Comments on: Regal lets you play hall monitor at the movies http://www.ericdsnider.com/blog/2007/06/04/regal-lets-you-play-hall-monitor-at-the-movies/ Eric D. Snider's blog. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 06:20:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Ben C. http://www.ericdsnider.com/blog/2007/06/04/regal-lets-you-play-hall-monitor-at-the-movies/#comment-39058 Ben C. Fri, 08 Jun 2007 22:29:11 +0000 http://www.ericdsnider.com/blog/2007/06/04/regal-lets-you-play-hall-monitor-at-the-movies/#comment-39058 I went to see Spider-Man 3 last week and had to have 8 people thrown out. The manager was more than happy to do it. The 5yr. old they brought in started screaming before the movie even started and I had to yell at them to get him out! They just sat there and let him scream! When the 5 and 3yr. old started screaming in unicin (sp?) later during the movie that was the last straw. I can't believe people. That's why I don't really go to the theaters anymore. I went to see Spider-Man 3 last week and had to have 8 people thrown out. The manager was more than happy to do it. The 5yr. old they brought in started screaming before the movie even started and I had to yell at them to get him out! They just sat there and let him scream! When the 5 and 3yr. old started screaming in unicin (sp?) later during the movie that was the last straw. I can’t believe people. That’s why I don’t really go to the theaters anymore.

]]> By: Cicely http://www.ericdsnider.com/blog/2007/06/04/regal-lets-you-play-hall-monitor-at-the-movies/#comment-38535 Cicely Wed, 06 Jun 2007 21:31:29 +0000 http://www.ericdsnider.com/blog/2007/06/04/regal-lets-you-play-hall-monitor-at-the-movies/#comment-38535 I finally saw Pirates this weekend, and for some reason the girl sitting in front of me decided to start filming the last 30 minutes on her cell phone. I don't know if she was bored with the movie and just testing it out, or if she actually knew someone in the film that she wanted to capture. Whatever her reasoning, it was very distracting to see the bright light of the screen in the corner of my eye, much like text messaging. I tried throwing candy at her, but I have terrible aim. Finally my husband blocked her screen from my view with his knee. Anyway, I would have really liked that "piracy" button then. I finally saw Pirates this weekend, and for some reason the girl sitting in front of me decided to start filming the last 30 minutes on her cell phone. I don’t know if she was bored with the movie and just testing it out, or if she actually knew someone in the film that she wanted to capture. Whatever her reasoning, it was very distracting to see the bright light of the screen in the corner of my eye, much like text messaging. I tried throwing candy at her, but I have terrible aim. Finally my husband blocked her screen from my view with his knee.

Anyway, I would have really liked that “piracy” button then.

]]> By: LittleWoodenBoy http://www.ericdsnider.com/blog/2007/06/04/regal-lets-you-play-hall-monitor-at-the-movies/#comment-38521 LittleWoodenBoy Wed, 06 Jun 2007 20:16:35 +0000 http://www.ericdsnider.com/blog/2007/06/04/regal-lets-you-play-hall-monitor-at-the-movies/#comment-38521 I, for one, welcome our new, remote-control wielding overlords. I, for one, welcome our new, remote-control wielding overlords.

]]> By: peptidefarmer http://www.ericdsnider.com/blog/2007/06/04/regal-lets-you-play-hall-monitor-at-the-movies/#comment-38488 peptidefarmer Wed, 06 Jun 2007 18:06:47 +0000 http://www.ericdsnider.com/blog/2007/06/04/regal-lets-you-play-hall-monitor-at-the-movies/#comment-38488 "You’d have to be outrageously disruptive to elicit any kind of official reprimand from a movie theater’s manager." Seriously. Wife and I saw Attack of the Clones in a theater in Vegas and, I crap you not, people near us were drinking beer, shouting at the screen and, a couple of times, standing up and dancing in front of the screen. The theater staff did *nothing*. Absolutely nothing. Well, they gave us a refund. I so wanted to smack the bastards. Also, the drunken moviegoers. “You’d have to be outrageously disruptive to elicit any kind of official reprimand from a movie theater’s manager.”

Seriously. Wife and I saw Attack of the Clones in a theater in Vegas and, I crap you not, people near us were drinking beer, shouting at the screen and, a couple of times, standing up and dancing in front of the screen. The theater staff did *nothing*. Absolutely nothing. Well, they gave us a refund. I so wanted to smack the bastards. Also, the drunken moviegoers.

]]> By: Heather http://www.ericdsnider.com/blog/2007/06/04/regal-lets-you-play-hall-monitor-at-the-movies/#comment-38479 Heather Wed, 06 Jun 2007 17:49:51 +0000 http://www.ericdsnider.com/blog/2007/06/04/regal-lets-you-play-hall-monitor-at-the-movies/#comment-38479 My husband and I are avid movie-goers, and only occasionally experience technical problems at quality theatres... However, during almost every movie we've seen this year, we've experienced outrageous etiquette offenses during the films, and surprisingly enough- more so from college age and older patrons than from the teens (including those conducting conversations out loud on cell phones, blurting out observations and predictions a la Mystery Science Theatre 3k, parents allowing children to run around, scream, cry, talk, etc, and even one incident where we asked a group of loudly giggling and visiting college students to be quiet during a tense moment in Disturbia only to have them laugh and shout "NO", and then toss garbage at me during the credits). Movie tickets are too expensive to have the experience ruined by other patrons so frequently. Even IF I decide to get up and find a manager during the movie, and IF they're around and willing to say something to the other patrons, and IF the offenders actually behave once the manager is out of sight again, and IF the white trash idiots don't decide to retaliate afterwards in the parking lot, is it really worth the aggravation? It's gotten so ridiculous that I am contemplating boycotting theatres all together and using the money I save to set up a nice home theater system and just wait for the DVD... I end up complaining to the manager almost every time I see a movie now and I'm sick of the hassle. The Regal device sounds like a good start and I hope it leads to an even better solution- but if the theater industry doesn't step up soon and provide a more effective way of enforcing etiquette, our family won't be adding to the box office stats anymore... My husband and I are avid movie-goers, and only occasionally experience technical problems at quality theatres… However, during almost every movie we’ve seen this year, we’ve experienced outrageous etiquette offenses during the films, and surprisingly enough- more so from college age and older patrons than from the teens (including those conducting conversations out loud on cell phones, blurting out observations and predictions a la Mystery Science Theatre 3k, parents allowing children to run around, scream, cry, talk, etc, and even one incident where we asked a group of loudly giggling and visiting college students to be quiet during a tense moment in Disturbia only to have them laugh and shout “NO”, and then toss garbage at me during the credits).

Movie tickets are too expensive to have the experience ruined by other patrons so frequently. Even IF I decide to get up and find a manager during the movie, and IF they’re around and willing to say something to the other patrons, and IF the offenders actually behave once the manager is out of sight again, and IF the white trash idiots don’t decide to retaliate afterwards in the parking lot, is it really worth the aggravation? It’s gotten so ridiculous that I am contemplating boycotting theatres all together and using the money I save to set up a nice home theater system and just wait for the DVD… I end up complaining to the manager almost every time I see a movie now and I’m sick of the hassle.

The Regal device sounds like a good start and I hope it leads to an even better solution- but if the theater industry doesn’t step up soon and provide a more effective way of enforcing etiquette, our family won’t be adding to the box office stats anymore…

]]> By: js http://www.ericdsnider.com/blog/2007/06/04/regal-lets-you-play-hall-monitor-at-the-movies/#comment-38463 js Wed, 06 Jun 2007 16:24:15 +0000 http://www.ericdsnider.com/blog/2007/06/04/regal-lets-you-play-hall-monitor-at-the-movies/#comment-38463 I see a movie in the theater maybe once every two years... but "duffel bag full of monkeys" is a nice phrase. I see a movie in the theater maybe once every two years… but “duffel bag full of monkeys” is a nice phrase.

]]> By: Turkey http://www.ericdsnider.com/blog/2007/06/04/regal-lets-you-play-hall-monitor-at-the-movies/#comment-38429 Turkey Wed, 06 Jun 2007 13:27:45 +0000 http://www.ericdsnider.com/blog/2007/06/04/regal-lets-you-play-hall-monitor-at-the-movies/#comment-38429 The buttons are a yellow-green, which would suggest they are flourescent in some way. If they've tested these in the past, I'm sure not being able to find the buttons in the dark would have come up somewhere along the way, if they hadn't thought about that to begin with. They do look clunky though. The buttons are a yellow-green, which would suggest they are flourescent in some way. If they’ve tested these in the past, I’m sure not being able to find the buttons in the dark would have come up somewhere along the way, if they hadn’t thought about that to begin with.

They do look clunky though.

]]> By: David Cornelius http://www.ericdsnider.com/blog/2007/06/04/regal-lets-you-play-hall-monitor-at-the-movies/#comment-38334 David Cornelius Wed, 06 Jun 2007 05:19:40 +0000 http://www.ericdsnider.com/blog/2007/06/04/regal-lets-you-play-hall-monitor-at-the-movies/#comment-38334 One thing I'm curious about: do those buttons glow in the dark? If not, it'd be a pain to figure out which button to press. If so, the glow would be just as annoying as a cell phone/PDA/etc. And where are you supposed to put the thing while you're watching the movie? Does it clip on? Do you really want to be handling something that just spent two hours in someone else's sweaty pocket? As for the "piracy" button: I'm guessing it's all for show - not for the customers, but for the MPAA. Regal can say "look! We're fighting piracy on the front lines!" even though it's not doing squat. Makes the out-of-touch honchos happy, then fine, we'll put a "piracy" button on there. (Also: my anal retentive design-freak side is flipping out over the design, which leaves "disturbance" as "dis- turbance," an ugly looking break. Yuck.) One thing I’m curious about: do those buttons glow in the dark? If not, it’d be a pain to figure out which button to press. If so, the glow would be just as annoying as a cell phone/PDA/etc. And where are you supposed to put the thing while you’re watching the movie? Does it clip on? Do you really want to be handling something that just spent two hours in someone else’s sweaty pocket?

As for the “piracy” button: I’m guessing it’s all for show - not for the customers, but for the MPAA. Regal can say “look! We’re fighting piracy on the front lines!” even though it’s not doing squat. Makes the out-of-touch honchos happy, then fine, we’ll put a “piracy” button on there.

(Also: my anal retentive design-freak side is flipping out over the design, which leaves “disturbance” as “dis- turbance,” an ugly looking break. Yuck.)

]]> By: Joe http://www.ericdsnider.com/blog/2007/06/04/regal-lets-you-play-hall-monitor-at-the-movies/#comment-38318 Joe Wed, 06 Jun 2007 02:53:19 +0000 http://www.ericdsnider.com/blog/2007/06/04/regal-lets-you-play-hall-monitor-at-the-movies/#comment-38318 As a way to address the talking/text messaging/piracy, they should just add a little taser to the walkie-talkie. I guarantee you those guilty of any of the above once will never be guilty of it again. ;) As a way to address the talking/text messaging/piracy, they should just add a little taser to the walkie-talkie. I guarantee you those guilty of any of the above once will never be guilty of it again. ;)

]]> By: Craig http://www.ericdsnider.com/blog/2007/06/04/regal-lets-you-play-hall-monitor-at-the-movies/#comment-38282 Craig Wed, 06 Jun 2007 00:09:49 +0000 http://www.ericdsnider.com/blog/2007/06/04/regal-lets-you-play-hall-monitor-at-the-movies/#comment-38282 "Regal Entertainment Group theaters participating in the Guest Response System invite selected members of the Regal Crown Club loyalty program to carry a paging device with them into the auditorium." http://www.colloquy.com/breaking_view.asp?xd=3723 Almost makes me want to join the RCC, except that most films I watch are at AMC or Landmark Theatres. “Regal Entertainment Group theaters participating in the Guest Response System invite selected members of the Regal Crown Club loyalty program to carry a paging device with them into the auditorium.”

http://www.colloquy.com/breaking_view.asp?xd=3723

Almost makes me want to join the RCC, except that most films I watch are at AMC or Landmark Theatres.

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