• stray@pawb.social
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    9 days ago

    I was suspicious about the idea that cops were getting called over popcorn, and wouldn’t you know it, there’s more context:

    In another video with police involvement, embedded below, an officer says that a group “body slammed” a theater employee. (Theater employees are understandably not loving the situation.)

    https://www.pcgamer.com/movies-tv/cops-called-as-a-minecraft-movie-sends-kids-into-chicken-jockey-frenzies/

    At least one person has even brandished a live chicken in a theater at that moment.

    https://kotaku.com/minecraft-movie-director-chicken-jockey-popcorn-cops-1851775832

    Also the idea that large teenagers intentionally dumping whole buckets of popcorn is the same as what a six-year-old spills accidentally is just stupid on its face. If you think you’re old enough to vape, you’re old enough to not be an asshole.

    • 𝓔𝓶𝓶𝓲𝓮@lemm.ee
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      9 days ago

      Who cares about it in this context? Is film maker supposed to think about some random Joe cleaning the popcorn after screening and optimise his movie for least popcorn spillage??

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        9 days ago

        I’m going to guess, in this context, you’re one of the kids that gave into the hype and made a mess and is now trying to validate your actions.

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          9 days ago

          I haven’t been to cinema since revenge of the sith

          Probably because they aren’t making good movies anymore but just some corpo slop

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            9 days ago

            I haven’t been to cinema since revenge of the sith

            Sorry, I don’t believe you’ve avoided movies for 20 years because “they aren’t making good movies” but refer to that movie as a 10/10, non-corpo slop. Messa thinks you’re lying.

            Inglourious Basterds, The Departed, No Country for Old Men, There Will Be Blood, Interstellar, The Wolf of Wall Street, The Grand Budapest Hotel, 12 Years a Slave, Django Unchained … fuck off with that excuse. And since you stopped on Star Wars, we can throw in several MCU movies (not all, but several). The cultural impact alone that Avengers: Endgame had by itself cannot be understated.

            Beyond that, the sheer number of times you’ve defended these kids’ actions, this director’s comments… with “Who cares about it in this context?” like it’s a new phrase you’re really trying to get mileage out of… you’re way too invested.

            • 𝓔𝓶𝓶𝓲𝓮@lemm.ee
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              9 days ago

              You made a crucial error. Almost good, almost very good but you missed one essential detail: I didn’t say I watched 0 movies since rots. I just haven’t been to the cinema

              Almost you made a sly response but whole thing is to be thrown into trash bin because you missed that detail