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Disney About to Forever Ruin Your Theatrical Experience
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Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#1 - 2013-09-13 13:40:45 UTC
...............and you children will never learn to sit still for 90 minutes. Ever.

Disney Invites Kids to Bring iPads to Theaters for ‘The Little Mermaid’ Re-Release

"According to the app’s trailer, participants will be able to play games, compete with fellow audience members and sing along with the movie."

Thanks Disney. Now us adults will truly stay home.

"He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."  - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882
Khergit Deserters
Crom's Angels
#2 - 2013-09-13 14:01:08 UTC
Wonderful. A new achievement for our culture. Eliminate any patience that might be needed to sit through a 90 minute movie. A hyperactive animated one at that. I'm glad my kids are too old for Disney, that theatre experience sounds like pure hell.
Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#3 - 2013-09-13 14:02:39 UTC  |  Edited by: Krixtal Icefluxor
It's just so unbelievably stupid I'm a bit in shock to be honest.

This is 'the last straw' for.....something, I'm not sure what.

ed: apparently they are getting quite the mouse-ear-ful. I'll post what I find out.

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Frank Millar
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#4 - 2013-09-13 14:04:09 UTC
The horror... Shocked
Bischopt
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#5 - 2013-09-13 14:25:30 UTC
Krixtal Icefluxor wrote:
...............and you children will never learn to sit still for 90 minutes. Ever.

Disney Invites Kids to Bring iPads to Theaters for ‘The Little Mermaid’ Re-Release

"According to the app’s trailer, participants will be able to play games, compete with fellow audience members and sing along with the movie."

Thanks Disney. Now us adults will truly stay home.


It's not just the adults. The more quiet and reserved kids won't like it either.
Ruined movie experience for the whole family! \o/
Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#6 - 2013-09-13 14:28:10 UTC  |  Edited by: Krixtal Icefluxor
The film’s Sept. 20 theatrical re-release is part of a new Disney initiative called Second Screen Live


Yes. "Let's train children to compete" with other audience members to be the biggest distraction during a movie.

"He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."  - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882
Mizhir
Devara Biotech
#7 - 2013-09-13 14:34:02 UTC
Suddenly, The Oatmeal's suggestion seems to be more tempting

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Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#8 - 2013-09-13 14:38:18 UTC
Mizhir wrote:
Suddenly, The Oatmeal's suggestion seems to be more tempting



I would pay to see the installation of the Toilet of Shame everywhere.

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silens vesica
Corsair Cartel
#9 - 2013-09-13 15:25:21 UTC  |  Edited by: silens vesica
Krixtal Icefluxor wrote:
...............and you children will never learn to sit still for 90 minutes. Ever.

Disney Invites Kids to Bring iPads to Theaters for ‘The Little Mermaid’ Re-Release

"According to the app’s trailer, participants will be able to play games, compete with fellow audience members and sing along with the movie."

Thanks Disney. Now us adults will truly stay home.
I predict this little PR stunt will fizzle pretty badly. Still, it's a bad precident.


Mizhir wrote:
Suddenly, The Oatmeal's suggestion seems to be more tempting

I would pay a premium to go to that theater.

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BLACK-STAR
#10 - 2013-09-13 16:06:29 UTC
What's wrong with singing along, guys!? The kids will be happy kicking seats, yelling, throwing things, and they'll want to do it all over again!

until that ipad slides between the seats, drops and shatters. Fun adventure time turns to whining.
Khergit Deserters
Crom's Angels
#11 - 2013-09-13 16:54:03 UTC  |  Edited by: Khergit Deserters
Mean popular kid: "We're going to the movie on Saturday but Rachel doesn't have an iPad so she can't come."
Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#12 - 2013-09-13 16:58:27 UTC
I'm just waiting for the real writers to start posting analyses of this.

Maybe by this evening or something.

"He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."  - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882
Snagletooth Johnson
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#13 - 2013-09-13 20:40:44 UTC
About to? Dear boy, where have you been for the last 20 years?
Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#14 - 2013-09-13 20:54:50 UTC  |  Edited by: Krixtal Icefluxor
Snagletooth Johnson wrote:
About to? Dear boy, where have you been for the last 20 years?



?? Not following you.

What other company has promoted such a thing theatrically before ?

ed: ......and things like William Castle hiding electrodes in theater seats for "The Tingler" back in the 50s do not count.

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Micheal Dietrich
Kings Gambit Black
#15 - 2013-09-13 21:09:51 UTC
**** like this would make me want to bring an assault rifle to the theater.


Too soon?

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Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#16 - 2013-09-13 21:14:17 UTC
Micheal Dietrich wrote:
**** like this would make me want to bring an assault rifle to the theater.


Too soon?


Perfectly understandable Smile

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Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#17 - 2013-09-13 21:32:52 UTC
"Imagine a theater full of children, with everyone looking down at a bright screen instead of watching the movie," writes PAR editor Ben Kuchera. "Let's hope that the app is silent or you'll be dealing with hundreds of speakers all playing music with different timing, or at different volumes. Hellish."

Disney first tested the use of the app in theaters last fall with Tim Burton's “The Nightmare Before Christmas.” The company says the trials resulted in "positive" responses among viewers, though you certainly wouldn’t think that based on the 5-1 ratio of “thumbs-downs” to “thumbs-ups” on the trailer’s Youtube page.

From Comments: "I'm not sure what Disney is trying to accomplish here. Are they admitting the movie can't hold the attention of a young child and needs an accompanying video game in order to do so? I think that's demonstrably untrue though, Disney movies have always been good at making young kids want to watch them over and over again."

http://penny-arcade.com/report/article/disneys-new-play-to-make-movie-theaters-intolerable-begins-with-little-merm


I find it interesting that a few are calling this a desperate attempt by struggling theater owners.

I call it a desperate attempt by an INDUSTRY that got rightfully burned at the box office this past summer.

"He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."  - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882
Graygor
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#18 - 2013-09-14 01:25:40 UTC
Well thats one way to kill the cinema industry then.

Adieu cinema, it was a good 120 year ride.

o7

Want to know something great?

Kids in Japan are actually well behaved at threatres, because they'll be given a damn good thrashing if they misbehave and be socially stigmatised.

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stoicfaux
#19 - 2013-09-14 02:18:50 UTC
The power of the of Princess Industrial Complex combined with power of the iPad? Bravo, Satan, bravo.

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BLACK-STAR
#20 - 2013-09-14 02:26:50 UTC
Graygor wrote:
Kids in Japan are actually well behaved at threatres, because they'll be given a damn good thrashing if they misbehave and be socially stigmatised.
Japan is crazy place yo, they eat some things alive or when the food is still moving around the plate and in your mouth!
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