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They're serving spaghetti in our cinema's now

post #1 of 53
4/10/10 at 10:49am
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I just came here to post this after reading a local newspaper article online.

http://www.standaard.be/artikel/deta...elid=GUV2OLKFV

(don't bother to check it if you don't know Dutch, it's just here for reference)

Fact of the matter: the biggest cinema complex in Belgium is starting to sell spaghetti and hamburgers for consumption during the movies now.

Now I'm not familiar with food etiquette in foreign cinema's, let alone how the situation is over in the States, so my question to you guys is: what the fuck!? Is this normal? Has this been a practice around the world for quite some time now, and do I have to count my blessings it held out for so long over here?

Spaghetti. I can barely stand the smell of nacho's while trying to enjoy a movie, so now I'll have to endure bolognaise odor AND risk some idiot spilling tomato sauce on my shirt, which is bound to happen sooner or later.

So that's it, they finally did it. Luckily there's a modest amount of small arthouse cinema's here, but blockbusters be damned- I'll enjoy those from the comfort of my own bedroom & home cinema from now on.

Jesus Christ spaghetti.
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post #2 of 53
4/10/10 at 10:56am
Burgers I could see, but spaghetti? How can you watch a movie and eat spaghetti at the same time?
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post #3 of 53
4/10/10 at 11:21am
This is pissing me off way more than it should.
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post #4 of 53
4/10/10 at 11:32am
I can't imagine the mess that's gonna leave on cinema chairs. Fucking gross.

The last thing I wanna hear when I go to a movie is some motherfucker sucking up a long, wet piece of pasta. "Ssllllllurrrrrrrrp!"
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post #5 of 53
4/10/10 at 11:37am
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Originally Posted by Parker View Post
I can't imagine the mess that's gonna leave on cinema chairs. Fucking gross.

The last thing I wanna hear when I go to a movie is some motherfucker sucking up a long, wet piece of pasta. "Ssllllllurrrrrrrrp!"
That sound could also be something else besides pasta.
Fuck this; seriously, I draw the line at nachos, and barely....what's next, Fondue at the movies?
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post #6 of 53
4/10/10 at 11:43am
Nachos tops the cake. They might as well serve sizzling fajitas while they're at it.


Also, thanks for the new quote.
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post #7 of 53
4/10/10 at 11:44am
It's amazing what they'll serve at the movies these days. When I worked for the local Cinemark a few years back, I made nachos, burgers, hot dogs, chicken tenders, pizza, and hot wings. Hot wings! It was ridiculous how well those sold. I can see nothing good coming from groping around with hot wings in the dark.

However, the food was all actually quite tasty. Only problem was how pricey it was, but that was solved with a healthy dose of fake orders just prior to taking a break.

Spaghetti, though. I just don't know. That just screams bad idea.
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post #8 of 53
4/10/10 at 11:55am
Fucking Hell. I can barely manage spaghetti on my own, half-watching something on TV, without making a mess. If I try that shit in a cinema then I'm going to walk out looking like one of those babies you get on greetings cards.
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post #9 of 53
4/10/10 at 12:22pm
Spaghetti should not be served anywhere.
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post #10 of 53
4/10/10 at 12:43pm
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Originally Posted by Black_Dahlia View Post
Spaghetti should not be served anywhere.
You'll take my Spaghetti Putanesca and Carbonara over my dead body.
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post #11 of 53
4/10/10 at 12:49pm
Good luck eating spaghetti in the dark and not coming out looking like a three year old who's just learnt to hold a fork.
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post #12 of 53
4/10/10 at 12:57pm
Yet another reason to just stay at home and watch movies, instead of wasting my time, money, and patience at a theater.
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post #13 of 53
4/10/10 at 1:10pm
Best thing to have during a movie: ALCOHOL!
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post #14 of 53
4/10/10 at 1:15pm
This is a disgrace. There is no other word for it.

When I worked at a movie theater I used to eat Sammichs during a film but it's not like we sold them right there at the theater. I had to purchase them from a separate location

I've decided that I'm going to buy a new larger TV this year and when that happens, I have no clue what it will take to drag me back to a theater. Probably nothing short of a pivotal turning point in the 3D ЯЭVФLЦTIФИ
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post #15 of 53
4/10/10 at 1:20pm
And yet all you good people love the Alamo Drafthouse and you know it, even if you haven't been there yet.
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post #16 of 53
4/10/10 at 1:21pm
The Drafthouse (and various variations thereof) is different, though. At least there, there's a space for you to eat. We're talking regular theaters, I take it, where you'd pretty much just be holding the spaghetti in your lap.
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post #17 of 53
4/10/10 at 1:28pm
Ok, a few minutes have passed since my initial reaction and I'm going to return to offer up a more in depth perspective on whats wrong with this idea

In short, there are *many* things wrong with it but I'm going to focus on the hygiene aspect

One thing that sort of grosses me out is this: I know that I sometimes wipe my hands on theater seats (if they get sweaty/greasy) and I think I'd be unable to sit in a theater if I knew there was a possibility that people who'd just finished tucking into a heaping plate of spaghetti had smeared their slovenly filth on the upholstery
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post #18 of 53
4/10/10 at 1:31pm
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Originally Posted by Princess Kate View Post
the 3D ЯЭVФLЦTIФИ
holy shit how did u do that
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post #19 of 53
4/10/10 at 1:37pm
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Originally Posted by Jake View Post
holy shit how did u do that
Haha, a combination of an embarrassing abundance of freetime and a fake cyrillic generator
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post #20 of 53
4/10/10 at 1:38pm
A darkened room reverberating with the cacaphony of Surround Sound Lip Smacking? Fuck you, and your inflated ticket prices too.
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post #21 of 53
4/10/10 at 1:47pm
I won't be happy until I can get a bowl of soup in a theater.
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post #22 of 53
4/10/10 at 1:55pm
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Originally Posted by Stormin View Post
And yet all you good people love the Alamo Drafthouse and you know it, even if you haven't been there yet.
My thee-tuh of choice in the Milwaukee area is the Rosebud Cinema Drafthouse.
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post #23 of 53
4/10/10 at 1:58pm
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Originally Posted by Black_Dahlia View Post
Spaghetti should not be served anywhere.
Except my bed.
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post #24 of 53
4/10/10 at 2:01pm
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Originally Posted by Mr. Coombs View Post
The Drafthouse (and various variations thereof) is different, though. At least there, there's a space for you to eat. We're talking regular theaters, I take it, where you'd pretty much just be holding the spaghetti in your lap.
From what I gather, they serve it in a carton, somewhat similar to a noodle box. Doesn't make it any more of a better idea.

At the moment, they're trying it out in a few cinema's. But to paraphrase the end of the article: first reactions by their audience (i.e. all the ones who have NOT been grossed out by all the discomfort of a commercial multiplex theater nowadays combined with steadily rising prices) have been exstatic- so they're planning to introduce it nationwide.
Okay, so this is just Belgium.. but then the surrounding countries will start to notice, and follow suit... then it travels overseas... can't you see, it will SPREAD!!
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post #25 of 53
4/10/10 at 2:03pm
The only thing Belgium should ever export outside its borders is beer.

Well, pro cyclists, too, I suppose. Stijn Devolder is my boy.
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post #26 of 53
4/10/10 at 2:10pm
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Originally Posted by Chavez View Post
The only thing Belgium should ever export outside its borders is beer.

Well, pro cyclists, too, I suppose. Stijn Devolder is my boy.
What about JCVD?
Also, the thought of being stuck for 2 hours in a theater with people eating spaghetti all around me is pure despair.
And i though Devin's 3D Pizza fan picture was too much.
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post #27 of 53
4/10/10 at 2:24pm
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Originally Posted by cheftournel View Post
Okay, so this is just Belgium.. but then the surrounding countries will start to notice, and follow suit... then it travels overseas... can't you see, it will SPREAD!!
cheftournel you just keep makin' this worse man
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post #28 of 53
4/10/10 at 2:39pm
I'm not a huge fan of eating in the dark in general, much less the movies. Something about a bunch of chomping noises swirling around in my head while I'm trying to pay attention to a film is too distracting.
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post #29 of 53
4/10/10 at 3:42pm
I wouldn't be opposed to a place, like the Alamo Drafthouse, or a more formal dining experience to go with the movie-going experience offering a wide variety of food. But this would have to be a very specialized place, your garden variety theater is barely able to accomodate people eating popcorn much less pasta.
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post #30 of 53
4/11/10 at 8:03pm
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Originally Posted by Princess Kate View Post
One thing that sort of grosses me out is this: I know that I sometimes wipe my hands on theater seats (if they get sweaty/greasy) and I think I'd be unable to sit in a theater if I knew there was a possibility that people who'd just finished tucking into a heaping plate of spaghetti had smeared their slovenly filth on the upholstery
But you're OK with other people sitting in the residue of your repulsive sweat?

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Originally Posted by Chavez View Post
The only thing Belgium should ever export outside its borders is beer.

Well, pro cyclists, too, I suppose. Stijn Devolder is my boy.
What about carbonnade, waterzooi, chocolate, waffles, and Vlaam Frites?
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post #31 of 53
4/11/10 at 8:37pm
I think we should start allowing pets in theaters. And the pets should have their own cell phones.
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post #32 of 53
4/11/10 at 11:01pm
This is actually how movies used to be.

You used to go to the movies and get a plate of food for $0.25. You also got to keep the plate, my grandmother used to send my mom to the movies just to get the plates, collect a whole set. (back in the 40's, I believe) Maybe I'll take a picture and throw up what they look like, if I can figure out which ones they are.
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post #33 of 53
4/12/10 at 9:48am
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Originally Posted by Chavez View Post
The only thing Belgium should ever export outside its borders is beer.

Well, pro cyclists, too, I suppose. Stijn Devolder is my boy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myg9Hjq5zAI
and
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPb84m2q87o
would like a word with you. Outside. Over a plate of spaghetti.
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post #34 of 53
4/15/10 at 12:02am
Are they going to take out some of the rows of chairs and add tables? That's really the only way that it's going to work.
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post #35 of 53
4/15/10 at 1:18am
I love my spaghetti. Even eating it ever-so-carefully and mannered, there still tends to be moments of sauce splatter, however slight.

Now, take that spaghetti into a dark theater, with the distraction of a movie playing and, I don't care how careful one is, it is going to be a mess over the long haul.

I just am not sure how people would eat spaghetti and pay the film in front of them the proper mind, either.

I know it comes down to economics and the theater owners getting the best return on their investment, but the real question to the consumer is why would they have to be (essentially) eating their dinner while watching a movie. I mean, you have 24 hours to get this five minute meal in, and yet it has to be during a movie, with an audience, in a packed, dark auditorium...
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post #36 of 53
4/15/10 at 1:21am
I just can't deal with the meal in a theater. Even at the Drafthouse, I'll get something like the chips n hummus to snack on. A full-fledged meal just makes me feel odd. I could never eat spaghetti in a theatre. No way, no how.
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post #37 of 53
4/16/10 at 12:39am
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Originally Posted by cheftournel View Post
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myg9Hjq5zAI
and
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPb84m2q87o
would like a word with you. Outside. Over a plate of spaghetti.
Why are you letting Cancellara totally bitch Boonen on a weekly basis?
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post #38 of 53
4/16/10 at 4:55am
Hard candy to the left of me, spaghetti to the right (Steeler's Wheel joke goes here).

*crinkle-crinkle* )( Me )( *SLUUUUUURP*

OH JOY
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post #39 of 53
4/16/10 at 5:16am
I have dinner at the Drafthouse all the time. For midnight premires with groups of friends, we'll even do full multi-course affairs--arrive way early, do an appetizer, entree timed right when the movie starts, desert around the time Iron Man is realizing he can't do this one alone...what's not to love?

Also, every so often the Drafthouse does a Spaghetti Western marathon. With Spaghetti. And it's great. Not messy, either, if you know how to twirl you spaghetti onto a fork like a grown adult (and they even give you spoons if you need help!) So cheers, Belgium! You're almost doing it right!
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post #40 of 53
4/16/10 at 2:12pm
Honestly, this doesn't sound like the greatest idea in the world, but some of you are making spaghetti out to be some kind of hopelessly complicated Rube Goldberg affair. It's noodles. They go in your mouth. Roll credits.
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post #41 of 53
4/16/10 at 2:14pm
Yeah, but there's a lot of shitheads out there who don't know how to properly eat pasta.

Toddlers, for instance.
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post #42 of 53
4/16/10 at 2:26pm
The shitty thing about eating this or most other foods when watching a movie is that it requires you to fucking look down most of the time. It's why popcorn works so damn well. You don't need to look, just grab and insert.

My girlfriend cannot STAND how I refuse to start a movie/show whatever (that I haven't seen before anyway) when we bring back takeout or whatever. I always insist on throwing in a Seinfeld or something else short and "light" while eating (if there's to be anything on while we're eating, anyway. I prefer just music most nights).
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post #43 of 53
4/16/10 at 2:51pm
Could I please just order a fucking beer with my rated R movie. Please? I just want to enjoy some Union Jack IPA or Pliny the Elder with Kick Ass this weekend.
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post #44 of 53
4/16/10 at 2:55pm
Yeah, having to sneak in tallboys of horsepiss beer is kinda old.
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post #45 of 53
4/16/10 at 2:56pm
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Originally Posted by Jake View Post
Toddlers, for instance.
And they're all "pasghetti" this and "pasghetti" that. It's "spaghetti", morons!
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post #46 of 53
4/16/10 at 2:56pm
no you dumb douchebag don't drink milk with it here's this wine
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post #47 of 53
4/16/10 at 3:01pm
And, no, it's not Chef Boyardee. Save that food stamp crap for your daycare!
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post #48 of 53
4/16/10 at 3:33pm
See, I have a hard time drinking with my movies because it pretty much guarantees that I will not make it through without a piss break.
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post #49 of 53
4/16/10 at 4:04pm
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Originally Posted by C.Swicegood View Post
I wouldn't be opposed to a place, like the Alamo Drafthouse, or a more formal dining experience to go with the movie-going experience offering a wide variety of food. But this would have to be a very specialized place, your garden variety theater is barely able to accomodate people eating popcorn much less pasta.
I'm with you. Specialized theatres with meals are one thing. This, this is retarded.

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Yeah, but there's a lot of shitheads out there who don't know how to properly eat pasta.

Toddlers, for instance.
Miss K eats spaghetti like a champ. Hot wings fuck her up, though.
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post #50 of 53
4/16/10 at 4:10pm
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Originally Posted by joeypants View Post
See, I have a hard time drinking with my movies because it pretty much guarantees that I will not make it through without a piss break.
Have you considered transplanting a man's bladder into your body?
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