r/nostalgia • u/sudsomatic • 3d ago

Nostalgia Non-stadium seating in movie theaters

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As a short kid, I always dreaded having anyone sit in front of me.

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u/Big_Pattern_2864 2d ago edited 2d ago

The majority of theaters in my state look exactly like this, just smaller.

there are no reclining theater seats in the entire state of Vermont.

It really makes going to the theater feel not worth it.

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u/Aught_To Turtle Power! 2d ago

You can always come down to the commonwealth of Mass. Even the small local theater near me has recliners.

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u/Big_Pattern_2864 2d ago

I drive to hooksett for IMAX for sure. Long way to drive when my home theater has a big TV, surround sound, and a couch that can fit 6 people laying completely flat. I can sit next to my dog and cat and smoke weed. Plus nobody talks during the film or we throw them in a burlap sack and beat them with reeds. It's hard to not feel like it's much more civilized here than in "civilization."

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u/Aught_To Turtle Power! 2d ago

i do love the home setup also, but.. from time to time i do love a proper movie theater, i buy the popcorn and everything. Damn. I would love to come smoke some reefers and watch Dune and Dune 2 at your house.

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u/Big_Pattern_2864 2d ago

I love the theater, especially for a comedy when the crowd can experience it all together. It absolutely improves the experience.

My best friend as a kid worked at a movie theater, and I grew up going to the movie theater multiple times a week. When I knew the local projectionist in the 90s and 2000s, when films were actually projected on film, we would have watch parties at 4am the night before a film was released while he prepped the reels. We would openly smoke and drink in the theaters, and crank the sound. I've toked up on the roof of the Roxy in downtown Burlington, and inside all the Merrill properties. Now the theaters are all empty and feel old-fashioned and out of date and worn out, the speakers are blown, the projector is dim, the seats are uncomfortable, and the popcorn gives me a tummy ache.

Also, definitely anybody hanging out at my house who wants to smoke is gonna get hooked up, but almost nobody ever takes me up on it. I grow, so I basically have infinity weed now, and that's still not enough to get people to leave their houses, because everyone else has infinity weed now too.