Movie theater time listing law

[lizziebith]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

Since no one else has, I'm going to play devil's advocate and chime in with an opinion in favor of the proposed law. I am a strong advocate of consumer protection laws, which include regulations requiring truth in advertising.

This whole issue of movie start time vs. trailer start time came about when theaters started showing over half an hour of trailers and commercials in New York City. It is only the greed of theater owners and studios that have necessitated consumer protection on this front. I will gladly pay a dollar more to ensure that I only get 10 minutes of trailers and, yes, a regulation that will leave empty seats in the theaters for the first 20 minutes of the half-hour trailerfest will soon accomplish just that.

Hallelujah!

Might I just second ISM's call for protection; it was a loooooong time ago when the time of a movie's start got pushed back in the interest of the "man" and we've all just sat back and taken it. I, for one, am DISGUSTED that there are now stupid commercials played IN FRONT OF SOMETHING I ALREADY PAID TO SEE!

And, maybe to start another irate thread, remember when you paid for cable because it was COMMERCIAL-FREE??? Now we even get logos super-imposed on every freaking show. Damn them. Damn them all to hell.