Babies in theaters

[sintax321]

Has this happend to you?

I went to a movie tonight and there where 2 babies that some parents brought. Now i know baby siters cost money but the movie I payed to see cost money too so why should i have to sit threw someones baby crying and screaming the whole time.

I think these ppl maybe got to see half the movie casue they constatly had to leave with a screaming baby.

They came in and spent $20 on tickets and pissed off an entire theater and missed most of the movie. What was the point. All i know is when i have a kid i'll have enough respect to stay home and rent a movie or get a baby siter.

[reverendflash]

another reason I have boycotted the movie theaters for years...

Pay enugh to buy dinner for 2 @ the diner, then sit in uncomfortable chairs around people who you only see at the Department of Moter Vehicles...

I'd much rather spend my money on a 6 pack, a DVD, and ingredients for a dinner at home...

::old man rant over now::

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[telekinesis]

I eat the babies.

[Jasninder]

ah that sucks man, may b u shud also start eating babies :P

[andr.in]

I dunno what to say... sh*t happens!

[kh3mical]

yeah, i agree. that is soo annoying.

[asphaltcowboy]

I find cinema seats to be quite comfy :)

[SureShot]

Well I can see Rev's point but I too am a sucker for the movies. I usually go at least once a week (except this week, there was nothing I really wanted to see) and I too find MOST theatre seats to be very comfortable - plus air conditioning is great in the summer.

What movie were you seeing? That is terrible. I would have complained and got my money back - it's bullsh*t you should have to sit through that.

[senocular]

Originally posted by telekinesis
I eat the babies.

lol

yeah the babies in movies blows. Usually they stay away from the long ones like LOTR... and late showings - not many babies there.



(MAYBE THE DINGO ATE YOUR BABAY :P)

[prstudio]

dude the amc over here is like a freakin lazy-boy

i know what you are feeling, and half of the movies its like
"you would bring a kid to see this!?"

It's a catch22 tho, if it was a group of teenie-boppers I'd go get the staff to talk to them, but a parent with a kid...i mean the parents gotta live...sooo its a rough spot...

I would probably leave as a parent if my kid got out of hand tho...

maybe that's why its so common - no one seems to know quite how to handle it

[rere420]

I get wicked aggravated when people bring there babies to the movies., especially when it is late and they should have them in bed.

Babies, are fussy in there own home, let alone, in a loud often cold movie theatre.

Get a sitter or wait for it to come out on video!

[fester8542]

Originally posted by prstudio


maybe that's why its so common - no one seems to know quite how to handle it

I do!

Sledge-Hammer

[abzoid]

Originally posted by telekinesis
I eat the babies. Y'know, I've heard that children are quite good...



...when prepared properly. ;)



...please pass the fava beans and the chianti. :evil:

[Coppertop]

HaHa, this thread is hilarious.

In all honesty I have actually threatened to eat this one twelve year old kid with my demonic voice when he spent the whole time talking on the phone. It was hilarious, he went down three rows and stayed silent for the rest of the movie, looking back at me occasionally. ****, I wish I had a fork and Tabasco sauce then -that would have been really funny.

[pinx]

i told these two 14 year old boys to shut the **** up. they were making stupid noises throughout the movie and were really pissing me off.

[Maxtr0sity]

I hate those kids that bring laser pointers to theaters. They should definitely install like, laser pointer detectors at theaters.

[fester8542]

Grabbing people by the neck and threatening to strangle the life out of them works well too.

They will typically shut right up.

(works well for laser pointer people too)

[RenaissanceGirl]

Babies in theaters - this is something I can never stop ranting about. I hate it when people bring their **** babies to the theaters. It's rude and totally selfish. I experienced this last weekend actually. I finally had some time to see Bad Boys 2. This movie is about 2 and a half hours long and the showing was at 10pm - way past junior's bedtime if you ask me. This couple sat in the front center, no less, with their screaming brat. Needless to say, the creature started crying and they just SAT THERE! Who cares if they are making movie-going painful for everyone else - as long as they don't miss any of the movie right? I heckled them and they finally went out.

Argh. Bad Boys 2 is not a movie for babies. It is NOT Little Nemo. If they can't get/afford a babysitter - too **** bad. Make it a Blockbuster night.

[Coppertop]

Haha, ****it thats funny (fester).

I just thought of an idea. record the sound of a gun doing that *click* noise on a handheld tape recorder. When you go into the theater, if anyone is pissing you off, just lean forward and wisper "don't move" then play the noise "one more word out of you and I will splatter your brains accross the screen"

that would be funny.

Or if you live in texas just pull out your gun press it to the back of the persons head and yell "SHUT THE F*CK UP"

[reverendflash]

Originally posted by SureShot
Well I can see Rev's point but I too am a sucker for the movies. I usually go at least once a week (except this week, there was nothing I really wanted to see) and I too find MOST theatre seats to be very comfortable - plus air conditioning is great in the summer.

If you lived somewhere beyond the igloos, there would be so much going on, that movies rank very low in priority...

Also, if you lived somewhere nice, like say, San Francisco, you would never need air conditioning.

and finally, what about the guy who "accidentally" kicks your seat every time he tries to get comfortable? Are you guys seriously telling me that you would rather have a stiff, barely padded arm of a chair between you and a soft cuddley woman? Would you install "movie seats" in your living room?

I think you guys are romanticizing the movie theaters a bit...

:\

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[SureShot]

Ren - I cannot belive that somone actually brought their child to see Bad Boys 2. That movie is rated R! Wow, there was so much swearing and violence that who ever was stupid enough to bring a child to that movie should have their kids taken away. God.

[reverendflash]

the last movie I spent money to see in a theater was Bigger, Longer, and Uncut (I am a huge SouthPark fan). Sitting right in front of me, was a man, his wife, and his 8 year old kid. This kid had no idea what so ever what the movie was about, laughed at the wrong times, didn't laugh at the jokes, and was asking questions to Mommy throughout the movie. And this was a Midnight showing...

Revhttp://www.aulman.com/rev.gif

If I can help it, I won't go back.

[SureShot]

Rev - that's terrible. Just wrong. There really should be an aptitude test you have to take before your allowed to reproduce. Not a hard test, just a comon sence one.. I bet 35% of people who have kids would fail.

[RenaissanceGirl]

Originally posted by reverendflash
I think you guys are romanticizing the movie theaters a bit...

Movie theaters are gross... I heard that those cup holders on the armrest tested high for fecal matter (second only to bowling balls) but still... when I watch something like Bad Boys 2, I want to see it on a giant screen with surround sound.

Sureshot: I'm sure they didn't bring the child to actually SEE Bad Boys 2. It really was just a baby (couldn't even walk yet). My guess is that the parents are selfish whores who wanted to see the movie for themselves at the cost of the adults around them and of course at the displeasure of their baby (judging from its weeping and wailing that is). My question is - why did the jerks who run the movie theater allow these people to bring their baby. Children younger than a certain age just shouldn't be allowed into movies like this - parental guidance or not.

[Coppertop]

Rev made a good point. One time I sat in a theater infront of this 7 year old brat who kept kicking my seat (sometimes my head because the little **** couldn't reach) and giggling. After the second time, I turned around and told him politely to stop, because I am not tottaly rash. he did it again, so I turned around again and told him if he didn't stop kicking me the boogie man would get him. Unfortunately he didn't fall for it. So I figgured if I just ignored the little bastard he would get bored and maybe watch the movie. Well, I'm not that patient so on the I don't know what-th time, I turned to his mum who must have been ignoring her kid the whole time and tell her to make her kid stop. This pissed me off, she turns to the kid and says "now stop manfred (i think that was it) or you will get a time out" in a sweet voice. I turn back around stunned. 5 minutes later the kid kicks my head again. Thoughts of murder were flowing through my head. I turn to my parents and tell them what happened and ask if I could move seats.

Now, while I would have prefered to have taken the **** screaming into parking lot and mauled that bastard with a crowbar, I had a feeling that wouldn't go down well with the police.

[reverendflash]

I think that if everyone thinks back, and counts how many times, recently, that you have gone to the theater, seen a good movie, and not had any "rude activists" at all. I'll be willing to bet you have much fewer "good times" than you will "annoyed at several points, times" ...

but then again, I'm old and jaded.

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[Coppertop]

Oh no, I have only had a few bad incidents, out of all the movies I've seen, only about 15-20 incidents over any magnitute (that rages from the story above to telling someone to turn their ****ing phone off), thats like 1:30 something like that.

[SureShot]

listen mr "old and jaded" I go to the movies, like I said, about once a week. I would say that probably 1/4 of the times something happens that pisses me off. The rest of the time I have no problems and I enjoy myself. This might be because my theatre isnt as big as, say, a silver city or something but really, I very rarely have a bad time or someone or something bugs me. Guess I am just lucky.

[RenaissanceGirl]

One time I stood in line for a whole day to see Star Wars. When we got inside, there were beach balls and tortillas (yes, tortillas!) flying around and lots of geeks cheering. No babies in sight! Sometimes movie theaters just rock!

So experiences like this might be few and far between... but it's worth it.

[Maxtr0sity]

Also, CLAPPING. IN MIDDLE OF MOVIES!!! It's the most annoying thing ever. When I first went to see the Matrix Reloaded, people where clapping when Neo was kicking Smith's butt, wow, I just wanted to gun all of them down.

[Coppertop]

Or at the end of a movie. I think thats pretty odd.

[Maxtr0sity]

End of movie is ok. To show appreciation. But in middle is just plain annoying.

[SureShot]

I always clap at a movie if it's extreamly funny or something that gets me feeling good.

I dont mean like a long clap or anything, but just like 2 or 3 claps...

[Maxtr0sity]

*Slap SureShot*

[SureShot]

*ducks*

Missed me! :)



I dont clap for long or anything, just if I laugh really hard at something, and like I said, it's 2 or 3 times and that's it. As for clapping at the end of the movie, never. Unless it's actually being performed in front of me with real actors I would never clap at the end.

[reverendflash]

I went to see a sequel of some kind... may have been a Star Trek or a Star Wars, or something...

anyway... the audience applauded whenever some actor shows up on screen... as if the actor could hear them...

I mean, you knew they were going to be in the movie... they were all over the posters on the way in...

and I had to rent the stupid movie on DVD just to hear the actual dialogue...

maybe people in the Boonies just have more of a polite nature when it comes to "moving pitcher shows."

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[SureShot]

I'm not sure, but I think there was a hidden messege in there for me...

*tries to read between the lines*



For the record, I have never clapped at the apperance of an actor - only very funny parts. OK except for maybe the begining of Austin Powers 3 when Danny Divito played mini Me in the opening sequence, that was too **** funny :)

[reverendflash]

but they can't hear you, so why clap?

NOTE:

you applaud in a live performance to show appreciation to the performers.

Do you applaud @ home, when watching TV?

what is the difference?

I suppose you get "dressed up" when you go to the movie igloo?

:beam:

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[Coppertop]

yes we do, in tuxedos to blend in with the surrounding: http://www.busy-bees.com.au/graphics/products/7704%20penguins.jpg

guess which one is me?

[Maxtr0sity]

Rev is right. I certainly and don't know any retards that clap at their tv. Again,

*Slap SureShot*

[lava]

Originally posted by telekinesis
I eat the babies.

eating babies is fun! They taste like chicken!

[Coppertop]

Haha, lava

Do they go good with tabasco?

[Maxtr0sity]

I like mine BBQed.:P

[Coppertop]

This requires a few dead baby jokes to be told:

Whats the difference between 50 dead babys and a Cadilac Eldorado?

I don't have a cadilac eldorado in my basement

[UNFLUX]

all i know, is between kids, teens, babies, and generally all
people, I bought my big screen tv to avoid theaters. The only
time I'll go, is a weekday matinee. $5 and usually I'm 1 of 10
people. I saw Saving Private Ryan with 3 old-guy couples who
had obviously participated in WWII together. It was great, and
like I said the only way I'll go now.

i didn't read every post, but I wanted to let you all know that
there's some theaters experimenting with 'daycare' style mats
and flooring at the bottom of the seats for toddlers and babies to
crawl around on. interesting idea, no? :sure:

I have a 4 mo and a 3yo. NO WAY IN H-E-L-L would I bring the
4mo to any theater, and my 3yo has never been either. I know
she's too young, and it would be a dissaster. Not only for her,
and me, but for all the people wanting to watch the movie. I wish
it was more like that, instead of people thinking it's an extension
of their living room.

[BadMagick]

I HATE when babies cry and scream in the movies. I'm with the Rev ... I'd rather buy or rent a DVD, have a group of friends over, kick back a brew or too and just have fun.

When I get older and hopefully handle my money properly, I'm going to turn one room of my house into a movie theater (or theatre, however you spell it). A totally black room with stadium seating, and a few rows of 2 movie theater style seats on each side of the aisle. With a white wall acting as the digital projector screen, and a theater-like speaker system, it'll be like being at the movies, without the gummy floors, and screaming babies!

That way it's both fun and romantic at the same time. It's large enough to have a bunch of friends over, and small enough that no one is ever really that far away. My wife and I could sit down for a nice evening, and when the kiddies come, they can have friends over all the time. I think it's a great idea.

[Coppertop]

When babys cry anywhere they piss me off. Especially if I am trying to listen to something or pay attention. When that happens I feel like brutally immolating them.

[telekinesis]

428 psychos read this thread and ate a baby in the movies.

[SureShot]

Originally posted by BadMagick
When I get older and hopefully handle my money properly, I'm going to turn one room of my house into a movie theater (or theatre, however you spell it). A totally black room with stadium seating, and a few rows of 2 movie theater style seats on each side of the aisle. With a white wall acting as the digital projector screen, and a theater-like speaker system, it'll be like being at the movies, without the gummy floors, and screaming babies!

That way it's both fun and romantic at the same time. It's large enough to have a bunch of friends over, and small enough that no one is ever really that far away. My wife and I could sit down for a nice evening, and when the kiddies come, they can have friends over all the time. I think it's a great idea.

A buddy of mine is actually doing a website for a guy who has a company doing this exact thing. He has some crazy pictures that I will grab from him and post.

I totally agree that this would rock to have in your house and would love to have something similar... maybe not theatre seats exactly but something close, I would like to be as comfortable as possible - maybe a couple lazy-boyz or something ;)

[BadMagick]

SureShot,
That would be super cool if you could get some pictures on here. I'd like to see that.

I know movie seats might not be the most comfortable, but it's the most authentic. I mean, isn't it everybody's fantasy to do a bit more than make out in the movie theater? You can do all the kinky stuff with the feel of the movies, but still be in your own home .... err .... come to think of it .... maybe the kids won't be able to have friends over all the time :-\

[reverendflash]

that was my point...

why can't movie theaters have lounge seating (booths, couches, comfy armchairs), and serve alcohol, and bar food (hot wings, fries, potato skins, etc) while you watch the movie...

I might even pay to go see a movie, and not complain about the noise, if the theater was more like a comfy bar...

but nooooooooooo, we have to sit in rows, and absolutely NO ALCOHOL.

:(

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[fester8542]

Originally posted by BadMagick
I mean, isn't it everybody's fantasy to do a bit more than make out in the movie theater?


Dude, ummm doing that in your house would defeat the whole voyerism thing.

I dont think you get it :sure:

[fester8542]

Originally posted by reverendflash
that was my point...

why can't movie theaters have lounge seating (booths, couches, comfy armchairs), and serve alcohol, and bar food (hot wings, fries, potato skins, etc) while you watch the movie...

I might even pay to go see a movie, and not complain about the noise, if the theater was more like a comfy bar...

but nooooooooooo, we have to sit in rows, and absolutely NO ALCOHOL.

:(

Revhttp://www.aulman.com/rev.gif


Actually dude, there are two thearters that are close to me that you can drink in. You sit in huge leather reclining seats from Lincolns and Cadillacs. You order huge meals and they serve you there. And you can get beer. In fact I always get the "bucket of beer" Its a six pack served in a bucket of ice. So smooth.

Here is a link

www.chunkys.com

[SureShot]

there is a theatre in Toronto that has a license for serving alcohol - but you are right there arent many around. Also in a small town just outside of here they have a theatre that has rooms for rent with a couch some other v.i.p. treatments, but it's like 20bucks a person to go and you have to book it ahead of time It's pretty cool but kind of silly if you ask me.

[reverendflash]

yes, they have "adult" theaters here as well, but only if you don't mind sitting in someone else's jizz.... http://userpages.umbc.edu/~tmccau1/images/smilies/sick.gif
and they don't show first run movies.

I mean basically a pub that shows new releases...

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[fester8542]

Originally posted by reverendflash
yes, they have "adult" theaters here as well, but only if you don't mind sitting in someone else's jizz.... http://userpages.umbc.edu/~tmccau1/images/smilies/sick.gif
and they don't show first run movies.

I mean basically a pub that shows new releases...

Revhttp://www.aulman.com/rev.gif

Thats exactly what I posted man :)

[lava]

Originally posted by UNFLUX
all i know, is between kids, teens, babies, and generally all
people, I bought my big screen tv to avoid theaters. The only
time I'll go, is a weekday matinee. $5 and usually I'm 1 of 10
people. I saw Saving Private Ryan with 3 old-guy couples who
had obviously participated in WWII together. It was great, and
like I said the only way I'll go now.

i didn't read every post, but I wanted to let you all know that
there's some theaters experimenting with 'daycare' style mats
and flooring at the bottom of the seats for toddlers and babies to
crawl around on. interesting idea, no? :sure:

I have a 4 mo and a 3yo. NO WAY IN H-E-L-L would I bring the
4mo to any theater, and my 3yo has never been either. I know
she's too young, and it would be a dissaster. Not only for her,
and me, but for all the people wanting to watch the movie. I wish
it was more like that, instead of people thinking it's an extension
of their living room.

You should try taking them to an IMAX theater :)

[reverendflash]

Originally posted by fester8542
Thats exactly what I posted man :)

sorry fester...

missed that one...

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[SureShot]

REV, mine wasnt in conjunction with Adult theatres as well, they are public and show all the newest movies... sorry I guess I should have been more clear. I could see how that sounded like a **** theatre ;)

"v.i.p. treatments" hahahaha

[reverendflash]

ya sure Tuknuk....

We know all about your eskimo kinkiness...

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[Niann]

Originally posted by reverendflash
that was my point...

why can't movie theaters have lounge seating (booths, couches, comfy armchairs), and serve alcohol, and bar food (hot wings, fries, potato skins, etc) while you watch the movie...

I might even pay to go see a movie, and not complain about the noise, if the theater was more like a comfy bar...

but nooooooooooo, we have to sit in rows, and absolutely NO ALCOHOL.

:(

Revhttp://www.aulman.com/rev.gif

There is a place a little south of my house that is the same way. :) No one under the age of 21 is allowed. They show first run movies, and have the leather "executive" style chairs. There is ample room between the seats, and a counter in front of every row for you to set your food/drink on. Towards the front there are little round tables for groups. I went to see "Pirates" there. The Waiter/Waitress comes to your table takes your order and brings it back. =) They had mosty bar type food, no gourmet meals, but the food was good. =) The noise factor was pretty good, I was surprised. It was less then when I go to the regular show down the street. The best part was that the price was cheeper than a ticket to the AMC down the street from my house. Plus as far as bars go it was not too pricey.

If it was not an hour from my house I would probably go there more often. =)

Cheers!
-Niann

[reverendflash]

niann:

My point exactly. we need more of those types of theaters...

The profit margin on alcohol is outrageous, plus you employ waiters/waitresses, cooks, dishwashers, etc. for almost no cost to the theater (sad, but true)...

so you still get $50 out of a couple, but the couple has had a couple drinks, some hot wings, and a good time...

then again, I also think there should be "smoking only" and "no babies" flights on airlines as well...

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[Niann]

Ohhh, I travel quite a bit, and "no babies, and screaming kids" flights would be great!!!! If I could get that I may be less inclined to want to smoke on the flight. ;)

Cheers!
-Niann

[pom]

I feel your pain, Sintax :( The worst experience I had was Happy Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (or the Philophers, who cares), and not only because the movie was bad.

All I could hear was "It's Dumbledore! It's Dumbledore!" "Oh, looks, it's Hagrid, he's so funny!" "Ahh!! And here comes Harry!" Yeah, I know it's Harry, dude. Who do you think you are? Albert Einstein? He's got a ****ing scar on the forehead, even my dog could recognize him!

[BadMagick]

Originally posted by fester8542
Dude, ummm doing that in your house would defeat the whole voyerism thing.

I dont think you get it :sure:

Well, see ... there's the illusion that you're in the theater, so it would still add to the excitement factor, but still comfortable enough for you too get your groove on.

Get it?

[Coppertop]

Personally, I would never eat a baby, they don't taste good.

To be quite honest I have the temper that can go from 0 to pissed in 0.2 seconds quite litterally. Anytime I get pissed off, one of the first thoughts to enter my head is my bruttaly mauling them with a baseball bat or me shoving a crow bar into their head (and out the other side), or me kung-fuing their ***, or me blowing them up with 6 packs of C4. Etc....

I dont know why I had to add that.

[reverendflash]

learn to deal with that temper...

soon....

eeeek!

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[Coppertop]

DIE!

Hehe. Kidding

[telekinesis]

*eats everyones babies*

[lava]

I know... I just popped one for a snack right now. They go well with puppy stew.

[telekinesis]

Brotha Lynch Hung - Return of the Baby Killer
You ain't even seen me in my prime
Eatin' baby brains, baby veins, baby spines
I know they be cryin' when I'm cuttin' off the neck
I'm peelin' off the skin for some bacon-fried croquettes
Baby villain spine, that baby-killin' mind
A fifth-pound of gin cause I know I'm doin' time
So catch me now before I do my next crime
My kids' gotta eat, somebody's baby's on the line

[Coppertop]

Haha, ****it thats funny

[fez]

seriously dan, you cant make your problwems go away by eating them...or maybe you can i dunno

[Coppertop]

well fez, when you think about it, the baby is crying, causing you bother. You eat the baby, it stops crying, no problem! well, the parents might b!tch, but you can just punt them accross the theatre, or plant an incindiary device in their car.