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The setup: There was a post on /. about new technology to keep people from video taping theator movies with camcorders.

Someone posted a reply that said forget the camcorders, how about jamming cellphones or shutting up babies?

So this dude posts his story, which is quite funny, and well worth the read.

We went to see XXX not long ago and a couple of losers sat down in front of us with an infant. The kid mighta been six, eight months old. An infant.

He/She -- whatever -- cried through the whole first part of the movie. Then something weird happened. Some noob in the projector booth flipped the volume switch up -- way up.

The move was painfully loud. My buddy Winky, ordinarily not a do-gooder, started mumbling about the annoyingly loud sound and wondering if it's actually *safe* for the baby to be there.

My other buddy, Drummer Todd, said it wasn't our business and we should just sit back and chill. In the Impala on the way over, we *did* say that we wanted a loud ****ing movie with a lot of explosions.

Well, with the sound jacked, it was a loud ****ing movie.

So Winky actually got up, went out into the lobby, and -- we learned all this later -- told one of the people at the popcorn booth that there was an infant in the movie and that with the sound as loud as it was, it might be a good idea to (a) turn down the sound, and (b) eject the infant.

So a few minutes later Winky comes back, sits down, and a few moments after *that*, a manager and a little guy in a red vest come looking for the info. They're shining their little light sticks all over the place trying to figure out where Winky was sitting.

Drummer Todd is telling all of us to shut the **** up and chill, that the sound's fine, that the baby's not our business. Winky starts signalling for the ushers and a guy two rows behind us tells Winky to sit the **** down.

Winky ignores him and nearly trips over Drummer Todd trying to get out in the aisle to flag the ushers. The couple in front of us -- the couple with the crying baby -- actually turn around to see what's going on and tell me -- me! -- to quiet down.

All this is going on while Vin Diesel has just let on that he really *is* a secret agent to the hot Russian chick while they're sitting in the cafe. She's explaining to him that there's a sniper outside and is about to cap him when he walks out. So they get up, walk over to the waiter, and whack the silver tray out of his hand. Now, it's a fine scene -- a pivotal scene in the movie -- but imagine this scene with the sound turn up so ****ing loud you can't really hear anything. And then imagine a metal tray clattering and bullets flying -- all in 6.1 DTS -- or whatever they have. It was absolutely mind-numbingly loud. Truly, the single loudest experience I have *ever* had in my sixteen years of life.

Anyway, the ushers locate Winky, head on over to us, and ask the couple with the infant to please leave. They don't want to leave and it looks like a confrontation is gonna happen. All the while they're arguing with the ushers, the kid -- the ****ing infant -- is balling his/her -- whatever -- head off. Balling and balling.

Finally, common sense prevails. The couple get up, glare at Winky, and -- with the infant in tow -- leave the theater. The ushers nod toward Winky, Winky nods back, and Drummer Todd tells him to sit the **** down.

And a few moments later, the sound drops back down to normal.

And that was that. Very weird.

But I agree: forget the camcorders. Turn off the mobile phones.

And for the love of god: don't bring infants into films like XXX. It's insane.


--- Didion Sprague: Hero, Lover, American Capitalist

~LoudMusic
 
I'm not reading all that.

On a more important note, I really hate those dumb commercials about child abuse that are filled with crying babies. Shut your ****ing kids up, ffs.
 
I think the line between "child abuse" and "proper parenting" have been horribly scewed. People, in general, are starting families much sooner than they're ready for. Most of them realize this after it's too late, and anyone in the process won't listen to the people with experience. Stubborn headed? Yeah I think the majority of the US fits that profile.

On the whole, we need to chill - relax and enjoy life. And for crying outloud, don't be obnoxious in public places! (:

~LoudMusic
 
Originally posted by LoudMusic
I think the line between "child abuse" and "proper parenting" have been horribly scewed. People, in general, are starting families much sooner than they're ready for. Most of them realize this after it's too late, and anyone in the process won't listen to the people with experience. Stubborn headed? Yeah I think the majority of the US fits that profile.

On the whole, we need to chill - relax and enjoy life. And for crying outloud, don't be obnoxious in public places! (:

~LoudMusic

In general i agree with that....

I try very hard to be a good dad, i have an open mind and try to answer all my sons questions honestly and frankly and provide him with life experiences that are suitable for his age and capability. This is sometimes difficult and the line can be a little blurred and I'm sure that some would criticise some of my calls.

But would someone please explain to me why i am not allowed to take my 9 (nearly 10) year old son to see spiderman?

Poor kid was devastated.....
 
Originally posted by slip2rock


In general i agree with that....

I try very hard to be a good dad, i have an open mind and try to answer all my sons questions honestly and frankly and provide him with life experiences that are suitable for his age and capability. This is sometimes difficult and the line can be a little blurred and I'm sure that some would criticise some of my calls.

But would someone please explain to me why i am not allowed to take my 9 (nearly 10) year old son to see spiderman?

Poor kid was devastated.....

They wouldn't let him in the theator with his father? That's retarded! It's rated PG-13, correct? In the States children under 13 must be escorted by an adult (doesn't even have to be their parent), and for R movies (16 and up) it has to be a family member over the age of 21 (I believe).

Heh, I was carded at an R rated movie a while back. I was 24 at the time (:

~LoudMusic
 
Originally posted by LoudMusic


They wouldn't let him in the theator with his father? That's retarded! It's rated PG-13, correct? In the States children under 13 must be escorted by an adult (doesn't even have to be their parent), and for R movies (16 and up) it has to be a family member over the age of 21 (I believe).

Heh, I was carded at an R rated movie a while back. I was 24 at the time (:

~LoudMusic


Nope! And Yep!

There was no way me and my flat mate were going to take no for an answer when our boys wanted to see scorpion king though. Big E is a six foot plus ex body builder with dreadlocks and attitude... We went on a sunday lunchtime E's just looked meanacing and no-one asked questions... bloody great!
 
Originally posted by slip2rock



Nope! And Yep!

There was no way me and my flat mate were going to take no for an answer when our boys wanted to see scorpion king though. Big E is a six foot plus ex body builder with dreadlocks and attitude... We went on a sunday lunchtime E's just looked meanacing and no-one asked questions... bloody great!

Dude, that's awesome (: I love having friends like that - they frequently came in handy in grade school.

~LoudMusic
 
Yes, great story Loud, and yes I read the whole thing...that is the point of being here right? To read posts in threads that you intend on replying to? I think that the camcorder's should be allowed. That way, the people with infants could stay at home and watch their VCD's with 1976 National Geographic quality and let their infant screem it's head off without bothering anyone else.

:cheers:

(Heading over to your reading/posting habbits thread.)
 
Originally posted by made in holland
Why would someone take an eight month old child to the movies??
That's just dumb.

That's very true - but I would imagine it happens more often that you might think, at least it does here in the States.

Originally posted by Pako
Yes, great story Loud, and yes I read the whole thing...that is the point of being here right? To read posts in threads that you intend on replying to? I think that the camcorder's should be allowed. That way, the people with infants could stay at home and watch their VCD's with 1976 National Geographic quality and let their infant screem it's head off without bothering anyone else.

Ha ha!

~LoudMusic
 
Originally posted by LoudMusic


They wouldn't let him in the theator with his father? That's retarded! It's rated PG-13, correct? In the States children under 13 must be escorted by an adult (doesn't even have to be their parent), and for R movies (16 and up) it has to be a family member over the age of 21 (I believe).

Heh, I was carded at an R rated movie a while back. I was 24 at the time (:

~LoudMusic

Ha, me and my friends have been getting into R movies since 10 years old and we never got stoped. We were by our selves too. I guess its just incompitence. :D
 
I too have gone to theaters only to be barraged by constant noises not confined to screaming babies, but those, in my humble opinion, are the worst noises to be heard anywhere on planet Earth. It's interesting to see them taking measures to combat movie piracy, as classically speaking it has not worked out in the past. Hackers are truly ingenious people that will undo millions and millions of dollars worth of research in mere weeks. I've thought about this subject long and hard, and have formulated the end all beat all thesis on this very subject. While it may be quite long winded and boring, for a few members truly interested in reading about this subject, it just may contain some very important insights, and dare I say might even prove to be amusing.
Even more amusing than that is the fact that I have just discovered something here at GTP, and it may very well revolutionize the way intelligent conversations take place. Clearly the number of literate members here at GTP is on the decline as more and more yo-yos like the first two replies of this thread have taken over as the dominant sub-species of primates. In fact the first paragraph of this post, while mildly informative as to my opinion, was just a smokescreen to lead into what the meat of what I really have to say.
I truly believe that from now on when I wish to have a meaningful discussion on any particular topic, I am going to use this diversionary tactic. Watch this technique now, it's called the false quotation to make this look like an actual long and informing post that certain simians are bound to ignore:
Scientific studies have shown that mothers that drink during the first trimester of a pregnancy are 79% more likely to have children that suffer from fetal alcohol syndrome. Side effects are often seen as people that breathe with thier mouths open (all the time) low attention spans, inability to focus for even the shortest periods of time leading to lackluster educatations, poor vocabularies and inability to read and retain more than 3 lines of text.
The best thing about this technique is that it will never be read by it's intended target, because frankly, they are not the reading variety of person you find working in your finer office building everywhere. And if they ever do catch on, after claiming the original post was too long, you'll know they actually read it, and were just being generall jack-arses by posting "Too long, can't read..."
And at the end of it all, all I truly had to say was, for the love of god people, don't bring crying children into movie theaters, no matter what the movie type (What is worse, a screaming baby in XXX, or a screaming baby during the Green Mile?)
:)
 
Loud... I asked my dad a couple of years ago when he intended to "grow up" (he'd just spent his first afternoon bodyboarding).... He said "when they're nailing the lid down"


I don't ever intend to grow up!

:lol:
 
I watched Episode 2 once. Little ****in ***** girl at the front keeps going "wassat?!" all the ****in time.

Whats even worse is theres a ****in interval which ramps the length of the movie up to 3 hours.

Charming.
 
Originally posted by duo17


Ha, me and my friends have been getting into R movies since 10 years old and we never got stoped. We were by our selves too. I guess its just incompitence. :D
Funny that you would spell incompetence wrong.
 
yeah, yeah i suck at spelling. I spelt oath with an e and i spelt cafeteria wrong too.

Its not like its my job to spell stuff right all the time.
 
When my youngest daughter was an infant, I took her to the movies with me often. She was breastfed, though, so if she was awake as we entered the theater, we'd sit in the back so I could feed her and she'd fall asleep. But I can say that if she would've ever started screaming, I would have left. That's extremely rude to sit there and disrupt everyone else. Some theaters have special rooms for moms to sit in with their babies so if they do cry, no one outside of that room will hear and the moms can still watch the movie.
 
Originally posted by TATINEE
Some theaters have special rooms for moms to sit in with their babies so if they do cry, no one outside of that room will hear and the moms can still watch the movie.

Yeah, quiet rooms. A lot of churches have those as well. It's a cool concept, but it's kind of expensive to have them.

~LoudMusic
 
I have one of those "quiet" rooms in my basement. The neighbors can't even hear the screams, I mean drums when there's jammin' goin' on down there. All of our theatre's are really old here. Their your classic, 1960-1975 vintage style theatres.. I would love to see stadium seating, high backs, with individual arm rests with cup holders, along with those quiet rooms!

I commend TATINEE for her consideration of the people around here who ALSO paid money to watch the movie. :thumbsup:

:lol:, it's interesting how little response Tom's post even got. I think his post was much too long...to capture the attention of the intended audience perhaps.

:cheers:
 
*Sigh*

The good ole days. Pako, I re-read Tom's post and laughed out loud again. I think we need to start using his 'smoke-screen' approach when dealing with threads inwhich we don't want certain members of our community participating. He really is a wise man from whom we can learn very much. (:
 
Yes. Indeed Tom is a wise man. Any particular reason this got bumped back up from the depths? ;)

AO
 
I was searching for something else and found it along my way. I thought it was worth a re-read for anyone interested.
 
Originally posted by skylineGTR_guy
where is that anti video taping article? I can't find it.

I have no idea. The slashdot article was posted over a year ago. I've never had good luck searching their site for old posts.
 
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