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Topic: AMC RETIRING "CLIP"
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Ian Price
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From: Denver, CO
Registered: Jun 99
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posted 10-09-1999 09:42 PM
AMC THEATRES ANNOUNCES THE RETIREMENT OF "CLIP"Officials at AMC Theatres, one of the nations largest theatre chains, announced today the imminent retirement of the chains beloved mascot Clip. For more than 10 years, Clip has appeared in AMC policy trailers around the world. When asked what prompted the retirement of Clip, an AMC official said "well, he's made of film." The official went on to say that as the chain, known for its megaplexes, embraces the new digital projection technology they felt it was time for a mascot that reflected the new technology. Sources deep in the AMC organization, who asked that their identities remain hidden, revealed that in January, 2000 the company would introduce two new mascots who reflect the digital future, One and Zero. Meanwhile, Clip, who has endured a hard life at the hands of AMC personnel is looking forward to his retirement. "I hope to find a home with a nice, caring projectionist who will provide me with restorative Film-Guard therapy." In recent years, Clip has shown more and more scratches on all of his limbs and is usually covered in dirt. "It's not easy being an AMC mascot," said Clip. Due to healthcare cutbacks at the company, Clip's right arm was reattached with zebra tape after a 1997 break. Earlier this year, a broken leg was repaired with masking tape. "Maybe after I leave AMC I'll finally be able to get the popcorn grease off of me," said Clip. When asked about Clip's poor treatment at the hands of AMC staff, company officials had no comment.
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Ian Price
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posted 10-12-1999 06:33 PM
Damn! I can't seem to get into trouble when I try. But nooo! The Clip bit was written by a friend of mine who shall remain nameless. But it brings up an interesting question. Have any of the big chains updated their policy trailers? UA is recycling 5 year old trailers that weren't even recorded in SR much less digital. Mann had a disasterous policy trailer that looked like it was recorded off of a VGA computer screen with a VHS-C camcorder. The rule is inovate or die. Lets all watch some death.
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Joe Redifer
You need a beating today
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From: Denver, Colorado
Registered: May 99
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posted 10-12-1999 08:04 PM
Yes, I have seen many giant theatre chains go completely out of business because they did not update their policy trailers.
Anyway, the new Mann policy (or Feature Presentation as they refer to it) was abominable! I am showing the older ones, which are about 6,000,000,001 times better! We didn't realize how good they were until they pulled them!As far as UA goes, I think that as of this writing they are playing Blade Runner 2: ODDyssey. That has Dolby Digital, SDDS, and DTS timecode. Too bad the DTS version was NEVER put on any discs! In an odd twist of fate, the old Mann policy had the 6 track sound on the DTS discs (sounds GREAT) but no timecode on any of the trailers ever printed! What was even weirder was that if you cut the UA ODDyssey trailer tail too late, the Mann music will start playing in DTS in your UA theatre! I had this happen and I laughed my ass off.
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