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Author Topic: Regal Entertainment is posed to enter Hawaii market Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 04-30-2004 04:22 PM                     Claude, I feel very sorry for you that they are entering the Hawaiian market. They are barely a step above Carmike! Mark  |  IP: Logged David Stambaugh Film God Posts: 4021 From: Eugene, Oregon Registered: Jan 2002 posted 05-02-2004 11:01 AM                        The 2wenty hasn't rolled out here in Eugene either (Cinema World 8). Still slides and the roller coaster. This location's ticket sales was decimated by the opening of rival Cinemark 17 back in 1999. Yet they hang on, and Regal is obviously approving expenditures needed to keep the place in good shape. It probably all comes down to the local people actually running the theaters: If they're conscientious and interested in keeping things in good shape, it looks like Regal supports them.  |  IP: Logged Claude S. Ayakawa Film God Posts: 2738 From: Waipahu, Hawaii, USA Registered: Aug 2002 posted 05-02-2004 06:17 PM                        I hope what David said turns out to be true. We already have a pretty bad exhibitor here and do not need another. Wallace Theatres was very pupular when they first started theatres operations in Hawaii but the combination of new and better cinemas built by Pacific's Consolidated Theatres and Signature have made Wallace operate almost all of it's theatres in Honolulu as a 2nd run $1.00 venture because of the sub standard manner they run their theatres. Because of the lack of better theatres in the area, only their north shore theatre in Laie still show first run films. By the way, what is a 'Roller Coaster' at a Regal theatre? -Claude  |  IP: Logged Paul Linfesty Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1383 From: Bakersfield, CA, USA Registered: Nov 1999 posted 05-02-2004 08:19 PM                     It's their policy snipe. You're on an animated rollercoaster going past lots of snack bar items and theatre policies.  |  IP: Logged Mike Olpin Chop Chop! Posts: 1852 From: Dallas, TX Registered: Jan 2002 posted 05-02-2004 09:25 PM                     Enjoy a low quality QuickTime of the Coaster. (1.1 MB) This file originated from regalcinemas.com a few years back.  |  IP: Logged Claude S. Ayakawa Film God Posts: 2738 From: Waipahu, Hawaii, USA Registered: Aug 2002 posted 05-02-2004 10:28 PM                        Thanks, Mike I thought the trailer looks very cool. I am not sure I will feel the same about it after I had seen it a lot of times at a Signature theatres after Regal takes over. Pacific's Consloidated theatres here in Hawaii has a policy trailer that features ancient Hawaiian hula dancers on a beach at twilight that is excellent and I have enjoyed it everytime I see it -Claude  |  IP: Logged Robert Stawiarski Film Handler Posts: 62 From: MW Registered: Aug 2003 posted 05-02-2004 10:34 PM                    Come on... you all are forgetting the best Regal policy trailer ever. The good ol' Western-style Pepsi girl one!  |  IP: Logged Christopher Duvall Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 500 From: Denver, CO Registered: Dec 1999 posted 05-03-2004 04:16 AM                     AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I thought I had gotten over that. Guess not. Anyhoo, I am going to try to be one of the trainers that will be sent out if all goes well. My wife will hate me if that happens. I currently have an employee that works for me now here in Vegas that is totally excited about it because she is moving back there in June. If this transaction goes through, she will try to be transferred in one of the locations near her home. I have a question for you Claude. I hear the culture there runs deep and the population is pretty faithful to it. My employee said something about places of business getting blessed. If it does not happen people will just about completely avoid going. Is that true?  |  IP: Logged Paul Mayer Oh get out of it Melvin, before it pulls you under! Posts: 3836 From: Albuquerque, NM Registered: Feb 2000 posted 05-03-2004 12:11 PM                        Chris, while waiting for Claude to come along with more details, try this link on Hawaiian customs: http://www.hawaii.com/visit/homestory/customs.html The Hawaiian blessing When a place of business or a new home opens its doors, it is common to have the location blessed by a Hawaiian kahu(guardian or minister). The blessing ceremony dates back to the early days of Hawaiian culture. Though it has come to incorporate Christian elements since the arrival of missionaries in Hawai‘i in 1820, the ceremony is based on the traditional Hawaiian belief in kapu (taboos) that can be placed on a physical space. Although some societal kapu were immutable, other kapu, such as curses or negative energy, still linger in modern-day places. During a blessing ceremony, a kahu clears any kapu that might have been placed on a space, so the new occupants may move forward with a "clean slate." The details of this ceremony can vary depending on the occasion — whether it is a home, office, building or other enterprise being blessed. Kahu often personalize blessings with readings and chants they specifically select for the occasion. Three elements are fairly universal to a blessing, however: the asking for blessings from Akua (God), the sprinkling of salt water, and the untying of a maile lei (made from the leaves of a fragrant, native twining shrub) that has been gently draped and tied across a real or virtual threshold. An extension of huikala (a ceremonial cleansing with the healing waters of the ocean), salt water is sprinkled by the kahu on both the space and the people involved in the venture, to cleanse them of impurities. The untying of the maile lei, made from a plant sacred to Hawaiians, opens the space being blessed. The threshold may then be crossed; the kapu are ‘amama (done, finished). * * * * * The Hawaiian blessing sounds like it is very similar to the Shinto purification rites performed by the Japanese at auspicious occasions like the beginning of a new business venture. BTW, 'Vegas just became a little less like Hawaii for me this week--my favorite ('cause I could walk to it ) okazuya closed! Now I gotta take da bus when I need a spam musubi or loco moco fix.  |  IP: Logged Claude S. Ayakawa Film God Posts: 2738 From: Waipahu, Hawaii, USA Registered: Aug 2002 posted 05-03-2004 02:56 PM                        Christopher and Paul, Yes, it is very common for a business to have a religious clergy bless the new premises during the grand opening. I was hired several years ago by Consolidated Theatres to cover the grand opening of their Mililani 12 and Ward 16 Theatres and there was a Hawaiian Christian minister (Kahu) present. By the way, "Kahu" in Hawaiian means 'Shepherd' I have also been to the opening of several Japanese business and there were times when a Shinto priest would bless the premises. Some have also used the services of a Shinto priest and a Kahu. It is also not unusual to have other clergy members of other faiths bless people's place of business during an opening. It is also very common to see some people have their new home or a car blessed by a clergy. Paul, Eh Brah! You sound pretty much like a local guy with a fantastic knowledge about our favorite 'grinds' such as Spam Musubi and Loco Moco. -Claude  |  IP: Logged Chris Medley Expert Film Handler Posts: 180 From: McKinney, TX, USA Registered: Jan 2004 posted 05-06-2004 07:14 AM                        I have followed Regal's buying frenzy sort of...and I have seen the Dallas UA's and the Carmikes in the area, plus some in ElPaso...does anyone else think that these guys are setting themselves up for a fall?? I mean they seem to have the "money" to grow more, but I look at othet industries were smaller weaker companies were bought out and with those smaller companies come their problems...any bets on when the fall is gonna happen??  |  IP: Logged Eric Hooper Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 532 From: Fort Worth, TX, USA Registered: May 2003 posted 05-06-2004 12:51 PM                     I don't think Regal is going to fall just because they bought Signature Theatres. From the Signature theatres I've seen here in CA, I thought this was an excellent move for Regal. All of them that I've seen are either new megaplexes in excellent areas (Sonora and Santa Cruz, CA) or are newly remodeled with stadium seating (Jack London-Oakland, and Crow Canyon-San Ramon, CA--Crow Canyon would make an excellent "Cinema Art" location!!)  |  IP: Logged Claude S. Ayakawa Film God Posts: 2738 From: Waipahu, Hawaii, USA Registered: Aug 2002 posted 05-06-2004 01:33 PM                        Signature is at four locations here in Hawaii. Their 'Flagship theatres is the Dole Cannery with all 18 auditoriums THX certified. There is also the site near me in Pearl City, the Pearl highlands as well as the complex at Windward Mall. Signature only theatres on the neighbor islands is in Kailua Kona on the big island of Hawaii. All of Signature theatres in Hawaii are almost brand new. The Pearl Highlands was the first one established in Hawaii and it opened about 6 years ago and the most recent one in Kona opened about two years ago. I have not been to the Windward or the Kona theatres but the Dole Cannery and the Pearl Highland are very well maintained and I am sure the two others are the same. Based on the Star Bulletin news article about the sale of it's theatres to Regal, Signature's Hawaii based general manager was surprised when he had learned about the sale of his theatres when all of his theatres in the islands are highly profitable. -Claude  |  IP: Logged Brandon Willis Expert Film Handler Posts: 216 From: Richmond, VA, USA Registered: Apr 2004 posted 05-07-2004 01:13 PM                     The 2wenty policy trailer sucks! It sounds like a damn text-to-speech voice. The voice on the rollercoaster did too, but that one was made cool by the candy flying by and the popcorn popping in your face which scared the crap out even the most veteran moviegoers. To this day I'm still tempted to put my arms up when I'm sitting in a non-2wenty theatre and the rollercoaster comes on. "Your feature will begin after the following previews." Please! And then you have to count to 5 after the little projector icons and the snow appear on the screen before you can push start. I'll take a (properly maintained) slide projector and rollercoaster trailer over that any day of the week. Every Regal in Richmond has the 2wenty, except the Westhampton (art house) which doesn't have DCN at all and the Chesterfield (formerly UA) which only has the lobby show (on CRT monitors, not plasmas.) Sometimes when it freezes up it's funny to reboot the PC and see the Windows XP startup logo on the screen. Makes people laugh every time.  |  IP: Logged Mike Olpin Chop Chop! Posts: 1852 From: Dallas, TX Registered: Jan 2002 posted 05-07-2004 01:28 PM                     If you can see the icon, it's done. No need to count afterward.  |  IP: Logged

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