Ticket Prices - Gorram Rip!
POSTED BY: Sundance
UPDATED: Wednesday, October 12, 2005 17:30
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Howdy doody do to one and all, just a rant on a topic close to most peoples hearts no doubt, esp. if you live in the UK - not sure what the situation is overseas.
Far be it from me to let the price of a cinema ticket dampen my enthusiasm to see a good film but it kinda grates on me that the price of seeing the BDM was in excess of £6 - unfreekin' believable, what a rip, what a gip and generally annoying!! No wonder people 'aint going to the cinema no more these days when the cost is just unbelievable! Kudos to all browncoats that have earnt their illegally gained cash to see this movie time and again, at what must be huge expense to themselves, and also for convincing others to go and pay money to see a film they might not usually have bothered with.
I don't know why the prices are sooo sky-high, i have been going to the same cinema for the last 4 or 5 years, with increases each year - but the place is exactly the same - seats are just more worn, staff still as curious and popcorn still as sweet (no salty goodness thank u v.much). So what the hell am i paying extra for? Anybody out there know (and i want a creative answer - no that's the way the industry goes jibber jabba!)
I'm sure when i get my copy of the shiny DVD it will be excellent and played until it literally melts away to DVD heaven. Even so though there's nothing quite like seeing your favourite BDM on the BDScreen with Dobly (ha!!) surround sound and all the works, don't cha think? I'm never gonna 4get that first viewing, that first opener when the Universal sign fades forward and the earth's all kaboom and lights, absolutely beautiful, wonderful and exciting all at the same time - who's with me?
I love the movies, and i love the experience and i love the way it unites a room full of strangers in joy or in utter disappointment ("Padme... Nooooooooooo (much laughs)). So what was the point of this rant, can't gorram remember... oh yeh - that movies rock, the BDM rocks and why are those suited iriots trying to take that away from me? Answers on a postcard perlease.....
respect
S to the RIP-OFF
x
"Who would want a motorised rock?
Another motorised rock?"
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Serious answer:
It's the simple reason of inflation, they have to pay staff more, have to buy things at inflated prices and as such they need to charge you more for your ticket.
REAL answer:
They just don't like you. 
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I love being a student, I pay £3.60 to go see films at my local Cineworld (formerly UGC). I believe Odeon cinemas are actually £3.50 with their special student card!
Where the hell are you going to pay over £6 for a film ticket?! Adults at the cinemas I go to are £5/£5.50 I think.
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Thanks for being "serious" on my azzz - which i knew really i was just desperatley hoping to form some kind of modern uprising, shake off these monetary shackles and break free of society's whole obsession with the big casho spendo!
Was i expecting too much - damn straight! But hey little ripples in a big pond and all that. Where will the madness end i asks ya? Why is it so damn hard to do anything these days without a little cash - don't get me started on petrol prices, house prices and general rubbishness of the whole damn thing - think i'm gonna buy me a pertty ship, find a rag-tag crew, move out to the borders and rebel - any takers?
True but probably unimportant.....
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Another motorised rock?"
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Starcity Birmingham. £6.50. 
Anyone gonna be at Starcity Saturday?
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Ahh the stowdent, you haven't done yourself any favours there have you - can't you see that the discount you get is actually added to what would be my normal ticket price - curses to ye!
Don't forget us tax-payers are paying for that degree, whatever you're qualifying in i have a share in so if it's brain surgery or some other high-paying and grossified job, you owe me at least several pence.
I have to go out of town to the cinema in question (VUE aka Warner village aka rip-off central) as the Odeon in my town is rrrrubbbish, and the UGC in the next town is scary. It's called Buck House and the Queen checks my ticket stubs - hence the cost - gotta pay for those corgis somehow.
"Who would want a motorised rock?
Another motorised rock?"
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Originally posted by Sundance:
Don't forget us tax-payers are paying for that degree, whatever you're qualifying in i have a share in so if it's brain surgery or some other high-paying and grossified job, you owe me at least several pence.
The deal is that when I graduate with my degree in Computer Game Technology I don't make endless FIFA sequels, EA are like the game industry version of FOX.
And we all hate FOX! :D
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The old CGT degree hey - no idea, sounds good tho well done, so what will you be creating that is better then?
Again, don't get me started - Sports Games, i thought sport already was a game, i cannot understand how these football, basketball etc games are so popular - get out there and play some real sport for a change damn it! Again we're back to money and sponsorship etc etc - all rubbish.
I've got nothing against computer games - a good punch out/shoot out is good fun, although i'm very rubbish at it + i don't like the scary games, which do scare me. Gone are the days of waiting for your tape to load on your C64, and by the time you'd watched neighbours and had your tea it was nearly ready to play. Ah happy days... or at least very slow days.
get back to your studies and stop wasting my tax payer time for gawd's sake!
Remember: it's in the game...
"Who would want a motorised rock?
Another motorised rock?"
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Originally posted by Sundance:
The old CGT degree hey - no idea, sounds good tho well done, so what will you be creating that is better then?
A licensed RPG set in the Firefly universe?
Lately there have been some excellent games made from movies/tv shows. If Joss maintained control I bet he could make a good one :D
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Even i'd buy that and try hard to be good at it! I'm sure there have already been some posts on here about RPG's in the making or people hoping to get one off the ground, would be a nice addition to the home set.
It would have to be chatty tho - gotta have those quips and quotes to make it a Joss product - how much dialogue could you fit on a game without detracting from the game itself?
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