General Discussion

People talking, getting up and down to the restroom or for snacks, and for this we pay a premium price? Pffft.

Last movie I saw in a theatre was the last LOTR film. The Hollywood 10 theatre had been divided to make it the Hollywood 20, so it was a tiny theatre. Some jackass janitor kept opening the door—broom in hand—and repeatedly stood there with the door open as he watched for 10-15 minutes at a time, totally fucking up the lighting.

There are damned few movies I even care to see anymore, let alone pay for. I ditched satellite almost 12 years ago because DirecTV laughed at me for asking why we couldn’t pay a la carte for channels instead of paying for 1500 that we NEVER watched. Fine. I’ll just put on my eyepatch and scrounge if there’s something a actually want to see.

I much prefer to read anyway—an average of 250-350 books a year (nah, I don’t pay for those, either, thanks to freebie lists).

Hollywood really screwed themselves, IMHO. TV even more so.