Theater Chain Death Watch? Chapter 11s inc

Cybsled · Jun 22, 2020

Ya, only theater I ever went to with real butter was some art house place and there was an up-charge for it. That oil stuff they drench on it at most places is disgusting.

Can make some damn good popcorn at home anyways. I have one of those whirly-pop things you put on your stovetop. Use some real olive oil to pop it with and then Kerrygold Irish Butter once it’s in the bowl (although if you use good olive oil, don’t even need the butter sometimes). Top tier popcorn.

chaos · Jun 22, 2020

Being required to wear a mask is just about the least offensive thing about chain theaters. Just hoping this speeds up the direct to streaming model so I can safely fuck off ever having to go to those places again.

Agree about the (hopeful) resurgence of drive ins or smaller cinemas. That stuff I'll pay for.

Chukzombi · Jun 23, 2020

Cybsled said:
Lol? I buy small popcorn which is probably equivalent to a bag of microwave popcorn in volume, not the “you can wash a dog in this” tub size.

Also fuck the fake “butter” they ask if you want on it. Shit is nasty.

its just coconout oil and Flavacol.

i use both when i micro popcorn at home. i dont use a lot of coconut oil, but just enough to give a taste of movie popcorn.

Kirun · Jun 23, 2020

chaos said:
Being required to wear a mask is just about the least offensive thing about chain theaters.

Oh, I agree. It's just such a useless gesture. It's like the "rule" of no outside/food drink. How the fuck many people obey that one? I hear at least 4+ soda cans pop open per movie.

Cybsled · Jun 23, 2020

Chukzombi said:
its just coconout oil and Flavacol.

i use both when i micro popcorn at home. i dont use a lot of coconut oil, but just enough to give a taste of movie popcorn.

To pop it they use those, so the base popcorn has some good flavor, but the extra shit they offer to drench your popcorn in is nasty.

Chukzombi · Jun 23, 2020

Cybsled said:
To pop it they use those, so the base popcorn has some good flavor, but the extra shit they offer to drench your popcorn in is nasty.

Oh ok. I thought that's what they used for "butter". I buy these too.

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Cybsled · Jun 23, 2020

The yellow coloring in the movie popcorn is the Flavnol. Usually I’m fine with the “dry” popcorn at the movies where it is popped with that. But the pumped liquid they put on the popcorn if you want “butter” on your popcorn is usually partially hydrogenated soybean oil + other shit apparently, which makes it basically liquid trans fat and what makes popcorn super unhealthy if you opt to get that. Honestly I’m surprised they haven’t phased it out if that is still the case, since trans fat are the mostly unhealthy fat and most fast food places have gotten rid of it.

McCheese · Jun 23, 2020

Trans fat is the most delicious tho. It's what gives pizza rolls their pop.

Goatface · Jun 23, 2020

unless i am missing it don't see normal popcorn with butter PDF

j00t · Jun 24, 2020

you guys are mental. the only real benefit to seeing a movie in a theatre vs a home theatre nowadays is the theatre has better popcorn.

Chukzombi · Jun 24, 2020

j00t said:
you guys are mental. the only real benefit to seeing a movie in a theatre vs a home theatre nowadays is the theatre has better popcorn.

this hasnt been true for years. there are so many items you can buy to enhance your popcorn game.
you can buy the fucking popcorn machine itself if you like.

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j00t · Jun 24, 2020

At face value, yeah that's true. However, since I'm not making popcorn everyday, it sits in the garage collecting dust. If I want to make authentic movie popcorn I need to lug that thing out, clean it up, grab the right oils, realize I didn't stock back up when I used it last month, go to the store, try to find the popcorn oil, realize the store reorganized since I've been here last, run into an old friend that I haven't talked to in a while, remember exactly WHY I haven't talked to them in a while, forget that I also ran out of bullion and should grab some as long as I'm here, oh, is that Chuck on sale? I haven't made beef stew in a while, shoot I grabbed the wrong bullion, do I have enough potatoes? Probably... But what the hell, I'm here so I might as well grab some, oh right, I need some good red wine for the stew, $20??? I just need a cup of it...

Before I know it I've spent $150 at the store when all I needed was some popcorn and oil... But hey, at least I saved money by not going to the theatre, right?

Chukzombi · Jun 24, 2020

j00t said:
At face value, yeah that's true. However, since I'm not making popcorn everyday, it sits in the garage collecting dust. If I want to make authentic movie popcorn I need to lug that thing out, clean it up, grab the right oils, realize I didn't stock back up when I used it last month, go to the store, try to find the popcorn oil, realize the store reorganized since I've been here last, run into an old friend that I haven't talked to in a while, remember exactly WHY I haven't talked to them in a while, forget that I also ran out of bullion and should grab some as long as I'm here, oh, is that Chuck on sale? I haven't made beef stew in a while, shoot I grabbed the wrong bullion, do I have enough potatoes? Probably... But what the hell, I'm here so I might as well grab some, oh right, I need some good red wine for the stew, $20??? I just need a cup of it...

Before I know it I've spent $150 at the store when all I needed was some popcorn and oil... But hey, at least I saved money by not going to the theatre, right?

lol, thats a you problem, not a they problem. i have a simple microwave popper(8 dollars) and the popcorn comes out tasting like movie theater popcorn. i have enough Flavacol(10 dollars) to last a decade. i use coconut oil (1 dollar) to coat the popcorn . put on some flavacol and stick the container in the microwave for 4 minutes. take it out and put some movie butter oil they sell at walmart for 3 dollars and i have my movie popcorn .

Cybsled · Jun 24, 2020

You can buy a whirlypop for $15-20 at Bed&Bath. You put oil in it (and flavocol if you like) and kernels, put it on stovetop at medium, turn the crank on it (rotates the kernels in the oil, preventing burning and ensuring even oil coat on the kernels). Shit pops (still crank while it pops, so the popcorn doesnt sit in one place too long), take it off stove and let it cool for a minute, then pour it into a bowl. Works pretty damn well.

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I mean, you can make stove top popcorn in a pot as well, but you have to keep moving it around to prevent burns (mechanical devices remove the guesswork). They key with the pot method is you need to let the oil get hot before you add the kernels (faster pop = less time the early birds overcook in the pot)., otherwise the risk of burning your popcorn goes up.

Kirun · Jun 24, 2020

j00t said:
you guys are mental. the only real benefit to seeing a movie in a theatre vs a home theatre nowadays is the theatre has better popcorn.

Someone doesn't have real life friends..

Aychamo BanBan · Jun 24, 2020

j00t said:
you guys are mental. the only real benefit to seeing a movie in a theatre vs a home theatre nowadays is the theatre has better popcorn.

I disagree. SOME movies are truly amazing watching at least once in the theater...!!!

j00t · Jun 25, 2020

Kirun said:
Someone doesn't have real life friends..

i HAD real life friends. then i got married. then i moved away from my friends to be with my wife. then my friends got married and moved away. then i got divorced and, yes, have no real life friends. i only have internet friends.

j00t · Jun 25, 2020

Falxy-US said:
I disagree. SOME movies are truly amazing watching at least once in the theater...!!!

personally, i'd agree 100% on that. but i also don't have any kind of amazing theatre set up at home. so i have all kinds of reasons to still go see a movie in a theatre. but i'm also a dying breed, methinks

iannis · Jun 25, 2020

I feel like that pdf should just be "Nutritional Information, Movie Theater Popcorn: NOPE"

Big Phoenix · Jun 25, 2020

j00t said:
i HAD real life friends. then i got married. then i moved away from my friends to be with my wife. then my friends got married and moved away. then i got divorced and, yes, have no real life friends. i only have internet friends.

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