Re: Why you NEED to have a HT room.
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I used to like the Movie Theatre experience, but this was just brutal.
Really, the last time I enjoyed the experience was taking my son to see "Cars" and it was pretty good. Still....watching "Surf up" or "Madagascar" at home is much better.
I won't even get into how good Tranformers was ....even in my 4.1 setup. Man, I gotta get myself a VP150.
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terzaghi, I also have not gone to the theater since getting my Axioms. I echo the above with the complaints of loud teens (or adults, even), mediocre sound and picture, prices, and the benefits of the home experience (pause, beer, repeated viewing).
You know what else gets me? Commercials at the movies. Call me old-fashioned, but it chaps my a$$ to see soda commercials and promos for TV shows after I've paid for the movie. At least with TV, the channels with commercials are free (at least in theory, if it is received over the air - not factoring cable/satellite providers, you know what I mean), whereas there's no commercials if you've paid for premium channels, like HBO. With movies you're getting the worst of both worlds - paying to sit through commercials.
Bears, beets, Battlestar Galactica.
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All you have to do is wait a month after a movie is released and then the theaters won't be crowded any more. I saw the Indiana Jones movie with Adam last night and the theater was practically empty.
As an aside, the worst part of the movie is that there were a few scenes -- most notably the ones with furry animals -- that had George Lucas written all over them and did nothing to add to the plot.
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Because it's summer and the kids are out of school, we'll probably end up at the theatre for some of the matinees, today I promised to take them to see Kung Fu Panda. The only time I ever drink soda or eat buttery popcorn is at the movies, can't seem to pass it up even though I never feel very well after.
A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing.
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Yeah, no home popcorn can match the theater, as far as I know. Although I do like having a candy drawer just outside my HT
Bears, beets, Battlestar Galactica.
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The only thing I ever spend money on at a theater is the ticket. The markup on sugar water and fluffy corn starch is too ridiculous.
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I always bring candy for the kids, but the smell of the popcorn in the movies always sucks me in.
A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing.
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Ditto the popcorn note.
I think we need a good popcorn thread on how to achieve the "crack in a box" goodness that is movie theater popcorn.
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I think you need that patented orange butter/grease.
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I posted over in the water cooler area, then did a quick google search on the topic. Apparently, refined coconut oil and ultra fine salt is the key. The butter flavoring is apparently a franken-food made from unsaturated fats, flavorings, stablizers and other waste by=products. They say that clarified butter (which has the water removed) is a good analogue and doesnt leave popped kernels soggy - just finger licking, lip smacking delicious.
My stomach is growling...
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