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Sony boss asks theater owners for healthier snacks
hostednews/ap ^ | 03/15/10 | AP

Posted on 03/16/2010 6:46:40 AM PDT by TornadoAlley3

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To: ClearCase_guy
Those folks in Hollywood know everything.

I assume you forgot the sarcasm tag. That aside, this guy's opinion should be totally irrelevant to any self-respecting, Hollywood-hating Freeper because as conservatives, we should not be using our hard earned money to support the leftist commie propagandists who write, produce, direct, act in, and distribute the trash that comes out of Hollywood.

21 posted on 03/16/2010 7:29:35 AM PDT by Labyrinthos
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To: Hodar

You need to find a new theater to go to. Our local multiplex is not only clean, it has ushers that keep tabs on things and will eject unruly patrons. Now if they just had better movies I woul go more often


22 posted on 03/16/2010 7:30:24 AM PDT by CIB-173RDABN
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To: TornadoAlley3

Sno-caps! GIMME!!


23 posted on 03/16/2010 7:32:37 AM PDT by Fresh Wind ("...a whip of political correctness strangles their voice"-Vaclav Klaus on GW skeptics)
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To: TornadoAlley3

Hey Sony, why don’t you and the other movie makers make ‘shorter’ movies. All the ‘health food’ in the world ain’t going to make a lick of difference when we’re spending 3+ hours on our collective arses at a theatre.


24 posted on 03/16/2010 7:35:21 AM PDT by LoneStarGI (Vegetarian: Old Indian word for "BAD HUNTER.")
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To: kevkrom

The popcorn’s never been the same since they stopped using coconut oil. *Sigh*


25 posted on 03/16/2010 7:36:38 AM PDT by Politicalmom (Charity is no part of the legislative duty of the government. -- James Madison)
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To: T Minus Four
Exactly. Which is why my "big purse" goes to the movies. We smuggle in ziplock bags of 94% fat-free popcorn, apples, carrots and celery, sugar-snap peas, etc.

The local theaters have all allowed me to carry in a full-sized paper grocery bag of popcorn I've popped myself with extra virgin olive oil in my West Bend Stir-Crazy, with only a light dash of salt.

Two cardiac stents are enough. I don't care how tasty movie house popcorn is, it's not worth another stent.

Fruit would also be welcome. I'll have to try bringing in some of that as well. Worst case, they make me throw away an apple? I can live with that.

26 posted on 03/16/2010 7:38:02 AM PDT by Monitor (Gun control isn't about guns, it's about control.)
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To: sticker

My mind is aglow with whirling, transient nodes of thought careening through a cosmic vapor of invention.


27 posted on 03/16/2010 7:41:37 AM PDT by Waverunner ( "Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so too." Voltaire)
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28 posted on 03/16/2010 7:42:18 AM PDT by reagan_fanatic (Our politicians are stupid and our policies unsustainable)
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To: TornadoAlley3
I don't think most folks who are going to the movies much care if their food choices are healthy, or not. I guess it would be OK to have a couple of better choices, though. When I was growing up, there was always an ice chest full of hugh plain old dill pickles on sticks! That was in MS, though. I can't even FIND pickles like that up here in MA; all they seem to have is Kosher pickles, not plain.

Hubby and I are going to the local beer and burger theater tomorrow night to see The Blind Side. This place gets the movies after they've been out a couple of months, and you can order up a beer, soda, burger, pizza, fries, or onion rings to eat while you're enjoying the movie. They have little tables between the chairs, for your convenience. It's about the ONLY place we ever go out for a movie these days, with the exception of the IMAX theater for certain films.

29 posted on 03/16/2010 7:42:51 AM PDT by SuziQ
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To: kevkrom
I may go to the movies once a year. Getting greasy buttery popcorn and a box of candy is an essential part of the experience, thank you very much.

Exactly!

Since the advent of DVDs and large TVs it just doesn't make any sense to go to movies (a movie comes out on DVD about six weeks after it's in the theaters and you can buy the DVD for the same price as two tickets). Plus, there just aren't that many good movies coming out.

But about once a year there is a movie my wife and I really want to see and we want to see it in a theater. It just wouldn't be the same without a bucket of greasy popcorn.

30 posted on 03/16/2010 7:44:10 AM PDT by wagglebee ("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
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To: TornadoAlley3

silly me...and I thought the customer was ALWAYS right...


31 posted on 03/16/2010 7:45:01 AM PDT by mo
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To: TornadoAlley3

Cool! Bananas for $4.95 each, Grapes $10 bunch, Apples and Oranges for $5 each!


32 posted on 03/16/2010 7:45:13 AM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: 6ppc

PNC Park in Pittsburgh has an All You Can Eat section, where the price of admission gets you unlimited hot dogs, hamburgers, popcorn, ice cream and soda-pop.

Some Health Nazi raised a stink about that last year, so they added green salads to the menu.

I think I can count on my fingers and toes the number of salads eaten in that section over an 81-date home schedule.


33 posted on 03/16/2010 7:49:06 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: TornadoAlley3

I have an idea, why doesn’t Sony offer a rebate on a movie ticket if the purchaser buys a healthy snack at the concession stand....


34 posted on 03/16/2010 7:49:59 AM PDT by 11th Commandment (http://www.thirty-thousand.org/)
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To: TornadoAlley3

Funny, SONY a producer of films wants the theatres that show films to change their business model so SONY can pretend to be concerned about adolescent obesity. The funny thing is, theatres make no money on the tickets sold but exclusively on the concession. If we are to believe SONY’s interest, should we not expect them to reduce their take on tickets to offset the theatres “good works” as defined by SONY? Fat chance.


35 posted on 03/16/2010 7:56:26 AM PDT by equalitybeforethelaw
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To: Waverunner

Must not reply with taggart’s answer, the sad thing is we both know these lines


36 posted on 03/16/2010 8:23:46 AM PDT by sticker
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To: TornadoAlley3

Seems to me the scrupulously PC Sony boss should try making some decent MOVIES before he lectures the rest of us on eating habits.


37 posted on 03/16/2010 8:31:58 AM PDT by Oldpuppymax
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To: sticker
Ahh, the good ol' days of candy cigarettes! We "smoked"...then ate...the brands our parents used. Never made me a real smoker, just cool to sit in the Saturday matinee and "puff" away! [Also had to have a bag of popcorn with black licorice bites mixed in!]


38 posted on 03/16/2010 8:38:22 AM PDT by twister881
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To: TornadoAlley3

I sneak my own healthy snacks in my pocket or purse.
I do wish they would offer microwave popcorn though.


39 posted on 03/16/2010 8:42:33 AM PDT by ronniesgal ( I miss George Bush. Hell, I miss Bill Clinton!!)
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To: sticker

ditto


40 posted on 03/16/2010 8:43:02 AM PDT by Waverunner ( "Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so too." Voltaire)
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