Holy Crap - Drive-in Theater
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I was very excited to see this, a local movie theater that had built a drive-in for the fall showing second run movies... https://drafthouse.com/northern-virginia/movies/drive-in-movies
I went on line to buy tickets for Beetlejuice on Sunday.
They wanted $160 for 3 adults and a 13 month old baby...
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Just stay home and watch the movie on your tablet computer.
You can pause, “rewind”, or fast forward, anytime as you please. Your own couch, sofa, or bed should be more comfortable than the seats on your car. Just watch the movie on your tablet. Not only it is much cheaper, it is also more convenient, and the experience will be superior to watching it in your car at a drive-in theater.
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Just stay home and watch the movie on your tablet computer.
You can pause, “rewind”, or fast forward, anytime as you please. Your own couch, sofa, or bed should be more comfortable than the seats on your car. Just watch the movie on your tablet. Not only it is much cheaper, it is also more convenient, and the experience will be superior to watching it in your car at a drive-in theater.
@Axtremus said in Holy Crap - Drive-in Theater:
Just stay home and watch the movie on your tablet computer.
You can pause, “rewind”, or fast forward, anytime as you please. Your own couch, sofa, or bed should be more comfortable than the seats on your car. Just watch the movie on your tablet. Not only it is much cheaper, it is also more convenient, and the experience will be superior to watching it in your car at a drive-in theater.
And the popcorn is a lot cheaper.
Probably better too...
ETA: I never understood the appeal of drive-in theaters. The screen is too far away, the audio is horrible. The only advantages are a marginally more comfortable seat and no annoying people around you (other than your kids, of course). I've been to a drive-in only once in my life, and I hated it (I think the movie was "EasyRider").
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One good thing about the drive-in was, back when we couldn't afford it, we could watch the movie from the dirt road outside the drive-in fence.
This was 45 years ago.
Racial stereotypes were generally accepted in impolite company back then. That dirt road was known as the Jew drive-in. Of course we now condemn this sort of reference.
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I had an opportunity to buy a working drive in theater back several years ago, but passed on it because of the costs involved in updating the screen and the projector. I think I made the wrong call on that. I bet a good drive in theater showing new releases would go over like crazy now.
By the way.. you make the bulk of your profits from the restaurant.
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My mistake... The tickets are for the car, so you buy 1 $40 ticket, then you pay admission for the people at $5, so the total is $60...
The Brad
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I remember drive-ins from when I was a boy. My family went a number of times.
This was before they broadcast the audio on an FM channel. It was that horrid box in the window.
I remember watching That Darn Cat, Herbie Rides Again, and 101 Dalmations in the car.
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My mistake... The tickets are for the car, so you buy 1 $40 ticket, then you pay admission for the people at $5, so the total is $60...
@LuFins-Dad said in Holy Crap - Drive-in Theater:
My mistake... The tickets are for the car, so you buy 1 $40 ticket, then you pay admission for the people at $5, so the total is $60...
That's more reasonable
They want to disincentivize the kids in the trunk.
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Eh, $60 is still a lot for a 30 year old movie that costs them no money...
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My mistake... The tickets are for the car, so you buy 1 $40 ticket, then you pay admission for the people at $5, so the total is $60...
@LuFins-Dad said in Holy Crap - Drive-in Theater:
My mistake... The tickets are for the car, so you buy 1 $40 ticket, then you pay admission for the people at $5, so the total is $60...
I bet they get a lot of confusion about that.
I saw the same thing as you, I was thinking one ticket per person.
