Comments on: FINISH IT! http://www.theaterhopper.com/2009/11/06/finish-it/ Comics about movies Sat, 11 Feb 2012 06:26:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Steven http://www.theaterhopper.com/2009/11/06/finish-it/#comment-3419 Steven Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:22:22 +0000 http://www.theaterhopper.com/?p=3231#comment-3419 This is funny, because I had to set up Christmas trees at the K-mart that I work at in mid September and start unrolling all the decorations for sale as well. Heard a lot of "CHRISTMAS ALREADY?"'s that day. This is funny, because I had to set up Christmas trees at the K-mart that I work at in mid September and start unrolling all the decorations for sale as well. Heard a lot of “CHRISTMAS ALREADY?”‘s that day.

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]]> By: Tom http://www.theaterhopper.com/2009/11/06/finish-it/#comment-3418 Tom Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:22:27 +0000 http://www.theaterhopper.com/?p=3231#comment-3418 After watching a few movies in 3D, there are some I have been OK with and some I haven't. I think less active movies do OK with it. I really enjoyed Coraline in 3D. The use of 3D was relatively subtle. In Monsters vs Aliens (a movie I enjoyed a lot) a few of the action scenes were hard to process for me. Christmas coming earlier and earlier is a complaint I've heard for 3 decades now. When you think about it from a retailers perspective it makes sense. I mean would you want to be the last retailer to start selling Christmas stuff during the season? Throw Christmas stuff on the shelves after everyone has maxxed out their credit cards making your competitors rich? That being said I'll be ignoring this movie because it's a month too early...:) After watching a few movies in 3D, there are some I have been OK with and some I haven’t. I think less active movies do OK with it. I really enjoyed Coraline in 3D. The use of 3D was relatively subtle. In Monsters vs Aliens (a movie I enjoyed a lot) a few of the action scenes were hard to process for me.

Christmas coming earlier and earlier is a complaint I’ve heard for 3 decades now. When you think about it from a retailers perspective it makes sense. I mean would you want to be the last retailer to start selling Christmas stuff during the season? Throw Christmas stuff on the shelves after everyone has maxxed out their credit cards making your competitors rich? That being said I’ll be ignoring this movie because it’s a month too early…:)

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]]> By: Edly http://www.theaterhopper.com/2009/11/06/finish-it/#comment-3415 Edly Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:07:06 +0000 http://www.theaterhopper.com/?p=3231#comment-3415 Blue: Actually the movie theaters won't show avmovie that comes out on DVD less than three months after hitting the big screen. The original plan with Michael Jackson This Is It was that it would be on screen for only two weeks, then Sony would have the DVDs ready for the Christmas season. Sony got a big surprise from the theater owners when they were told that it wasn't going to happen that way. Just like Polar Express, I expect Christmas Carol will come out on DVD and blu-Ray the year after it hits the big screen. For everyone else: Sure, 3D is a gimmic, but it's a lucerative one. The theaters/studios get to charge a higher ticket price, the theaters have to convert to digital projection equipment, meaning the studio doesn't have the expense of having to strike 3000+ prints, and Christie, Barco, DoRaMi, RealD, and Dolby get to sell the theaters new and expensive equipment. I think this business model will stick around for awhile. -Edly Blue: Actually the movie theaters won’t show avmovie that comes out on DVD less than three months after hitting the big screen. The original plan with Michael Jackson This Is It was that it would be on screen for only two weeks, then Sony would have the DVDs ready for the Christmas season. Sony got a big surprise from the theater owners when they were told that it wasn’t going to happen that way.
Just like Polar Express, I expect Christmas Carol will come out on DVD and blu-Ray the year after it hits the big screen.
For everyone else: Sure, 3D is a gimmic, but it’s a lucerative one. The theaters/studios get to charge a higher ticket price, the theaters have to convert to digital projection equipment, meaning the studio doesn’t have the expense of having to strike 3000+ prints, and Christie, Barco, DoRaMi, RealD, and Dolby get to sell the theaters new and expensive equipment. I think this business model will stick around for awhile.
-Edly

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]]> By: chuckers http://www.theaterhopper.com/2009/11/06/finish-it/#comment-3414 chuckers Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:02:22 +0000 http://www.theaterhopper.com/?p=3231#comment-3414 Edrondol, Do you consider "Coming to America" a bad movie? I thought it was enjoyable. Better than perhaps any other of the Eddie Murphy multiple role flicks. Edrondol,

Do you consider “Coming to America” a bad movie? I thought it was enjoyable. Better than perhaps any other of the Eddie Murphy multiple role flicks.

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]]> By: wunami http://www.theaterhopper.com/2009/11/06/finish-it/#comment-3413 wunami Sat, 07 Nov 2009 07:28:34 +0000 http://www.theaterhopper.com/?p=3231#comment-3413 I hate when they start doing Christmas stuff early. Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays and it's always getting the shaft by Christmas. The Consumerist regularly posts <a href="http://consumerist.com/search/christmas/" rel="nofollow">inappropriately early Christmas sales</a>. They call it Christmas Creep. I hate when they start doing Christmas stuff early. Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays and it’s always getting the shaft by Christmas.

The Consumerist regularly posts inappropriately early Christmas sales. They call it Christmas Creep.

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]]> By: Wiredwizard http://www.theaterhopper.com/2009/11/06/finish-it/#comment-3412 Wiredwizard Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:18:14 +0000 http://www.theaterhopper.com/?p=3231#comment-3412 I went into West Edmonton Mall a week before Halloween this year only to discover that construction had begun on Santa's Winter Palace. =rolls eyes= I learned a while back it's not safe to go to WEM the day after Halloween 'cause *everyone has the Xmas music blaring at a level that would put a Rolling Stones concert to shame (they turn it down about a week later). I went into West Edmonton Mall a week before Halloween this year only to discover that construction had begun on Santa’s Winter Palace. =rolls eyes= I learned a while back it’s not safe to go to WEM the day after Halloween ’cause *everyone has the Xmas music blaring at a level that would put a Rolling Stones concert to shame (they turn it down about a week later).

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]]> By: Anthony http://www.theaterhopper.com/2009/11/06/finish-it/#comment-3411 Anthony Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:18:02 +0000 http://www.theaterhopper.com/?p=3231#comment-3411 Hey Tom, just wanted to say that today's comic was one of the funniest I've seen in a while, keep up the good work! Hey Tom, just wanted to say that today’s comic was one of the funniest I’ve seen in a while, keep up the good work!

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]]> By: Gomro http://www.theaterhopper.com/2009/11/06/finish-it/#comment-3409 Gomro Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:04:10 +0000 http://www.theaterhopper.com/?p=3231#comment-3409 I work for the Kroger Co. and we're pushing Christmas (aka "The Holidays" -- don't get me started on that!) before Halloween is over. The moral of THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS is that every holiday should have its own flavour, its own time period, and its own procedures; mixing them together results only in chaos and depression. That said, it is obvious the lesson Jack Skellington learned has yet to sink into the hearts of Consumer America. I work for the Kroger Co. and we’re pushing Christmas (aka “The Holidays” — don’t get me started on that!) before Halloween is over. The moral of THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS is that every holiday should have its own flavour, its own time period, and its own procedures; mixing them together results only in chaos and depression. That said, it is obvious the lesson Jack Skellington learned has yet to sink into the hearts of Consumer America.

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]]> By: Tom http://www.theaterhopper.com/2009/11/06/finish-it/#comment-3408 Tom Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:53:07 +0000 http://www.theaterhopper.com/?p=3231#comment-3408 Jimmy, you're twisted <em>and I like the way you think!</em> Jimmy, you’re twisted and I like the way you think!

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]]> By: JimmyRussell http://www.theaterhopper.com/2009/11/06/finish-it/#comment-3407 JimmyRussell Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:16:43 +0000 http://www.theaterhopper.com/?p=3231#comment-3407 I wish Halloween could get some respect in major stores. Christmas has a whole 7 isles dedicated to it OCTOBER 1ST in many Walmarts and Targets but Halloween gets one tiny section and even then it's full of crap nobody would buy. Horrible costumes that no child should be made to wear and decorations that don't focus on the variety of different selections but rather color. "Why no Walmart, I won't buy your silly looking skull, in white, green purple, orange or black!" I'm a home haunter and the trend of Christmas with Halloween is disturbing. Next year I'm going to pull out my christmas decorations for Halloween, pour fake blood on them and terrorize children as a chainsaw wielding Santa Claus hell bent on destroying Halloween. I wish Halloween could get some respect in major stores. Christmas has a whole 7 isles dedicated to it OCTOBER 1ST in many Walmarts and Targets but Halloween gets one tiny section and even then it’s full of crap nobody would buy. Horrible costumes that no child should be made to wear and decorations that don’t focus on the variety of different selections but rather color. “Why no Walmart, I won’t buy your silly looking skull, in white, green purple, orange or black!”

I’m a home haunter and the trend of Christmas with Halloween is disturbing. Next year I’m going to pull out my christmas decorations for Halloween, pour fake blood on them and terrorize children as a chainsaw wielding Santa Claus hell bent on destroying Halloween.

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