Jamaican audiences would put the black American speaking-to-the-screen stereotype to shame. We're a little interactive. Here, in the US, cheers have been commonplace for geek stuff. The first time I saw the Matrix Reloaded trailer, the crowd erupted. Legolas got a cheer for every kill in Fellowship Of The Ring, and X2 certainly got its share of united audience response, off the top of my head.
Right. Piano. Because that's what we used to kill that big demon that one time. No, wait. That was a rocket launcher.
Xander ,'Touched'
All Ogle, No Cash -- It's Not Just Annoying, It's Un-American
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§ ita § - May 05, 2003 9:32:49 am PDT #4480 of 9843
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
sumi - May 05, 2003 9:33:20 am PDT #4481 of 9843
Art Crawl!!!
Angus - - I hope by this time (you know - 3 days later) that whatever it was is all cleared up and forgotten.
sumi - May 05, 2003 9:34:30 am PDT #4482 of 9843
Art Crawl!!!
Oh, and I think that the folks who make M&Ms were originally FROM England - - they made chocolate there and then came here and made chocolate here too.
I don't know if they are related to the Smarties folks - - but it's possible.
Leigh - May 05, 2003 9:40:48 am PDT #4483 of 9843
Nobody
People still won't shut up to their movie companions, though.
Man, the friend-talky people are damn annoying, but I went to see Daredevil with my snarkilicious friend and we just couldn't restrain ourselves. I felt quite guilty afterwards, but really, we both would have suffered a psychotic-break sitting through that thing silently. Ben's hair alone would have done us in.
moonlit - May 05, 2003 9:43:47 am PDT #4484 of 9843
"When the world's run by fools it's the duty of intelligence to disobey." Martin Firrell
Angus, I hope you're on the improve but if you need any 'fresh country air' recuperation time you'd be welcome to escape the city as far as Bendigo anyway.
As to enthusiastic audience reactions at the cinema, I've actually experienced this watching The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Dudley Doolittle/Dooright? (the Mountie bloke), Galaxy Quest, and much dancing occurred during the screening of The Buena Vista Social Club.
A few very lively evenings have been had at The Theatre Royale in Castlemaine (the oldest, continuously running theatre restaurant in Australia) and The Star Cinema in Bendigo. Mind you the fact that I am good friends with a couple of projectionists/cinema operators and the aforementioned occasions were all private screenings for a dozen or so friends probably renders the point pretty moot.
Sorry Leigh I'm not much help!
Leigh - May 05, 2003 9:50:10 am PDT #4485 of 9843
Nobody
Sorry Leigh I'm not much help
S'cool, it's all very interesting anyway. Someone must have written a sociology essay on this stuff, if only for a good tax-deductable excuse to go the movies.
Angus G - May 05, 2003 9:54:17 am PDT #4486 of 9843
Roguish Laird
Thanks for the offer Moonlit! That Star Cinema looks brilliant--kind of like the Astor in Melbourne, but with sofas... lovely.
Megan E. - May 05, 2003 9:58:35 am PDT #4487 of 9843
Health vibes for Angus.
moonlit - May 05, 2003 10:03:57 am PDT #4488 of 9843
"When the world's run by fools it's the duty of intelligence to disobey." Martin Firrell
Yeah it is. We did a Galaxy Quest private screening there (of which the pre-show entertainment included sliding-in-your-socks -on-the-wooden-floorboards races.
I did a heritage study of the building and cinema which still has the original bio-box.
deborah grabien - May 05, 2003 10:05:11 am PDT #4489 of 9843
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Angus, health health health health.
I don't know about films, but certainly in rock and roll, bands like the Who used to prefer touring the States to touring some of the more sedate parts of the world. It wasn't just the money; Pete Townsend once said he liked the way screaming enthusiastic cheering felt going up and down his back.
I have to say, the last time I cheered at a movie? Really cheered? Far too long ago: it was Sigourney Weaver in Aliens, clunking out in a loader to face the Big Bad Alien Queen, snarling "Get away from her, you bitch!"
I admit it. I cheered. But the entire audience did, as well.