wings and the like down between the cushions.
― visiting, Wednesday, 2 May 2018 18:48 (six years ago) link
Gross
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Wednesday, 2 May 2018 18:49 (six years ago) link
sounds like the behavior you'd get from the dude they canned from their publication
― mh, Wednesday, 2 May 2018 18:49 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCjobAeMBos
― mh, Wednesday, 2 May 2018 18:55 (six years ago) link
cut to a minute in for the important movie etiquette
Oh, ha ha, very funny, guys. Okay, sure, the cracks between theater seats aren't for dispensing food garbage, whatever you say. Next thing I know you're gonna try to tell me those big garbage cans aren't for peeing into so you don't miss any of the movie.
― Love Theme From Oh God! You Devil (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 2 May 2018 18:56 (six years ago) link
If you don't know by now to bring a portable plastic urinal to your seat, I don't know what to tell you.
― Millennial Whoop, wanna fight about it? (Phil D.), Wednesday, 2 May 2018 19:02 (six years ago) link
At Avengers during every big development of the last half hour this dude kept LOUDLY saying "whaaaaaat?" or "I'm lost" for the last 10 minutes. Trying to crowdsource his confusion.
― fuck the NRA (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 2 May 2018 19:04 (six years ago) link