In Connecticut...
Frustrated with lengthy advertisements and previews that delay movies and chew up viewing time, a state lawmaker wants theaters to be honest about when a movie actually starts.
Rep. Andrew Fleischmann is proposing legislation to force movie listings to print the time the previews start, and when the movies start.
"We're being manipulated right now. We're being robbed of our freedom of choice because we're not told when the actual movie will begin," said Fleischmann, D-West Hartford.
Here's a state with lots of unemployment and 185 miles of coastline that offers hundreds of potential entry points for terrorists. Instead of worrying about the life and liberty of Connecticut citizens, or bringing in new industry, this jerk is writing law to regulate the way movie theaters list their schedules.
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Frustrated with lengthy advertisements and previews that delay movies and chew up viewing time, a state lawmaker wants theaters to be honest about when a movie actually starts.
Rep. Andrew Fleischmann is proposing legislation to force movie listings to print the time the previews start, and when the movies start.
"We're being manipulated right now. We're being robbed of our freedom of choice because we're not told when the actual movie will begin," said Fleischmann, D-West Hartford.
Here's a state with lots of unemployment and 185 miles of coastline that offers hundreds of potential entry points for terrorists. Instead of worrying about the life and liberty of Connecticut citizens, or bringing in new industry, this jerk is writing law to regulate the way movie theaters list their schedules.
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fpw Wrote:In Connecticut...
Here's a state with lots of unemployment and 185 miles of coastline that offers hundreds of potential entry points for terrorists. Instead of worrying about the life and liberty of Connecticut citizens, or bringing in new industry, this jerk is writing law to regulate the way movie theaters list their schedules.
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Kinda makes me wonder whether or not the real terrorists don't already occupy that rather grandiose building in Hartford.
Ken V.
I agree. Movie timetables should be a non-issue for legislators who need to look to more important problems.
I don't like the commercials; they irk the hell out of me. But I do love movie trailers. I honestly don't mind watching 10 minutes of trailers; I enjoy them. I'd miss 'em if we didn't have 'em.
I'd love to see a piece on the history of movie trailers. Wonder if PBS ever did such a thing. Which were the most provocative, the most effective, the most moving, the cheesiest, the hammiest, the worst?
Thinking back to the '30's and 40's, with the announcer and the huge printing across the screen, warning us, admonishing us, luring us, to
COME SEE THE MOST AMAZING STORY OF ALL TIME!
Understatement was never a concern.
I don't like the commercials; they irk the hell out of me. But I do love movie trailers. I honestly don't mind watching 10 minutes of trailers; I enjoy them. I'd miss 'em if we didn't have 'em.
I'd love to see a piece on the history of movie trailers. Wonder if PBS ever did such a thing. Which were the most provocative, the most effective, the most moving, the cheesiest, the hammiest, the worst?
Thinking back to the '30's and 40's, with the announcer and the huge printing across the screen, warning us, admonishing us, luring us, to
COME SEE THE MOST AMAZING STORY OF ALL TIME!
Understatement was never a concern.
Reading is freedom.
The mind soars, no earthly cares,
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Well, for years I was smart.
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I can't stand the commercials, either. Especially that one where that bubblehead girl is eating a candybar and wondering why it cannot be as technologically advanced as cell phones, TV's, whatever. Then she finishes the thought with, "I bet they have something like it in Japan". Just when I thought commercials couldn't get any more stupid than they already are.
However, I do love the trailers! Gotta have 'em!
Maggers Wrote:I agree. Movie timetables should be a non-issue for legislators who need to look to more important problems.
I don't like the commercials; they irk the hell out of me. But I do love movie trailers. I honestly don't mind watching 10 minutes of trailers; I enjoy them. I'd miss 'em if we didn't have 'em.
I'd love to see a piece on the history of movie trailers. Wonder if PBS ever did such a thing. Which were the most provocative, the most effective, the most moving, the cheesiest, the hammiest, the worst?
Thinking back to the '30's and 40's, with the announcer and the huge printing across the screen, warning us, admonishing us, luring us, to
COME SEE THE MOST AMAZING STORY OF ALL TIME!
Understatement was never a concern.
I can't stand the commercials, either. Especially that one where that bubblehead girl is eating a candybar and wondering why it cannot be as technologically advanced as cell phones, TV's, whatever. Then she finishes the thought with, "I bet they have something like it in Japan". Just when I thought commercials couldn't get any more stupid than they already are.
However, I do love the trailers! Gotta have 'em!
I HATE Commercials!
You know, in Japan, before beginning the movie, commercials and trailers are 15 minutes. Just 15 minutes. Anytime 15 minutes. So I know already movie timetables.
I like trailers, but I really hate commercials. Sometimes, they show to us statement of governments in commercials. I hate that, especially! :mad:
You know, in Japan, before beginning the movie, commercials and trailers are 15 minutes. Just 15 minutes. Anytime 15 minutes. So I know already movie timetables.
I like trailers, but I really hate commercials. Sometimes, they show to us statement of governments in commercials. I hate that, especially! :mad:
fpw Wrote:In Connecticut...
Frustrated with lengthy advertisements and previews that delay movies and chew up viewing time, a state lawmaker wants theaters to be honest about when a movie actually starts.
Rep. Andrew Fleischmann is proposing legislation to force movie listings to print the time the previews start, and when the movies start.
"We're being manipulated right now. We're being robbed of our freedom of choice because we're not told when the actual movie will begin," said Fleischmann, D-West Hartford.
Here's a state with lots of unemployment and 185 miles of coastline that offers hundreds of potential entry points for terrorists. Instead of worrying about the life and liberty of Connecticut citizens, or bringing in new industry, this jerk is writing law to regulate the way movie theaters list their schedules.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRGGGGGGHHHHH!
There's a similar move afoot in NYC. Can't say I'm crazy about it, but false advertising =is= false advertising.
A lawsuit or legislation to change the policy is pointless and a waste of taxpayers' money. If a person has a problem with it, simply get to the theatre later, or spend that time in the concession line. The only problem I have is that I paid money to see the movie, not to see ads; since they now have ads, the prices should go down. Not likely! :mad: I'll sit through as many trailers and teasers as they want to show me. I can't get enough of those.
The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. ... The piecing together of dissociated knowledge will open up such terrifying vistas of reality, and of our frightful position therein, that we shall either go mad from the revelation or flee from the light into the peace and safety of a new dark age.
~ Howard Phillips Lovecraft
I like not knowing when the previews are going to end. Plus it keeps the Hoopleheads from coming in late after the movie starts, which I hate! :mad:
jimbow8 Wrote:A lawsuit or legislation to change the policy is pointless and a waste of taxpayers' money. If a person has a problem with it, simply get to the theatre later, or spend that time in the concession line. The only problem I have is that I paid money to see the movie, not to see ads; since they now have ads, the prices should go down. Not likely! :mad: I'll sit through as many trailers and teasers as they want to show me. I can't get enough of those.
You're right, Jimbo, and that's why I'm not enthused about the idea of legislation dealing with this, uh, crisis. Let the free market handle the issue. Express your displeasure to the management (and believe me, they =do= want your business) or even blow up the theater! Hey!--Just kidding!--what's with these FBI badges, dudes??? :eek:
Bluesman Mike Lindner Wrote:You're right, Jimbo, and that's why I'm not enthused about the idea of legislation dealing with this, uh, crisis. Let the free market handle the issue. Express your displeasure to the management (and believe me, they =do= want your business) or even blow up the theater! Hey!--Just kidding!--what's with these FBI badges, dudes??? :eek:Problem with that is they get more from the advertiser than they do from me. It will take many, many people to change the policy.
The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. ... The piecing together of dissociated knowledge will open up such terrifying vistas of reality, and of our frightful position therein, that we shall either go mad from the revelation or flee from the light into the peace and safety of a new dark age.
~ Howard Phillips Lovecraft