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posted by
majroj
on July 25, 2005 at 9:35 PM
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Majroj, I never delete posts
I think I should have more than 42 if you go back to the beginning. Why do that? I use this place as an archive for past writing. It's easy to keep and print from here chronologically...
posted by
Cynthia
on July 25, 2005 at 3:18 PM
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This blog. Ever sweep the attic??
posted by
majroj
on July 24, 2005 at 3:43 PM
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Joe_Love, I actually would have
stayed in the theater if it wasn't for my grandaughter. The sensory effect was pretty amazing.
posted by
Cynthia
on July 24, 2005 at 3:19 PM
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MayB, How old is your son?
Did he have anything to do with deciding the virtual family would be deprived of food? I confess I'm really out of it when it comes to Play Station stuff.
posted by
Cynthia
on July 24, 2005 at 3:17 PM
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I haven't seen a 3-D movie
in quite some time. Though I sympathize with your experience, you've got me wanting to keep an eye out for when 3-D comes to our IMAX theater.
posted by
Joe_Love
on July 24, 2005 at 1:36 PM
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You never quite know what will induce terror in children. It probably depends on what they are used to seeing. My son was playing a Sim game on the playstation and it seemed harmless til I found out that one of his virtual families was being deprived of food.
posted by
Azur
on July 24, 2005 at 11:26 AM
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fw, when you're dealing
with different kinds of assaults in your real life (like you have been doing recently) who has time for shitty movies.
posted by
Cynthia
on July 24, 2005 at 10:01 AM
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Majroj, I could imagine
you asking for 1/3 of the money back, and you'd probably get it.
To your second comment, which blog were you referring to? I actually have a couple hundred pages, since the beginning of my writing on my other blog, Six Generations...
posted by
Cynthia
on July 24, 2005 at 9:59 AM
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Telynor, I confess I always take cabs
when in NYC. I feel guilty, being a native New Yorker and all...
posted by
Cynthia
on July 24, 2005 at 9:55 AM
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wiley, I think of you everytime
I hop on a plane to Montreal. One of these days we'll have to get together. I'm sure I'll be seduced, you're one of the most charming guys I haven't yet met:-)
posted by
Cynthia
on July 24, 2005 at 9:53 AM
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ginnieb, I agree we have to face
those things that have caused us the most anxiety, so that we don't become victims of our fears. Overcoming fear is really the subtext for most of our lives. It's something none of us can escape.
posted by
Cynthia
on July 24, 2005 at 9:50 AM
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Those 3-D glasses give me headaches too!
It's been a while since I've been visually assaulted. I don't go see Hollywood blockbusters anymore because I no longer have the patience to endure sequence after sequence of mindless crashes and/or explosions.
posted by
fwmystic
on July 23, 2005 at 9:43 PM
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PS:
Have you ever noticed you have 42 pages of posts in one blog?
posted by
majroj
on July 23, 2005 at 9:38 PM
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I've a couple bones to pick with IMAX also.
1. The lobbies I have seen (four so far) have minimal seating and only one show at a time, so people with handicaps afecting mobility or standing but not sitting in wheelchairs have no place to wait.
2. I went to a 3D show and discovered that my astigmatism made the show indecipherable to me through the glasses they provided (I was getting nasueous and a headache due to disparity between eyes). I happened to have a pair of polarized sunglasses, however, and by tilting my head 45 degrees one way or the other I could watch it in 2D.
I want 1/3 of my money back!
posted by
majroj
on July 23, 2005 at 11:52 AM
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Oh poor little Adia! I would have been freaked too -- don't they have ratings up there that at least give
some warning? And she was so excited too! As someone in life who manuvers around with a cane, I can agree wholeheartedly about the hassles of modern transport -- while here up on the Hudson it's not too bad getting on and off the MetroNorth trains, in the City, the subways are hell, which is why I now use cabs. Expensive, but it certainly saves the wear and tear on me.
posted by
telynor
on July 23, 2005 at 11:21 AM
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Wiley..
..you are so cute!
posted by
ginnieb
on July 23, 2005 at 11:08 AM
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Cynthia
Now there ya are in my city and if you'd simply asked I could have asked either of my daughters or my sister or brother there what they thought of that film and saved you that pain, aggravation and $40.00 plus subway fare.
If you had just been a bit more courageous and e-mailed me I would have driven to Montréal, driven you guys around so you wouln't even have needed the subway.
I love showing American's my hometown, my country, and none of them yet has been harassed or had to sleep with or marry me even.lol
posted by
WileyJohn
on July 23, 2005 at 11:04 AM
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Really interesting Cynthia...
...but what a shame for Aida! That's terrible that there wasn't some kind of warning or even if the person who dolled out the tickets could have told you that it might be frightening to young children. I'd bet she isn't the only child who had that reaction! Interesting, as Steve and I were just discussing fears that children carry through the years and the way fears might be handled. He was just talking to his kids in England who are going to France on holiday. His youngest, who is 9, had been sick on a ferry to France once..a few years ago. Now, the whole family avoids ferries because of a fear that Rachel might get sick. In our opinion this is wrong...all it does is perpetuate that fear! When she's an adult will she avoid such travel? Shouldn't she be encouraged to overcome this fear? A bit of behavioural therapy should be employed. Now I'm not saying that your granddaughter should be made to sit through scary films!! But maybe talking about it...as I'm sure you will..might help her to vocalize the fear. I don't in any way think that such fears should be ignored, lightened or forgotten but if we learned, in whatever way is age appropriate..to face our fears then maybe we'd grow up even healthier. As a grandmother or a mother I'd be very upset that your little girl had to go through this. I'm glad she was okay shortly after..I just hate to see children hurting.
posted by
ginnieb
on July 23, 2005 at 10:56 AM
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