Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Home Theater Why you NEED to have a HT room.

I try to stay far away from movie theater popcorn. It's that whole 'subconscious eating' thing. Too easy to just eat and eat and eat and eat when you're really supposed to be watching the movie. Especially since most of the theaters I've been in have free refills. The mentality (for me and family members) always seems to be that since you overpaid for the popcorn, you might as well take advantage of the refills.

I believe I once read that a large tub of popcorn done with the 'normal' amount of butter at a theater has like 1,000+ calories and 70+ grams of fat. I'm definitely *not* a hard-core dieter, but that's pretty ridiculous for a 'snack' at the theater. I'd rather eat a couple of cheeseburgers if I'm doing that kind of damage.

Certainly better without the butter. But what fun is that?

Free refills? People actually get up, climb over people to get out of the theater, get more popcorn, and then climb over the same people to return to their seat, all for popcorn?

Crazy.

Once the movie starts, there is no way I would walk out to refill my big ole tub of popcorn. I might miss the obligatory boob shot...

"NEED" is a very difficult concept to define and, is not, I believe, the main point to deal with here.

The points made in this thread are all excellent, but some things need to added for consideration.

From a man card perspective, an HT room is a must.

Then there is the smell of testosterone in the air as your sub erupts and kicks you in the chest.

And perhaps the most important piece of all. Inviting your friends over for a poker game or to watch a movie, knowing that they are ALL thinking - "He has one and I DON'T"

Oh yes - "NEED" is far down the list here!!!

We're all taking mdrew bowling.

/lebowski

I like IMAX sometimes.

OK Dude.....but I don't roll on shabbas!!!

No, I'd never get up. That's what wives are for.

On those rare occasions that I do go to the movie, I'm an end-of-row kind of guy because I hate being surrounded by the stinking mass of humanity in the middle. But because of that, it almost never fails that I'm interrupted once or twice by someone going to get more popcorn or soda.

Yet another reason I hardly go to the cineplex anymore.

Heck, 6-8 months ago some sort of gang fight erupted in the middle of a movie at one of the theaters that I occasionally go to. This isn't even in any 'bad' part of town either. No one was killed, but guns were fired. Call me a recluse, but I'd rather stay home and listen to my glorious Axioms and watch my fantastic new TV with my butt planted firmly on my comfy & clean couch.

Brings up another reason to avoid the movies: communal chairs and headrests. You know how many dust mites and other personal critters are on a movie theater chair and headrest?

While mold, bacteria, dust mite, and toxins are usually within safe levels, both movie theater and airline seats contain high levels of cat allergens brought in by the patrons who own cats. If someone is allergic to cats and especially has reactive airways (asthma), sitting in a theater for two hours can prove to be a rather unpleasant experience.

John

You think dust mites are bad...

Back when I was in high school (early 90's), one local theater was shut down when the health inspectors found a rats nest in one of the seats. The seats were so old that they were still stuffed with hay, and somehow a rat had gotten in and figured that out. Seriously. Made the local newspaper.



Maybe this has something to do with why I don't like movie theaters.