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We’ve cut WAY back on our Dishnetwork bill - because most of the crap on TV just isn’t worth watching. The HDTV channels for the most part just re-broadcast the same low resolution shows, and charge you $10/month for having a HD appear next to the channel number.

I’ve become a huge fan of Netflix; I pay $9/month and have a selection of thousands of movies I can stream to my PC, or to my home theater through my XBox. If I watch the DVD the day I get it, and mail it back the next day, I can reliably count on getting 6-8 movies a month via the mail; plus the steaming content changes regularily.

The few shows I watch on TV are all on Fox. Lost (yeah, I’m addicted), the news and Glen Beck are about the only thing that interests me anymore.

I can drop $1 and watch a movie courtesy of the plentiful supply of Redbox stands in the area. I have my own home theater (1080p, 110 inch screen, 7.1 THX system) so I don’t have to put up with undisciplined punks who make cell phone calls during movies, talk during the movies or kick the seats.

Part of the problem, is that the younger generation has no idea how to behave in public. Heaven forbid that discipling them when they act up when they are younger, as that might hurt their precious self-esteem.

Here’s a story that will warm your heart.

Our electricity went out one day so we headed to a movie theater. We were seeing “Kung Fu Panda”. Behind us were three of the most obnoxious girls who talked and texted all through the film. We even moved to get away from them but they were so loud we could hear them at the bottom of the theater.

At the end of the movie, we went to Petland. In walks the three loud girls. They were just as obnoxious there, grabbing bunnies and scaring the birds. Finally one scoops up a dwarf hamster then screams. Here the little buggar bit her so hard that she was dripping blood all over the floor. I’d be surprised if she didn’t need stitches.

Sometimes even nasty little hamsters can teach a lesson.

"Part of the problem, is that the younger generation has no idea how to behave in public. Heaven forbid that [disciplining] them when they act up when they are younger, as that might hurt their precious self-esteem."

That is one of the major reasons I don't go to movie theaters also. The uncivilized have ruined it. Other reasons include:

The outrageous cost
Most of the movies are simply stupid and boring
Having to sit through ads when I want the movie to start.
The sound systems are too loud -- especially for the ads and previews.