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Author Topic: Updated 2010 Regal Roller Coaster Policy Scott Norwood Film God Posts: 8146 From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas) Registered: Jun 99 posted 11-13-2010 01:12 PM                        Stupid question: a bunch of old concession trailers (particularly those targeted at drive-ins) make reference to "Buttercup Popcorn." Is or was this a particular brand of popcorn or is there something special about it? Or is it just generic popcorn served in containers labelled "Buttercup"?  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 11-13-2010 02:01 PM                        quote: Mike Olpin "El Gato Joe" is alive and well south of the border... I wouldn't say he's "well".  |  IP: Logged Jonathan Althaus Master Film Handler Posts: 435 From: Bedford, TX Registered: Dec 2008 posted 11-13-2010 02:30 PM                     FRJ will be making an appearance at the Dallas White Rock Lake marathon......  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 11-13-2010 03:45 PM                        You mean he exists in REAL LIFE? I'll be there.  |  IP: Logged Jonathan Althaus Master Film Handler Posts: 435 From: Bedford, TX Registered: Dec 2008 posted 11-13-2010 04:08 PM                     There are a few costumes and supposedly he will be there  |  IP: Logged Sam Graham AKA: "The Evil Sam Graham". Wackiness ensues. Posts: 1431 From: Waukee, IA Registered: Dec 2004 posted 11-13-2010 04:42 PM                        If you go here, let the intro play through, then click "Warren Theatres v2.0" under the "In Progress" section of the screen, you can play the Warren's policy trailer, as well as the "Feature Presentation" tag they put at the end of the trailers. Form your own opinions. (Yes, that is a fairly accurate representation of the 13th Ave and Moore Warren lobbies).  |  IP: Logged Mike Croaro Master Film Handler Posts: 394 From: Millbrae, CA Registered: Apr 2005 posted 11-14-2010 12:08 AM                     "...Regal recently brought it back in an updated version and I still like it..." I wasn't aware it had ever "left". The local UA Theatre has always shown it prior to the feature. The next time I go I'll see if they have the updated version. Mike  |  IP: Logged Michael Riley Film Handler Posts: 52 From: New Jersey Registered: Apr 2010 posted 11-14-2010 03:32 PM                  Regal still has (had?) a handful of locations, mostly art house and 4 or less screen buildings, that never got converted to their digital preshow and were still using rolling stock and slide projector ads. These are the only Regal theaters that should have still been running the Roller Coaster prior to it being adopted company wide again. If any location was still using the Roller Coaster policy trailer in addition to the digital preshow, they were doing it wrong.  |  IP: Logged Jesse Skeen Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1517 From: Sacramento, CA Registered: Aug 2000 posted 11-14-2010 05:21 PM                     How is this a 'roller coaster' when the entire car is enclosed? Looks more like a commuter train to me. (Nice to see they sold some advertising space to Sprint in this new version,- gotta sell advertising everywhere we can!)  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 11-14-2010 10:12 PM                        Clearly the more advertising we can have, the better. Regal doesn't make very much money so they have to find a way to bring money in somehow.  |  IP: Logged Michael Riley Film Handler Posts: 52 From: New Jersey Registered: Apr 2010 posted 11-14-2010 11:00 PM                  Honestly, even though the company as a whole does well, you'd be surprised how many locations Regal ran that had huge financial defecits at the end of the year. Mall theaters in particular usually run at a huge loss for most companies since the rent is always too damn high and it's impossible to do enough business to overcome it.  |  IP: Logged Mike Olpin Chop Chop! Posts: 1852 From: Dallas, TX Registered: Jan 2002 posted 11-15-2010 08:36 PM                     Also, this cannot be unseen:  |  IP: Logged Jeremy Weigel Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1062 From: Edmond, OK, USA Registered: Mar 2007 posted 11-15-2010 09:05 PM                     Don't see Brad doing any Film-Tech on-screen advertising out of principle. Or maybe he does at his locations?  |  IP: Logged Jesse Skeen Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1517 From: Sacramento, CA Registered: Aug 2000 posted 11-17-2010 04:38 PM                     And again, look at the car- it is NOT a roller coaster. During that brief time I worked at one of their theaters, it was commonly called a 'train' or "choo-choo" as one person had labeled it.  |  IP: Logged Chris Bias Film Handler Posts: 3 From: Seal Beach, CA. United States Registered: Jan 2011 posted 04-17-2011 07:04 PM                     Anyone else happened to notice that the frames they are riding on consist of 5 sprockets?  |  IP: Logged

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