well i can understand why they would try to do this, but it won't work.

what are they going to do, put in cell phone detectors to make sure you are definitely not carrying a cell phone into the theater?

are they going to pay their movie ushers more for just sitting in the theater with us just to make personally sure that nobody's phone is ringing? Or if no one is talking on their cell phone?

if they going to go in this direction, then they will saying that phones should be banned in churches, plays, restaurants, on the job, schools, porn theaters, strip clubs, sex shops, etc.

yes its rude to have a conversation in the movie theater, but just like a car cutting in front of you on the interstate, its gonna happen anyway. If you ask me, movie sales will plummet if they put a ban on cell phones in theaters, everybody will just be like "oh well, we'll just wait until it's on dvd or hbo"...no problem.

Tom said:

you know what, if it were a movie i REALLY cared about - like a new john waters or david lynch flick - i'd pay extra for snob seating like that. hell YES.

missfee said:

they're not suggesting the idea of making cell phones banned from theatres. they're suggesting a signal frequency in theatres that jams cell phones and disables them from getting a signal while you're in the venue.

Anx said:

oh. well is till meant what i said though.

missfee said:

well, you know, we all have to eat, but i'd like to see you try walking a couple of pizzas into the multiplex or even into a church.

Anx said:

what do u mean?

missfee said:

I get it!

missfee said:

it just means there are certain things that are inappropriate in certain places, no matter how much we may be able to explain a need for them.

Anx said:

we couldn't go out without the babysitter being able to contact us in case of emergency, we have the phone on vibrate.
Actually I have never heard a mobile ring in a cinema - maybe people here actually heed the turn it off slide?

If people can't take the responsibility themselves to turn off the rings on their phones, I say go for it and block the signals. Go back to the old fashioned way of giving people the number for the theater where you can be reached instead. It's not like we've always had cell phones. People are relying on them too damn much at the expense of others.

charlottegelin said:

come to chicago!

Anx said:

okay.

Anx said:

Anybody who's cell phone goes off during X3 is getting their ass kicked. Besides, there are gonna be plenty of people in there who don't know shit about X-Men asking a MILLION and one questions without me having to hear do dO DO!! do dO DO!! or "GIRL SHAKE DAT LAFFY TAFFY!!" every 4273490243874 seconds. That's why I go by my damn self.
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PLEASE bring this to Britain!

I wouldn't mind it, it would keep me from having to cut my phone off during the movie...

People actually talk on their cell phones in movie theaters?

minneapolisgenius said:

there was some fool babbling his way all through episode iii the first time i went to see it at the theater. i really wanted to tell him to shut up, but he looked like he could bench press me with his pinky.

Anx said:

I went and saw the Minutemen documentary in S.F. recently and there were these two totally fucked up women sitting directly behind us. They just reeked of booze and lit up a cigarette (which made me really sick as I was just getting over the flu) and I turned around and asked them to put it out. They just laughed and lit up a joint instead and kept spilling their thermos of vodka all over the floor.

They were pretty hilarious and sad though. They both looked like Courtney Love clones, and were about the same age as her as well. No cell phones though.

Remember when people used to be allowed to smoke in movie theaters? I remember watching movies like Close Encounters, and you could see streams of smoke floating upwards and catching the projector light, dirty ashtrays at the seats, etc...

Tom said:

Damn, you're old.















Just kidding. But no, not really actually.

Tom said:

That's a theater fire waiting to happen!

Good thing they don't have those anymore.

Tom said:

i don't remember smoking in theaters, though i remember smoking being allowed in department stores. there'd be ashtray cans in the aisleways, and there were even little ashtrays welded into the shopping carts!

Tom said:

i remember that