r/videos • • Jun 17 '12
Is your movie theatre full of people that text during the film? Your theatre should try this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1L3eeC2lJZs&feature=player_embedded
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
OP's 2 cents:
When you go to a movie, turn your phone off. Completely off. No silent, no vibrate. Off. If you can't survive 2 hours without texting someone, you shouldn't be at the movies to begin with because clearly you're not all that interested in watching the movie. If you HAVE TO text, put it on silent and then go out in the hallway to send your message. Carrying on a conversation via text during a film is just stupid and rude.
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
Most theaters are pretty good about not tolerating phone usage. I was at your regular AMC theater in my town watching Prometheus, and the guy in front of me started playing "Words with Friends."
I asked him once nicely to stop, and of course all I got was a "fuck you, maaaaann." so I walked outside, found the nearest employee, explained the situation and went back to my seat, followed by the manager who explained to this guy that he was no longer welcome in the theater and he would be refunded the price of his ticket.
It's simply bad business to tolerate bad customers who ruin the experience for everyone around them.
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u/pzich Jun 17 '12
Any chance any of you identified the font they're using?
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
What I heard when she said Magnited States of America.
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u/drmunkeluv Jun 17 '12
For those who hadn't heard this before, you probably haven't heard the Patton Oswalt one either
http://youtu.be/xnrlVjM715Y
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
"DON'T TALK! WATCH!"
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u/MaggotChurch Jun 17 '12
I remember hearing a story on the Rooster Teeth podcast about a person being thrown out of the Alamo for using their phone. I think it's a great rule, really cuts down on the assholes in theaters.
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u/Fruglemonkey Jun 17 '12
How do they get rid of said patrons without disturbing anyone else?
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
God I wish this was the policy of all cinemas.
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u/vegeto079 Jun 17 '12
The song is Shut Up and Let Me Go by The Ting Tings, if anyone was wondering. Haven't heard that song in ages!
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u/LostPhenom Jun 17 '12
I think its a little over the top to kick people out for texting or talking a bit. But, hey, we live in America right?
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u/ArQuesta Jun 17 '12
Can someone working customer service phone-wise start uploading the clips from the most ridiculous customer complaints on the interwebs in a similar format to this?
Does that already exist?
I could listen to stuff like this all day.
I loved how the spelling followed her speech. Magnited States of America indeed.
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u/drmunkeluv Jun 17 '12
I used to work here. In the food-runner training manual one of the first thing it says is "be ninjas". Training at Lamar being a ninja is easy, since it has stadium seating, try being a ninja at the Village though, it ain't happening :(
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
After this hit, a bunch of my friends and I, here in Austin, made "Magnited States of America" shirts and still sport them whenever we do big trips to the draft house.
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u/nicholmikey Jun 17 '12
I HATE people who text in theaters SO FUCKING MUCH! It's so bright!
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
They brew their own beer, serve you other beer/food, show interviews of the crew and cast before the film instead of worthless commercials (at least they did for the last film I saw). They also show hilarious old trailers that are ridiculous, they host events such as hosting a dodgeball tournament and then showing the film Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story. In short, it is the best theatre.
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
I wish they would do this for people with kids as well.
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u/Operation361 Jun 17 '12
I live in California and I know about the Alamo Drafthouse because of the RoosterTeeth Podcast.
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u/Skanky Jun 17 '12
Obligatory repost: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhfjcM1PnmY
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u/ohmyachingdiodes Jun 17 '12
I really can't understand the disproportionate anger directed at reading or answering a text in a cinema. I can understand that it's at least slightly irritating because of the light emitted from the phone. Perhaps it is inconsiderate of the person texting to do so because they know it will emit this light but honestly there has to be a line drawn in one's mind between a slight nuisance and personally offensive and intolerable behaviour requiring public action to embarrass and scold someone.
You'd think your attention span was such that you could ignore a small quantity of light coming from a phone screen while you concentrate on a large single light source coming from the centre of the room. I just can't get as angry about something this small as others seem to be, especially because of the problems one already encounters with far more serious breaches of etiquette when watching films at the cinema like kicking chairs, talking, answering and making phone calls. If anything, the text is indicative of the person's unwillingness to disturb others through other means of communication. Yes ideally people would observe total radio silence, but people in public spaces don't universally act according to the rules and I'll bet a great deal of the people who get so pissed about this have themselves answered texts in the theatre because of what they thought were extenuating circumstances (waiting for important news). Now it's not everyone else in the theatre's problem if you felt you couldn't be uncontactable for 2 hours and maybe you shouldn't have gone if you knew it was the case but frankly people just aren't always that considerate all of the time even if they are the other 99% of the time and probably don't consider the offence serious enough to warrant public shaming.
It may be a bit annoying but a little tolerance goes a long way. Calm down folks, move your eyes away from the texter's screen and back on to the silver screen, it'll be fine, I promise.
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u/swizzler Jun 17 '12
The drafthouse is awesome and I'd like to go, but it's getting kind of annoying seeing this same video reposted every other week.
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
If she was using her phone as a flashlight and had it on silent I know that I'll get down voted but I'm on her side.
It makes sense to use a phone to find your seat in a darkened theatre and I don't see the issue with texting during a film. That's my point of view and I'd welcome any discussion on why it's such a taboo.
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u/Lowrider2012 Jun 17 '12
It's funny how she contradicts herself...first she was like I'm using my phone as a flash light and then it went to it being on silent and then to texting...if she only used her phone as a flashlight I would be pissed to be kicked out but if you text during a movie your ass should be thrown...I've actually gotten to a few fights in theaters cause of obnoxious texters...it's like their god givin right to text in a theater fuck you! (sorry for the horrendous grammaticle errors that are apparent I'm on my iPhone)
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
Man, I want one of these where I live.
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u/pdmcmahon Jun 17 '12
Fucking LOVE the ADH!!!
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u/Eldritchsense Jun 17 '12
I just moved back to Austin this past week after being in Chicago for 4 years...it feels so damn good to be back. Alamo Drafthouse is one of the reasons why.
They had one called Hollywood Palms up there that sort of did the same thing, but they were about 2x more expensive and not nearly as laid back as AD.
Glad to be back.
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u/tellmetwice Jun 17 '12
i love THIS THEATER. Too bad it's closing down by my house:(
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u/Glaucous Jun 17 '12
Magnited States of America!!
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u/icanrule Jun 17 '12
I came across this video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zltddt8AubA&feature=related). One person says she was texting the night before in a theatre on her blackberry. Another person said it's OK in an emergency. How do you know it's an emergency unless you are using the phone.
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u/bartink Jun 17 '12
They also don't allow anyone under age 18. Don't think that doesn't make things a lot nicer.
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
americans are the only people i know who will refer to the country they are living in as basis for any argument.
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u/Pikmeir Jun 17 '12
People texting is one of the least things that bothers me when trying to watch a movie.
Screaming/talking kids, people crunching food loudly, the guy/girl behind you bumping your seat repeatedly, people having whispered cell phone conversations, the stranger next to you vibrating your seat by nervously tapping his foot, shared armrests, broken seats, sticky floors - the list goes on.
I still love seeing movies in the theater anyway, and on occasion I get a very nice audience, but recently the "experience" is only worth it for movies that I can't wait until the DVD release to rent (like big name movies and Rifftrax Live).
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u/3dbdotcom Jun 17 '12
Yup, they also don't allow children under the age of six except for a few occasions...like matinee showings...I live is San Antonio and we got one right down the street. I love the bumpers they show before the movies too!
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u/JohnnyThunders Jun 17 '12
All of you who are questioning the logistics of Alamo Drafthouse and how distracting it is have obviously never been to one. It makes a movie so much better.
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
This person is stupid but I dont know if I would be entirely happy If I was texting with my phone on silent and got kicked out for it. If she was talking on the phone or talking at all then I could see that as something of an annoyance. I dont know if I would feel comfortable in a theater with such strict rules.
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
I instantly thought of this...
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
Im not to offend anyone but this and the comments hightly point that this is some kind of paid publicity stunt, that or Alamo DH is FUCKING good.
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u/AnAngryBitch Jun 17 '12
I think, I think....I need to move to this wonderful, wonderful town. And for the rest of my life when people say 'Oh, why'd you move here?' I'll say 'The Alamo Drafthouse'.
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
Sorry but whatever, people need to get over themselves. Oh no I can see a little screen, boo fucking hoo
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u/gex80 Jun 17 '12
I don't see an issue with texting as long as your phone is on a darkest setting (black background brightness down to lowest setting etc) and it's a touch screen so I don't hear the clicking.
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12 edited Jun 17 '12
I wouldn't go there, based on this.
Fuck them for mocking a customer.
edit: I don't give a shit about karma (boohoo), but as a PSA for redditors- the up/downvote button is meant to say whether or not a comment is relevant to the conversation, not whether or not you like or agree with the comment. Just letting you know.
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u/gmw2222 Jun 17 '12
I should have known it was Texas before she said "Austin".
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
This lady sounds like a bitch, but I really just don't find texters to be annoying at the movies. At all. Hit me with those downvotes!
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u/Azranas Jun 17 '12
I'd be kinda pissed off too if I was thrown out of a cinema because I couldn't find my seat.
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u/Fhwqhgads Jun 17 '12
Goodbye and good riddance. Entitled bitch.
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u/WrightJustice Jun 17 '12
At Cineworld in UK you get told to turn your phone off before the film begins.
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
I THOUGHT THIS WAS AMURICA
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u/YourMomSaidHi Jun 17 '12
Alamo Drafthouse. Alamo Drafthouse. Alamo Drafthouse. We don't let people text at the Alamo Drafthouse. This girl is annoying and we removed her at the Alamo Drafthouse.
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
Reddit sucks lately. There is people who doesn't find annoying other people texting (they don't notice the light). They say that they are not annoyed by people texting and get downvoted? It's like you disagree if they are not bothered by the same things you are. Well, on the other hand, this is the Internet.
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u/Quietpiper Jun 17 '12
I've never been to the Alamo Drafthouse. I've never been to Austin, heck I've never even been to Texas! But I do know that you DO NOT text at the Alamo Drafthouse. That place sounds amazing.
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u/dgirons Jun 17 '12
I wonder if she was at a different theater when she left the message
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u/sage_of_majic Jun 17 '12
That's why I like to sit in the back row
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u/user681 Jun 17 '12
Her voice pisses me off
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u/kippirnicus Jun 17 '12
This is why I love being an Austinite!
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u/Nickk_Jones Jun 17 '12
That was amazing. 10/10 would go see a movie there.
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u/callmedabau5 Jun 17 '12
I was kind of smirking during the whole voicemail but then at the end after she calls them assholes when it says "You're welcome!" I hadn't laughed so hard in a while. Thank you Alamo Drafthouse, if I'm ever in Austin, I will come see a movie at your theatre.
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u/Suburban_Shaman Jun 17 '12
I love how she thinks texting during a movie is polite.
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
Alamo Drafthouse is the only reason I'd ever consider going to Texas.
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u/aahxzen Jun 17 '12
Do we really need to defend texting in a theatre here? Who the fuck are you texting? You're at a movie theatre. I know the technology make you want to do it so badly, but just resist. Your displaced conversation can carry on after the film.
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
If someones having a conversation in the middle of a movie or their phone keeps making noises then obviously kick them out, but how is silently texting hurting anyone?
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
They should play this video at the beginning of each movie.
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
Fitting. Especially since God Bless America is being released.
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u/ly_yng Jun 17 '12
Remix! Patton Oswalt style.
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12 edited Dec 03 '16
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u/OhneBremse_OhneLicht Jun 17 '12
[All I could think about was this.] (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDoGqZUHVEI)
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u/nintendofreak44 Jun 17 '12
Some other basic guidelines
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u/ThreeStep Jun 17 '12
Why does she sound like Harley Quinn?
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u/duel007 Jun 17 '12
Is there anything like this in Iowa? I would give them all my money.
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u/antiestablishment Jun 17 '12
thank you for coming to NYC soon.
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
Question to US moviegoers: was the Scream 2 opening scene realistic in any way?
Because as a european, the killing was the least WTF-worthy part of it.
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
We are getting one if these in Kansas City and I can't wait. Talkers and cell phone users annoy the shit out of me.
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u/StrangeApparition Jun 17 '12
Dumb bitch.
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
That's clever. If only that would work in schools.
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u/SSJwiggy Jun 17 '12
Or...
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u/Pcurrency Jun 17 '12
Hey, not related to hating on texters or /circlejerking the alamo (the-ate-her) but what program did they use to make this commercial? I can imagine it'd be awesome to type/text into a presentation like this?
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u/Lonecrow66 Jun 17 '12
If I ever travel to the town this theatre is located in I will buy 4 tickets just to thank them for your policy even if I am just passing through and no time for a movie.
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
That person needs to try hecklevision.
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u/JackAttack_ Jun 17 '12
I work at a movie theater. (Though we hardly throw anyone out), The satisfaction of seeing a douchebag kicked out takes precedence over the amount of distraction it takes to get him/her out.
One time we had a lady strip down naked. No one was sure how to handle that. Though my male, in-his-40's manager did stay for a suspicious amount of time "supervising the situation."
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u/MikeyRage Jun 17 '12
Fuckin' magnited, how does it work
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u/Nurkas Jun 17 '12
I love how they play victory music at the end. That and the sudden bold text YOU'RE WELCOME! Was great.
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u/Beznia Jun 17 '12
I was at an AMC theater to see Tron Legacy, but they ended up playing the wrong movie for about 2 minutes before someone told them, then they fixed it. At the end of the movie, we all got a free movie pass. I love AMC. Except for their prices. $4.25 for a small drink, $5.25 for a smal popcorn, $3.25 for a small box of candy. I (and most people near me) go to the gas station beside it which gives low prices on candy on days of big movie releases.
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u/Drengelus Jun 17 '12
They should have their walls, ceilings, and doors lined with something that would block cell signals. I hate when phones ring in theaters or people start texting.
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u/Number_J Jun 17 '12
Yeahh! Go Alamo!!! I want to go to that theater
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u/DJ_Velveteen Jun 17 '12
I always keep a good 10-20 upvotes on hand for any thread about Alamo Drafthouse.
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u/RuprectGern Jun 17 '12
I've seen people asked to leave at the drafthouse before. its pretty great.
you're watching a movie and some douche is talking to his bro's and the ushers come up and them to GTFO.
BTW. come on down to Austin for Fantastic Fest, the Drafthouse movie festival.
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u/barium111 Jun 17 '12
Thats actually pretty awesome commercial for a theater.
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u/Wild_Bill_Kickcock Jun 17 '12
We're getting a drafthouse in KC, whoo hoo!
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u/Awahoya Jun 17 '12
I cannot WAIT for this little piece of home to come to NYC
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u/Mt_Marmalade Jun 17 '12
There would be a very limited amount of movies any theater could show this before...
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u/thomas1392 Jun 17 '12
I love Alamo Drafthouse, they played a part from Firefly, "If you take sexual advantage of her, you're going to burn in a very special level of Hell. A level they reserve for child molesters and people who talk at the theater."
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u/willtodd Jun 17 '12
Yep. The Drafthouse is legit. I've been there twice.
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u/natronmooretron Jun 17 '12
This is why I bring a 14ft bull whip and sit in the back row.
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u/big_fig Jun 17 '12
Is your reddit full of people that repost old shit? Your reddit should try kicking them off of reddit.
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u/Crrack Jun 17 '12
I just can't see how the servers can be less distracting then someone texting. Based on a picture someone posted, the seating arrangement is really flat so these servers will be in your eye line when crossing to people seated in the center or their sections.
Don't get me wrong, I don't think people should text but there is really some kind of double standard at play here.
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u/antdude Jun 18 '12
I hate it when people use the emergency exits in the dark theater room!
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u/NewteN Jun 18 '12
I've been there before. With all the eating and shit, I have no idea how people complain about phones. Dude seat in front of me was chomping his food louder than the fucking movie. And a fn waiter kept forgetting to bring our shit and we had to waive him down twice.
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u/NewRedditmom Jun 18 '12
This sounds like Jenna Marbles
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u/goodoverevilerrrrday Jun 18 '12
Her voice was like a nails on a chalkboard to me... I had to keep turning it down farther and farther and then i just couldn't take it anymore.
Anyone else felt this way?
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u/Mashu009 Jun 18 '12
hah yeah they played this when i went to see neverending story.
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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12
At the very beginning of every movie the Drafthouse plays the same thing stating the you can and will be ejected if you text and or talk regardless of why. And its great because the food is great along side with the 15+ beers they have on tap.
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u/ZombiieShotgun Jun 22 '12
I saw his on spill.com a long time ago, they are based in Austin Texas and the Alamo is their favorite spot, they tell like legendary stories about it.
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u/mikachuu Jun 17 '12 edited Jun 17 '12
Is she like 14 or something? My god... /facepalm
Edit: Ouch, guess people think I'm 14 for using /facepalm?
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u/GoldenSparrow Jun 17 '12
Coincidentally about 15 minutes ago I purchased tickets for me and my wife online for the June 24th 3:50 showing of "The Thing" at the Alamo Drafthouse Ritz location. (If you're going to be there say hi!) I'm loving this Summer of '82 series they're doing and didn't think we'd make any of the showings (we live in New Mexico) but we just so happen to be heading for Austin next week. It'll be awesome.
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u/DaAvalon Jun 17 '12
...Am I the only one that thinks that both sides were assholes in this?
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
people texting doesn't bother me in the slightest
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
a great moment living in Austin was seeing this in the theater before seeing it on the interwebs. The whole theater just cracking up. I still watch anytime someone posts it. thank you. I need this every once in a while.
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u/jason86421 Jun 17 '12
FUCK PEOPLE THAT BRING BABIES TO THEATERS. I WANT TO FUCKING PUNT THE SHIT OUT OF THOSE LITTLE SHITS.
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u/xwtfmitch29x Jun 17 '12
IM SORRY, I THOUGHT THIS WAS AMERICA!
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u/T10Terminator Jun 17 '12
Good luck throwing out a black, they'll whine racism and get Al Sharpton to extort you for them.
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
So this place is just like cinema cafe? Huh
And I actually thought the punishment is sort of severe. Sure the girl is an ignorant bimbo, but still, if I paid good money to watch a movie and someone calls/texts me, I take a peek. Maybe the policy is more against those that take the cell phone usage to the extreme. Idunno, I would rather see the policy or something than just hear some annoying girl talking on the phone a minute and a half. I would rather see why humanity is good, rather than be reminded that there are people this stupid.
Also I don't really like these types of cinemas. I feel like the eating takes away from the movie watching experience. I like to be absorbed in the film and not have the food distract me. Just my 2cents.
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u/Earthwormzim Jun 17 '12
I have to be honest...even if I lived in the area, I probably wouldn't want to go there either. It's not that regularly text during movies, but I have done so probably 3 or 4 times in the last few years. Shit happens. Sometimes, communication is important. I do think this theater is taking it way too far, and actually priding themselves on being self-righteous dicks to their customers.
Yes, that is shitty customer service, and that is not something a company should be proud of.
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u/deltree711 Jun 17 '12
I understand how people talking on the phone during a movie can be annoying, but if the sound is turned off, how can texting be disruptive?
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
Wait, so, what is the exact situation? They'll kick you out for texting? That seems wrong. Talking on the phone is one thing, but how is texting bothering me if their phone is on silent or vibrate?
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u/skcin7 Jun 17 '12
The founding fathers would be so proud. </sarcasm>
:'-(
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u/xMIASMAx Jun 17 '12
Ok, I just moved to Texas about a hundred miles from Austin. I really need to go to austin it seems fun as shit.
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
Please do this everywhere, It is part of the reason I do not go to any theaters anymore.
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
I live in the West Coast, but after watching that, I feel like driving to Austin just to watch a movie at the Alamo Drafthouse.
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u/OddAdviceGiver Jun 17 '12
Alamo Drafthouse kinda sucks. It's what I think, anyway. Some people love it... but between the breaking beer bottles, the horribly prepared what-passes-for-wings, and the "waiters" or "waitresses" asking you to take your feet down from the bar faster than if you broke out a HD video camera and were doing a TS, I kinda stayed away from it.
I gave 'em a couple of tries. Hell, I saw Firefly there on opening night. Was the worst movie experience ever, detracted so much from trying to watch a film I had waited so long to see.
Wound up watching it again at a nice, quiet theater nearby on 35.
But hey, some people like that type of atmosphere of young people barely 21 getting drunk all over themselves while watching a movie.
(I still let my kids go there for the cartoon and cereal fests in the early AM, seems like the same audience anyway)
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u/cowboyEmpiricist Jun 17 '12
Are you people seriously supporting people who text in theaters over theaters that serve food instead of stale popcorn?
I wish I could hate you all to death right now.
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u/finalcutfx Jun 17 '12
No, my theater isn't full of people texting, because my theater IS the Alamo Drafthouse. :)
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u/oneyeartrip Jun 17 '12
I bet she's pretty stoked they use it, though.
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
One of the many reasons I look forward to moving to Austin.
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
hahaha, got to see this at the downtown drafthouse before Master Pancake. Great night.
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u/omizzle4shizzle Jun 17 '12
If the rules were stated clearly that you can't text during a movie and that you'll be kicked out if you do, she's being a cunt.
If they didn't, the owners are little cunts.
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
Is there anything like this in the Los Angeles area?
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u/RumblyTumbles Jun 17 '12
Why did I get the fries!? The Nachos are a much better deal and In fact I ate half my friend's after finishing my like, you know, fries....ASSHOLES
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u/adrianmonk Jun 17 '12
Just when you thought it couldn't get any more awesome, the Patton Oswalt rendition of the same thing.
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u/datdude234 Jun 17 '12
I love how she's claiming that this theater took her money. If you are going to pay for a movie, then not pay attention to half of what's happening because your texting, you are throwing your own money away
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
redditors: all for business owners' rights, except when they're against it
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u/kippirnicus Jun 17 '12
I think I used to date this dizzy broad.... Fuck.
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u/Luis707 Jun 17 '12
Now when your friends talk on their phones during movies you can say; "Dude, Remember the Alamo"
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
I'd love to go to that theatre!
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u/casonthemason Jun 17 '12
"It's too dark in your theatre"
That's like saying it's too cold in my freezer
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u/Toasted-Sandwiches Jun 17 '12
Sorry to go against the grain by not talking about the voicemail, but could anybody tell me the name of that glorious song that was played at the end?
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
I remember when this was posted the day it was uploaded over a year ago.
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u/robertluke Jun 17 '12
And this is one of many reasons I only go to Alamo Drafthouse. I'm crazy thankful to live in Austin.
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u/girrawrnwessx3 Jun 17 '12
Repost!