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Other than some Rifftracks and Fathom Events, I avoid theaters. For about a decade at least.
Yes, I’ll wait for the DVD.
There was nothing good playing anyway
I already do avoid movie theatres. And it has nothing to do with coronavirus.
Haven’t been to a movie theater in years....high prices, bad movies, reserved seats at the box office weirdness. No big loss.
Way ahead of the curve on this one. I don’t need to see a movie right away not to mention there are very few I’d wanna watch anyway. Like the comfort and convenience of my living room. Can’t remember my last theater visit.
If they’re in San Fran and seat over 100, they’re shut down through April anyway.
I don’t go to the theaters anyway, so it won’t bother me if they’re shut down. I’ve been social distancing for more than 20 years, so it’s no big deal to me. Been retired since 2003, and don’t go out unless I absolutely have to. I’ve already got the majority of my doctor appointments, and tests out of the way for the year. Had my teeth cleaned this past Tuesday. I meet my friends at the local casino once a month for a buffet lunch, and to play games. We just went a week ago, and are still healthy. My friends had just come back from a tour of South America and the Galapagos Islands. I’ll visit my oldest son in Albany, NY, next weekend, and will visit my youngest son in Indiana sometime this spring. I prefer staying at home, so my lifestyle won’t be changing in the foreseeable future.
Post Rottweilers at entrances
Theater in small town near me shut down.
A lack of decent movies has kept us out of the theater. Last year we would go every two weeks. It’s been months since there was much worth going to.
Are they building roads to reroute traffic around them?
I’ve been avoiding movie theaters for years. Not because of viruses — because the movies are crap, the theaters are filthy, and actors are generally loathsome people.
I haven’t been to see a Hollywood Movie in the Show in over 5 years. Don’t go.
Hollywood is all Scumbags!
“Dr. Gregory Poland, a Mayo Clinic infectious diseases and vaccine specialist, says that the threat of the coronavirus is real, but the seasonal flu still remains a bigger issue for most people.
“Right now, seasonal flu is causing many more deaths than COVID-19, and the tragedy is that many people die because they consider it ‘just the flu,’” says Dr. Poland.”
AMC just sent this out:
Earlier today, AMC announced our detailed plan to ensure a clean and healthy movie-watching environment for you at our U.S. theatres. Most importantly, we have taken bold nationwide action to encourage “social distancing.”
LIMITING SEAT CAPACITY IN EVERY AMC AUDITORIUM
• To give you more empty space around you within our theatres, we are capping ticket availability to 50% of the normal seating capacity for every showtime in every auditorium at all AMC theatres nationwide. Once we hit 50% of an auditorium’s capacity, movie screenings will show as being Sold Out, even though by definition there will be a large number of unfilled seats. This will begin Saturday, March 14, and for now, will continue until April 30.
• For those AMC auditoriums with more than 500 seats, we will further reduce bookings to a maximum of 250 people in any case.
• And, it goes without saying that AMC is actively complying with all current and future federal, state and local authorities’ directives on social gathering.
ENHANCED THEATRE CLEANING
• AMC theatre teams are following AMC’s stringent health and safety cleaning protocols, which include that every auditorium is thoroughly cleaned between each and every showtime.
• In addition, AMC has instituted enhanced cleaning protocols, which ensure that at least once per hour within an AMC building, the theatre team is cleaning high-touch point areas, including: kiosks, counter tops, restroom areas, glass, handrails and doorknobs.
GUIDANCE FOR GUESTS AND THEATRE STAFF
• AMC has mandated that any theatre associate who feels ill is excused from work and should not come to the theatre.
• We urge all potential guests to stay at home and seek medical assistance if they are not feeling well.
I’m hearing studios plan to move movies straight to streaming instead of theaters.
Now there’s one industry that I have zero sympathy for. The sooner it’s razed to the ground the sooner it can be replaced by something useful.
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