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More theaters, more libraries, more access-to-the-public artsworks in general please and thank you.
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TrixRabbi posted:A couple years ago I went to a midnight screening of Streets of Fire at the Somerville Theater (greater Boston area). There was a really loud drunk dude who was very, very excited for the movie and as we were still settling down and getting seats he would do this high pitched scream: "STREETS OF FIIIIRRREEEE!!!" He kept doing this and even when the manager came out to introduce the film and promote the rest of the midnight series he kept interrupting, especially whenever the film's name was said. I have witnessed multiple incidents of drunk guys being tossed out of this specific theater. I wonder what it is, none of the bars around it are all that rowdy in my experience, people just like getting wasted and going to the movies in davis square i guess. Favorite theater, incidentally.
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Apr 29, 2021 21:56
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Maxwell Lord posted:KC's in a weird position, when the Drafthouse closed (for many understandable reasons) apparently it left us without any first run theaters in the metropolitan area (I don't know when the Cinemark on the Plaza closed but apparently that's gone too). There's a lot of suburban sprawl mind you but for those of us without a car that sucks. I get my second dose in a couple weeks and I'll have nowhere to go. The Cinemark's been closed since 2019 I think. It sucks, I used to spend days off going to their $5 matinees. B&B will probably also have to deal with the basement that floods with poo poo whenever it rains. ruddiger posted:More theaters, more libraries, more access-to-the-public artsworks in general please and thank you. Nationalize Moviepass.
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Apr 29, 2021 21:57
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Uncle Boogeyman posted:I have witnessed multiple incidents of drunk guys being tossed out of this specific theater. I wonder what it is, none of the bars around it are all that rowdy in my experience, people just like getting wasted and going to the movies in davis square i guess. Favorite theater, incidentally. Is it close to one of the colleges in Boston? Or off campus housing for college students?
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Apr 29, 2021 21:57
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Yeah the relative of expense of the theatres now compared to Nickelodeons and quarter shows and dollar theatres and all that in the past is a function of static wages for four decades plus all theatres being owned by 4 conglomerates buying movies from studios that are also owned by 4 conglomerates. Look at a country like India, where there are still a hundred studios and you can make a movie for nothing. It doesn’t cost poo poo and people go constantly
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Apr 29, 2021 21:58
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I went to see Snakes on a Plane with friends and one of them decided to take a bunch of robotussin and trip. He got so freaked out thinking the snakes were real and in the theater that me and another friend had to carry him out of the theater from the top section of seating.
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Apr 29, 2021 21:58
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Skwirl posted:Is it close to one of the colleges in Boston? Or off campus housing for college students? Yeah this is it actually, it’s right near Tufts and applogies if anyone here went there but Tufts kids are the worst
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Apr 29, 2021 21:58
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Uncle Boogeyman posted:Yeah this is it actually, it’s right near Tufts and applogies if anyone here went there but Tufts kids are the worst It's just pregaming. When I lived in Oakland and Berkeley the easiest theaters to get to were the ones next to Cal and when I was still young enough to think going to a midnight release of a Marvel film would be fun I learned you don't do it on Cinco De Mayo (one of the first two Thors, don't remember which).
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Apr 29, 2021 22:07
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X-Ray Pecs posted:Nationalize Moviepass. yes please
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Apr 29, 2021 22:07
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X-Ray Pecs posted:The Cinemark's been closed since 2019 I think. It sucks, I used to spend days off going to their $5 matinees. B&B will probably also have to deal with the basement that floods with poo poo whenever it rains. That’s just vouchers, a subsidy for the movie industry. Nationalize the theatres, and the studios
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Apr 29, 2021 22:12
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The Icelandic title for Jaws is "Ókindin" which means The Monster/Beast/Fiend/Ogre but the literal meaning is "The Unsheep" since "ó" means un and "kind" means sheep.
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Apr 29, 2021 22:15
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DeimosRising posted:That’s just vouchers, a subsidy for the movie industry. Nationalize the theatres, and the studios It's not like the Soviet Union didn't make a poo poo ton of great films, and most action flicks are already US propaganda.
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Apr 29, 2021 22:15
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DeimosRising posted:Yeah the relative of expense of the theatres now compared to Nickelodeons and quarter shows and dollar theatres and all that in the past is a function of static wages for four decades plus all theatres being owned by 4 conglomerates buying movies from studios that are also owned by 4 conglomerates. Look at a country like India, where there are still a hundred studios and you can make a movie for nothing. It doesn’t cost poo poo and people go constantly There should be theaters that only show micro budget indie movies. Tickets cost like three bucks, and you can go in and see the latest Len Kabasinski or Polonia Brothers film on the big screen.
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Apr 29, 2021 22:16
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FreudianSlippers posted:The Icelandic title for Jaws is "Ókindin" which means The Monster/Beast/Fiend/Ogre but the literal meaning is "The Unsheep" since "ó" means un and "kind" means sheep. They didn't go for the Icelandic word for "Shark"? There's no word that implies a giant gaping mouth with huge sharp teeth? Is Icelandic the right word for your language?
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Apr 29, 2021 22:18
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Hákarlinn (The Shark) sounds less scary is my guess and the literal translation Kjálkar (Jaws) or the less literal but more evocative Skolturinn (The Maw) are a bit unwieldy. Icelandic translations of foreign movie titles are notoriously loose. For example Lethal Weapon is Tveir á toppnum (Two on Top) and From Dusk Till Dawn is Skitseiði jarðar (Scum* of the earth) *Literally poo poo-fishling
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Apr 29, 2021 22:35
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Skwirl posted:The official reason was child porn, but there's like several orders of magnitude more child porn, and it's probably easier to find if you're looking for it available on Facebook, and there's no way Visa or Mastercard are gonna stop processing their credit card payments. 
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Apr 29, 2021 22:36
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TrixRabbi posted:A couple years ago I went to a midnight screening of Streets of Fire at the Somerville Theater (greater Boston area). There was a really loud drunk dude who was very, very excited for the movie and as we were still settling down and getting seats he would do this high pitched scream: "STREETS OF FIIIIRRREEEE!!!" He kept doing this and even when the manager came out to introduce the film and promote the rest of the midnight series he kept interrupting, especially whenever the film's name was said. You’ve never met my wife, I see.
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Apr 29, 2021 23:02
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Uncle Boogeyman posted:I have witnessed multiple incidents of drunk guys being tossed out of this specific theater. I wonder what it is, none of the bars around it are all that rowdy in my experience, people just like getting wasted and going to the movies in davis square i guess. Favorite theater, incidentally. Because Boston. Gripweed posted:There should be theaters that only show micro budget indie movies. Tickets cost like three bucks, and you can go in and see the latest Len Kabasinski or Polonia Brothers film on the big screen. Not that this is a thing most people can go to but this is basically what the Harvard Film Archive does. Other universities probably do stuff like that. CPL593H fucked around with this message at 23:40 on Apr 29, 2021 |
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Apr 29, 2021 23:38
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CPL593H posted:Not that this is a thing most people can go to but this is basically what the Harvard Film Archive does. Other universities probably do stuff like that. Oh yeah, most universities have screenings of films that are considered important for one reason or another but aren't popular enough that revival theaters would show them, and often they are open to the public and are either free or cost less than 10 bucks. Or at least they did before COVID.
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Apr 29, 2021 23:44
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ruddiger posted:More theaters, more libraries, more access-to-the-public artsworks in general please and thank you. That's a really good idea. There's no reason libraries couldn't build theaters and use them to screen movies so more people have access to art. Libraries are already getting involved in streaming services, why not expand it to a physical service.
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Apr 30, 2021 03:16
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Movie theatre chat reminded me of this article from December last year about how Japan's theatres stayed open. It's paywalled but the interesting part is this :The Economist posted:Researchers deployed Fugaku, the world’s fastest supercomputer, to model different situations. Crowded subways pose little risk, if windows are open and passengers wear masks, Mr Nishimura insists. Sitting diagonally, rather than directly across from each other can reduce the risk of infection by 75%. Movie theatres are safe, “even if viewers are eating popcorn and hot dogs”, Mr Nishimura says. While most cinemas in the West are closed, “Demon Slayer”, a new animeflick, has been playing to full houses in Japan, becoming the country’s second-highest grossing film ever. The article mentions Japan's response to Covid-19 was to focus on clusters rather than implement lockdowns, which I guess is why they can make those recommendations (and probably also because of the country's strong mask-wearing culture). Before Covid I went to the megaplex across the road from me maybe 10-15 times a year (always on Sunday mornings to avoid the teenagers because I'm an old now) and luckily for me since I live in Brisbane, Australia I have been able to go twice this year. First trip was for WW84 and the second was Godzilla vs Kong, so that's a 50% worth-it rate so far.
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Apr 30, 2021 03:23
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I will be in fact going to the theater the first chance I get if there is a good movie now that I am fully vaxxed
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Apr 30, 2021 03:25
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AreWeDrunkYet posted:That's a really good idea. There's no reason libraries couldn't build theaters and use them to screen movies so more people have access to art. Libraries are already getting involved in streaming services, why not expand it to a physical service. Some of the bigger libraries that have auditoriums do, in fact, do this. Not many, but some.
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Apr 30, 2021 03:31
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Gatts posted:I will be in fact going to the theater the first chance I get if there is a good movie now that I am fully vaxxed I've been fully vaccinated but I'll be waiting a minimum of a few months before I set foot in a movie theater. It sucks but if I've waited this long, what's a few more months?
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Apr 30, 2021 03:36
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If I never make it back into a theater again, how will I experience the awkward feeling when people turn around to watch me laugh as if I’m more entertaining than the movie?
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Apr 30, 2021 04:19
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Predestination was way, way different than I thought it would be based on reactions I've read and based on the trailer. I really liked it. Also, blown away by how low its budget was for how good it looks.
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Apr 30, 2021 04:48
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feedmyleg posted:Predestination was way, way different than I thought it would be If you stop the sentence right here it's pretty funny, and also a Greek myth. Oh poo poo, I didn't realize what movie you were talking about because they changed the title from the short story it's based on, it's definitely a Greek Myth.
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Apr 30, 2021 04:54
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Uncle Boogeyman posted:Some of the bigger libraries that have auditoriums do, in fact, do this. Not many, but some. gently caress, there's a grocery store near me that did free screenings once a month.
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Apr 30, 2021 05:22
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One limitation is being able to actually screen in good quality but 4K is helping out (some digital projections are only 2K anyway.) The other I imagine is the question of *permission* to screen things, see: Disney killing Fox rep screenings when they took over.
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Apr 30, 2021 05:45
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I haven't missed a Saw film theatrically and I'm keeping the streak goin', baby. 
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Apr 30, 2021 05:47
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Uncle Boogeyman posted:Some of the bigger libraries that have auditoriums do, in fact, do this. Not many, but some. Multiple branches of the Kansas City Public Library held screenings pre-COVID; I think the main library has an auditorium but I've only gone for their rooftop showings. I was debating taking off work one time to see The Thing from Another World, even if it was probably going to be a projector setup in a classroom.
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Apr 30, 2021 16:09
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Rooftop showing sounds great under the right circumstances.
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Apr 30, 2021 16:25
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:Rooftop showing sounds great under the right circumstances. yeah it wouldn't be fun if it was raining.
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Apr 30, 2021 16:35
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Gripweed posted:yeah it wouldn't be fun if it was raining. Unless you were watching a Kurosawa movie
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Apr 30, 2021 16:56
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Gripweed posted:yeah it wouldn't be fun if it was raining. I just mean like cloud cover, etc. On too bright a night it would look horrible.
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Apr 30, 2021 17:08
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:Rooftop showing sounds great under the right circumstances. I don’t know if anything will top watching Purple Rain as people in nearby apartments were holding their phones up to their windows during the finale. Gripweed posted:yeah it wouldn't be fun if it was raining. I went to the rooftop showing of Repo Man when it rained, they just moved it inside the building.
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Apr 30, 2021 17:13
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Has anyone here seen the new adaptation of Waiting for the Barbarians? I just watched it and was pleasantly surprised. Was expecting a real bastardization of the book but it was amazingly faithful in content and tone. I recommend.
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Apr 30, 2021 20:08
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Carly Gay Dead Son posted:Has anyone here seen the new adaptation of Waiting for the Barbarians? I just watched it and was pleasantly surprised. Was expecting a real bastardization of the book but it was amazingly faithful in content and tone. I recommend. I hadn't realized it had actually come out. What service is it on?
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Apr 30, 2021 20:20
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Carly Gay Dead Son posted:Has anyone here seen the new adaptation of Waiting for the Barbarians? I just watched it and was pleasantly surprised. Was expecting a real bastardization of the book but it was amazingly faithful in content and tone. I recommend. Glad to see it's made its way to Hulu! I wanted to check it out last year, but it was only available for rent and I was never in a strong enough mood to spend 12 bucks or whatever to watch it.
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Gatts posted:I will be in fact going to the theater the first chance I get if there is a good movie now that I am fully vaxxed Vaccination means that you won't end up in the ICU, but you can still get sick and more importantly, you can still infect other. Please stay at home if you can, everybody.
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