Should Movie Theaters be allowed to jam cell phone signals?

[Adrenochrome]

I heard this question on a talk radio show tonight and thought I'd see what you guys have to say.

I say YES! (And if I give you my honest reason why, I'll get a warning or possibly banned. LOL)

Seriously, tho....it's been disgussed here about "rights being taken away" (that smoking ban crap) and there were alot of callers on the show whining about it being an "invasion of privacy"; there were many many callers that think it's a fantastic idea....
.....your thoughts?

[Exatreides]

Bad idea, incase of emergency ect. While I don't think it should be banned, I think people should be either forced to pay a fine or leave the theater. You are warned enough times to put it on silent or turn it off.

[Harold W Brown]

What did movie theaters do when there was an emergency BEFORE there were cell phones?

Whatever they did then was good enough to do now. Jam those ****ers.

[Arcades057]

YES! I also think they should go one step further and offer that paint for sale to other places of business.

[Mike]

It might sound like an erosion of civil rights however I like it. It would certainly stop those ignorant ****ers disrupting the film with there obnoxious ring tones and conversations. Those people worrying about emergencies, the answer is simple; businesses still have and use Land Lines and jamming a signal won't disrupt this.

[Andy]

most bars and clubs jam mobile signals anyway (to make you use payphones :p)

so why not a theater?

[MinionZombie]

JAM THE F*CKERS!!!

Seriously, boo-hoo to those whingers on that call-in you said who jibber-jabbered about it being an erosion of what-the-f*ck-ever - TURN OFF THE F*CKING PHONE!!! It's a FRIGGIN CINEMA. You WATCH the movie you (and others) PAID to SEE. You didn't pay ten bucks to send a line of texts going "lol stfu you fag" to your mate next to you. In case of emergency - put a phone in the corner by the fire exit or nearby - simple. And what sort of emergency would require you to call from the theatre itself rather than stepping out into the hall? In case of fire - run the f*ck outta there. In case of a heart attack, use that new fancy emergency phone they should put up - chances are a million against anything happening.

If they jammed the signals it'd probably stop all those damned glowing lights you see up front like a school of fish. Jesus christ...kids with mobile phones, bugger off!!!

[Mike]

JAM THE F*CKERS!!!

Seriously, boo-hoo to those whingers on that call-in you said who jibber-jabbered about it being an erosion of what-the-f*ck-ever - TURN OFF THE F*CKING PHONE!!! It's a FRIGGIN CINEMA. You WATCH the movie you (and others) PAID to SEE. You didn't pay ten bucks to send a line of texts going "lol stfu you fag" to your mate next to you. In case of emergency - put a phone in the corner by the fire exit or nearby - simple. And what sort of emergency would require you to call from the theatre itself rather than stepping out into the hall? In case of fire - run the f*ck outta there. In case of a heart attack, use that new fancy emergency phone they should put up - chances are a million against anything happening.

If they jammed the signals it'd probably stop all those damned glowing lights you see up front like a school of fish. Jesus christ...kids with mobile phones, bugger off!!!

You hit the nail right on the head there Minion.

Personally I believe capital punishment should be enforced on people who answer or allow their cell phones to ring. It is just one of those things I despise and I have been involved in countless altercations and arguments over this very issue.

[Dawg]

...calling the person with the cell phone in the theater with an emergency. But like you said, the theater still has land lines, unless the person didn't tell the one calling were they would be. If someone was calling because cell phone owner's parent was on his/her deathbed, well, that is what voice mail is for! :D

Seriously, what the f**k did they do before f**king cell phones?! I agree, turn the motherf**ker off while you are in the theater watching a movie you paid $8-10 for, for Jesus's Sake!

I tell you what is really stupid nowadays, is everyone is starting to wear those stupid Bluetooth receivers in their ears that tell them when their cell phone is ringing. It looks like the start of a Borg take-over. (Star Trek reference, well duh.) What's next? Implants?!!

This may be being hypercritical on my part because I have a cell phone, but not one of those idiotic Bluetooth receivers jammed in my ear. I hate the piece of $hit, but my mother-in-law got it for nothing for me to use, and since my wife seems to be anchored to hers, I'll make them happy. It isn't that I don't like cell phones, they are convenient, its just that they are pieces of crap that never work right. For example: This may just be a setting, but I get voice mail but no indication that I do. My wife has a voice mail indicator when she doesn't have any! WTF??!! Also, there has been several times when I couldn't use the phone to call, when I do, the person hears me but I can't hear them and my phone hangs up, ending the call. There are full bars and the battery is fully charged. It is not an area where there are magnets or anything, because I've used it there before.

P.O.S.

:dead: Dawg :skull:

[DjfunkmasterG]

I say Jam them...

Nothing is more annoying then some asshat on a cell phone during a movie. Back in the day before cell phones, parents would tell the baby sitter or their kids what movie they were going to see, and would leave the number to the theater in case of such an emergency. However, theaters were smaller back in the 70's and 80's, but I am sure that if a baby sitter called and told the manager that the parents are in watching such and such movie and their child just busted his or her skull open and is on their way to the ER, a theater manager would go into the theater and tell the parent.

Keep'em jammed.

[bassman]

I say jam them. And also have something to do about fat b*tches that like to tell the f*cking screen what to do!

"Nah...don't go in dere! He's in dere!" "Oh no...I know he didn't"

I hate going to see a film for just one reason....other people. And besides the things already listed, you've got the kids who like to make noise and point f*cking lasers at the screen!:mad:

[Adrenochrome]

YES! I also think they should go one step further and offer that paint for sale to other places of business.
Oh, I couldn't agree with you more on that one:
People yacking on their phones at Supermarkets are horrible creatures. Occasionally, knowing that they're distracted, I put things in their cart that I KNOW they'd never buy (or at least I think I know they wouldn't) For instance, if it's a man, I put a box of ULTRA large Maxi Pads in his cart; for women it's a bit trickier but with a little imagination, confusion can be accomplished.

and, along with businesses, they should put this paint or jamming device on/inside EVERY vehicle. Nothing irks me more than to see some dolt yacking on their phone while driving a car. I had a guy slam into the back of me once, and guess what? He was yammering away, arguing with his gal ON HIS CELL!! He actually got out of his car to inspect the damage while still on his phone. I was so ****ed I grabbed it out of his hand and slammed it against the pavement. When the cops showed up, he told them what I did, only the stupid knuckle dragger included in his story that he was on the phone when the accident happened; they wrote him ANOTHER ticket for failure to maintain his vehicle (something dealing with cell phones). Apparently there's a law here dealing with accidents and cell phones. I received no ticket.:D

[Zombie-A-GoGo]

Absolutely jam them...but then, I get annoyed when someone's chewing their popcorn too loudly in the threatre. :p

[p2501]

no, no and for the hattrick no.

if they're going to ban cell phones the following items need to be banned as well.

children during rated R showing.
children after 8 pm
paper popcorn bags
and
old people with chonic emphazema


turthfully this "proposed" ban will never go into effect. and if it does it'll kill ticket sales.

[Apocryphism]

no, no and for the hattrick no.

if they're going to ban cell phones the following items need to be banned as well.

children during rated R showing.
children after 8 pm
paper popcorn bags
and
old people with chonic emphazema


turthfully this "proposed" ban will never go into effect. and if it does it'll kill ticket sales.

I agree. Cell phones are a non-issue compared to the mentality of the people that use them in a theatre (and who will continue to bring loud children, talk at full volume, and practice various other amounts of asshattery during a film, even cell phones are banned/blocked).

[Zombie-A-GoGo]

no, no and for the hattrick no.

if they're going to ban cell phones the following items need to be banned as well.

children during rated R showing.
children after 8 pm
paper popcorn bags
and
old people with chonic emphazema


Okay...let's ban those too. ;)

[Adrenochrome]

turthfully this "proposed" ban will never go into effect. and if it does it'll kill ticket sales.
You must have been typing this while yacking on your cell phone.......:D ...The Theaters are wanting to do this because of a DROP in ticket sales due to complaints from people about cell phones. You need to do some research on what "majority rule" means.

[p2501]

You must have been typing this while yacking on your cell phone.......:D ...The Theaters are wanting to do this because of a DROP in ticket sales due to complaints from people about cell phones. You need to do some research on what "majority rule" means.


maybe it's geographical or something. but i've never had a situation with people using cell phones during a movie, and i see alot of movies.

[Adrenochrome]

maybe it's geographical or something. but i've never had a situation with people using cell phones during a movie, and i see alot of movies.
Could be, but, it is an issue now.

[erisi236]

heh, that is kindda strange I go to the movies alot and no one has ever used a cell phone whille I was there

[Adrenochrome]

heh, that is kindda strange I go to the movies alot and no one has ever used a cell phone whille I was there
Well, you DO live in Florida......oh my!!! that was wrong! LOL
I'm sure it must be geographical: I see (and hear) it all the time.

[erisi236]

heh, hell even when I lived in Boston, I never heard someone talking on a phone, maybe I'm just damn lucky. :)

[Adrenochrome]

heh, hell even when I lived in Boston, I never heard someone talking on a phone, maybe I'm just damn lucky. :)
Must be, OR it must be the time of day/night you go.

[All_Else_Failed]

I agree. Cell phones are a non-issue compared to the mentality of the people that use them in a theatre (and who will continue to bring loud children, talk at full volume, and practice various other amounts of asshattery during a film, even cell phones are banned/blocked).

Yup. You'd just get people starting **** over the fact that Shaneeta couldn't get her call through. It'd create more problems than it would solve... a problem that won't be addressed until it becomes legal to kill idiots for talking during films. During Van Helsing I got some absolute bell end sat infront of me talking through it from start to finish, and then she moaned at me at the end for digging my knees into the back of her chair. :mad:

[Adrenochrome]

Yup. You'd just get people starting **** over the fact that Shaneeta couldn't get her call through. It'd create more problems than it would solve... a problem that won't be addressed until it becomes legal to kill idiots for talking during films. During Van Helsing I got some absolute bell end sat infront of me talking through it from start to finish, and then she moaned at me at the end for digging my knees into the back of her chair. :mad:
This is not a "race" issue, it's a "cell" issue. Pay attention!
Discuss your disgust for other races with HLS.....in private.

[All_Else_Failed]

This is not a "race" issue, it's a "cell" issue. Pay attention!
Discuss your disgust for other races with HLS.....in private.

I'm perfectly aware what the "issue" is thankyou very much. I find it amusing that because I picked a bull**** name out of thin air that you somehow think that's me making a definitive statement on the racial demographic of a bunch of arseholes making a nuisance of themselves in a cinema ?

Being a cnut transcends race. It's one of those things that unites us all as a species. But since it obviously horrified you allow me to repeat my post to better reflect the "other side" of the equation. (Just incase anyone seriously thinks I'm sat here wearing a white hood).

Yup. You'd just get people starting **** over the fact that the Countess Lady Elizabeth Poncenby Roughdiamond couldn't get her call through. It'd create more problems than it would solve... a problem that won't be addressed until it becomes legal to kill idiots for talking during films. During Van Helsing I got some absolute bell end sat infront of me talking through it from start to finish, and then she moaned at me at the end for digging my knees into the back of her chair.

I apologise in advance if I've offended anyone from the aristocracy here. ;)

[MinionZombie]

Fortunately it's nowhere near as bad as that here in the UK, being British - the nation who cue quietly and grumble - we don't do loud mouths ... but there are still some hanging around, but they're not popular with everyone else and swiftly STFU after a while.

The biggest annoyance I've had are people texting - F*CK OFF YOU F*CKS! Those bright lights bobbing around 'down there somewhere' in my field of vision f*ck me off big time.

*sigh* chill...

[All_Else_Failed]

Fortunately it's nowhere near as bad as that here in the UK, being British - the nation who cue quietly and grumble - we don't do loud mouths ... but there are still some hanging around, but they're not popular with everyone else and swiftly STFU after a while.

The biggest annoyance I've had are people texting - F*CK OFF YOU F*CKS! Those bright lights bobbing around 'down there somewhere' in my field of vision f*ck me off big time.

*sigh* chill...
Worst I've had was a little group of teenage chavs that started having a fight at the back of the cinema during Chronicles of Riddick. This cinema happened to have two security men (a lot in the inner cities do especially at weekends), who both looked like they'd been kicked out of the pit fighting circuit for undue brutality... and promptly came down and dragged the lot of them out rather forcefully.

Made me laugh anyway. :)

[MinionZombie]

lol, take that chavs!

Last two times I've been I've seen a total of 7 people walk out of the film because it was too gory/violent - wicked, always makes me laugh.

[All_Else_Failed]

lol, take that chavs!

Last two times I've been I've seen a total of 7 people walk out of the film because it was too gory/violent - wicked, always makes me laugh.
I think I saw a couple in their mid fourties do that during a screening of History of Violence. Either that or they thought the film was rubbish. :)

[MinionZombie]

When I saw Land of the Dead last September (opening night, yay!) there were 3 people (2 blokes and a lady I think) and they were in and out like a freaking yo-yo anyway, and then eventually f*cked off when the zombies started munching on intestines.

Then this weekend just gone I was checking out the Hills Have Eyes remake (actually really good) and just after the trailer invasion sequence four people (two couples) scooted for the exit. Myself and Emma got a real laugh out of that - it just made the movie even more worthy and cool, lol.

[Neil]

Yes! Yes! Yes!

[jdog]

i agree block them. i hate when i go to a movie and have to hear phones ringing and idiots talking

[Adrenochrome]

I'm perfectly aware what the "issue" is thankyou very much. I find it amusing that because I picked a bull**** name out of thin air that you somehow think that's me making a definitive statement on the racial demographic of a bunch of arseholes making a nuisance of themselves in a cinema ?

Being a cnut transcends race. It's one of those things that unites us all as a species. But since it obviously horrified you allow me to repeat my post to better reflect the "other side" of the equation. (Just incase anyone seriously thinks I'm sat here wearing a white hood).

Yup. You'd just get people starting **** over the fact that the Countess Lady Elizabeth Poncenby Roughdiamond couldn't get her call through. It'd create more problems than it would solve... a problem that won't be addressed until it becomes legal to kill idiots for talking during films. During Van Helsing I got some absolute bell end sat infront of me talking through it from start to finish, and then she moaned at me at the end for digging my knees into the back of her chair.

I apologise in advance if I've offended anyone from the aristocracy here. ;)

I apologize if I misunderstood your use of the name "Shaneeta" as a stereotypical "black woman name" - I happen to date (and live with) a female of the darker persuasion and she has several family members and friends with very similar names. I tend to be a bit sensative if I suspect someone being disrespectful when it comes to race.

[DeadJonas190]

Block them. I see less cell phones in the theaters now that I have started going on Wednesdays instead of the weekends, but it is still annoying to see them pop up in the middle of a movie. It is pretty inconsiderate to the other people in the theater who paid $8-$15 to see a movie. Ban them from theaters, it will make most people happy.

[All_Else_Failed]

I apologize if I misunderstood your use of the name "Shaneeta" as a stereotypical "black woman name" - I happen to date (and live with) a female of the darker persuasion and she has several family members and friends with very similar names. I tend to be a bit sensative if I suspect someone being disrespectful when it comes to race.

Accepted.

[MinionZombie]

Come to think of it, when I went to see Kill Bill there were a bunch, maybe four, of Norwich (Narrich) teenagers that came in and were jabbering away like nutters through the previews - well, the two girls - especially one of them. I think the lads were embarrassed as they were getting frustrated looks from EVERYONE ELSE in the theatre.

Then the stupid bitch that wouldn't STFU was shocked when the trailer said "Tarantino's 4th Film" - "he's only done four?!!!!" *grrr* Then I think an usher came in and dragged them out, I think the lads came back having ditched their bloody dates, lol.

Then last year seeing Fantastic Four, some family came in, with a F*CKING BABY!!! It was the father, mother, young son and a baby. The young son would be the reason to see the movie no doubt, so why not just have one parent go with the kid, rather than both WITH A F*CKING BABY!!! The damn thing kept crying and carrying on throughout the first chunk, then shut up, then kicked off again.

WHY bring a baby - it won't remember the film, it won't understand the film and it'll just f*ck everybody else off, which it was doing. Babies aren't for cinemas! I heard many a muttering of "shut that f*cking baby up already!" ... several came from me, lol.

[Apocryphism]

I have never witnessed an usher in an American theatre do anything even remotely worthwhile, even when it was warranted. I've seen them "warn" people, and ask people to take their shoes off the seats in front of them, but I've never seen them do anything along the lines of actually solving a problem (even when it was needed).

Best I have seen is the usher fetch the manager, who then came to do the dirty work of asking someone to leave (and out of countless needed times, I've witnessed that only a handful).

Then again, if I was some skinny high school kid in a vest taking in $6.00 an hour, I probably wouldn't be too amped about confrontations, either.

[HLS]

I heard this question on a talk radio show tonight and thought I'd see what you guys have to say.

I say YES! (And if I give you my honest reason why, I'll get a warning or possibly banned. LOL)

Seriously, tho....it's been discussed here about "rights being taken away" (that smoking ban crap) and there were alot of callers on the show whining about it being an "invasion of privacy"; there were many many callers that think it's a fantastic idea....
.....your thoughts?

Well i think it needs to be blocked. Its so damn annoying when people answer and talk on a cell while a movie is playing. One day I saw this women not only answer 2 or 3 calls but she openly had loud conversations without regard to others in the theater. I was so ****ed off I told her to cram it! People do not want to waste money going to the movies and be disrupted. Some places in the country charge an arm and a leg to see a movie. I remember paying 9$ for a movie in Wisconsin in the early 90's. If you must, keep the phone on vibrate and kindly walk out of the theater to take the call. i say violators should have popcorn dumped over their heads:p

[jdog]

Well i think it needs to be blocked. Its so damn annoying when people answer and talk on a cell while a movie is playing. One day I saw this women not only answer 2 or 3 calls but she openly had loud conversations without regard to others in the theater. I was so ****ed off I told her to cram it! People do not want to waste money going to the movies and be disrupted. Some places in the country charge an arm and a leg to see a movie. I remember paying 9$ for a movie in Wisconsin in the early 90's. If you must, keep the phone on vibrate and kindly walk out of the theater to take the call. i say violators should have popcorn dumped over their heads:p
haha i agree with you on that one.