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Author Topic: When you are really desperate for customers you do stuff like this.... Dave Bird Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 777 From: Perth, Ontario, Canada Registered: Jun 2000 posted 03-08-2017 11:00 AM                        I would actually like to take this project on for them. My fee would be half of what I save them for each $500,000. auditorium.  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 03-08-2017 03:16 PM                     Wonder if this is a more deluxe edition of "Mom's Movies on Monday's ... ! Interesting: topic title is almost a teaser topic. -Monte  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 03-08-2017 03:21 PM                        Funny, when I was a kid and my folks took us to the movies, we were taught how to siddown and shuddup because IT'S A MOVIE THEATER AND THAT'S HOW YOU BEHAVE IN A MOVIE THEATER. This is just another example of people wanting to coddle kids, give them any little thing their heart desires, and the other people in the room don't count at all.  |  IP: Logged Rick Raskin Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1100 From: Manassas Virginia Registered: Jan 2003 posted 03-08-2017 05:19 PM                     Sad but true. And when these hellions grow up and enter the workplace OMG!  |  IP: Logged Martin McCaffery Film God Posts: 2481 From: Montgomery, AL Registered: Jun 99 posted 03-08-2017 05:55 PM                        quote: Mike Blakesley This is just another example of people wanting to coddle kids, give them any little thing their heart desires, and the other people in the room don't count at all. Since it is not something I go to, just curious to know if people now behave in church like they do in movie theaters? Talking, texting, letting the kids run around? Is it the new normal?  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 03-08-2017 07:53 PM                     I can easily see the increase in sales of the home cinema setup. Costco and Best Buy will not be able to keep items on the shelves. -Monte  |  IP: Logged Manny Montes Master Film Handler Posts: 270 From: United States Registered: Feb 2010 posted 03-09-2017 05:13 AM                     quote: Bernie Anderson Jr Another stupid idea from another chain that has no idea what they're doing. This is what happens when you fire all the "Movie Business" people and replace them with 18 year olds to run your operation. This may not be the best idea, but it would be silly to knock cinepolis as they are the largest theatre chain in Mexico and their theatres are well run from the ones i've been to. It's weird that hte LAtimes article didn't mention it but they will only allow kids to play in the jungle gym before the movie starts and 15 minutes after the movie ends, during the actual movie everyone will have to be in their seats. It is also only one auditorium in each of the two US test sites they have in California. I don't see an issue with it, let the kids get the energy out before the film and the parents can promise them that they can play after the film if they behave? True its not the "typical" movie experience but I doubt any of us are going to be going to this auditorium anyway, we're not really the target market..  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 03-09-2017 06:25 PM                        Well hell, if they'd have put that in the article, the idea makes a lot more sense and would stop virtually all the problems. Still, I don't think it's worth five hundred grand to do it....I could put that money in the bank and have a few new digital projectors when needed. quote: Martin McCaffery just curious to know if people now behave in church like they do in movie theaters? Talking, texting, letting the kids run around? Is it the new normal? Around here, people are still respectful in church. You might hear a cellphone ring now and then, but it's usually shut down without being answered, or the person will quickly exit to talk. The big thing that's changed is clothing...used to be people would wear their "Sunday best," now you see just about any kind of attire in church. (I'm Catholic.)  |  IP: Logged Michael Brown Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1522 From: Bradford, England Registered: May 2001 posted 03-12-2017 01:01 PM                     Do people not leave their kids home with babysitters anymore? Why bring the kid if they don't want to watch the movie?  |  IP: Logged Frank Cox Film God Posts: 2234 From: Melville Saskatchewan Canada Registered: Apr 2011 posted 03-12-2017 01:18 PM                        Paying for an extra ticket for the kid is cheaper than paying a babysitter.  |  IP: Logged

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