[Mark Lippert]

This has nothing to do with Pat.  I had, as the title states, a crappy movie-going experience this weekend.  Afterwards, I looked around for a web site where I could vent to other like-minded people and found nothing.

Well, that needs to change and I'm just the bastard to do it.  I envision a site where people can come and post their own theater horror stories and perhaps offer advice on how to stop this crap.  The wheels are in motion and all I need is a good name.  So far, me and The Most Powerful Milwaukeean have come up the following:

theaterannoyances.com
badtheaters.com
theaterhorrorstories.com
yourtheatersucks.com
hateyourtheater.com
stickymoviefloor.com
crummyseats.com
blackholeofilm.com
siskelsrolling.com

What do YOU think?  I'm kind of partial to "theaterhorrorstories.com" or "yourtheatersucks.com" myself.  Any other suggestions?

[BillyBuerger]

I agree mark.  theaterhorrorstories.com or yourtheatersucks.com are my favorites.  The first I guess fits best with the site.  But yourtheatersucks is funny.  I think I'll have to but my vote towards yourtheatersucks.com

So are you going to share your story with us or do we have to wait until you get the site going?

[Edited by BillyBuerger (08-06-2001 at 01:20 PM).]

[Amy]

I vote for theaterhorrorstories.com

But I do also like stickymoviefloor.com   Reminds me of the old Middleton 99 cent theater I went too as a young child.

[Greg]

Quoth The Kid...

quote:Reminds me of the old Middleton 99 cent theater I went too as a young child.

I have many fond memories of that theater.

You gotta love old military construction.  Old metal buildings that looked like someone took a huge oil drum, cut it in half, and said "Hey look!  It's a building!"

Heck, Remember Amy... Barry did that to make Grills too.  Oil drums are multifunctional! =P

Oh, and I vote for theaterhorrorstories ... or maybe suckflick.com.

[Mark Lippert]

Hmmm...I'm really leaning towards yourtheatersucks.com.  It has more of a bite to it.  Regardless of what the URL ends up being, there will probably be some sort of section on the site entitled "Theater Horror Stories."  That's too good to not use.

Rather than just being a repository of people's horror stories (though that'll probably be a big part), I want to have stuff about how fix these sort of problems.  Too often, I've been the only one who actually gets up to bitch about the poor presentation or whatever.  Most people just sit there hoping it will fix itself.  Oh, and there'll be a section on how to write a good complaint letter.  As soon as I figure out how to.

quote:You gotta love old military construction. Old metal buildings that looked like someone took a huge oil drum, cut it in half, and said "Hey look! It's a building!"

Quonset hut!  Quonset hut!  Quonset hut!

[Amy]

Quote the Greg:

quote:I have many fond memories of that theater.

Yes, you had to love your feet sticking to the floor, the cobwebs in the corners, and the occasional furry thing that you would feel run over your feet. Hearing the ting of rain bouncing off the roof, if you went during a storm, and who can forget the gravel parking lot.

I saw many movies there my family was poor, or was to cheap to go and pay full price. <laugh>

[Greg]

Quoth Tattoo...

quote:Quonset hut!  Quonset hut!  Quonset hut!

*Nod*  That's it.  I didn't think I had the proper spelling (I didn't) and I was too lazy to look it up. =P

Gotta love the old writer's crutch of just describing stuff you don't name.

So... When is this new project going underway?  *grin*

[Gornacopia]

I'd definitely have to go with the "yourtheatersucks.com"  The only place where front row seats are the worst in the house.

[Nookie Wan]

Quonset hut!  Quonset hut!  Quonset hut!

There is a great Pizza Place in Waukegan
Illonois. It is aptly Named Quonset Pizza
and has been there since like the 50's.

I guess when the armed forces decommissioned these huts. Lots of vets bought them at deep discounts. Some became homes,and some are businesses. Super cheap pre-fab construction. I wonder if retired Iraqis have home/businesses built out of Scud Missles?

[Mark Lippert]

Why are you people posting to this thread?  yourtheatersucks.com has already come and gone.  It's old news.

[Gornacopia]

Sorry Mark.  I'm still new here, and I've been sifting through all of the old postings to try and get to know the regulars here better.  This will be the last post in an old thread that I will make.  Once again, my most humbled appologies.