Having re-watched this after two years, I gotta say this is easily one of the best episodes of Oddity Archive. That ending alone is easily one of the most moving and profound things I've seen on RUclips. It has definitely provided some closure for myself regarding how I view Nostalgia, for I also have spent too much time dwelling on what was good in the past that I have neglected what is great about the here and now, as well as how much life has improved in so many ways. Thanks again Ben for this excellent content. - Matt Reyna, Director for The Bizarre.
I Remember "Clip". I didn't even know he had a Gotdamn name. Is he more forgettable than "Iggy" the Annoying 1996 US Summer Olympics Mascot that they kept pushing throughout 1993-1995 that nobody wanted or gave a shit about?
@@astrosci8864 ruclips.net/video/AJcK6WnA1C8/видео.html His actual name was Izzy. My Bad. No wonder why I forgot his name! And why you don't remember him, because he's so EASY to forget because you(as a human) want to forget about him. We want to forget that one time, the US Olympics Committee decided to create a Mascot so Crass,Contrived, and obtuse, that even the Game Adaptation is widely forgotten.
Thanks for this. I was a moviegoer and projectionist in the 35mm film days and loved that job. As a result, memorabilia such as policy trailers are dear to my heart, especially the bizarre ones. I also share most of the views in your commentary on the current state of movie theatres.
I have lived in Texas for 5 years now and Alamo Draft House is legit, they don't give no f's. You disrespect them and you will never let you go back. They are more expensive than a generic theater but the benefits are worth it.
I used to attend Anime Tuesday Nights for Free at Alamo Drafthouse at West Oaks Mall in Mission Bend,TX from April 2006 to July 2012. They were really cool and considerate to you AS LONG as you weren't a nuisance. They had a strict NO TOLERANCE policy that was enforced with an Iron Fist. If you acted like a jackass, or cussed out anyone, you were BANNED permanently from the Theater. They also had a 35 Minute Grace Period, if you Entered in past 7:35, you wouldn't be allowed in. They'd also assign you a Numbered Seat. The Phone policy was pretty lenient. Keep it on Silent, if you wanna text, Sit WAY in the back, or Plug headphones in and KEEP the Volume down. Anyone caught violating these rules would be Suspended from the rest of the show. ALL phone calls required you to get up and go outside the marquee area.
My favourite cinema locally is a big single screen cinema palace type place from the 1930s. They still have old decor, an old policy trailer from the 1980s and regular screenings in 4K, and sometimes 35mm and 70mm for selected screenings. It's a wonderful cinema and it's a step back into a time when going to the movies was an event before the multiplexes we have today.
7:14. I remember that Alamo Policy Voicemail Trailer!!!!They'd play it from April 2008 until around February 2011. The first time it was played, everyone in the audience burst out laughing. The one I also remember is the one with former gov Ann Richards.
I remember the theater that the college ministry I helped out with went to when we saw Captain Marvel had old-fashioned decor and still played "Let's All Go to the Lobby" before the film; it was moderately surreal
Our local movie theater had a some-what generic policy trailer with a simple white background, black letters and a very stern voice saying "Keep silent during the movie" and that was it.
When I was a kid, our theater of choice was Showcase Cinemas, which was owned by National Amusements. In the 90s-2000s they used to have this policy trailer with all these neon signs and CGI aesthetics that used to scare me as a kid. Along with horror movie trailers and dark lobbies, they used to scare me away from going to the cinemas. But nowadays, I miss how it was like going to the cinemas back in the day. It truly felt like a special event. Also, I'd like to bring up the Regal Cinemas policy trailer (which I've never been too). For years, they had policy trailer that was like a VR rollercoaster ride where you zipped through space and saw their concessions floating around. It's honestly really cool. They actually ended up getting rid of it in the mid-2000s, but it brought it back new and improved for the 2010s. The history of the rollercoaster policy itself is a study of how CGI has changed throughout the years, as well.
At my local theatre (a large chain in Australia starting with Reading and ending with Cinemas) would never show a policy trailer because it would take away a precious ad spot. Not that they really care about misbehaviour in the theatres anyway.
I've always had good experiences with Marcus lately. There was one in my city that went from just about the worst theater in town to the best theater in town, hands down. The chairs are amazing.
Great episode...always had a certain nostalgic fondness for theater policy trailers, to the point where I have an entire playlist of them here on YT! Of the ones played here, I specifically remember UA's 1993 Chevy Chase and Richard Lewis/Don Rickles trailers, and I definitely agree that the Alamo Drafthouse is a moviegoing experience like no other: popcorn in metal bowls, beverages served in actual glasses, an entire menu of restaurant-quality food, unique pre-show fare and the strict "no talking/texting" policy that ensures maxiumum enjoyment for all patrons!
I was at my theater in 2015 opening weekend for Ted 2. There was seven people there. Me, three other members of my family, a couple and their 4 year old son. I guess they thought it was about a lovable teddy bear that can talk...
@@stephenemmett9753 Or maybe they don't have a problem with letting their kid watch that kind of stuff. There were 2 little kids in the theater when I went to see Isle of Dogs. Also, I met a family who says they took their 4 month old with them to an Avengers movie. I read about someone who went to see Who Framed Roger Rabbit at age 4.
Gotta admit, the AMC ones take me back. They were around when my AMC theater where I am at opened. They still had a poster with their mascot until recently.
I grew up with Cinemark Theatres at my local mall, and I remember seeing the Front Row Joe policy trailers. THey don't do things like that anymore and it's kinda sad.
I remember the old Regal Cinemas one where it was like you were on a rollercoaster with a track made of film and passing giant refreshments like drinks and popcorn. I specifically remember one time, I think it was when my mom and I went to see Independence Day, there was a group of guys who were pretending they were on an actual coaster during that trailer going "Woooooah" and waving their hands in the air at the turns. lol
Me and my friend were probably the ones doing the waving hands and sound effects! I so remember doing that for that particular trailer. It got you excited for the movie.
Traumaqueenamy - I live over in Daytona Beach actually. Atleast I know we weren’t the only people who acted silly like that in the theater. Now I gotta go see if I can find that particular trailer on RUclips. 😝
If there are popular types of film you don't enjoy, try to attend local theatrical screenings and support other films that don't fall under those categories. The main reason the industry is focused on superhero movies and CGI animated films is because that's nearly all of what people are paying to see when they go to theaters anymore. Theaters that offer Fathom Events titles are great if you want variety. I highly recommend them.
Well I'm certainly happy to see the Cinemark Front Row Joe trailers in here. They're what first came to mind when I saw the topic and I didn't even have a Cinemark growing up. Anyway, I'm at least happy that where I've moved to now, I'm a 2-3 minute walk from my house to my city's classic landmark of a movie theater. It's been around since 1939, completely independent and harkens back to those movie palaces of old. Sure they don't have the gigantic buckets of popcorn or stadium seating, but it's done the job for 80+ years of cinema greatness and it's not going anywhere. Also, I've actually driven a good ways to the closest Alamo Drafthouse to me since they really treat the movie watching experience with respect, but it such a long way to go for a movie on the regular. Wish they were more widespread than what they are, I'd make it a real go-to if I didn't have to cross a state line to reach one.
Honestly, the only reason I go to movies anymore, are those awesome reclining chairs at the Marcus Theatres in the STL metro area. Them chairs are awesome, and some also got seat warmers too. I love it. I’ve seen some movies that I wouldn’t see with regular stadium seating.
Actually, the movie theatre *is* a social experience, because you're sharing the film with other people, and the emotional involvement does tend to get far higher when it's amplified by others. We tend to laugh more when others are laughing with us, we tend to be more excited when other people are excited as well, we get more shocked when we hear other people gasping with us. The same thing happens when you watch a play, or a music concert, or a sports event.
Cool, Marc Summers in an "Alamo Drafthouse" policy trailer! Very clever! Also, I love seeing Theatre Policy Trailers of a certain theatre chains like Pacific Theatres, AMC, Regency, Mann, Cinemark, General Cinema, Cineplex Odeon, United Artists and Century. Even Pike Productions Trailers that independent theatre operators uses.
To this day my favorite theater is a little independent theater in Rome, NY. Quite often it's you and maybe a couple of other people in the theater and I mean for even feature films. I have no idea how they stay in business but there are no annoying people texting or talking, the place is clean, and they have very comfortable reclining seats.
I'm thankful there is a drive-in 3 screen theater about an hour from me, so my family packs up the car once or twice a season, and goes. no worries about anyone txting, sno worries about overpriced drinks/food, you can bring your own non glass stuff if you want, and it's usually a double feature for one low price.
The most annoying people in the theater is the person who thinks it’s okay and appropriate to bring a newborn to a movie.. Like, listen I understand it’s expensive to hire a nanny but COME ON, NOBODY can hear what’s going on when you’ve brought a mini siren to a theater who will never remember the movie anyway
Nice pull with the 90’s Harkins trailer. I personally grew up with General Cinemas and hearing that hi hat theme certainly brought me back. I remember one of the trailers for Escape from LA was disguised as a policy trailer. With every violation’s punishment getting more severe to show how oppressive the (in universe) government was. It’s worth looking up and the trailer is better than the movie.
Surprised you didn't show the John Waters No Smoking policy trailer. All the Bay Area art house theaters used to show it at the beginning of their shows. I was surprised that it managed to hold together so long, because every copy I have ever seen looked like a car ran over it in a gravel driveway.
I admit, I'm a bad boy. I had somehow managed to miss it when researching this episode and only saw it for the first time after being pointed out in the comments. I'll go swat myself on the nose with a rolled-up newspaper now...
Great episode, Ben! I currently work at a Marcus Theaters, and as a moviegoer, the experience I have is just like being apart of these policy trailers in person. I always loved how these trailers were seen back in the old days, and it’s a shame we don’t get to have these fascinating and charming looking policy trailers anymore. Marcus Theaters used to show their exciting and classier trailer back in the 2000s, and it lasted until the early 2010s. Nowadays, Marcus only shows a more casual kind of policy trailer that’s just like a lecture that warns us not to be disruptive during the movie. Plus, our founder at Marcus would often appear in the end just to talk to us before the feature presentation. We need the old policy trailers back, and have them redone rather creatively and more reminiscent!
I go to theaters, but usually matinees during the week. There might be a dozen people there, and usually no kids. It’s nice. I grew up going to a UA theater and vaguely remember these.
Having grown up in an area service to buy a combined 14 screens from to AMC theaters that were across the street from each other, I finally remember most of the AMC Clips you showed. I also remember the one with the little girl and the other one with the Barbie dolls. I generally only go to the theater for a movie that I want to see on the large screen or to support a particular movie but I want to see do well. I have to say having reclining seats in the theaters has been an encouragement to go. Of course this year everything is been weird with the events going on, but I wouldn't be against going back again. But it is nice to have everything at home
I remember the old AAFES movie theaters that we are Military Bases. Those Policy trailers were really different. I've been trying to find them online but no luck.
I think a lot changed when it comes to going to the movies. First of all, many of us got access to some seriously nice televisions and just put a decent enough sound set around it and ...voila. Cheap Theater with whatever food you like, whatever movie you want to watch and whenever you want to take a break. Long ago our televisions were small and their sound was quite not there yet. So going to the theater was THE way to experience great images and sound. And with the popcorn and sodas and being together, wasn't that awesome. Now theaters are far from cheap! And again, we do have nice 4k television sooo why are we here again? I only would go to the theater for certain movies where the theater simply has that magical and best effect. I seen Cats for instance, which, is an insane movie, and it is great in the theater. 1917, haven't seen that one yet, but a world war I movie... that must be damn great in a 70mm Theater! Lets see, yes they did make a pretty modern header image with CGI before the advertising starts and one after... beyond that. Little rules. But for most movies, why go? Why?
Compare digital Cinema standards to digital TV sets DCI: -2K (2048x1080) or 4K (4096x2160) -12-bit color, CIE XYZ color space -JPEG 2000 compression TV: -HD (1920x1080) or 4K (3840x2160) -10-bit or 12-bit color, Rec. 2020 color space -compression methods that aren't from 2002. (AVC, HEVC, VP9, AV1) Sometimes you can actually get better picture quality from a nice TV than you can from a cheap theater.
I kinda agree with this... I don't see the point in the Cinema anymore. TVs are much better, people have became ruder, food and tickets are more expensive, and streaming is king.
As for not taking babies in the first place, they may not have a choice. They might not have a sitter available. I went to the movies as a baby. I wasn't a year old yet when Barney's Great Adventure came to theaters and apparently, my mom remembers taking me with her and the siblings. By the way, I prefer babies over little kids.
I forgot how adorable the old AMC nag trailers were with the film reel. That still looks a million times better than most $30 million dollar animated CGI films.
“I should be entitled to text in a theater because it’s a free country” is the same line of logic leading many people not to wear masks in public during the pandemic. 😤
Popcorn hasn't tasted good for around 30 years because theaters used to use coconut & canola oil to pop the corn and Flavacol which was a special blend of butter salt to sprinkle on top of it which is still sold and can be bought at places like Amazon. They stopped using it because the news media whined that it was too fat and had too many calories.
I go to Rifftrax Live and the occasional revival (e.g. King Kong this coming March.) We really are in a Golden Age of Home Cinema and so many people are just throwing it away.
The last time I went to the theater was in March 2020. Now I don't go to the movie theatres very often due to too many crappy movies being released, but once in a while, I watch a good film once in a while.
I always enjoyed the ones sponsored by the Orange mobile phone network in the UK: Spike Lee: ruclips.net/video/k8sK2EY0ZuU/видео.html Carrie Fisher: ruclips.net/video/QGZjD9hxPNE/видео.html
She’s the “Pepsi Girl” who starred in a series of commercials for them in the mid-90’s. Her first commercial was a Super Bowl spot and that became her gig for a few years.
While I agree with you that the animated policy bumpers should return for our modern generation and that the Superhero movies should stop, I feel that CGI Animation and Hand Drawn Animation Movies can exist together in a modern world.
I just realized something: what is up with that guy at 18:34 eating his popcorn off a toothpick? Was that a thing? Also, I'd go to a lot more movies if my watching experience was enhanced by cute animated singing cat-girls in various costumes. CInemark was onto something with stuff like what they had at 17:53.
I still laugh at a policy trailer from the 90s a wife scolding her husband for talking during movies. He replied. Here you hold the coke. I’ll hold the talking. Every frame of the ad had at least two coke products in them. So corny.
I was hoping that last montage would include my favorite: the John Waters no smoking ad. I have no idea where it originated it, but the Oriental Theatre in Milwaukee used to run it before Rocky Horror (it was clearly an old print, though, lots of scratches, etc). It's on RUclips, look it up.
God, theater patrons are the WORST these days. I don't go to the movies for the same reason you don't; 0 interest in the films and godawful audience members. When I went to see Isle of Dogs, there was (no joke) a lady with her toddler and newborn baby. At a PG-13 movie. They were both screaming and crying. I wanted to die.
@@Tornado1994 Try 2008. The last one I saw was Cars 2 as part of a visitation with my nervously-smoking deadbeat alcoholic called a "dad" (at least it's a step up from his narcotic-fueled younger years).
Well, that girl that texted at the Alamo Drafthouse is wrong. Texting of any kind in a theater is against the rules, regardless if employees do not notice it. Good riddance for her not coming back there and her sorry attitude.
I made the mistake of watching a fathom rerelease of To Kill a Mockingbird next door to an XD showing of the newest Spider-Man. I definitely know how people felt in 1974 when they watched Godfather 2 next door to Earthquake, which had a almost wall size setup of subwoofers that were so powerful roof chunks often fell from theater ceilings.
I’m watching this several months after the video was posted, and I’m here to say that while I don’t think we’re at a golden age yet, I think it will be around the corner. With the decline of Hollywood incoming, the movie industry in America will be less centralized, so more talent from other places can make movies.
Okay, here's a Stockton(Australia) boy's take on the cinema experience in the 1960s. A Saturday matinee at the Savoy Theatre on Mitchell Street, you go into the theatre, pay your 2 shillings(pre-1966) or 20 cents(from 1966 on to whenever the price went up). Out on the street, posters on display advertising the movies to be shown. You've got your ticket, you give it to the usher who tears it in half and keeps one half(to keep account of takings and admissions). You take your seat, then the house lights go dim, a series of slides advertising businesses on the main street, Wise's Milk Bar, Edie Helkins' cake shop, Stockton Bite pie shop, etc., house lights come on again momentarily before dimming again as a Warner "Merrie Melodies" or "Looney Tunes" cartoon comes on. The cartoon finishes and the supporting feature, "Lassie Gone Troppo"(fake title, but only to show the cinema had double features), Going Troppo is Aussie slang for going crazy, by the way. House lightscome up again, you go out and buy drinks and lollies from the counter in the theatre's foyer, or get a pass-out ticket and go across the street to Wise's Milk Bar for a chocolate thick-shake and a packet of crisps. Back in the theatre, there are more slides advertising local businesses, the lights dim, an old Batman serial comes on but you barely pay any attention to it. Then.... the main feature,the one you've waited months to see..... Reg Varney, Bob Grant, Doris Hare, Anna Karen, Michael Robbins and Steven Lewis as "Blakey" in "It's A Great Life On The Buses" great late-1960s British comedy!....YEAH............! That's how a day or night at the movies SHOULD be! And NONE of those stupid in-house cartoon promo shit-pieces like those from 17:20 onward.
I think theaters have lost their magic ever since they went digital. Though I remember the preshow clips were always beat to hell after being played so much.
I remember the policy trailer that featured the little girl who talked like a grown man. That trailer was running at the local Regal Cinema around 2000. The same girl was also in a series of Pepsi commercials at about the same time. I hated those commercials and their "Joy of Cola" tagline so much that it made me a Coca-Cola drinker.
I wish my town had an Alamo draft house , they would of gladly kick out that wonderful couple who took their baby and wild toddler to a well known 3 hour movie. I would also gladly apply for a job there, cause it looks like they take crap from no one.
The magic of seeing a film on the big screen is unfortunately long gone, killed off by the proliferation of bland cineplex chains and the declining artistic output of Hollywood in the last couple of decades (*due to a multitude of reasons, not just Marvel movies!). Very seldom is there a film shown at my local 8 screen theater I feel merits paying nearly eight dollars to experience it in a "true" cinematic environment.
What about two sets of start times? One for local ads/national ads/trailers and the other one for the movie? That way, you can skip most of the ads/trailers and see the movie instead.
That General Cinema trailer at 17:45 was used at least through 1992. There was a GCC here in rochester we used to go to all the time... and you missed one of the best ones ever: ruclips.net/video/YcXO-iKaJ_Y/видео.html :D Sang along with it lots with my friends back in college. :D
As much as you can create the moviegoing experience at home, there are some movies that are better on a giant screen. I'm hoping the local chain theater will have an anniversary showing of the Rocketeer sometime, as that movie looks like it would be gorgeous on a big screen.
I only talk out loud in the theater when I am or my group is alone in the theater, as I was when I went to Cats, it was at the cheap mall cinema. Otherwise only whispers to my immediate neighbors if they're in my group and I came with them *and* they don't complain. Drive-ins have different rules.
Having re-watched this after two years, I gotta say this is easily one of the best episodes of Oddity Archive. That ending alone is easily one of the most moving and profound things I've seen on RUclips. It has definitely provided some closure for myself regarding how I view Nostalgia, for I also have spent too much time dwelling on what was good in the past that I have neglected what is great about the here and now, as well as how much life has improved in so many ways. Thanks again Ben for this excellent content. - Matt Reyna, Director for The Bizarre.
I could actually SMELL the entitlement from that texter.
Me too, and I have my windows open,LOL.
It really explains why MGTOW is a thing, doesn't it?
I Remember "Clip". I didn't even know he had a Gotdamn name.
Is he more forgettable than "Iggy" the Annoying 1996 US Summer Olympics Mascot that they kept pushing throughout 1993-1995 that nobody wanted or gave a shit about?
@@Tornado1994 I don't remember Iggy, but then again maybe my mind has blocked it out for a good reason. LOL!
@@astrosci8864 ruclips.net/video/AJcK6WnA1C8/видео.html
His actual name was Izzy. My Bad.
No wonder why I forgot his name! And why you don't remember him, because he's so EASY to forget because you(as a human) want to forget about him. We want to forget that one time, the US Olympics Committee decided to create a Mascot so Crass,Contrived, and obtuse, that even the Game Adaptation is widely forgotten.
RIP George Romero. That smile really sells the offer. God bless
imagine being that influential
Don Rickles at a movie theater is like a nuclear weapon on an AMSR site.
Just realized that the last time I went to the Cinema was to watch Star Trek: Generations. In 1994.
I go once or twice a year. It's difficult to find a good film.
I last went to the theater in 2012. It just isn't the same as it was before the turn of the century.
@@dougr.8653 I know right?
holy. I wasn't even born.
The last movie I saw in the theater was Alice in Wonderland in 3d, the Johnny Depp version in 2010.
I recently downloaded a bunch of those Front Row Joe videos. My local theater is Cinemark, so those are really nostalgic for me. I miss them
Thanks for this. I was a moviegoer and projectionist in the 35mm film days and loved that job. As a result, memorabilia such as policy trailers are dear to my heart, especially the bizarre ones. I also share most of the views in your commentary on the current state of movie theatres.
I have lived in Texas for 5 years now and Alamo Draft House is legit, they don't give no f's. You disrespect them and you will never let you go back. They are more expensive than a generic theater but the benefits are worth it.
I went to the one in Denver once 5 or 6 years ago. I actually really liked it--really professional and respectful.
Alamo is the only place I go to the movies now... But since discovering them,. I go there a lot!
I used to attend Anime Tuesday Nights for Free at Alamo Drafthouse at West Oaks Mall in Mission Bend,TX from April 2006 to July 2012. They were really cool and considerate to you AS LONG as you weren't a nuisance. They had a strict NO TOLERANCE policy that was enforced with an Iron Fist. If you acted like a jackass, or cussed out anyone, you were BANNED permanently from the Theater.
They also had a 35 Minute Grace Period, if you Entered in past 7:35, you wouldn't be allowed in. They'd also assign you a Numbered Seat.
The Phone policy was pretty lenient. Keep it on Silent, if you wanna text, Sit WAY in the back, or Plug headphones in and KEEP the Volume down. Anyone caught violating these rules would be Suspended from the rest of the show. ALL phone calls required you to get up and go outside the marquee area.
When I went to see "Bohemian Rhapsody," someone brought a baby with them. Amazingly, the infant slept through the whole thing without a peep.
My favourite cinema locally is a big single screen cinema palace type place from the 1930s. They still have old decor, an old policy trailer from the 1980s and regular screenings in 4K, and sometimes 35mm and 70mm for selected screenings. It's a wonderful cinema and it's a step back into a time when going to the movies was an event before the multiplexes we have today.
7:14. I remember that Alamo Policy Voicemail Trailer!!!!They'd play it from April 2008 until around February 2011. The first time it was played, everyone in the audience burst out laughing.
The one I also remember is the one with former gov Ann Richards.
I remember the theater that the college ministry I helped out with went to when we saw Captain Marvel had old-fashioned decor and still played "Let's All Go to the Lobby" before the film; it was moderately surreal
Our local movie theater had a some-what generic policy trailer with a simple white background, black letters and a very stern voice saying "Keep silent during the movie" and that was it.
I love the oddity Archive I wish I had the opening theme as a ring tone for my phone
Well, I can't help you get it on your phone, but Pavanned can be downloaded at benminnotte.bandcamp.com/album/pavanned-oddity-archive-theme
@@OddityArchive thanks for that I do like odd things that I wouldn't recognize well
@Michael Deloatch I would make the Oddity Archive trending as it is a great Web TV series
When I was a kid, our theater of choice was Showcase Cinemas, which was owned by National Amusements. In the 90s-2000s they used to have this policy trailer with all these neon signs and CGI aesthetics that used to scare me as a kid. Along with horror movie trailers and dark lobbies, they used to scare me away from going to the cinemas. But nowadays, I miss how it was like going to the cinemas back in the day. It truly felt like a special event.
Also, I'd like to bring up the Regal Cinemas policy trailer (which I've never been too). For years, they had policy trailer that was like a VR rollercoaster ride where you zipped through space and saw their concessions floating around. It's honestly really cool. They actually ended up getting rid of it in the mid-2000s, but it brought it back new and improved for the 2010s. The history of the rollercoaster policy itself is a study of how CGI has changed throughout the years, as well.
At my movie theater (Marcus Theater), The founder talks to us before the film begins.
That's pretty cool actually
@@joe_chill1060 Yeah.
At my local theatre (a large chain in Australia starting with Reading and ending with Cinemas) would never show a policy trailer because it would take away a precious ad spot. Not that they really care about misbehaviour in the theatres anyway.
When Wehrenberg moved out of STL and Marcus moved in, that was actually a welcome change.
I've always had good experiences with Marcus lately. There was one in my city that went from just about the worst theater in town to the best theater in town, hands down. The chairs are amazing.
Great episode...always had a certain nostalgic fondness for theater policy trailers, to the point where I have an entire playlist of them here on YT! Of the ones played here, I specifically remember UA's 1993 Chevy Chase and Richard Lewis/Don Rickles trailers, and I definitely agree that the Alamo Drafthouse is a moviegoing experience like no other: popcorn in metal bowls, beverages served in actual glasses, an entire menu of restaurant-quality food, unique pre-show fare and the strict "no talking/texting" policy that ensures maxiumum enjoyment for all patrons!
I was at my theater in 2015 opening weekend for Ted 2. There was seven people there. Me, three other members of my family, a couple and their 4 year old son. I guess they thought it was about a lovable teddy bear that can talk...
They forgot to realise that the bear in question says explicit language, as is the trade with most Seth MacFarlane comedies.
@@stephenemmett9753 that couple probably never watched Family Guy or any of Seth’s other work!
@@stephenemmett9753 Or maybe they don't have a problem with letting their kid watch that kind of stuff. There were 2 little kids in the theater when I went to see Isle of Dogs. Also, I met a family who says they took their 4 month old with them to an Avengers movie. I read about someone who went to see Who Framed Roger Rabbit at age 4.
I would love to see a theater policy trailer saying, "Don't be a douche bag." That's all.
Personally, I'd rather watch a cartoon short that watch some douche bag lecture me about manners.
Gotta admit, the AMC ones take me back. They were around when my AMC theater where I am at opened. They still had a poster with their mascot until recently.
I saw Clip in Nearly All features at AMC theaters from 1989 until about 2000 or so.
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I grew up with Cinemark Theatres at my local mall, and I remember seeing the Front Row Joe policy trailers. THey don't do things like that anymore and it's kinda sad.
I remember the old Regal Cinemas one where it was like you were on a rollercoaster with a track made of film and passing giant refreshments like drinks and popcorn. I specifically remember one time, I think it was when my mom and I went to see Independence Day, there was a group of guys who were pretending they were on an actual coaster during that trailer going "Woooooah" and waving their hands in the air at the turns. lol
That was my favorite. Daaaaaammmn, the nostalgia hits me like a truck thinking of it.
Me and my friend were probably the ones doing the waving hands and sound effects! I so remember doing that for that particular trailer. It got you excited for the movie.
@@HANSIHANZEN Were you in Orlando, Florida?
Traumaqueenamy - I live over in Daytona Beach actually. Atleast I know we weren’t the only people who acted silly like that in the theater. Now I gotta go see if I can find that particular trailer on RUclips. 😝
This video made me remember why I haven't been to a movie theater in years.
Yeah, it seemed like every year, theater policy trailers keep getting dumber, and dumber.
@@Launchpad05 Except for the Alamo one.
@@JSSMVCJR2.1 Speak for yourself.
If there are popular types of film you don't enjoy, try to attend local theatrical screenings and support other films that don't fall under those categories. The main reason the industry is focused on superhero movies and CGI animated films is because that's nearly all of what people are paying to see when they go to theaters anymore. Theaters that offer Fathom Events titles are great if you want variety. I highly recommend them.
Well I'm certainly happy to see the Cinemark Front Row Joe trailers in here. They're what first came to mind when I saw the topic and I didn't even have a Cinemark growing up. Anyway, I'm at least happy that where I've moved to now, I'm a 2-3 minute walk from my house to my city's classic landmark of a movie theater. It's been around since 1939, completely independent and harkens back to those movie palaces of old. Sure they don't have the gigantic buckets of popcorn or stadium seating, but it's done the job for 80+ years of cinema greatness and it's not going anywhere.
Also, I've actually driven a good ways to the closest Alamo Drafthouse to me since they really treat the movie watching experience with respect, but it such a long way to go for a movie on the regular. Wish they were more widespread than what they are, I'd make it a real go-to if I didn't have to cross a state line to reach one.
Honestly, the only reason I go to movies anymore, are those awesome reclining chairs at the Marcus Theatres in the STL metro area. Them chairs are awesome, and some also got seat warmers too. I love it. I’ve seen some movies that I wouldn’t see with regular stadium seating.
22:00 You don't go to a movie theater to be social... you go to watch a movie on a big screen (preferably in an empty theater.)
Actually, the movie theatre *is* a social experience, because you're sharing the film with other people, and the emotional involvement does tend to get far higher when it's amplified by others. We tend to laugh more when others are laughing with us, we tend to be more excited when other people are excited as well, we get more shocked when we hear other people gasping with us. The same thing happens when you watch a play, or a music concert, or a sports event.
now, that Marc Summers one I love!! You talk, you text, you get slimed by Marc Summers
Ah nice! A follow up to the Drive In interstitial!
You always cater to my niche special interests. Thank you Ben :)
3:37 - 5:00 Damn, that was a blast of nostalgia. Watched quite a few movies at my local AMC theater in the late 90s and early-mid 00s.
I remember the Cinemark ones especially since they were animated at a now defunct animation studio in my hometown San Antonio, TX.
Cool, Marc Summers in an "Alamo Drafthouse" policy trailer! Very clever! Also, I love seeing Theatre Policy Trailers of a certain theatre chains like Pacific Theatres, AMC, Regency, Mann, Cinemark, General Cinema, Cineplex Odeon, United Artists and Century. Even Pike Productions Trailers that independent theatre operators uses.
Joseph A. Sobora I love pike productions their movie policy trailers take me back my favorite is the movie express policy trailer
I grew up with Cinemark Theatre Trailers, and I remember seeing all of them back in the day. :)
January 2020: Snickering at theater policies
November 2020: Nostalgia for going to a theater
To this day my favorite theater is a little independent theater in Rome, NY. Quite often it's you and maybe a couple of other people in the theater and I mean for even feature films. I have no idea how they stay in business but there are no annoying people texting or talking, the place is clean, and they have very comfortable reclining seats.
Money laundering?
Especially given how economically depressed that area is
You mean the same area where Woodstock 1999 was held?
@@Tornado1994 Yes.
@@chipbush0111 Cool. What's the Theater called?
I'm thankful there is a drive-in 3 screen theater about an hour from me, so my family packs up the car once or twice a season, and goes. no worries about anyone txting, sno worries about overpriced drinks/food, you can bring your own non glass stuff if you want, and it's usually a double feature for one low price.
The only person who can tell me not to text is Malcom Macdowell playing Alex Delarge.....we all would obey our favorite droog
I've always had a soft spot for movie theatre policy trailers.
The Alamo Drafthouse one with Marc Summers was my fav, hahaha (yeah, partially influenced by my love of Double Dare as a kid :D )
Motion seconded
I occasionally go to a local Vancouver theatre which only admit patrons who are 19+. It's a wonderful experience.
The most annoying people in the theater is the person who thinks it’s okay and appropriate to bring a newborn to a movie.. Like, listen I understand it’s expensive to hire a nanny but COME ON, NOBODY can hear what’s going on when you’ve brought a mini siren to a theater who will never remember the movie anyway
2:54 So if we were to unwind Clip, we might get the rest of _Freaks_ or _The Magnificent Ambersons_ ?
Nice pull with the 90’s Harkins trailer. I personally grew up with General Cinemas and hearing that hi hat theme certainly brought me back.
I remember one of the trailers for Escape from LA was disguised as a policy trailer. With every violation’s punishment getting more severe to show how oppressive the (in universe) government was. It’s worth looking up and the trailer is better than the movie.
Surprised you didn't show the John Waters No Smoking policy trailer. All the Bay Area art house theaters used to show it at the beginning of their shows. I was surprised that it managed to hold together so long, because every copy I have ever seen looked like a car ran over it in a gravel driveway.
I admit, I'm a bad boy. I had somehow managed to miss it when researching this episode and only saw it for the first time after being pointed out in the comments. I'll go swat myself on the nose with a rolled-up newspaper now...
When I was little, we went to the UK for a vacation. When we went to the Theater, the Carlton Screen Advertising logo played. And I hated it.
FIRE BRAND RIGHT IN YOUR FACE!
@@TheGerkuman That always scared me to pieces as a kid that I closed my eyes when it was on.
Great episode, Ben! I currently work at a Marcus Theaters, and as a moviegoer, the experience I have is just like being apart of these policy trailers in person. I always loved how these trailers were seen back in the old days, and it’s a shame we don’t get to have these fascinating and charming looking policy trailers anymore. Marcus Theaters used to show their exciting and classier trailer back in the 2000s, and it lasted until the early 2010s. Nowadays, Marcus only shows a more casual kind of policy trailer that’s just like a lecture that warns us not to be disruptive during the movie. Plus, our founder at Marcus would often appear in the end just to talk to us before the feature presentation. We need the old policy trailers back, and have them redone rather creatively and more reminiscent!
I go to theaters, but usually matinees during the week. There might be a dozen people there, and usually no kids. It’s nice. I grew up going to a UA theater and vaguely remember these.
Having grown up in an area service to buy a combined 14 screens from to AMC theaters that were across the street from each other, I finally remember most of the AMC Clips you showed. I also remember the one with the little girl and the other one with the Barbie dolls.
I generally only go to the theater for a movie that I want to see on the large screen or to support a particular movie but I want to see do well. I have to say having reclining seats in the theaters has been an encouragement to go. Of course this year everything is been weird with the events going on, but I wouldn't be against going back again. But it is nice to have everything at home
I remember the old AAFES movie theaters that we are Military Bases. Those Policy trailers were really different. I've been trying to find them online but no luck.
How old are we talking? I remember the theater @ Goodfellow AFB
Went to go see Speed 2 at the AAFES Movie Theater in Ft. Lewis,WA in Mid July 1997. I recall it having FREE Matinees.
We had national amusements theaters where I grew up. They had a great animated pre-show thing too.
R.I.P Clip (1991-2009)
I think a lot changed when it comes to going to the movies.
First of all, many of us got access to some seriously nice televisions and just put a decent enough sound set around it and ...voila. Cheap Theater with whatever food you like, whatever movie you want to watch and whenever you want to take a break.
Long ago our televisions were small and their sound was quite not there yet. So going to the theater was THE way to experience great images and sound. And with the popcorn and sodas and being together, wasn't that awesome.
Now theaters are far from cheap! And again, we do have nice 4k television sooo why are we here again?
I only would go to the theater for certain movies where the theater simply has that magical and best effect.
I seen Cats for instance, which, is an insane movie, and it is great in the theater.
1917, haven't seen that one yet, but a world war I movie... that must be damn great in a 70mm Theater!
Lets see, yes they did make a pretty modern header image with CGI before the advertising starts and one after... beyond that. Little rules.
But for most movies, why go? Why?
Compare digital Cinema standards to digital TV sets
DCI:
-2K (2048x1080) or 4K (4096x2160)
-12-bit color, CIE XYZ color space
-JPEG 2000 compression
TV:
-HD (1920x1080) or 4K (3840x2160)
-10-bit or 12-bit color, Rec. 2020 color space
-compression methods that aren't from 2002. (AVC, HEVC, VP9, AV1)
Sometimes you can actually get better picture quality from a nice TV than you can from a cheap theater.
I kinda agree with this... I don't see the point in the Cinema anymore. TVs are much better, people have became ruder, food and tickets are more expensive, and streaming is king.
@@Feenixfire90GamingTFG Forget everything. Streaming KILLED Cinema.
I was going to ask if riffing was allowed in the Archive Theater, but then I watched the segment about your Rifftrax viewing.
As for not taking babies in the first place, they may not have a choice. They might not have a sitter available. I went to the movies as a baby. I wasn't a year old yet when Barney's Great Adventure came to theaters and apparently, my mom remembers taking me with her and the siblings. By the way, I prefer babies over little kids.
I forgot how adorable the old AMC nag trailers were with the film reel. That still looks a million times better than most $30 million dollar animated CGI films.
If anyone is interested the projector shown at 18:30 is a Century JJ 35/70mm projector complete with its magnetic penthouse.
12:50 the first and last time anyone ever wore a Chevy Chase Show jacket.
Clip later sued AMC for negligence and won $24 million in damages. Thanks, Mr. Dershowitz!
Wait... theaters don't use reels anymore?
“I should be entitled to text in a theater because it’s a free country” is the same line of logic leading many people not to wear masks in public during the pandemic. 😤
My drive in has that still
You still have a drive in?
@@tyjuarez I don't have a drive in.
I meant I still go to the drive-in
Popcorn hasn't tasted good for around 30 years because theaters used to use coconut & canola oil to pop the corn and Flavacol which was a special blend of butter salt to sprinkle on top of it which is still sold and can be bought at places like Amazon. They stopped using it because the news media whined that it was too fat and had too many calories.
In HS it was my job to string up movies into the projector it was from 1939 and I worked there in the late 90's
Yeah, Mr. Wiseau. Have some respect as you are throwing spoons at the screen! LOL!
I go to Rifftrax Live and the occasional revival (e.g. King Kong this coming March.) We really are in a Golden Age of Home Cinema and so many people are just throwing it away.
satirical 50s aesthetic, barbie dolls, dark humor that's more disturbing than funny... yeah, that's last one is totally mid-90s, painfully so
"Don't talk in the movie, no cellphones in the show, and smoking is a no, no, no....And remember to throw your trash awaaaay!"
*IN A MAJESTIC WILDERNESS,*
*HER FATHER RULED FROM THE HIGHEST PERCH.*
16:27 At least the word "Theatres" was correctly spelled! Plural of "Theatre"!
The last time I went to the theater was in March 2020. Now I don't go to the movie theatres very often due to too many crappy movies being released, but once in a while, I watch a good film once in a while.
I always enjoyed the ones sponsored by the Orange mobile phone network in the UK:
Spike Lee: ruclips.net/video/k8sK2EY0ZuU/видео.html
Carrie Fisher: ruclips.net/video/QGZjD9hxPNE/видео.html
@16:57 That looks like the AMC Studio 30 in Houston.
anyone with an idea who the girl is at 20:00? my mind wants to say Alisan Porter back in her Curly Sue era but google is yielding me nothing.
I believe her name is Hailie Eisenberg.
She’s the “Pepsi Girl” who starred in a series of commercials for them in the mid-90’s. Her first commercial was a Super Bowl spot and that became her gig for a few years.
While I agree with you that the animated policy bumpers should return for our modern generation and that the Superhero movies should stop, I feel that CGI Animation and Hand Drawn Animation Movies can exist together in a modern world.
I just realized something: what is up with that guy at 18:34 eating his popcorn off a toothpick? Was that a thing?
Also, I'd go to a lot more movies if my watching experience was enhanced by cute animated singing cat-girls in various costumes. CInemark was onto something with stuff like what they had at 17:53.
I still laugh at a policy trailer from the 90s a wife scolding her husband for talking during movies. He replied. Here you hold the coke. I’ll hold the talking. Every frame of the ad had at least two coke products in them. So corny.
Preach, Benny Boy, preach!
I was hoping that last montage would include my favorite: the John Waters no smoking ad. I have no idea where it originated it, but the Oriental Theatre in Milwaukee used to run it before Rocky Horror (it was clearly an old print, though, lots of scratches, etc). It's on RUclips, look it up.
If I want to save money on a movie, I'll buy a comic book.
God, theater patrons are the WORST these days. I don't go to the movies for the same reason you don't; 0 interest in the films and godawful audience members.
When I went to see Isle of Dogs, there was (no joke) a lady with her toddler and newborn baby. At a PG-13 movie. They were both screaming and crying. I wanted to die.
I haven't been to the Movies since Wreck it Ralph in 2012. Yes. I'm DEAD serious.
@@Tornado1994 Try 2008. The last one I saw was Cars 2 as part of a visitation with my nervously-smoking deadbeat alcoholic called a "dad" (at least it's a step up from his narcotic-fueled younger years).
MAGNITED STATES OF AMERICA!!!
MSA! MSA! MSA!
I think she meant "magnificent".
@@negirno That's even worse, for some reason!
OH, I'M SORRY, I THOUGHT THIS WAS AMERICA!!
@@artistwithouttalent Murica!
Well, that girl that texted at the Alamo Drafthouse is wrong. Texting of any kind in a theater is against the rules, regardless if employees do not notice it. Good riddance for her not coming back there and her sorry attitude.
I made the mistake of watching a fathom rerelease of To Kill a Mockingbird next door to an XD showing of the newest Spider-Man. I definitely know how people felt in 1974 when they watched Godfather 2 next door to Earthquake, which had a almost wall size setup of subwoofers that were so powerful roof chunks often fell from theater ceilings.
Is the serious neck condition meant to be a joke on how he had to look up at the screen all the time to see what's on it?
I’m watching this several months after the video was posted, and I’m here to say that while I don’t think we’re at a golden age yet, I think it will be around the corner. With the decline of Hollywood incoming, the movie industry in America will be less centralized, so more talent from other places can make movies.
Okay, here's a Stockton(Australia) boy's take on the cinema experience in the 1960s. A Saturday matinee at the Savoy Theatre on Mitchell Street, you go into the theatre, pay your 2 shillings(pre-1966) or 20 cents(from 1966 on to whenever the price went up). Out on the street, posters on display advertising the movies to be shown. You've got your ticket, you give it to the usher who tears it in half and keeps one half(to keep account of takings and admissions). You take your seat, then the house lights go dim, a series of slides advertising businesses on the main street, Wise's Milk Bar, Edie Helkins' cake shop, Stockton Bite pie shop, etc., house lights come on again momentarily before dimming again as a Warner "Merrie Melodies" or "Looney Tunes" cartoon comes on. The cartoon finishes and the supporting feature, "Lassie Gone Troppo"(fake title, but only to show the cinema had double features), Going Troppo is Aussie slang for going crazy, by the way. House lightscome up again, you go out and buy drinks and lollies from the counter in the theatre's foyer, or get a pass-out ticket and go across the street to Wise's Milk Bar for a chocolate thick-shake and a packet of crisps. Back in the theatre, there are more slides advertising local businesses, the lights dim, an old Batman serial comes on but you barely pay any attention to it. Then.... the main feature,the one you've waited months to see..... Reg Varney, Bob Grant, Doris Hare, Anna Karen, Michael Robbins and Steven Lewis as "Blakey" in "It's A Great Life On The Buses" great late-1960s British comedy!....YEAH............! That's how a day or night at the movies SHOULD be! And NONE of those stupid in-house cartoon promo shit-pieces like those from 17:20 onward.
I think theaters have lost their magic ever since they went digital. Though I remember the preshow clips were always beat to hell after being played so much.
Great upload, very funny!
That intro:
FROM OUTTA NOWHEREEE
I remember the policy trailer that featured the little girl who talked like a grown man. That trailer was running at the local Regal Cinema around 2000. The same girl was also in a series of Pepsi commercials at about the same time. I hated those commercials and their "Joy of Cola" tagline so much that it made me a Coca-Cola drinker.
I wish my town had an Alamo draft house , they would of gladly kick out that wonderful couple who took their baby and wild toddler to a well known 3 hour movie. I would also gladly apply for a job there, cause it looks like they take crap from no one.
Alamo NEVER allowed Children under 12 in. Ever. Plus you had to be 18+ just to get in on your own.
The Aqua Teen Hunger Force Movie has the best policy trailer, change my mind
Yup. Nothing beats it, Even the 2000s References STILL hold up in it.
Don't have to change your mind, you're a brony, your opinion on anything doesn't matter.
Iain Cowell ok boomer
Which one of those demented trailers did you see beforehand?
23:36 Replace the words with, "Let's all go to the potty [...] So we can get some relief."
The magic of seeing a film on the big screen is unfortunately long gone, killed off by the proliferation of bland cineplex chains and the declining artistic output of Hollywood in the last couple of decades (*due to a multitude of reasons, not just Marvel movies!). Very seldom is there a film shown at my local 8 screen theater I feel merits paying nearly eight dollars to experience it in a "true" cinematic environment.
What about two sets of start times? One for local ads/national ads/trailers and the other one for the movie? That way, you can skip most of the ads/trailers and see the movie instead.
That General Cinema trailer at 17:45 was used at least through 1992. There was a GCC here in rochester we used to go to all the time... and you missed one of the best ones ever: ruclips.net/video/YcXO-iKaJ_Y/видео.html :D Sang along with it lots with my friends back in college. :D
As much as you can create the moviegoing experience at home, there are some movies that are better on a giant screen. I'm hoping the local chain theater will have an anniversary showing of the Rocketeer sometime, as that movie looks like it would be gorgeous on a big screen.
most of the preshows nowadays are just coke ads and a simple card asking you to silence your phones
Is that still the case? My last theater movie was 2007 or so and that was true then.
I only talk out loud in the theater when I am or my group is alone in the theater, as I was when I went to Cats, it was at the cheap mall cinema. Otherwise only whispers to my immediate neighbors if they're in my group and I came with them *and* they don't complain. Drive-ins have different rules.