Letters to the Editor
tomhayes
Published Letters: 21 Editor's Choice: 1
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C-SPAN is asking YouTube to remove these due to "copyright" issues?
[Read the article: The president is not amused]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I'd love to see the reaction feed. Does anyone know where else it can be found?
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I drive to Los Angeles to see films now
[Read the article: Beyond the Multiplex]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I live in San Diego and there is not one movie theater worth a damn down here.
But L.A. has the *best* place to see a movie on the planet in The Arclight Cinema which features:
1)Reserved seating - You choose where you when you buy your ticket sit and don't have to worry about getting a good seat. And occasionally I'll buy an extra seat as a kind of firewall between myself and the crowd. And it's all accessible from home using a web browser so you don't even have to go to the theater to decide that it's too crowded, or that your seat in unsatisfactory.
2)No late seating - They won't let you in once the movie starts, so you don't get those caravans of 12 people who seem to always show up 10 minutes into a film.
3)No talking, cell phones, or other distractions are allowed - they have ushers that will *actually* kick you out.
4)No commercials and very limited previews - They say it's always less than 5 minutes of previews , and it is.
5)The sound and projection are always perfect - They have projectionist who know how to run a projector. Many times in San Diego it's the assistant manager who is responsible for running the machinery.
6)The chairs are wider and have more legroom - They say the chairs are 3 inches wider and have 6 more inches of legroom.
7)The FRONT ROW is the *best* row - The front row is as far away from the screen as the screen is tall.
8)The movie selection is varied - They play blockbusters (The Transformers) and indie films (Pan's Labyrinth) and everything in between.
9)Retro films - They regularly show classic films such as Lawrence of Arabia, Some Like it Hot, etc. Saturday Night Fever and Singing in the rain will be played in the next two weeks.
10)Events - They regularly have producers and directors at the screening for question and answer sessions. I have seen The Hughes Brothers talk about Menace II Society, as well as the co-directors of Shrek III talk about Shrek III.
11)21+ showings - They serve beer if you are into that type of thing.
Plus the they can show 3 strip technicolor movies in the Cinerama dome.
It;'s a great theater and if they ever build one like it near you (it's a 2 hour drive for me) I suggest you patronize it.
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One more thing, there *is* a website focused on the movie theater business
[Read the article: Beyond the Multiplex]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]http://www.film-tech.com/ has a wonderful Forum section that is used primary by working movie theater managers and projectionists.
It's a fascinating place where they discuss film, the brick and mortar aspects, pricing, concessions, staff, and the audience.
I have posted in the forum a few times asking technical questions as to what may have been wrong and exactly what terms I could say to the staff to have the problem resolved.
Current discussions on the board include:
How many trailers would you put on? ,Differential Ticket Pricing ,Projectionists Union Unrest at Odeon/UCI ,Excessive dynamic range in "Dirty Dancing"? , and, Mouse fell in my projector.
My list of complaints about San Diego is located at: http://www.film-tech.com/cgi-bin/externallink.cgi?http://www.film-tech.com/cgi-bin/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=5;t=000929;p=33;rt=1188509161939;referer=http://www.film-tech.com/cgi-bin/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=5;t=000929;p=33
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Remember - Salon gave David Horowitz for two years or so
[Read the article: Dogma days ]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Salon - you've done it again. You've made me take my credit card out of the auto-renewal field on my account. BRAVO!
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Remember - Salon published David Horowitz for two years or so
[Read the article: Dogma days ]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Salon - you've done it again. You've made me take my credit card out of the auto-renewal field on my account. BRAVO!
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It's focus on trivia like this that make this country a joke
[Read the article: Obama co-chairman: Clinton didn't cry for Katrina]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Will Clinton almost-but-not-quite-crying have an affect on this election in the same way that:
1)Al Gore was a chronic liar: Remember the trivia about Invented the internet, toured the state with FEMA, love canal, love story, saying LOCKBOX too much, and being rude by sighing when Bush was taking him to task for his phony math??
2)John Kerry: Was a French looking, French loving, windsurf having wimp who shot a unarmed child in the back in Vietnam??
and the other lies like
3)Bush is a uniter, not a divider who is just as moderate as Gore but he was a responsible grown-up who wasn't a serial liar??
As for Clinton not crying for Katrina, or for the war, or for unequal drug sentencing laws, or etc., etc. that's just B.S. from Jessie jr. to try to tear down the opponent of his chosen candidate. Did Jesse Jackson Jr. cry when our house in California were burned down?? Oh, and has championed and accomplished any sort of meaningful Katrina relief himself??
Clinton crying seemed like a human moment from an exhausted candidate facing large hurtles. In NO WAY should it make her more or less qualified to be president. It just shocked the EMDIA who had been saying that Clinton was not in fact a human for the entire campaign.
The same way some people seemed to LIKE Bush more and would have preferred to have a beer with him (even though they could not because he a recovering(?) alcoholic.)
The real question is this: Why isn't the media focusing on policy positions in relating to voter
If we allow the press to shape our elections like this after the disastrous 8 years of the Bush presidency then this country deserves to become a second class state.
Who new that when Morton Downey jr. was talking about pablum-puking losers he meant our entire press on air press corp?