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Nor the fact they still show ads before the movie you paid for.

by BiteCode_dev 3y ago

dietr1ch 3y ago
I kind of wouldn't mind too much, but they start the movie around 30 minutes late just to show ads and trailers.
- ChuckNorris89 3y ago
  Then also arrive at the cinema late so you can skip the ads. I always arrive about 10 min late to skip the ads.
  - dietr1ch 3y ago
    Yeah, but I'd have to learn the timing like it's a train that's regularly late roughly the same amount. It's easier to learn to watch movies home.
  - kQq9oHeAz6wLLS 3y ago
    Doesn't work at the drive-in, though thankfully ours only shows one preview before the feature. But the drive-in is an edge case.
    - ChuckNorris89 3y ago
      > the drive-in Tell me you live in the US :D
      - jhbadger 3y ago
        Even in the US drive-ins are a relic of another time and most of them have closed. They were most popular from the 1950s to the 1970s.
        kQq9oHeAz6wLLS 3y ago
        Everyone should make the effort to support the ones that are left. Going to them is an event, and affordable.
        DropInIn 3y ago
        "Going to them is an event, and affordable." Hmmm.... So is bull fighting but most of us refuse for various ethical and moral reasons... Maybe we should treat a giant parking lot that goes unused for 99% of the time, and requires people to use polluting transportation when they could use public transit to go to a theatre, as the giant unethical mess it is, eh?
        Juke_Ellington 3y ago
        To be fair, most movie theaters in the US have a giant, 99% unused parking lot attached to them anyways. Plus anywhere with a drive-in probably doesn’t have transit.
        DropInIn 3y ago
        Most theatres are part of malls now aren't they, with the parking shared and therefore not unutilized most of the time? Or is that just everywhere I've been?
      - kQq9oHeAz6wLLS 3y ago
        Yup. Here's a site to find your nearest drive-in, anywhere in the world https://www.driveinmovie.com/mainmenu.htm https://www.driveinmovie.com/mainmenu.htm
      - Benjamin_Dobell 3y ago
        Sadly there aren't many left. The one we go to in Australia is shutting down this week: https://www.whichcar.com.au/news/melbourne-lunar-drive-in-cinema-to-close-mid-2023 https://www.whichcar.com.au/news/melbourne-lunar-drive-in-ci... Only went as a novelty maybe a few times before having kids. This drive-in was a godsend since having kids ~5 years ago, and have been going regularly since. Extremely handy during COVID too.

Nor the fact they still show ads before the movie you paid for.

dietr1ch 3y ago

I kind of wouldn't mind too much, but they start the movie around 30 minutes late just to show ads and trailers.

ChuckNorris89 3y ago
Then also arrive at the cinema late so you can skip the ads. I always arrive about 10 min late to skip the ads.
- dietr1ch 3y ago
  Yeah, but I'd have to learn the timing like it's a train that's regularly late roughly the same amount. It's easier to learn to watch movies home.
- kQq9oHeAz6wLLS 3y ago
  Doesn't work at the drive-in, though thankfully ours only shows one preview before the feature. But the drive-in is an edge case.
  - ChuckNorris89 3y ago
    > the drive-in Tell me you live in the US :D
    - jhbadger 3y ago
      Even in the US drive-ins are a relic of another time and most of them have closed. They were most popular from the 1950s to the 1970s.
      - kQq9oHeAz6wLLS 3y ago
        Everyone should make the effort to support the ones that are left. Going to them is an event, and affordable.
        DropInIn 3y ago
        "Going to them is an event, and affordable." Hmmm.... So is bull fighting but most of us refuse for various ethical and moral reasons... Maybe we should treat a giant parking lot that goes unused for 99% of the time, and requires people to use polluting transportation when they could use public transit to go to a theatre, as the giant unethical mess it is, eh?
        Juke_Ellington 3y ago
        To be fair, most movie theaters in the US have a giant, 99% unused parking lot attached to them anyways. Plus anywhere with a drive-in probably doesn’t have transit.
        DropInIn 3y ago
        Most theatres are part of malls now aren't they, with the parking shared and therefore not unutilized most of the time? Or is that just everywhere I've been?
    - kQq9oHeAz6wLLS 3y ago
      Yup. Here's a site to find your nearest drive-in, anywhere in the world https://www.driveinmovie.com/mainmenu.htm https://www.driveinmovie.com/mainmenu.htm
    - Benjamin_Dobell 3y ago
      Sadly there aren't many left. The one we go to in Australia is shutting down this week: https://www.whichcar.com.au/news/melbourne-lunar-drive-in-cinema-to-close-mid-2023 https://www.whichcar.com.au/news/melbourne-lunar-drive-in-ci... Only went as a novelty maybe a few times before having kids. This drive-in was a godsend since having kids ~5 years ago, and have been going regularly since. Extremely handy during COVID too.