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> Anyone can break up a showing of an enemy propaganda film by putting two or three dozen large moths in a paper bag. Take the bag to the movies with you, put i
by jorgesborges 4y ago
> Anyone can break up a showing of an enemy propaganda film by putting two or three dozen large moths in a paper bag. Take the bag to the movies with you, put it on the floor in an empty section of the theater as you go in and leave it open. The moths will fly out and climb into the projector beam, so that the film will be obscured by fluttering shadows.
What’s the contemporary equivalent? I’d still like to bring a couple dozen moths to the theatre just for the hell of it.
- roflyear 4y agoGood luck finding moths these days. They're all dead!
- Jolter 4y agoI think this would still work in a cinema. I don’t know what could constitute “enemy propaganda” though.
- thakoppno 4y agoI don’t think this would work. I can’t think of a single time in my movie going life where a moth has obscured the projection. There must be an existing counter measure. Fascinating idea.
- lrem 4y agoCan insect die off be contributing?
- KineticLensman 4y agoI don't remember clouds of moths or other insects spoiling films when I was a kid (first went to the cinema in the mid '70s).
- bunabhucan 4y agoA/C blower vent directly down in front of the projectionist window?
- Jolter 4y agoI think it's safe to say modern multiplex cinemas don't usually leave the windows open to let in Mother Nature...
- slickdork 4y agoDepends on your political alignment. Superhero movies are basically fascist propaganda (the people who are most powerful will have your best interests in mind and save you, you dear children who enjoy comic books in your adulthood).
- di4na 4y agoWhile i may not disagree i uh _check notes_ you may have missed some plot points in modern superhero movies...
- kgwxd 4y agoWho watches superhero movies to feel they’re protected by the fictional character in real life? People watch because they want to be like the superhero, not the extras.
- jstarfish 4y agoAdults relate to the superhero, because they're empowered with agency over themselves and their environment. These things were supposed to be for children. They have no control over anything and are supposed to look to the big strong adults to solve all their problems. But even adults are susceptible. Lately politicians have been marketing themselves as the heroes we need to solve the problems we can't.
- kgwxd 4y agoI was a kid once, I never thought that way. However, the politicians that have been marketing themselves as literal superheroes are also the ones I've voted against, so maybe it's a certain type of people that get that out of superhero movies. They're also the ones every modern superhero story warns against, so your point is confusing.
- raverbashing 4y agoIt's funny to see how moral/luddite "concerns" are bipartisan Which comic book tells this message I'm not sure. How would Superman deal with the trolley problem?
- Animats 4y agoProbably that projector light output has increased so much that moths in the beam near the projector overheat. Drive in movies, which always needed a big light output, didn't have much of a problem with moths in the beam.