tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4934794998263831783.post2121773169634915389..comments2021-11-01T09:46:03.755-07:00Comments on Midnight Cheese: Horror and the Theatre Going ExperienceMidnight Cheesehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14317525384561899376noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4934794998263831783.post-27348757220964154992012-03-14T14:31:44.899-07:002012-03-14T14:31:44.899-07:00I think being in a dark theater is the only way yo...I think being in a dark theater is the only way you can be transported back to your innocent childhood days. Like “M the M” says in his comment, there are too many distractions. But when you sit in a theater, it's the closest thing to a time machine. Unfortunately more and more assholes are bringing cell phones into my time machine. Haven't they seen Somewhere in Time? Don't they know what can happen?<br /><br />From a physical & philosophical point of view, watching a film vs a digital medium is unique because you literally take something away from the film. The physical integrity of the medium is diminished by watching it. The wear and tear effect doesn’t exist in a digital medium. You don’t literally take anything away.<br /><br />How cool is it to think that when you watch a print of Jaws, you have literally altered the film? Maybe it’s so minimal that it isn’t perceivable by the human eye, but you have in fact taken some of the “life” from the film. You can pass that on to other people too, but when it’s gone it’s gone. There is something romantic about that.<br /><br />Digital is cold. It’s like a machine that will be here long after we’re gone.<br /><br />I am all for the preservation of film, but do we want it to be immortal? <br /><br />You’re watching a 35mm print- which is being changed just by the act of viewing it. There is something very comforting about this sentiment.Kevin Reganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04780824761082828503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4934794998263831783.post-56510869857600766562012-02-28T16:01:19.695-08:002012-02-28T16:01:19.695-08:00Awesome idea for a post, my man. For my money, the...Awesome idea for a post, my man. For my money, the theatre experience is worth it simply to eliminate distractions. 95% of my horror viewing is done in my mancave, and the temptation to look something up on my tablet while a movie is playing is very strong. Couple that with the liklihood that either my wife or children will come knocking, and you've got a less than ideal viewing environment.<br /><br />But in a theatre, you can't pause the movie, the screen takes up an entire wall, the sounds that accompany the jump scares is cranked up to 11, and assuming that a family of rednecks doesn't show up 10 minutes into the film (that always happens during horror movies in Helena, MT BTW), you've got a competely immersive experience.<br /><br />I'd love to live in a city big enough to support a repetoire theatre, but... Also, a bit of advice to repetoire theatre owners: make each show an event. Get guests when you can, when you can't, find some local sponsors to donate prizes and have pre-movie events. Make the crowd afraid to miss a week. In college, we had an on-cmpus theatre like this, and we'd never miss a showing, no matter what they were playing, simply because the crowd was so enthusiastic you'd have fun whether the film sucked or not.Marvin the Macabrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15339681552363692948noreply@blogger.com