She texted, we kicked her out

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Joe Shlabotnik said:
Hold your cellphone up to one of your eyeballs next time you're watching a movie and let us know which one looks brighter. Absurd example? Yes, but you do now understand how something with high luminance that is closer to you can appear brighter than the comparatively dim screen that is 100 feet away? A cell phone held up in the row in front of you, or right next to you, is going to be brighter to your eye than the movie screen.

Alternatively, ask the usher to shine a flashlight in your eye from across the movie theater. How could it bother you? It's so puny compared to the movie screen!
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Yes a flashlight's steady directional beam is absolutely comparable to the light emitted by a cell phone.
 
I'm just as confused that there are people in this very topic that don't understand that texting in a movie theater bothers other people. It's not just a couple of people, most of the movie going populace is annoyed when someone is texting in a movie theater.
 
tycoonheart said:
Yes a flashlight's steady directional beam is absolutely comparable to the light omitted by a cell phone.
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Ok, then I'm sure you'd be cool with people waving around glowsticks during a film.
 
daw840 said:
Look, it's not my fault your an oversensitive douche. Sorry that me glancing at my phone down by my leg once or maybe twice during a movie, which I guarantee you never notice, bothers you. Maybe you should learn to not be so bothered by everything?
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It's not hard, dude. The movie screen will tell you what to do before you watch the movie.

Keep your mouth shut and your phone off. That you are unable to comply with, or even understand, these instructions is embarrassing.
 
Zoe said:
Once the lights are down, the only times you might communicate with the waiters is when:

- they drop off the food (assuming you didn't get there early enough to get it during the pre-show)
- they drop off the check (last call)
- they pick up the check
- you put up a flag with an order before last call
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How is that not more disruptive than a silent cell phone?
 
The drafthouse is one of the best things about Austin. It's where I go every time for a movie I've been anticipating. Terror Tuesdays and Weird Wednesdays are great too.
 
Wthermans said:
1. Don't go to a movie on opening weekend
2. Have the theater to yourself to A) text all you want or B) avoid the texters/loud eaters/people using the bathroom/etc
3. ???
4. Profit
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Or we could just

1. Go to Alamo Drafthouse.
2. Have a great time.


Yeah....your option sucks ass.
 
MC Safety said:
It's not hard, dude. The movie screen will tell you what to do before you watch the movie.

Keep your mouth shut and your phone off. That you are unable to comply with, or even understand, these instructions is embarrassing.
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While my first entrance into this thread made me realize people even notice this, your douchebaggery makes me want to continue the practice. Maybe if you would have acted like a civil human being, things might have been different.
 
daw840 said:
While my first entrance into this thread made me realize people even notice this, your douchebaggery makes me want to continue the practice. Maybe if you would have acted like a civil human being, things might have been different.
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Internet tough guy is going to continue being asshole to spite virtual foes. News at 11.
 
daw840 said:
While my first entrance into this thread made me realize people even notice this, your douchebaggery makes me want to continue the practice. Maybe if you would have acted like a civil human being, things might have been different.
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Keep being discourteous to dozens of strangers in real life because you think someone was rude to you online. I like your style.
 
elrechazao said:
Ok, then I'm sure you'd be cool with people waving around glowsticks during a film.
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Who is talking about waving anything around?

If a person is repeatedly waving his cell phone around during a movie, kick the fucker out. He deserves it.

But to suggest that your movie experience is ruined because someone pulled his phone out once or twice, for no longer than 10 secs each time, during a 2 hour movie is absolutely preposterous.
 
daw840 said:
While my first entrance into this thread made me realize people even notice this, your douchebaggery makes me want to continue the practice. Maybe if you would have acted like a civil human being, things might have been different.
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I hope you get popcorn thrown at you.
 
ColonelColon said:
How is that not more disruptive than a silent cell phone?
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Because you go there with the expectation that you will deal with a waiter. You do not go there with the expectation that someone will be talking or texting throughout the whole movie.

Every movie is preceded by a video telling you not to talk or text.
 
daw840 said:
Wait, I thought everyone was getting in a tizzy about holding it down by your leg for a brief second....no?
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If it's way down below everyone's field of vision, that's probably not a huge deal.

A typical scenario is when about 5 high schools girls sit in a row together with their feet on the seats in front of them while they text each other on their iPhones for the duration of the entire film.

Old people who have their brightness set to "Surface of the Sun" who have to hold it up to their eyes to text is also common.
 
daw840 said:
While my first entrance into this thread made me realize people even notice this, your douchebaggery makes me want to continue the practice. Maybe if you would have acted like a civil human being, things might have been different.
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I wasn't even addressing you. You were the one who replied angrily to a general comment I made.

And now I'm responsible for your bad behavior? Geez, I thought it was society, work, and the education system that was responsible for it.
 
tycoonheart said:
Who is talking about waving anything around?

If a person is repeatedly waving his cell phone around during a movie, kick the fucker out. He deserves it.

But to suggest that your movie experience is ruined because someone pulled his phone out once or twice, for no longer than 10 secs each time, during a 2 hour movie is absolutely preposterous.
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Ok, I'm sure you'd be ok with multiple people holding a glowstick during the movie. And lol at the ten second number you keep pulling out of your ass.
 
wienke said:
If it's way down below everyone's field of vision, that's probably not a huge deal.

A typical scenario is when about 5 high schools girls sit in a row together with their feet on the seats in front of them while they text each other on their iPhones for the duration of the entire film.

Old people who have their brightness set to "Surface of the Sun" who have to hold it up to their eyes to text is also common.
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This I will agree with, very bothersome.
 
Pneophen said:
The fact that they're going to use that as the new psa makes me want to see a movie there this weekend. $5 shakes!
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I heard that they have great chocolate shakes. Is that true? I'm devastated because Terra Burger no longer makes good chocolate shakes :(
 
elrechazao said:
Ok, I'm sure you'd be ok with multiple people holding a glowstick during the movie. And lol at the ten second number you keep pulling out of your ass.
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As long as it isn't being waved infront of my face, no problem. I'd probably find that bright exit sign next to the screen more annoying.
 
daw840 said:
While my first entrance into this thread made me realize people even notice this, your douchebaggery makes me want to continue the practice. Maybe if you would have acted like a civil human being, things might have been different.
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Yes. HE'S a douchebag.

But you know what? At least he's a douchebag who knows how to politely act in a fucking movie theater, and not some selfish, no-attention-span-having prick who thinks his fucking friends' texts, Twitters, and Facebook posts are sooooooo fucking important he can't turn away from them for 90 minutes.
 
Hah, this story has obviously blown up here and on the web in general. There are 25 articles about it on Google News although I am sure that will grow. I wish they'd put up the NO TALKING ZONE bit that plays before a movie starts so that everyone can see just how evident it is that talking, texting and tweeting is not acceptable.

http://popwatch.ew.com/2011/06/06/alamo-drafthouse-texting-video/
http://news.google.com/news/story?pz=1&cf=all&ned=us&hl=en&ncl=dkY4ry4b5Pr4CgMl9VFjDi0woko5M

I haven't ever had a shake there but I did have a Dublin Dr. Pepper ice cream float during the Super 8/inspiration marathon the other night and it was delicious. :p
 
daw840 said:
This I will agree with, very bothersome.
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OK! So we have agreement. The situation described above is annoying. Now how do we most effectively solve this conundrum?

1. Movie theater policy restricting silent cell phone use to below waist level, for no longer than three seconds, with no two consecutive persons using simultaneously, and with each person allowed two uses maximum per screening.

2. Movie theater policy restricting all cell phone use, period.

I know you're being totally discreet and quick and how could you possibly be bothering anyone but that's actually somewhat beside the point.


tycoonheart said:
As long as it isn't being waved infront of my face, no problem. I'd probably find that bright exit sign next to the screen more annoying.
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You have curious perceptions of luminance. To wit, movie screens are actually not particularly bright, considering they take up an entire wall and noticeably illuminate maybe the first two rows of the theater.
 
Zoe said:
Because you go there with the expectation that you will deal with a waiter. You do not go there with the expectation that someone will be talking or texting throughout the whole movie.

Every movie is preceded by a video telling you not to talk or text.
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Lol, people actually go to the movies with the expectation that people won't talk or text?
 
rainking187 said:
Lol, people actually go to the movies with the expectation that people won't talk or text?
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People go to the Drafthouse with the expectation that people won't talk or text.
 
wienke said:
If it's way down below everyone's field of vision, that's probably not a huge deal.

A typical scenario is when about 5 high schools girls sit in a row together with their feet on the seats in front of them while they text each other on their iPhones for the duration of the entire film.

Old people who have their brightness set to "Surface of the Sun" who have to hold it up to their eyes to text is also common.
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Ok I'm now on the same page with everyone that see how this can be rude. At first I thought, "They can see the phones from down there" figuring a search lite like beam is shot up at the roof.
 
rainking187 said:
Lol, people actually go to the movies with the expectation that people won't talk or text?
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Yeah, funnily enough. I have had to ask people to shut up before, and I probably will again. I would probably have to ask you to shut up.
 
Joe Shlabotnik said:
OK! So we have agreement. The situation described above is annoying. Now how do we most effectively solve this conundrum?

1. Movie theater policy restricting silent cell phone use to below waist level, for no longer than three seconds, with no two consecutive persons using simultaneously, and with each person allowed two uses maximum per screening.

2. Movie theater policy restricting all cell phone use, period.

I know you're being totally discreet and quick and how could you possibly be bothering anyone but that's actually somewhat beside the point.




You have curious perceptions of luminance. To wit, movie screens are actually not particularly bright, considering they take up an entire wall and noticeably illuminate maybe the first two rows of the theater.
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Sorry but a movie theater screen illuminates the entire theater. Does your theater somehow manage to stay pitch dark while a movie is playing?
 
Pristine_Condition said:
Yes. HE'S a douchebag.

But you know what? At least he's a douchebag who knows how to politely act in a fucking movie theater, and not some selfish, no-attention-span-having prick who thinks his fucking friends' texts, Twitters, and Facebook posts are sooooooo fucking important he can't turn away from them for 90 minutes.
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I am not that.

But I can understand and abide by simple rules.
 
Just turn off the fucking phone when the previews/movie begins.

*applauds Alamo Drafthouse*
 
Gruco said:
On a scale of 1-10, 10 being the most belligerent possible voice mail ever, that's like a 3.

I like the Alamo Draft House, but this really falls flat. They reaaaallly had to dress that voice mail up with text to make it appear remotely amusing. And texting in the movies ranks pretty low on both the list of movie theater annoyances and antisocial texting behavior. So it's really hard to want to pile on to this woman too much.
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Lame. I hate texting in movies. So distracting.
 
Personally, I'm not too bothered when it's the occasional occurrence, or just an isolated incident - texting, random comment or whatever - I kind of go to a public theatre expecting that.

However, if it's escalated in frequency, or if it's full on conversation, then it gets annoying.

I understand that sometimes people do forget to turn off a phone, and a call comes, or a text is received, and the behaviour of the individual can reveal whether they actually care about disturbing others. If they seem really shocked/surprised and quickly go to nullify their phone, and feel all sheepish afterwards, it can be excusable.

That said, what the Alamo Drafthouse did by posting the video is hilarious, and I applaud them. I absolutely understand that people can be bothered by distractions, and it's not much to ask to have people minimise them.

What do people think about me, when I pull out my phone just to check the time? I'll do it for like half a second and hopefully discreetly.
 
Zoe said:
I heard that they have great chocolate shakes. Is that true? I'm devastated because Terra Burger no longer makes good chocolate shakes :(
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Terra Burger makes amazing sweet potato fries, however! Could eat them every meal. :)
 
Flink said:
Terra Burger makes amazing sweet potato fries, however! Could eat them every meal. :)
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My girlfriend is a vegetarian and she had the Hot Dang grain burger today and she said it was maybe the best meat-substitute burger she'd ever had. They sell it at Hat Creek Burger Co cooked and a few places uncooked. Sounds like a must have if you're a veggie.
 
Meier said:
Hah, this story has obviously blown up here and on the web in general. There are 25 articles about it on Google News although I am sure that will grow. I wish they'd put up the NO TALKING ZONE bit that plays before a movie starts so that everyone can see just how evident it is that talking, texting and tweeting is not acceptable.

http://popwatch.ew.com/2011/06/06/alamo-drafthouse-texting-video/
http://news.google.com/news/story?pz=1&cf=all&ned=us&hl=en&ncl=dkY4ry4b5Pr4CgMl9VFjDi0woko5M

I haven't ever had a shake there but I did have a Dublin Dr. Pepper ice cream float during the Super 8/inspiration marathon the other night and it was delicious. :p
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The Alamo shakes are freaking intense. They're good, but a little too rich for my blood.

And that video is absolutely going viral, as I've seen crop up everywhere beyond my usual sources. Hell, I'm surprised one of the local Austinites on GAF made a thread on it.

Most of the people trolling the Drafthouse clearly haven't been.
 
Joe Shlabotnik said:
OK! So we have agreement. The situation described above is annoying. Now how do we most effectively solve this conundrum?

1. Movie theater policy restricting silent cell phone use to below waist level, for no longer than three seconds, with no two consecutive persons using simultaneously, and with each person allowed two uses maximum per screening.

2. Movie theater policy restricting all cell phone use, period.

I know you're being totally discreet and quick and how could you possibly be bothering anyone but that's actually somewhat beside the point.
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How about number 2, period.

How the hell are you supposed to police number 1?

I can see the arguments now: "YOU CAN'T KICK ME OUT, I WAS HOLDING THE PHONE BELOW MY WAIST! AND MY BRIGHTNESS WAS SET ON 1."

Ridiculous. Nah, just put the fucking thing away. If you can't do without it for 2 hours, stay at home and watch something on Netflix or On Demand.
 
I have a friend that always pulls his phone out at least 4 times during a movie. He texted me yesterday about wanting to go see a movie and I didn't even bother replying. You use your phone during a movie you get put on my theatre shit list.
 
I still remember seeing Inglorious Bastards at the Ritz downtown and was completely blown away when they unfurled a series of huge Nazi banners down the side of the theater, perfectly timed with the theater entrance scene in the movie. Why, I almost spilled my second pitcher of beer at the time (and even then, the theater was still quiet).

Really, it's that kind of theater.
 
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