AMC ain't gonna like this

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Here's a link to an interesting article I was pointed to this morning. In a nutshell, it seems that the major studios are looking to bring first-run movies to the home, through cable and satellite providers, so you'd be able to download a movie at the same time as it's in theaters. Obviously, this is bad for theaters. It's probably intended as

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I hate people. There are people in movie theaters. Therefore, I hate movie theaters. Q.E.D.

I have no tolerance for the talkers, the texters, the candy wrapper-crinklers, the gigglers, the elderly "WHAT DID HE JUST SAY?"-ers, and the faux-European teens who think bathing in Axe Body Spray is a substitute for actual bathing. I hate being the guy forced to exert a bit of authority in telling people that they're out of line, because there are no ushers (or if there are, they're 16 years old and probably let the miscreants in for free to begin with).

Nor have I any tolerance for sticky floors, balky climate control, noise pollution from the adjoining theater, extortionate prices, really terrible scriptwriting, and lack of beer.

So yeah, count me among those who'll be delighted to get together with a select group of friends to watch movies on a 50" screen with surround sound, where we can have whatever food and drink we want, and where we can pause the picture for emergency potty breaks.

Though if you can find me a movie theater that enforces behavioral norms and maintenance regimes equivalent to those at Orchestra Hall, that might be even better. Maybe. I'd have to see.

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On a message board I belonged to, there was a guy who pretty much wanted to go to movies in the theatre, but couldn't stand, essentially, the presence of any other human being whose actions may distract from his enjoyment. I commented that his ideal seemed to be having every other person in the audience ball-gagged, cathetered and strapped into one of those Clockwork-Orange chairs for the duration.

You might like the Drafthouse. They crack down on talkers and texters (something FIERCE) and serve beer.

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This is something I could support.