Poll: Should Texting In Movie Theaters Be Allowed?

[Liberal_in_LA]

Poll: Should Texting In Movie Theaters Be Allowed?


At CinemaCon in Las Vegas this past weekend, the assorted executives discussed how it might be beneficial to allow texting during the film because it would get more people in the seats who might have previously felt alienated. Especially young people who are so used to being plugged in and always accessible and who might feel actual anxiety at not being allowed to look at their phones for two hours.

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This all came about because the Sony CEO kicked said that twenty years ago, “kids would come every week,” but now “I’m concerned that the moviegoing experience isn’t just for baby boomers.” Seriously? An institution over 100 years old would bow to the latest generation simply because the latter has been given enough leniency to think they can get away with being rude? The act itself is self-involved: You’re completely disregarding the comfort of your fellow moviegoers who paid just as much as you to see this movie, in favor of something that is most likely a trivial and not pressing matter.

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	Yes, texting should be allowed
	0 (0%)
	No,
	17 (94%)
	Other
	1 (6%)
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[southernyankeebelle]

1. lower the prices of snacks or allow people to bring their own snacks. Or lower the price of tickets

[RKP5637]

2. +1, n/t

[Bruce Wayne]

16. No shit. And may figure out some technology that lets me watch at home.

I mean, shit, why would I want to leave my stately family mansion just to watch a movie? If only there were some kind of device...

[southernyankeebelle]

30. Oh I got that although I was thinking about that. But one big draw back for me is people

are in considerate. You get some teenagers and they never shut up through out the movie. So I stopped watching a very long time ago.

[Fumesucker]

3. Ban home theaters..

That'll put butts back in the seats..

[dems_rightnow]

4. Get off my lawn

Ya little bastards.

[FSogol]

5. The light created by the texting screen ruins the darkness in the theater.

I always tap the dopes texting around me to shut it off. They always do without a fuss. It is really sad if you can't stay off of texting for 2 hours. How dependent are people on those devices?

[lunasun]

69. Done during a live ballet next to me -the light was truly annoying!!

why come if u r just gonna keep o texting -go out to the lobby
One minute OK
but if constant and if it is an emergency/illness etc then. go out to the lobby or home
but I doubt it is with these boob types

[Scuba]

6. Texting should be banned, if it'll help keep kids out of theaters.

[Blue_Tires]

44. I like the way you think...

[TheKentuckian]

7. I don't see why not, its their $12 or whatever and seems unlikely to bother me any.

[Liberal Veteran]

12. It bothers me.

It ruins the atmosphere and creates distraction when people are randomly lighting up their seat as if they spontaneously sprouted a halo.

[Quixote1818]

24. Doesn't bother me either. A lot less problem than someone getting up to go to the

bathroom or get snacks. Or the idiot kids who kick the seat in front of them.

[Logical]

52. It is annoying and distracting.

[Son of Gob]

8. That's some idiotic logic

Allowing texting in theaters would alienate a hell of alot more people. I can't believe these dipshits even discussed this.

[white_wolf]

9. You want to get more people in theaters?

Lower your fucking prices. Wasn't that how theaters became so popular in the Great Depression, by keeping their prices low?

[Logical]

55. Movies are doing fine.

[WeekendWarrior]

10. Want to get more people in theaters?

Tell Hollywood to make movies that are worth spending ten bucks on. There's better stuff on Netflix.

[EmeraldCityGrl]

11. Selected "other" should have picked "pass"

they download the movies on their computers, has nothing to do with text withdrawal.

Where do they come up with this stupidity.

[Iggo]

60. We can change our votes now, right?

Give it a shot.

[EmeraldCityGrl]

62. Thanx...changed.

[MrSlayer]

13. Yeah, it's better than talking on the phone.

Which I have seen ignorant assholes do on more than one occasion. At least texting is quiet.

[customerserviceguy]

38. Next time you go to a movie

Can I sit in the row in front of you and shine a flashlight in your face?

[MrSlayer]

43. Not if you don't want to get punched.

Hah. It can be done without annoying other people. You don't have to hold it up in front of your face.

Perhaps I'm assuming too much, that people would know how to act with discretion.

[customerserviceguy]

57. You're assuming a lot

If they did it with the subtlety of people masturbating under a blanket, then it might not be annoying. Even when someone has the damned thing several inches above their lap, it shines in the eyes of the people behind the texter.

[Nye Bevan]

53. OK. Let's allow people to masturbate in movie theaters, because it's better than them having sex.

Or how about we just ban all annoying behavior?

[MrSlayer]

58. I'm not against movie theater sex.

Having had a bit as a youth. Of course we'd be all the way in the back.

I don't think the two things are equivalent. Masturbating is probably quieter and unless you're E.T., less distracting than texting.

[TransitJohn]

14. It's not allowed.

Every theater I've been in for years plays a message saying to turn your phone off (not put it in silent mode and keep texting). I wish more people had the courtesy to obey the rules.

[Liberal_in_LA]

18. the article says that theater owners are thinking of changing the rule - because young folks like to

text.

[TheCowsCameHome]

15. What's a movie theater?

Oh, I remember now - a place where you can buy $12 buttered popcorn and $6 Cokes.

[onehandle]

17. During one of the Spider-Man films, a lady about eight seats away was yakking on her cell phone.

This was During the movie.

During.

I walked over and politely asked her to stop.

She looked annoyed at me and said, 'I'm ON THE PHONE.' (her emphasis)

I got the theater manager to throw her out.

Our theater visits went down substantially after that.

When the trailers are over, stop interacting with your phone.

Period.


I blame VCRs and DVDs. People think the theater is their damn living room.

[Liberal_in_LA]

19. I hate it even during the trailers.

[proud2BlibKansan]

20. We sat in front of an illiterate guy who read the credits to his kid

He couldn't read! It was actually more hilarious than annoying.

[pokerfan]

21. I may never visit a (movie) theater again

Let's see, video @ home vs. the theater:

• cost
  
• don't have to drive anywhere
  
• don't have to stand in line
  
• don't have to sit through half an hour or more of previews
  
• more comfortable seats
  
• better and cheaper snacks plus booze
  
• can pause at any point to visit the bathroom or get a snack
  
• can rewind in case you miss something
  
• no annoying fellow patrons

[AsahinaKimi]

29. great points

I don't go anymore, not at $15 a movie.

[Confusious]

40. Are those pictures of you?

Or someone else?

[AsahinaKimi]

41. yes ~its me.

eom

[Quixote1818]

22. People do it all the time anyway.

It's hard to notice unless they are sitting right next to you and you see the light on the phone light up.

[jtuck004]

23. Would they be a branch of the TSA? Covert observation operatives,

close-in anti-texting martial arts, extra butter on the popcorn so fingers slide off the keypads, darkened theatres...


Wait. Darkened movie theatres. I think we can do this in a revenue-neutral sort of way...

[Quixote1818]

25. Don't care about this but they need a rule that little kids can't push the fucking seat with their

feet! Every time a kid is sitting behind me that kick my seat for two hours even when I look back at them an hour into the movie. The parents will even tell them to stop but they keep doing it!

[cherokeeprogressive]

26. I don't have a problem with it at all.

Really.

[prefunk]

27. If one is unable to go 90-120 min without using their phone...

then they can stay home and wait for it to come out on video.

[pinboy3niner]

28. Not even if they install meat thermometer detectors

(It only looks like a non sequitur to those not familiar with the case of the moviegoer stabbed with a meat thermometer in a Lancaster, CA theater after an argument over use of a cell phone at the movies.)

[kentauros]

39. I was thinking you were making a joke about how movie theaters

are practically refrigerated like a meat locker

(I always bring a jacket and I always end up using it, even in August.)

[pinboy3niner]

51. I always take a warm shirt or jacket

And a meat thermometer. 'Cuz you never know when somebody's gonna ask you if their meat is done.

[dembotoz]

31. my kid lives to text and he likes movies

if the theater wants to be pissy and keep him out
he will rent it on netflix

and have better pop corn

[customerserviceguy]

37. I'm the one who rents movies on Netflix, etc.

because I can't stand all the little assholes who think they need to do this during a movie. If the theaters want to tolerate these spoiled children, then they won't have me attending them.

[white_wolf]

56. Seriously, it's just rude of people to text during movies.

If you can't go a few hours without texting then you have problems.

[Nye Bevan]

65. Good. Please encourage him to only rent movies on Netflix

and not indulge his love of texting in movie theaters. Thanks.

[BklnDem75]

32. They should follow Alamo Drafthouse

[kentauros]

42. I remember that video :)

Over 8500 comments on the YouTube site, too

Unfortunately, I don't think you can educated cluelessness out of some people...

[Skip Intro]

33. A theater is for experiencing a motion picture. If you want to text, talk

or surf the web, find somewhere else to do it.

[kenny blankenship]

34. They should insulate theaters with enough foil backed fiberglass to block cell signals

Solve their assholes in the audience problem, and lower their AC bill at the same time.

[leeroysphitz]

35. Yes, unless you are texting FIRE.

[Liberal_in_LA]

48. lol.

[customerserviceguy]

36. It's like shining a fucking flashlight in the eyes of the person behind the texter

I'm hoping that someday soon, we outlaw texting altogether. All we're doing is waiting for the body count to get high enough, just like those foreign wars that seem so fun and harmless when we first get into them.

[Liberal_in_LA]

47. yep. I like texting but not in the theater

[saras]

45. Faraday shields

All performance spaces should be built with complete radio shielding. It's not that expensive, and as well as stopping cell and text, it stops other outside signals from interfering with onstage wireless systems. A net gain all around.

They might need some special allowance for doctors, EMTs, and others on call for work while at the movies.

[Curmudgeoness]

46. Until they make a phone that will not light up,

restrain yourself for a couple of hours and enjoy the movie. And let everyone else enjoy it too.

[high density]

49. If a person can't go for two hours without looking at their phone

then something is wrong with them. If you want to play with a phone while "watching" a movie then buy a Roku, sign up for Netflix, and enjoy it in your home.

[DearHeart]

66. I completely agree!

It is really annoying when you are trying to watch a movie and someone whips out their phone and the blue light comes on. It pulls your attention away from the movie.

[joshcryer]

50. Of course it should be allowed. Users should dim the light on their phone though.

[Logical]

54. Jesus, people need to get off their lazy asses and text outside the doors.

[joshcryer]

59. It's hardly intrusive.

[Logical]

64. yes it is. Dark theater and some idiot pulls out a lit screen.

[joshcryer]

68. If the screen is on its lowest settings it won't do squat.

[marlakay]

61. Even if you put on silent

It lights up and is disturbing...

[Nye Bevan]

63. People who talk or text during movies are inconsiderate assholes and are worse than the Tea Party.

And any theater that actually allows people to text will never be visited by me ever again.

[jp11]

67. If you feel anxiety at not being allowed to look at your phone for two whole hours

you probably have other issues in your life, like perhaps a sick family member, unstable home life, friends with their own problems etc. Not to leave out the obvious that you yourself have problems that you can't be 'disconnected'. Which really is stupid because no one really cares if you look at your stupid phone for a minute provided you aren't screaming into it like a turd or have the brightness so high it acts like a flashlight as you hold it over your head so it bugs other people.

If you show the least bit of concern and intelligence you can check your phone that needs to be on all the time because you are so important or needed no one in your life can survive without you for a few hours. You can do that and not be obnoxious to other patrons provided they aren't super sensitive to actually seeing someone hunched over their phone for a minute texting quietly.

Now constantly texting with stupid sounds for sending and receiving texts that is something that shouldn't be allowed and is rude.

[B Calm]

70. I pay good money to go to the theater

and the last thing I want is some inconsiderate asshole sitting in front of me or next to me playing with his cell phone.

[cliffordu]

71. No, and furthermore, I believe it is the only

justification for waterboarding.

[sandiling0746]

72. I completely agree!

I completely agree!