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Bhairitu, with regards to both the cost of movies and how some people act in theaters, all I can say is that I'm glad I'm in the relatively harmless midwest. And I don't see how people afford even basics in the big cities, much less entertainment. It all seems so out of balance. Sad really, but maybe part of a bigger cycle. From: Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, August 11, 2013 4:21 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Perceptive film review On 08/11/2013 01:42 PM, Share Long wrote: Bhairitu, when I went to see DMe2, there was a rugrat (so much for my maternal instincts!) kicking my seat from behind. So I moved one over. Somehow, the little darling still found a way to kick my seat now and then. Maybe I was laughing too much. A friend who went to see a matinee tells a story about a mom and her kids at a movie talking and kicking her seat. When she turned around and told them to stop kicking the mom got up and came over and slugged her. My nephew went to a movie where some teen were being noisy so went to the lobby and asked for them to be thrown out which they were. When he left they were waiting outside and jumped him. The last time I went to the theater in Concord it was to see the Ashley Judd indie movie by William Friedkin. Not a film for mindless teens but a teenage boy and a couple of girls came and sat down two rows in front of me (apparently after having seen another film), played with their phones and talked incessantly. You don't know how close I got to getting up, going over the row of seats in front of me and kicking the boy in the head. This is why I think of most of the human race as pond scum and see plenty of evidence of it everyday. If only they had healthy stuff to eat and drink, I wouldn't mind paying high prices. But I don't dare get extra *butter.* And of course with sodas, you might as well inject the sugar right into your veins! Some of the theaters around here serve more than popcorn. There have been some dinner movie theaters I've been to where they served wine, beer, pizza and pasta. Great fun! OTOH, I went to a theater with relatives in Berkeley on the 4th of July which was not a dinner theater and some guy proceeded to bring in a box lunch of fried chicken munching away at it during the film and annoying everyone. The first time I went to the movies *with* my best friend, she informed me, as we walked into the theater, that she likes to sit alone during a movie so she can get totally absorbed in it! Plus it turned out she and I have different taste in movies: she got me to see Mamma Mia! I'm curious if my friend who just had a kid is going to come by and want to see Elysium since his wife doesn't like those kind of movies and probably wants to give him a bit of a break. Now if he can stay awake through it is another matter. He had trouble with that before he was married. :-D Yay, I'm not a narcissist! From: Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, August 11, 2013 2:09 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Perceptive film review I live in the burbs. The matinee is $7.25. Small popcorn is $4.25 and small drink $3.50. So you wind up spending $15 if you get all that. The senior price is also $7.25 but I don't want to huddle with the masses. I don't like stinky tennies on the top of the seat next to me or people getting up during the film. Usually at the matinee depending on the auditorium I sit right under the projection booth window so there is no moron kicking my seat behind me. I still see narcissists checking their phones during the movies though. :-D On 08/11/2013 10:29 AM, Share Long wrote: Bhairitu, here in the heartland it costs $6 for a senior like me to see a movie (-: And a small popcorn is another $4.25. I can just imagine what it costs in the big cities. And if you're with your family or on a date, yep, you'll be eating PB J sandwiches for the rest of the week!
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People can't afford theater entertainment and that's why the studios are in trouble and I'm having trouble getting HD streams a lot of nights on Netflix. People are staying home and watching that for $8 a month and all you can eat. It's really shaking up the entertainment industry including the broadcast networks. That said, I liked the first episode of the second half of the final season of Breaking Bad last night. Also liked the new AMC series Low Winter Sun which is based on a British mini-series. I wasn't intending to watch that recording last night but something is afoul with my DVR and True Blood didn't record so I set it to record it later. Sunday is such a pile-on night. I hope this DVR keeps working until November when I may drop Comcast as they are encrypting Limited Basic for the headend that serves this town north of the freeway in October and I would those of us south on another headend with get it in November. That will make my computer TV tuners which act as extra DVRs for unencrypted Limited Basic worthless. On 08/12/2013 11:58 AM, Share Long wrote: Bhairitu, with regards to both the cost of movies and how some people act in theaters, all I can say is that I'm glad I'm in the relatively harmless midwest. And I don't see how people afford even basics in the big cities, much less entertainment. It all seems so out of balance. Sad really, but maybe part of a bigger cycle. From: Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, August 11, 2013 4:21 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Perceptive film review On 08/11/2013 01:42 PM, Share Long wrote: Bhairitu, when I went to see DMe2, there was a rugrat (so much for my maternal instincts!) kicking my seat from behind. So I moved one over. Somehow, the little darling still found a way to kick my seat now and then. Maybe I was laughing too much. A friend who went to see a matinee tells a story about a mom and her kids at a movie talking and kicking her seat. When she turned around and told them to stop kicking the mom got up and came over and slugged her. My nephew went to a movie where some teen were being noisy so went to the lobby and asked for them to be thrown out which they were. When he left they were waiting outside and jumped him. The last time I went to the theater in Concord it was to see the Ashley Judd indie movie by William Friedkin. Not a film for mindless teens but a teenage boy and a couple of girls came and sat down two rows in front of me (apparently after having seen another film), played with their phones and talked incessantly. You don't know how close I got to getting up, going over the row of seats in front of me and kicking the boy in the head. This is why I think of most of the human race as pond scum and see plenty of evidence of it everyday. If only they had healthy stuff to eat and drink, I wouldn't mind paying high prices. But I don't dare get extra *butter.* And of course with sodas, you might as well inject the sugar right into your veins! Some of the theaters around here serve more than popcorn. There have been some dinner movie theaters I've been to where they served wine, beer, pizza and pasta. Great fun! OTOH, I went to a theater with relatives in Berkeley on the 4th of July which was not a dinner theater and some guy proceeded to bring in a box lunch of fried chicken munching away at it during the film and annoying everyone. The first time I went to the movies *with* my best friend, she informed me, as we walked into the theater, that she likes to sit alone during a movie so she can get totally absorbed in it! Plus it turned out she and I have different taste in movies: she got me to see Mamma Mia! I'm curious if my friend who just had a kid is going to come by and want to see Elysium since his wife doesn't like those kind of movies and probably wants to give him a bit of a break. Now if he can stay awake through it is another matter. He had trouble with that before he was married. :-D Yay, I'm not a narcissist! From: Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, August 11, 2013 2:09 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Perceptive film review I live in the burbs. The matinee is $7.25. Small popcorn is $4.25 and small drink $3.50. So you wind up spending $15 if you get all that. The senior price is also $7.25 but I don't want to huddle with the masses. I don't like stinky tennies on the top of the seat next to me or people getting up during the film. Usually at the matinee depending on the auditorium I sit right under the projection booth window so there is no moron kicking my seat behind me. I still see narcissists checking their phones during the movies though. :-D On 08/11/2013 10:29 AM, Share Long wrote: Bhairitu, here in the heartland it costs $6
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Grrr! noozguru, yahoo is having one of its wonky days. I'm receiving posts all out of order and often quite delayed. For example, I received both Raunchy's and Rick's reply to Michael and then I received Michael's original post. I replied to this post of yours via the archives and now , here it is. In the old days I never replied from archives because, get this, those did not show up in my Sent folder so that I could track my post count. Anyway, I'm in season 5 of The Closer and still enjoying it immensely. Good luck with DVR (-: From: Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, August 12, 2013 2:21 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Perceptive film review People can't afford theater entertainment and that's why the studios are in trouble and I'm having trouble getting HD streams a lot of nights on Netflix. People are staying home and watching that for $8 a month and all you can eat. It's really shaking up the entertainment industry including the broadcast networks. That said, I liked the first episode of the second half of the final season of Breaking Bad last night. Also liked the new AMC series Low Winter Sun which is based on a British mini-series. I wasn't intending to watch that recording last night but something is afoul with my DVR and True Blood didn't record so I set it to record it later. Sunday is such a pile-on night. I hope this DVR keeps working until November when I may drop Comcast as they are encrypting Limited Basic for the headend that serves this town north of the freeway in October and I would those of us south on another headend with get it in November. That will make my computer TV tuners which act as extra DVRs for unencrypted Limited Basic worthless. On 08/12/2013 11:58 AM, Share Long wrote: Bhairitu, with regards to both the cost of movies and how some people act in theaters, all I can say is that I'm glad I'm in the relatively harmless midwest. And I don't see how people afford even basics in the big cities, much less entertainment. It all seems so out of balance. Sad really, but maybe part of a bigger cycle. From: Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, August 11, 2013 4:21 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Perceptive film review On 08/11/2013 01:42 PM, Share Long wrote: Bhairitu, when I went to see DMe2, there was a rugrat (so much for my maternal instincts!) kicking my seat from behind. So I moved one over. Somehow, the little darling still found a way to kick my seat now and then. Maybe I was laughing too much. A friend who went to see a matinee tells a story about a mom and her kids at a movie talking and kicking her seat. When she turned around and told them to stop kicking the mom got up and came over and slugged her. My nephew went to a movie where some teen were being noisy so went to the lobby and asked for them to be thrown out which they were. When he left they were waiting outside and jumped him. The last time I went to the theater in Concord it was to see the Ashley Judd indie movie by William Friedkin. Not a film for mindless teens but a teenage boy and a couple of girls came and sat down two rows in front of me (apparently after having seen another film), played with their phones and talked incessantly. You don't know how close I got to getting up, going over the row of seats in front of me and kicking the boy in the head. This is why I think of most of the human race as pond scum and see plenty of evidence of it everyday. If only they had healthy stuff to eat and drink, I wouldn't mind paying high prices. But I don't dare get extra *butter.* And of course with sodas, you might as well inject the sugar right into your veins! Some of the theaters around here serve more than popcorn. There have been some dinner movie theaters I've been to where they served wine, beer, pizza and pasta. Great fun! OTOH, I went to a theater with relatives in Berkeley on the 4th of July which was not a dinner theater and some guy proceeded to bring in a box lunch of fried chicken munching away at it during the film and annoying everyone. The first time I went to the movies *with* my best friend, she informed me, as we walked into the theater, that she likes to sit alone during a movie so she can get totally absorbed in it! Plus it turned out she and I have different taste in movies: she got me to see Mamma Mia! I'm curious if my friend who just had a kid is going to come by and want to see Elysium since his wife doesn't like those kind of movies and probably wants to give him a bit of a break. Now if he can stay awake through it is another matter. He had trouble with that before he was married. :-D Yay, I'm not a narcissist! From: Bhairitu noozg
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Thanks, turq, looks thought provoking and yes, revolutionary. Reminds me of a Star Trek episode wherein the wealthy lived on a cloud that floated above the planet where the poor worked in mines whose toxic fumes lowered their intelligence. From: turquoiseb no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, August 11, 2013 5:18 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Perceptive film review Very. Hollywood, which despite the claims of conservatives shies away from overtly liberal movies, has poured $100 million into the production of a film that has been called by those who have seen it a futuristic version of Occupy Wall Street. http://motherboard.vice.com/blog/elysium-science-fiction-tricked-hollywood-into-making-the-years-most-radical-film Reply to sender Reply to group Start a New Topic Messages in this topic (1) Recent Activity:* New Members 1 Visit Your Group To subscribe, send a message to: fairfieldlife-subscr...@yahoogroups.com Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Switch to: Text-Only, Daily Digest • Unsubscribe • Terms of Use • Send us Feedback .
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As I've mentioned here before, one aspect of Kali Yuga: truth is presented as fiction. From: turquoiseb no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, August 11, 2013 5:18 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Perceptive film review Very. Hollywood, which despite the claims of conservatives shies away from overtly liberal movies, has poured $100 million into the production of a film that has been called by those who have seen it a futuristic version of Occupy Wall Street. http://motherboard.vice.com/blog/elysium-science-fiction-tricked-hollywood-into-making-the-years-most-radical-film Reply to sender Reply to group Start a New Topic Messages in this topic (1) Recent Activity:* New Members 1 Visit Your Group To subscribe, send a message to: fairfieldlife-subscr...@yahoogroups.com Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Switch to: Text-Only, Daily Digest • Unsubscribe • Terms of Use • Send us Feedback .
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On 08/11/2013 03:18 AM, turquoiseb wrote: Very. Hollywood, which despite the claims of conservatives shies away from overtly liberal movies, has poured $100 million into the production of a film that has been called by those who have seen it a futuristic version of Occupy Wall Street. http://motherboard.vice.com/blog/elysium-science-fiction-tricked-hollywo\ od-into-making-the-years-most-radical-film http://motherboard.vice.com/blog/elysium-science-fiction-tricked-hollyw\ ood-into-making-the-years-most-radical-film I look forward to seeing it. Neil Blomkamp's previous movie District 9 was one of the best scifi movies I've ever seen, and for the same reason. It portrays things that are *already going on around us* (in that film, rounding up aliens and herding them into camps to await deportation, which has happened in the UK and other countries; in this film, the disparity of health care available to the 1% vs. that available to the 99%), and makes it -- if anything -- *more believable* by setting it in a by-definition-unbelievable futuristic setting. This is what great science fiction has been doing since its invention. H.G. Wells wrote about social injustice and inequity that was happening *in his own time*, but made it palatable to the masses by setting it in the future. So did Jonathan Swift, in Gulliver's Travels. T'would seem that Neil Blomkamp is following in the footsteps of the masters. And good for him. His film is expected to be #1 at the box office this week. Not bad for a leftist, radical movie. I probably will see it on Tuesday afternoon. I was a fan of District 9 though I've read reviews that suggest there may need to be a director's cut of Elysium. Apparently too much action probably dictated by studio goons. And Alex Jones went to see the first showing Thursday night at 10 PM and declared it a racist film. Sounds like poor Alex is preparing to move to Idaho from Texas because he thought the film was anti white. Infowars.com has changed their comments to Disqus (guess they don't think it is a CIA run operation) so my Bhairitu Disqus account works there to stir things up a bit on some their lame articles. I have company though because it's not all conservatives posting. I wonder what his new co-host Jakari Jackson thinks about Alex's review since Jakari is black and BTW has a great radio voice. And Jones might be a little flummoxed by Matt Damon saying the other day that he has broken up with Obama. On another forum someone posted they weren't going to see the film because it might brainwash them into being a communist. See how dumb Americans have become? I'm looking forward to the film. The last film I saw in a theater was Oblivion. Skipped the rest of this summer's disasters. There's plenty to watch streaming and cheap disc rentals as well as some good summer TV series (for a change).
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On 08/11/2013 09:29 AM, Bhairitu wrote: On 08/11/2013 03:18 AM, turquoiseb wrote: Very. Hollywood, which despite the claims of conservatives shies away from overtly liberal movies, has poured $100 million into the production of a film that has been called by those who have seen it a futuristic version of Occupy Wall Street. http://motherboard.vice.com/blog/elysium-science-fiction-tricked-hollywo\ od-into-making-the-years-most-radical-film http://motherboard.vice.com/blog/elysium-science-fiction-tricked-hollyw\ ood-into-making-the-years-most-radical-film I look forward to seeing it. Neil Blomkamp's previous movie District 9 was one of the best scifi movies I've ever seen, and for the same reason. It portrays things that are *already going on around us* (in that film, rounding up aliens and herding them into camps to await deportation, which has happened in the UK and other countries; in this film, the disparity of health care available to the 1% vs. that available to the 99%), and makes it -- if anything -- *more believable* by setting it in a by-definition-unbelievable futuristic setting. This is what great science fiction has been doing since its invention. H.G. Wells wrote about social injustice and inequity that was happening *in his own time*, but made it palatable to the masses by setting it in the future. So did Jonathan Swift, in Gulliver's Travels. T'would seem that Neil Blomkamp is following in the footsteps of the masters. And good for him. His film is expected to be #1 at the box office this week. Not bad for a leftist, radical movie. I probably will see it on Tuesday afternoon. I was a fan of District 9 though I've read reviews that suggest there may need to be a director's cut of Elysium. Apparently too much action probably dictated by studio goons. And Alex Jones went to see the first showing Thursday night at 10 PM and declared it a racist film. Sounds like poor Alex is preparing to move to Idaho from Texas because he thought the film was anti white. Infowars.com has changed their comments to Disqus (guess they don't think it is a CIA run operation) so my Bhairitu Disqus account works there to stir things up a bit on some their lame articles. I have company though because it's not all conservatives posting. I wonder what his new co-host Jakari Jackson thinks about Alex's review since Jakari is black and BTW has a great radio voice. And Jones might be a little flummoxed by Matt Damon saying the other day that he has broken up with Obama. On another forum someone posted they weren't going to see the film because it might brainwash them into being a communist. See how dumb Americans have become? I'm looking forward to the film. The last film I saw in a theater was Oblivion. Skipped the rest of this summer's disasters. There's plenty to watch streaming and cheap disc rentals as well as some good summer TV series (for a change). Though it was #1 it still didn't do so well at the box office. Hollywood needs to boot their pedigreed execs for people who understand the entertainment industry and economics. If people don't have money they prefer to eat than seeing a movie in a theater. http://www.deadline.com/2013/08/were-the-millers-opens-to-1-7m-late-shows/
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Bhairitu, here in the heartland it costs $6 for a senior like me to see a movie (-: And a small popcorn is another $4.25. I can just imagine what it costs in the big cities. And if you're with your family or on a date, yep, you'll be eating PB J sandwiches for the rest of the week! From: Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, August 11, 2013 11:50 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Perceptive film review On 08/11/2013 09:29 AM, Bhairitu wrote: On 08/11/2013 03:18 AM, turquoiseb wrote: Very. Hollywood, which despite the claims of conservatives shies away from overtly liberal movies, has poured $100 million into the production of a film that has been called by those who have seen it a futuristic version of Occupy Wall Street. http://motherboard.vice.com/blog/elysium-science-fiction-tricked-hollywo\ od-into-making-the-years-most-radical-film http://motherboard.vice.com/blog/elysium-science-fiction-tricked-hollyw\ ood-into-making-the-years-most-radical-film I look forward to seeing it. Neil Blomkamp's previous movie District 9 was one of the best scifi movies I've ever seen, and for the same reason. It portrays things that are *already going on around us* (in that film, rounding up aliens and herding them into camps to await deportation, which has happened in the UK and other countries; in this film, the disparity of health care available to the 1% vs. that available to the 99%), and makes it -- if anything -- *more believable* by setting it in a by-definition-unbelievable futuristic setting. This is what great science fiction has been doing since its invention. H.G. Wells wrote about social injustice and inequity that was happening *in his own time*, but made it palatable to the masses by setting it in the future. So did Jonathan Swift, in Gulliver's Travels. T'would seem that Neil Blomkamp is following in the footsteps of the masters. And good for him. His film is expected to be #1 at the box office this week. Not bad for a leftist, radical movie. I probably will see it on Tuesday afternoon. I was a fan of District 9 though I've read reviews that suggest there may need to be a director's cut of Elysium. Apparently too much action probably dictated by studio goons. And Alex Jones went to see the first showing Thursday night at 10 PM and declared it a racist film. Sounds like poor Alex is preparing to move to Idaho from Texas because he thought the film was anti white. Infowars.com has changed their comments to Disqus (guess they don't think it is a CIA run operation) so my Bhairitu Disqus account works there to stir things up a bit on some their lame articles. I have company though because it's not all conservatives posting. I wonder what his new co-host Jakari Jackson thinks about Alex's review since Jakari is black and BTW has a great radio voice. And Jones might be a little flummoxed by Matt Damon saying the other day that he has broken up with Obama. On another forum someone posted they weren't going to see the film because it might brainwash them into being a communist. See how dumb Americans have become? I'm looking forward to the film. The last film I saw in a theater was Oblivion. Skipped the rest of this summer's disasters. There's plenty to watch streaming and cheap disc rentals as well as some good summer TV series (for a change). Though it was #1 it still didn't do so well at the box office. Hollywood needs to boot their pedigreed execs for people who understand the entertainment industry and economics. If people don't have money they prefer to eat than seeing a movie in a theater. http://www.deadline.com/2013/08/were-the-millers-opens-to-1-7m-late-shows/
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I live in the burbs. The matinee is $7.25. Small popcorn is $4.25 and small drink $3.50. So you wind up spending $15 if you get all that. The senior price is also $7.25 but I don't want to huddle with the masses. I don't like stinky tennies on the top of the seat next to me or people getting up during the film. Usually at the matinee depending on the auditorium I sit right under the projection booth window so there is no moron kicking my seat behind me. I still see narcissists checking their phones during the movies though. :-D On 08/11/2013 10:29 AM, Share Long wrote: Bhairitu, here in the heartland it costs $6 for a senior like me to see a movie (-: And a small popcorn is another $4.25. I can just imagine what it costs in the big cities. And if you're with your family or on a date, yep, you'll be eating PB J sandwiches for the rest of the week!
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In Columbia, SC normal ticket prices are $10.00 per, kids under 12 are $7.50, there is one theater that still has $5.00 matinees - I heard from a friend in NYC that all ticket prices there are $16.75 per person, regardless of age and no matinees of any kind. From: Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, August 11, 2013 1:29 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Perceptive film review Bhairitu, here in the heartland it costs $6 for a senior like me to see a movie (-: And a small popcorn is another $4.25. I can just imagine what it costs in the big cities. And if you're with your family or on a date, yep, you'll be eating PB J sandwiches for the rest of the week! From: Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, August 11, 2013 11:50 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Perceptive film review On 08/11/2013 09:29 AM, Bhairitu wrote: On 08/11/2013 03:18 AM, turquoiseb wrote: Very. Hollywood, which despite the claims of conservatives shies away from overtly liberal movies, has poured $100 million into the production of a film that has been called by those who have seen it a futuristic version of Occupy Wall Street. http://motherboard.vice.com/blog/elysium-science-fiction-tricked-hollywo\ od-into-making-the-years-most-radical-film http://motherboard.vice.com/blog/elysium-science-fiction-tricked-hollyw\ ood-into-making-the-years-most-radical-film I look forward to seeing it. Neil Blomkamp's previous movie District 9 was one of the best scifi movies I've ever seen, and for the same reason. It portrays things that are *already going on around us* (in that film, rounding up aliens and herding them into camps to await deportation, which has happened in the UK and other countries; in this film, the disparity of health care available to the 1% vs. that available to the 99%), and makes it -- if anything -- *more believable* by setting it in a by-definition-unbelievable futuristic setting. This is what great science fiction has been doing since its invention. H.G. Wells wrote about social injustice and inequity that was happening *in his own time*, but made it palatable to the masses by setting it in the future. So did Jonathan Swift, in Gulliver's Travels. T'would seem that Neil Blomkamp is following in the footsteps of the masters. And good for him. His film is expected to be #1 at the box office this week. Not bad for a leftist, radical movie. I probably will see it on Tuesday afternoon. I was a fan of District 9 though I've read reviews that suggest there may need to be a director's cut of Elysium. Apparently too much action probably dictated by studio goons. And Alex Jones went to see the first showing Thursday night at 10 PM and declared it a racist film. Sounds like poor Alex is preparing to move to Idaho from Texas because he thought the film was anti white. Infowars.com has changed their comments to Disqus (guess they don't think it is a CIA run operation) so my Bhairitu Disqus account works there to stir things up a bit on some their lame articles. I have company though because it's not all conservatives posting. I wonder what his new co-host Jakari Jackson thinks about Alex's review since Jakari is black and BTW has a great radio voice. And Jones might be a little flummoxed by Matt Damon saying the other day that he has broken up with Obama. On another forum someone posted they weren't going to see the film because it might brainwash them into being a communist. See how dumb Americans have become? I'm looking forward to the film. The last film I saw in a theater was Oblivion. Skipped the rest of this summer's disasters. There's plenty to watch streaming and cheap disc rentals as well as some good summer TV series (for a change). Though it was #1 it still didn't do so well at the box office. Hollywood needs to boot their pedigreed execs for people who understand the entertainment industry and economics. If people don't have money they prefer to eat than seeing a movie in a theater. http://www.deadline.com/2013/08/were-the-millers-opens-to-1-7m-late-shows/
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San Francisco has high theater prices too. Senior matinee is $10.25 and evening $11 whereas regular adult is $12. Elysium is also playing in IMAX auditoriums at $15.25 matinee and $16 evening for seniors and $17 for adults. The theater up the street was one of the first theaters in the Bay Area to have all digital projection. Elysium is playing on one screen probably auditorium one where the whole wall is the screen so the last row is actually the best seat (unless you want whiplash). And fortunately NOT the D-BOX auditorium. The state of the art tends to follow me around. :-D On 08/11/2013 12:37 PM, Michael Jackson wrote: In Columbia, SC normal ticket prices are $10.00 per, kids under 12 are $7.50, there is one theater that still has $5.00 matinees - I heard from a friend in NYC that all ticket prices there are $16.75 per person, regardless of age and no matinees of any kind. From: Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, August 11, 2013 1:29 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Perceptive film review Bhairitu, here in the heartland it costs $6 for a senior like me to see a movie (-: And a small popcorn is another $4.25. I can just imagine what it costs in the big cities. And if you're with your family or on a date, yep, you'll be eating PB J sandwiches for the rest of the week! From: Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, August 11, 2013 11:50 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Perceptive film review On 08/11/2013 09:29 AM, Bhairitu wrote: On 08/11/2013 03:18 AM, turquoiseb wrote: Very. Hollywood, which despite the claims of conservatives shies away from overtly liberal movies, has poured $100 million into the production of a film that has been called by those who have seen it a futuristic version of Occupy Wall Street. http://motherboard.vice.com/blog/elysium-science-fiction-tricked-hollywo\ od-into-making-the-years-most-radical-film http://motherboard.vice.com/blog/elysium-science-fiction-tricked-hollyw\ ood-into-making-the-years-most-radical-film I look forward to seeing it. Neil Blomkamp's previous movie District 9 was one of the best scifi movies I've ever seen, and for the same reason. It portrays things that are *already going on around us* (in that film, rounding up aliens and herding them into camps to await deportation, which has happened in the UK and other countries; in this film, the disparity of health care available to the 1% vs. that available to the 99%), and makes it -- if anything -- *more believable* by setting it in a by-definition-unbelievable futuristic setting. This is what great science fiction has been doing since its invention. H.G. Wells wrote about social injustice and inequity that was happening *in his own time*, but made it palatable to the masses by setting it in the future. So did Jonathan Swift, in Gulliver's Travels. T'would seem that Neil Blomkamp is following in the footsteps of the masters. And good for him. His film is expected to be #1 at the box office this week. Not bad for a leftist, radical movie. I probably will see it on Tuesday afternoon. I was a fan of District 9 though I've read reviews that suggest there may need to be a director's cut of Elysium. Apparently too much action probably dictated by studio goons. And Alex Jones went to see the first showing Thursday night at 10 PM and declared it a racist film. Sounds like poor Alex is preparing to move to Idaho from Texas because he thought the film was anti white. Infowars.com has changed their comments to Disqus (guess they don't think it is a CIA run operation) so my Bhairitu Disqus account works there to stir things up a bit on some their lame articles. I have company though because it's not all conservatives posting. I wonder what his new co-host Jakari Jackson thinks about Alex's review since Jakari is black and BTW has a great radio voice. And Jones might be a little flummoxed by Matt Damon saying the other day that he has broken up with Obama. On another forum someone posted they weren't going to see the film because it might brainwash them into being a communist. See how dumb Americans have become? I'm looking forward to the film. The last film I saw in a theater was Oblivion. Skipped the rest of this summer's disasters. There's plenty to watch streaming and cheap disc rentals as well as some good summer TV series (for a change). Though it was #1 it still didn't do so well at the box office. Hollywood needs to boot their pedigreed execs for people who understand the entertainment industry and economics. If people don't have money they prefer to eat than seeing a movie in a theater. http://www.deadline.com/2013/08/were-the-millers-opens-to-1-7m-late-shows/
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Bhairitu, when I went to see DMe2, there was a rugrat (so much for my maternal instincts!) kicking my seat from behind. So I moved one over. Somehow, the little darling still found a way to kick my seat now and then. Maybe I was laughing too much. If only they had healthy stuff to eat and drink, I wouldn't mind paying high prices. But I don't dare get extra *butter.* And of course with sodas, you might as well inject the sugar right into your veins! The first time I went to the movies *with* my best friend, she informed me, as we walked into the theater, that she likes to sit alone during a movie so she can get totally absorbed in it! Plus it turned out she and I have different taste in movies: she got me to see Mamma Mia! Yay, I'm not a narcissist! From: Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, August 11, 2013 2:09 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Perceptive film review I live in the burbs. The matinee is $7.25. Small popcorn is $4.25 and small drink $3.50. So you wind up spending $15 if you get all that. The senior price is also $7.25 but I don't want to huddle with the masses. I don't like stinky tennies on the top of the seat next to me or people getting up during the film. Usually at the matinee depending on the auditorium I sit right under the projection booth window so there is no moron kicking my seat behind me. I still see narcissists checking their phones during the movies though. :-D On 08/11/2013 10:29 AM, Share Long wrote: Bhairitu, here in the heartland it costs $6 for a senior like me to see a movie (-: And a small popcorn is another $4.25. I can just imagine what it costs in the big cities. And if you're with your family or on a date, yep, you'll be eating PB J sandwiches for the rest of the week!
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On 08/11/2013 01:42 PM, Share Long wrote: Bhairitu, when I went to see DMe2, there was a rugrat (so much for my maternal instincts!) kicking my seat from behind. So I moved one over. Somehow, the little darling still found a way to kick my seat now and then. Maybe I was laughing too much. A friend who went to see a matinee tells a story about a mom and her kids at a movie talking and kicking her seat. When she turned around and told them to stop kicking the mom got up and came over and slugged her. My nephew went to a movie where some teen were being noisy so went to the lobby and asked for them to be thrown out which they were. When he left they were waiting outside and jumped him. The last time I went to the theater in Concord it was to see the Ashley Judd indie movie by William Friedkin. Not a film for mindless teens but a teenage boy and a couple of girls came and sat down two rows in front of me (apparently after having seen another film), played with their phones and talked incessantly. You don't know how close I got to getting up, going over the row of seats in front of me and kicking the boy in the head. This is why I think of most of the human race as pond scum and see plenty of evidence of it everyday. If only they had healthy stuff to eat and drink, I wouldn't mind paying high prices. But I don't dare get extra *butter.* And of course with sodas, you might as well inject the sugar right into your veins! Some of the theaters around here serve more than popcorn. There have been some dinner movie theaters I've been to where they served wine, beer, pizza and pasta. Great fun! OTOH, I went to a theater with relatives in Berkeley on the 4th of July which was not a dinner theater and some guy proceeded to bring in a box lunch of fried chicken munching away at it during the film and annoying everyone. The first time I went to the movies *with* my best friend, she informed me, as we walked into the theater, that she likes to sit alone during a movie so she can get totally absorbed in it! Plus it turned out she and I have different taste in movies: she got me to see Mamma Mia! I'm curious if my friend who just had a kid is going to come by and want to see Elysium since his wife doesn't like those kind of movies and probably wants to give him a bit of a break. Now if he can stay awake through it is another matter. He had trouble with that before he was married. :-D Yay, I'm not a narcissist! From: Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, August 11, 2013 2:09 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Perceptive film review I live in the burbs. The matinee is $7.25. Small popcorn is $4.25 and small drink $3.50. So you wind up spending $15 if you get all that. The senior price is also $7.25 but I don't want to huddle with the masses. I don't like stinky tennies on the top of the seat next to me or people getting up during the film. Usually at the matinee depending on the auditorium I sit right under the projection booth window so there is no moron kicking my seat behind me. I still see narcissists checking their phones during the movies though. :-D On 08/11/2013 10:29 AM, Share Long wrote: Bhairitu, here in the heartland it costs $6 for a senior like me to see a movie (-: And a small popcorn is another $4.25. I can just imagine what it costs in the big cities. And if you're with your family or on a date, yep, you'll be eating PB J sandwiches for the rest of the week!
