Comments on: Sugar Water: Robert’s Rules of Order http://popdose.com/sugar-water-roberts-rules-of-order/ your daily dose of pop culture Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:45:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Sugar Water: The Iron Man, the Actors, the Singers, and Even the Song | Popdosehttp://popdose.com/sugar-water-roberts-rules-of-order/comment-page-1/#comment-8063 Sugar Water: The Iron Man, the Actors, the Singers, and Even the Song | Popdose Mon, 19 May 2008 08:11:24 +0000 http://popdose.com/sugar-water-roberts-rules-of-order/#comment-8063 [...] mostly because I haven’t motivated myself to go to any movies since September. As I said a few weeks ago, I used to go on Thursdays when I had that day off from work, but in late September I started [...] [...] mostly because I haven’t motivated myself to go to any movies since September. As I said a few weeks ago, I used to go on Thursdays when I had that day off from work, but in late September I started [...]

]]> By: jackhttp://popdose.com/sugar-water-roberts-rules-of-order/comment-page-1/#comment-52462 jack Mon, 21 Apr 2008 20:04:47 +0000 http://popdose.com/sugar-water-roberts-rules-of-order/#comment-52462 I'm saying you should have hit the Wal-Mart!<br><br>Besides, Apple computers regenerate like starfish. They can't be destroyed! I'm saying you should have hit the Wal-Mart!

Besides, Apple computers regenerate like starfish. They can't be destroyed!

]]> By: kshanehttp://popdose.com/sugar-water-roberts-rules-of-order/comment-page-1/#comment-52463 kshane Mon, 21 Apr 2008 19:49:42 +0000 http://popdose.com/sugar-water-roberts-rules-of-order/#comment-52463 When my parents retired to Florida years ago, I used to ask them if they'd seen this movie or that movie. After all, they had plenty of time. The answer was always the same, "no, we'll see it when it comes on cable." My response was always incredulous. TV? How can you watch a movie on TV?<br><br>Flash forward a couple of decades, and I rarely go to movie theaters anymore, for all the reasons that you cited, and then some. If someone asks me if I've seen a certain movie, my response is, "no, I'll wait for it to come from Netflix."<br><br>I just can't deal with thoughtless people anymore. Everyone has been trained by television, and even when they're in a darkened theater, they seem to think that they're in their living room, and can behave accordingly. It ALWAYS spoils the film experience for me. You only get one chance to see something for the first time. If your experience is colored by the bad behavior of other, that experience cannot be recaptured. So yes, I do miss the big screen experience, and I'm not yet able to afford some huge flat screen for my home, but I think I see more films now, and enjoy them more, by watching them at home. When my parents retired to Florida years ago, I used to ask them if they'd seen this movie or that movie. After all, they had plenty of time. The answer was always the same, “no, we'll see it when it comes on cable.” My response was always incredulous. TV? How can you watch a movie on TV?

Flash forward a couple of decades, and I rarely go to movie theaters anymore, for all the reasons that you cited, and then some. If someone asks me if I've seen a certain movie, my response is, “no, I'll wait for it to come from Netflix.”

I just can't deal with thoughtless people anymore. Everyone has been trained by television, and even when they're in a darkened theater, they seem to think that they're in their living room, and can behave accordingly. It ALWAYS spoils the film experience for me. You only get one chance to see something for the first time. If your experience is colored by the bad behavior of other, that experience cannot be recaptured. So yes, I do miss the big screen experience, and I'm not yet able to afford some huge flat screen for my home, but I think I see more films now, and enjoy them more, by watching them at home.

]]> By: rwcasshttp://popdose.com/sugar-water-roberts-rules-of-order/comment-page-1/#comment-52461 rwcass Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:55:19 +0000 http://popdose.com/sugar-water-roberts-rules-of-order/#comment-52461 So you're saying my act of arson was ill-informed? So you're saying my act of arson was ill-informed?

]]> By: jackhttp://popdose.com/sugar-water-roberts-rules-of-order/comment-page-1/#comment-52460 jack Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:56:58 +0000 http://popdose.com/sugar-water-roberts-rules-of-order/#comment-52460 iTunes isn't killing record stores. Wal-Mart and other "big box" stores are killing record stores. Wal-Mart uses CDs as "loss leaders," luring someone into the store for the $9 Toby Keith CD. Once they're in, they'll spend $100 on other random items. <br><br>Up the food chain, iTunes is killing the CD industry (hurting Wal-Mart and its cousins). If anything, iTunes is simply beating on the comatose shell that is the record store. iTunes isn't killing record stores. Wal-Mart and other “big box” stores are killing record stores. Wal-Mart uses CDs as “loss leaders,” luring someone into the store for the $9 Toby Keith CD. Once they're in, they'll spend $100 on other random items.

Up the food chain, iTunes is killing the CD industry (hurting Wal-Mart and its cousins). If anything, iTunes is simply beating on the comatose shell that is the record store.

]]> By: jackhttp://popdose.com/sugar-water-roberts-rules-of-order/comment-page-1/#comment-42530 jack Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:04:47 +0000 http://popdose.com/sugar-water-roberts-rules-of-order/#comment-42530 I'm saying you should have hit the Wal-Mart!<br><br>Besides, Apple computers regenerate like starfish. They can't be destroyed! I'm saying you should have hit the Wal-Mart!

Besides, Apple computers regenerate like starfish. They can't be destroyed!

]]> By: kshanehttp://popdose.com/sugar-water-roberts-rules-of-order/comment-page-1/#comment-42531 kshane Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:49:42 +0000 http://popdose.com/sugar-water-roberts-rules-of-order/#comment-42531 When my parents retired to Florida years ago, I used to ask them if they'd seen this movie or that movie. After all, they had plenty of time. The answer was always the same, "no, we'll see it when it comes on cable." My response was always incredulous. TV? How can you watch a movie on TV?<br><br>Flash forward a couple of decades, and I rarely go to movie theaters anymore, for all the reasons that you cited, and then some. If someone asks me if I've seen a certain movie, my response is, "no, I'll wait for it to come from Netflix."<br><br>I just can't deal with thoughtless people anymore. Everyone has been trained by television, and even when they're in a darkened theater, they seem to think that they're in their living room, and can behave accordingly. It ALWAYS spoils the film experience for me. You only get one chance to see something for the first time. If your experience is colored by the bad behavior of other, that experience cannot be recaptured. So yes, I do miss the big screen experience, and I'm not yet able to afford some huge flat screen for my home, but I think I see more films now, and enjoy them more, by watching them at home. When my parents retired to Florida years ago, I used to ask them if they'd seen this movie or that movie. After all, they had plenty of time. The answer was always the same, “no, we'll see it when it comes on cable.” My response was always incredulous. TV? How can you watch a movie on TV?

Flash forward a couple of decades, and I rarely go to movie theaters anymore, for all the reasons that you cited, and then some. If someone asks me if I've seen a certain movie, my response is, “no, I'll wait for it to come from Netflix.”

I just can't deal with thoughtless people anymore. Everyone has been trained by television, and even when they're in a darkened theater, they seem to think that they're in their living room, and can behave accordingly. It ALWAYS spoils the film experience for me. You only get one chance to see something for the first time. If your experience is colored by the bad behavior of other, that experience cannot be recaptured. So yes, I do miss the big screen experience, and I'm not yet able to afford some huge flat screen for my home, but I think I see more films now, and enjoy them more, by watching them at home.

]]> By: jackhttp://popdose.com/sugar-water-roberts-rules-of-order/comment-page-1/#comment-18774 jack Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:04:47 +0000 http://popdose.com/sugar-water-roberts-rules-of-order/#comment-18774 I'm saying you should have hit the Wal-Mart!<br><br>Besides, Apple computers regenerate like starfish. They can't be destroyed! I'm saying you should have hit the Wal-Mart!

Besides, Apple computers regenerate like starfish. They can't be destroyed!

]]> By: kshanehttp://popdose.com/sugar-water-roberts-rules-of-order/comment-page-1/#comment-18775 kshane Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:49:42 +0000 http://popdose.com/sugar-water-roberts-rules-of-order/#comment-18775 When my parents retired to Florida years ago, I used to ask them if they'd seen this movie or that movie. After all, they had plenty of time. The answer was always the same, "no, we'll see it when it comes on cable." My response was always incredulous. TV? How can you watch a movie on TV?<br><br>Flash forward a couple of decades, and I rarely go to movie theaters anymore, for all the reasons that you cited, and then some. If someone asks me if I've seen a certain movie, my response is, "no, I'll wait for it to come from Netflix."<br><br>I just can't deal with thoughtless people anymore. Everyone has been trained by television, and even when they're in a darkened theater, they seem to think that they're in their living room, and can behave accordingly. It ALWAYS spoils the film experience for me. You only get one chance to see something for the first time. If your experience is colored by the bad behavior of other, that experience cannot be recaptured. So yes, I do miss the big screen experience, and I'm not yet able to afford some huge flat screen for my home, but I think I see more films now, and enjoy them more, by watching them at home. When my parents retired to Florida years ago, I used to ask them if they'd seen this movie or that movie. After all, they had plenty of time. The answer was always the same, “no, we'll see it when it comes on cable.” My response was always incredulous. TV? How can you watch a movie on TV?

Flash forward a couple of decades, and I rarely go to movie theaters anymore, for all the reasons that you cited, and then some. If someone asks me if I've seen a certain movie, my response is, “no, I'll wait for it to come from Netflix.”

I just can't deal with thoughtless people anymore. Everyone has been trained by television, and even when they're in a darkened theater, they seem to think that they're in their living room, and can behave accordingly. It ALWAYS spoils the film experience for me. You only get one chance to see something for the first time. If your experience is colored by the bad behavior of other, that experience cannot be recaptured. So yes, I do miss the big screen experience, and I'm not yet able to afford some huge flat screen for my home, but I think I see more films now, and enjoy them more, by watching them at home.

]]> By: rwcasshttp://popdose.com/sugar-water-roberts-rules-of-order/comment-page-1/#comment-18773 rwcass Mon, 21 Apr 2008 12:55:19 +0000 http://popdose.com/sugar-water-roberts-rules-of-order/#comment-18773 So you're saying my act of arson was ill-informed? So you're saying my act of arson was ill-informed?

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