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ChocolateLady 
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 Posted - 11/30/2006 : 06:23:58
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Originally posted by benj clews
Gotta' say I think my current favourite screen is Leicester Square's Empire 1. Not only do they seem to amp the sound up there, but sit bang in the middle on the front row and you still have about 20 foot between you and the massive screen... which is as near as dammit floor to ceiling. Cinematic bliss! 
It really is a good theatre. I saw Cars there when I brought my daughter to London for her Bat Mitzvah trip. What a waste of a great theatre that was! Okay, the film wasn't that horrid, but it just wasn't great.
(What I wouldn't give right now to go see Casino Royale there.) |
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Posted - 11/30/2006 : 08:42:14
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Originally posted by ChocolateLady
It really is a good theatre. I saw Cars there when I brought my daughter to London for her Bat Mitzvah trip. What a waste of a great theatre that was! Okay, the film wasn't that horrid, but it just wasn't great.
(What I wouldn't give right now to go see Casino Royale there.)
Glad to hear I'm not the only fan of this cinema
I also can't believe how big it is- I seriously cannot get my head around exactly how that cinema can physically fit within the surrounding buildings  |
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Sal[Au]pian
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Posted - 11/30/2006 : 09:07:58
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Originally posted by benj clews
Gotta' say I think my current favourite screen is Leicester Square's Empire 1. Not only do they seem to amp the sound up there, but sit bang in the middle on the front row and you still have about 20 foot between you and the massive screen... which is as near as dammit floor to ceiling. Cinematic bliss!
Given the choice, I always sit in the middle of the back row. I don't like having people behind me. That's why I like the Haymarket one. There's a seat in the middle at the top of the steps (normally there is an even number and so one has to be to one side), and the rows are banked very steeply so that it (sort of!) feels like a throne. Having said that, I've never been in the Empire since it would pain me to pay for a U.C.I. ticket (although it's merged with Odeon now). |
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Sal[Au]pian
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Posted - 11/30/2006 : 09:19:07
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Originally posted by Whippersnapper
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Originally posted by BaftaBabe
But I suppose if I were a new mum or dad and were desperate to see a film and couldn't find a sitter ... also, better those babies are all grouped together so they're not tempted to crawl into an adult screening and start mis-behaving, the tiny tear-aways 
I think given Sal's sexual orientation he is unlikely to benefit from this service any time soon Baffs. 
I bit my tongue about this yesterday, but it's still really bothering me, so I just wanted to say that I think it was rather cruel and unnecessary to make this comment. |
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ChocolateLady
"500 Chocolate Delights"
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Posted - 11/30/2006 : 10:46:21
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Originally posted by Salopian
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Originally posted by Whippersnapper
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Originally posted by BaftaBabe
But I suppose if I were a new mum or dad and were desperate to see a film and couldn't find a sitter ... also, better those babies are all grouped together so they're not tempted to crawl into an adult screening and start mis-behaving, the tiny tear-aways
I think given Sal's sexual orientation he is unlikely to benefit from this service any time soon Baffs.
I bit my tongue about this yesterday, but it's still really bothering me, so I just wanted to say that I think it was rather cruel and unnecessary to make this comment.
And, of course, it is an innacurate assumption.
(Even moreso since this latest scientific breakthrough.)
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benj clews
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Posted - 11/30/2006 : 10:53:44
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Originally posted by Salopian
I bit my tongue about this yesterday, but it's still really bothering me, so I just wanted to say that I think it was rather cruel and unnecessary to make this comment.
Only just noticed this one myself 
I'm sure Whippa meant no harm and was just jesting, but it's maybe overstepped the line a bit. |
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ChocolateLady
"500 Chocolate Delights"
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Posted - 11/30/2006 : 11:49:03
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Originally posted by benj clews
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Originally posted by ChocolateLady
It really is a good theatre. I saw Cars there when I brought my daughter to London for her Bat Mitzvah trip. What a waste of a great theatre that was! Okay, the film wasn't that horrid, but it just wasn't great.
(What I wouldn't give right now to go see Casino Royale there.)
Glad to hear I'm not the only fan of this cinema
I also can't believe how big it is- I seriously cannot get my head around exactly how that cinema can physically fit within the surrounding buildings
Yes, I was surprised about that myself.
As for preferances, I learned from a good friend that the best place to sit is in the middle of the middle. And if you can't do that, middle of any row that's behind the middle of the theatre.
I try to go by that most of the time, but there's one cinema here that makes this very difficult, because of the isle down the center!
Back in the day, there was a cinema in Chicago that had such a good angle to the hall that no one ever had a problem with the head of the person in front of them. It also was placed on a seemingly small area of land, and had a balcony as well as a huge organ (since it was originally built for silent films). Of course, that cinema was turned into a shopping mall years ago. |
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Whippersnapper. 
"A fourword thinking guy."
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Posted - 11/30/2006 : 12:17:22
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I am writing to Sal personally. 
If anyone else was offended, very sorry, but I had assumed Sal was quite comfortable with his sexual identity as he has previously chosen to discuss it without prompting - I refer specifically to his "Brokeback Mountain" posts - and it was in this context that I made the joke. (Put joke in inverted commas if you like.)
For the record, I do not consider being gay anything to be ashamed of or embarrassed about or quiet about, and please note that my joke was not about being gay, it was about the unintentional redundancy (although well-intentioned) of some of BB's information to someone who is gay. Therefore although I am genuinely sorry if anyone is offended, I am at a loss to understand why that should be the case. Obviously this is still a difficult area, perhaps more so for some of us than others. I'll try to be more careful of others' sensibilities in future.
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Sal[Au]pian
"Four ever European"
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Posted - 11/30/2006 : 12:46:09
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Ironically, given another thread, the personal message that you sent me was without an e-mail address, so I am replying here.
I'm rather surprised that you didn't at all grasp what I meant, so I shall spell it out. Just because it is probable that someone will miss out on something significant does not mean it is nice or helpful to mention it, especially in an irrelevant context. |
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benj clews
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Posted - 11/30/2006 : 12:53:23
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Originally posted by ChocolateLady
As for preferances, I learned from a good friend that the best place to sit is in the middle of the middle. And if you can't do that, middle of any row that's behind the middle of the theatre.
Yep, I generally find the front row is way too close to the screen (I've been in some cinemas where my feet touch the wall below the screen when slumped down). Whilst, I don't know if this is a space limitation thing and cinemas used to be more spacious, but Empire 1 absolutely shatters the "don't sit on the front row" rule. The view is akin to sitting on the back row of most multiplexes, but without anything in front of you. Sat bang in the middle there, legs spread willy-nilly into the endless space ahead and looking out at this huge screen, you just feel like you're King of the castle.
If ever you're there and you hear the lone guy in the middle on the front row giggling away before the lights have even gone down, it's probably me
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Back in the day, there was a cinema in Chicago that had such a good angle to the hall that no one ever had a problem with the head of the person in front of them. It also was placed on a seemingly small area of land, and had a balcony as well as a huge organ (since it was originally built for silent films). Of course, that cinema was turned into a shopping mall years ago.
That's such a shame. Apparently, the Odeon Leicester Square has a working organ they use on special occaisions, but I've not yet been lucky enough to see it in use. |
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Sal[Au]pian
"Four ever European"
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Posted - 11/30/2006 : 12:56:19
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Originally posted by benj clews
legs spread willy-nilly
Sounds like you're talking about a different sort of cinema, Benj.  |
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benj clews
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Posted - 11/30/2006 : 13:08:12
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Originally posted by Salopian
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Originally posted by benj clews
legs spread willy-nilly
Sounds like you're talking about a different sort of cinema, Benj.
Hmmm... yeah, maybe I should have rephrased that |
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Whippersnapper.
"A fourword thinking guy."
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Posted - 11/30/2006 : 14:46:15
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Originally posted by Salopian
Ironically, given another thread, the personal message that you sent me was without an e-mail address, so I am replying here.
I'm rather surprised that you didn't at all grasp what I meant, so I shall spell it out. What you said was equivalent to saying to someone who has a certain medical condition and is very likely to die young that they won't get a state pension. This may be factually true, but it is not exactly a nice or helpful thing to say.
Actually, now I'm offended by the "being gay is like a medical condition" ( ) simile, but I take you to mean that I have ignored your sensitivity to the inherently problematic relationship between your gayness and your paternal feelings (which I never knew you had). I'm not very parental myself - certainly not to the extent of comparing childlessness with an early death, which, I have to say, seems a little extreme to me although others may disagree - and I didn't consider it when I made that post. Sorry.
As to the PMing, I'm with those who think that one shouldn't have to give one's personal email to get a response. The PM system exists precisely to allow communication between members without the exchange of email addresses. How far people want to go in exchanging personal information should be entirely an individual choice without any pressure of any sort.
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Sal[Au]pian
"Four ever European"
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Posted - 11/30/2006 : 15:02:38
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Originally posted by Whippersnapper
Actually, now I'm offended by the "being gay is like a medical condition" () simile, but I take you to mean that I have ignored your sensitivity to the inherently problematic relationship between your gayness and your paternal feelings (which I never knew you had). I'm not very parental myself - certainly not to the extent of comparing childlessness with an early death, which, I have to say, seems a little extreme to me although others may disagree - and I didn't consider it when I made that post. Sorry.
You must have had this message composed quite a while before sending it as I had already edited mine some time ago. After sending it, I realised that it had many connotations that I did not intend, but I was out at lunch and so could not change it immediately. Having a medical condition is intrinsically bad and I did not mean to refer to that aspect. It was therefore a poor anaology, as most are. Because of the latter fact, I did not replace it with another. I merely wanted to state that gratuitously pointing out negative things about people's futures is not a pleasant thing to do. Nevertheless, while I agree that the comparison was inappropriate, in all honesty I do think that an early death (I was imagining at the age of about sixty) is vastly preferable to childlessness for most people. |
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Whippersnapper.
"A fourword thinking guy."
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Posted - 11/30/2006 : 16:38:28
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Originally posted by Salopian
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Originally posted by Whippersnapper
Actually, now I'm offended by the "being gay is like a medical condition" () simile, but I take you to mean that I have ignored your sensitivity to the inherently problematic relationship between your gayness and your paternal feelings (which I never knew you had). I'm not very parental myself - certainly not to the extent of comparing childlessness with an early death, which, I have to say, seems a little extreme to me although others may disagree - and I didn't consider it when I made that post. Sorry.
You must have had this message composed quite a while before sending it as I had already edited mine some time ago. After sending it, I realised that it had many connotations that I did not intend, but I was out at lunch and so could not change it immediately. Having a medical condition is intrinsically bad and I did not mean to refer to that aspect. It was therefore a poor anaology, as most are. Because of the latter fact, I did not replace it with another. I merely wanted to state that gratuitously pointing out negative things about people's futures is not a pleasant thing to do. Nevertheless, while I agree that the comparison was inappropriate, in all honesty I do think that an early death (I was imagining at the age of about sixty) is vastly preferable to childlessness for most people.
Having given the matter the most careful consideration, I have decided, on this occasion, to accept your apology. Just don't do it again.
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