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From: pilgrim@thrint.DEC (Alf Pilgrim, IOSG, REO G5-6, x3451)
Newsgroups: net.movies
Subject: Re: Cinema commercials - UK
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Date: Tue, 11-Sep-84 04:41:12 EDT
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>Silly Englishman!  I clear my throat in your direction...

>The one and only movie I saw in London (SuperDuperMan II) had
>thirty minutes of mostly bad commercials before the film started.
>And I wondered why most people arrived late to the flick.  WHO
>WOULD WANT TO ARRIVE EARLY AND PAY SIX BUCKS TO SEE A BUNCH OF
>COMMERCIALS?

You base your conclusion on the evidence of ONE visit to ONE cinema in
London (not that well known tourist rip-off Leicester Square by any chance? Six
bucks? They saw you coming!) and then call ME silly?

>BTW, I feel that a continued policy of showing XX minutes of
>commercials before a movie will mean that many more people
>waiting to rent the video tape at a LOWER cost.

Personally, I still don't see what all the fuss is about. A few minutes of
commercials (normal in the UK as I said before) is a small price to pay for
the undoubted benefits of watching the film at a cinema. If they really
offend your sensitivities that much you could always either turn up late (and
perhaps not get a seat) or shut your eyes and stick your fingers in your ears!

cheers
alf
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Tue 11-Sep-1984 09:36 GMT