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Prepare To Be Watched While You Watch a Movie
BussyB writes "Gaining entry to some movie theaters lately gives patrons an experience that is on par with going through a TSA security checkpoint at the airport. Then once you've gained access, there are cameras strategically positioned that record your every move. Unfortunately, the extent to which these companies monitor movie-goers is only going to get worse."
On the upside, Hollywood keeps turning out crap so I feel like I'm not missing much by waiting for the movie to come out on video.
bah.
The bigger problem we're facing with corporate practices like this is that, when the revolution comes, we won't have a wall big enough to put all these marketing departments against. We should really start to prioritize who will be first, and who goes second, third, etc.
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This is a gross invasion of privacy - I would expect to be informed of any recording at the time I purchase the ticket, who was making the recording and to what purpose they were being used. I would also expect that I could opt out at that time and at any time in the future without penalty. If the only choice I have is to no longer visit cinemas, then so be it. Either that or I might have to find a certain mask to wear.
Instead of noticing that we loathe any and all of the ads, they are going to ask: "Which one did you enjoy the most?"
This assumes that we enjoyed any of the ads.
We don't, but that's not what they're measuring is it...
Elections usually run on the same principle. Why should marketing surveys be any different?
There is a huge difference. You didn't digitally record the audience for all posterity. The information on those screenings is lost forever.The recordings from this company's product will be kept forever.
Well, I don't fly because of the TSA, I guess the movie theater owners down't want my money any more than the airline industry.
Stupid cowardly people...
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And also to stop people watching movies too.
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I used to go to theaters almost every week. But past 5 years, it's just once or twice. Getting a nice projector and having patience for DVD/BD release works for me.
And I can drink beer from bottle straight up.
My problem was not (just) theater owners, it had more to do with mobile loving teens.
Have the cameras identify the a-holes who can't stop talking during the movie and deliver a painful jolt of electricity to their seat until they stfu.
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I hope you're lying about being a LEO. Threatening some minimum wage jackass just trying to do his job for the property owner with murder and a cover up as a legitimate use of deadly force is heinously irresponsible and in fact criminal.
You have no right to access private property on terms other than those of the property owner. If the property owner wants all bags searched, you comply or piss off. That's how trespass law works. It's not a right to search bags, it's a condition for entry. You don't want to meet that condition, the property owner has the right to deny you entry. The end.
I am not a lawyer and the previous should not be construed as legal advice.
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The movie theatre isn't some government organization - vote with your wallet. Simply boycott the theatres that want to engage in this kind of activity. There are other activities that you can do such as reading, outdoor activities, building up your home theatre, etc. If you don't like this additional surveillance, the best way to make it fail is to simply stop going to the movies altogether. However, most Americans will continue to go despite this. I live in a dessert so I may go to a movie on only the hottest days during the summer. Save for that, there are all kinds of other forms of entertainment to engage in that, cost about the same, yet provide hours of entertainment versus a short film. Additionally, what happens if this system mistakenly identifies a person as having and using recording gear. The first major lawsuit and this surveillance crap will get returned to the manufacturer with refunds demanded.
I have a fond memory from 1977 of witnessing this at a midnight showing of The Song Remains the Same at the now closed North Town 6 theater in Dallas. Everyone brought their own bottles of booze as well. No police busting people, the theater owners were happy to be filling seats, and the customers had a good time.
Of course, that kind of fun and freedom is now just a distant memory.
Instead of noticing that we loathe any and all of the ads, they are going to ask: "Which one did you enjoy the most?"
This assumes that we enjoyed any of the ads.
We don't, but that's not what they're measuring is it...
The funny thing is, I enjoy ads... as a supplement to the product, and as a form of art of their own. But not for their intended purpose. I noticed I tend to enjoy ads of products I've already decided to buy or already own and like. So if it's clever, interesting or a funny ad of something I care about, then yes, it's thumbs up from me.
But that still leaves out a crucial detail that the advertisers actually want to know: Was the advertisement interesting and did it influence my decision to buy a product? Usually no. Seeing a product live can possibly make me buy a product if I already considered it, but reviews and word-of-mouth are usually the things that do the selling these days.
I was in college at SIU that year, and they had the Mississippi River Festival; a different big name act every night, close enough to hear from the balcony (I was married and we were in on-campus housing).
Alcohol wasn't allowed, so people would bring coolers of beer and have to leave the beer. There were mountainous piles of full six packs outside the gate, so we'd sit outside and drink beer and smoke dope and listen to the music.
The next morning we'd go down to the audience area before the cleanup crews came and we'd find at least a couple ounces of pot.
We didn't have to buy any beer or pot all summer. Man, those were the days!
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I never understood, whey you can drink huge amounts of sugar drinks in US cinemas but not a decent beer (if you get a decent beer in that part of the US - but I digress) as you can do it in most European cinemas. Poor Americans!
It doesn't matter how good or bad the items being advertised are, I don't want my attention distracted from the story the film is telling.
Basically, as long as the characters don't "advertise", I think the public is fine with it.
For example, if Q says to Bond, "now, let me tell you about the 'additions' to the BMW Z3...", and that's the only mention of the make or model of the car in the movie, it's probably OK. But if Bond were constantly asking people if they "want a ride in my BMW", it'd be too much (like the mentioned Omega watch example).
You're half right. Protected classes do have meaning to how a property owner may apply policy. So yeah, you can't have a 'no black people' policy, but you can have a dress code. Somebody can't walk into a swanky club wearing a tank top and cutoffs because that's not a protected class (so long as exceptions aren't being made for people based on a dimension associated with protected classes, such as waiving the dress code for whitey). So you are wrong about doing legal things on private property. A property owner can legally eject anybody for any reason not reasonably related to protected classes.
And as I said before, it's not a right to search bags. If a property owner (or agent thereof) says 'I want to search your bag' you can say 'no' and they can't search your bag, but they can then ask you to leave and that can and will be enforced by a responding law enforcement agency. The only way protected classes would be an intervening factor is if the request for search or the request to vacate were made in a clearly bigoted way.
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I support the Slashcott and will not be reading or commenting from 2/10/14 to 2/17/14. Beta is steaming pile of dog shit
You know where you can watch movies without *being* watched? At home on your entertainment system with the latest torrent.
Modern copyright is theft of culture from everyone and it retards the progress of the useful arts and sciences.
Implicit in that statement is the silly idea that the government and the corporations are separate entities.
Implicit in that statement is gross oversimplification of the complex relationship between corporations and government. It makes for an easy slogan, but isn't helpful beyond that.
Read the EFF's Fair Use FAQ
And Bond wore a Rolex Submariner traditionally
I suppose it's how you define "traditionally." OO7 hasn't worn a Rolex since 1973's "Live and Let Die." In fact, aside from the early Connery films Bond has usually *not* worn a Rolex.
Hence "traditionally" all other Bonds other than Connery are pretenders to the throne.
But if you're buying/renting the DVD, you're not following your own advice.
BTW, most of the time, one or more of the following will work on DVDs: menu button; top menu button; chapter skip button [likely multiple times]; stop then play. Except for rarely the MPAA warning (even then I can often go into 1.5x mode on one of my players), I can only remember seeing a VERY small number of DVDs with truly unskippable/stoppable stuff.
Of course, I can do that at home too, but you know what I mean.
Don't worry, we'll be looking into that little loophole soon enough.
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And also too the Grammar Nazi posts aren't usually often considered relevant. Because communication it doesn't need perfect grammer. or spelling. It's like fucking without an instruction book. If you cum, it couldn't have been that awful.
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