tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306615.post742428129670870995..comments2024-02-28T11:29:36.860-05:00Comments on just up the pike: return to the city place 10 theatresDan Reedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10594208011755406956noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306615.post-36615411126178538612010-03-24T04:06:19.583-04:002010-03-24T04:06:19.583-04:00Oh, I definitely have nostalgia for this theater. ...Oh, I definitely have nostalgia for this theater. I think the first thing I saw there was Aladdin. Got to see Lion King around 1:00am the morning before it was to premiere, my friend's sis worked there and let us join her and the coworkers. Must have been there two dozen times at least. <br /><br /> AMC used to have student tickets for like $4.50 back then, so I went to a lot more movies than I do now. (DVDs hadn't even been invented yet, let alone 46 inch LCD TVs!)<br /><br />While City Place itself was downmarket but still popular in the mid 90s, the parking garage across the street had already developed a reputation for crime. Never had anything happen to me there, but it was rather barren and sketchy. I think it's interesting that the garage was torn down, only to be replaced by another one of similar height/width. It's almost as if the old one had bad juju and they had to cleanse the site.Kevin Woodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13791168229326454516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306615.post-23947755838550270492010-03-09T09:53:42.027-05:002010-03-09T09:53:42.027-05:00Just to point out that the Silver RE opened in 200...Just to point out that the Silver RE opened in 2004. I'm old enough to have gone to the KB-Silver theater. Taking the Ride-On bus there while I was in Junior High was a nice bit of independence.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306615.post-47513347510497390422009-11-09T12:17:45.530-05:002009-11-09T12:17:45.530-05:00I used to go to the first showing of movies on Sat...I used to go to the first showing of movies on Saturday morning. Fairly regularly, a group of special needs folks would be brought to the movies. When it was folks with Down's and similar conditions, it was kind of sweet. I had some nice conversations in the ticket and concession lines. Occasionally, though, people with more significant conditions would come in. You'd be trying to watch a movie and a group of people would be there yelling, thrashing around, and doing things entirely independent of what was going on on screen. I swear their caregivers must have just been parking them there because these folks weren't following the movie even vaguely.Terry in Silver Springhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14327980975408524384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306615.post-38170814781118110732009-11-06T09:21:00.460-05:002009-11-06T09:21:00.460-05:00Duh, ignore that last comment... meant to post on ...Duh, ignore that last comment... meant to post on my own blog!<br /><br />As far as the popcorn machine goes, I want it for my basement.Sligohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18201229508558436514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306615.post-8890739861933093522009-11-06T09:19:59.961-05:002009-11-06T09:19:59.961-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Sligohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18201229508558436514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306615.post-70825736591354757312009-11-05T17:41:29.099-05:002009-11-05T17:41:29.099-05:00Ask Petrie-Ross, the owners. Don't know if the...Ask Petrie-Ross, the owners. Don't know if they were joking or not, but they made it sound like I could take that popcorn machine home <i>tonight</i> if I wanted.Dan Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10594208011755406956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306615.post-69824569885804922542009-11-05T17:22:43.409-05:002009-11-05T17:22:43.409-05:00I just cant believe they didn't take out the s...I just cant believe they didn't take out the soda and popcorn machines. Who owns that stuff now?Sligohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18201229508558436514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306615.post-12097649827935986982009-11-05T17:07:28.144-05:002009-11-05T17:07:28.144-05:00I do have one hilarious memory at a midnight showi...I do have one hilarious memory at a midnight showing of Single White Female there - but it is more of the you-had-to-be-there kind. One day I'll re-enact it for folks when the theater re-opens.WashingtonGardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03950523974356540767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306615.post-88501372013327872582009-11-05T17:05:37.263-05:002009-11-05T17:05:37.263-05:00So WHY don't let they let it be used for AFI S...So WHY don't let they let it be used for AFI Silverdocs each June? (The Silverdocs folks have been BEGGING THEM to use those screens) Or for weekend church services? At least use it for something in the meantime.WashingtonGardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03950523974356540767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306615.post-49284577525485323302009-11-05T14:39:18.950-05:002009-11-05T14:39:18.950-05:00I have not-so-fond memories of cleaning that very ...I have not-so-fond memories of cleaning that very popcorn machine at 1AM on Sunday mornings. Unfortunately, one of my high school jobs was working the concession stand at the Shitty Place 10.<br /><br />Incidentally, Baby Geniuses <a href="http://www.metacritic.com/video/lowscores.shtml" rel="nofollow">is one of the worst movies of all time</a>, and that's saying a lot.Sligohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18201229508558436514noreply@blogger.com