Sometimes Drunk People Irritate Me...
Oooh! A topical rant! Well... it’s sorta topical, I suppose. It all depends on if you were there/know what I’m talking about and whatnot. So, like 3 people that come on here will be all, “yeah! You go, James!” And others won’t care/know what’s going on. Regardless, I’ll get to the point soon.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles was a midnight movie a few short days ago. The first movie. It’s an excellent movie, and it is a major part of my childhood, as well as the childhoods of many, many people I know, as well as those around the world. It was a big movie that connected a generation. It’s the friggin’ Ninja Turtles, in live action. That can’t be beat. Anywho - I was lookign forward to this, as were many of said friends of mine. It was huge. The 2 big theatres were packed. Too packed. Over packed. Here in lies the problem. Well no, here in lies one of the problems. People were yelling a lot. That was to be assumed, though they were being overly pricky about it. More than I assumed, but oh well. The other problem is the one that ruined things.
Why would people get drunk, and then go to the movies to see a kids movie from the early 90s, and then CONTINUE drinking at the movies!? I mean - that’s a friggin’ crime regardless of what the movie is! But my major question is - what was the point? What can be gained by seeing TMNT drunk? “Man - that movie was so... forgotten... but hey, at least I got sick and a lot of people hate me!” Okay, now even THAT wouldn’t have been too bad. Some people are stupid. I’ve come to accept that. And drinking tends to lead to more stupidity, so whatever. However, this lead to the MAJOR problem of the evening...
We’ve all seen TMNT 1, so let’s not pretend here. Raph gets beat up, and the turtles with April and Casey Jones take him to a farm house to recoup and plan how to get Splinter back. That’s all well and good. People yelling, they can be ignored. Raph wakes up in the bath-tub. Some jackass in the theatre GET’S ARRESTED! I can only assume for public drunkeness/toking up in a theatre/JUMPING THE COP AT THE DOOR! Idiots. People cheer, as this was a loud jackass throughout. After that, things are a bit quieter. The turtles start their re-training - lights come up in the theatre. Hmm... that’s kinda odd. Oh well - movie keeps going. Movie stops. The movie is over, shut down by the cops, in what I suppose can be called a legitimate call. Except to those people who were actually sitting and watching the movie they paid to see. Drunk idiots ruined the ninja turtles. I honestly didn’t think it possible.
When did generic places where people are become bars for underage drinkers? My other question is: why would they pay to see the movie they didn’t watch/any interest in watching? (My main reason for that one: it was clear these people had no idea what TMNT really was - my proof? The first time splinter shows up on screen one of them yells, “Oh my god! That one is a mouse!” I hate people sometimes). Wow... this one wasn’t really all that “funny” a rant. I mean, it’s a decent story, and it’s DEFINITELY a rant, but yeah... oh well. I was frustrated, and I have a webpage at my disposal. Not a blog my ass.
PS - I think the people who run the theatre also should have tried a little harder. I mean, once things got out of hand, they could so little - that I'm aware of. But, they wouldn't have gotten out of hand had they not greatly oversold the show. I mean, sending 100 extra people into an already full theatre is just asking for trouble.