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Author Topic: Anyone showing Jackass 3 in 2D? Paul Looker Film Handler Posts: 83 From: Pittsburgh, PA/United States Registered: Sep 2009 posted 10-15-2010 10:08 AM                     There is a nice minute or two bit in the beginning about how the movie you are about to see is in 3D, you must wear the glasses. Look at this cheesy 3D effect that won't be in 3D because we aren't digital. Just wondering what folks would do about this at other locations. Every customer is going to come out and ask what's going on.  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 10-15-2010 10:18 AM                        I'd chop that shit off if I were showing it on 2D film (if it were present which it shouldn't be).  |  IP: Logged Paul Looker Film Handler Posts: 83 From: Pittsburgh, PA/United States Registered: Sep 2009 posted 10-15-2010 11:39 AM                     I'm glad someone agrees but do you think I would get fired for that if we get checked this weekend?  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 10-15-2010 01:09 PM                     I'd leave it alone since it's not your responsibility to alter what Paramount/DW have released for presentation - it's not your movie. Any customer complaints should be addressed to the manager which is the proper protocol in this case. -Monte  |  IP: Logged Donald Brown Expert Film Handler Posts: 131 From: Lincoln, DE Registered: Sep 2009 posted 10-15-2010 02:24 PM                     Paul: If I was handling the engagement, I would make certain that I announced to the audience, that regardless of what was displayed on screen during the opening, that the show was not in 3-D. It might also be suitable to discreetly douse the light to the projector during that brief segment of the opening. There is no doubt that this would have caused an issue with us at the drive-in. This is a nightmare waiting to happen! Good luck with this one! Don Brown  |  IP: Logged Barry Floyd Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1079 From: Lebanon, Tennessee, USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 10-15-2010 02:37 PM                        We're opening it tonight at our drive-in... sounds like it's gonna be a fun night.  |  IP: Logged Robert E. Allen Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1078 From: Checotah, Oklahoma Registered: Jul 2002 posted 10-15-2010 04:33 PM                     I just read the Boxoffice interview with the director and he said they had both 2D and 3D equipment on the set so apparently part of it was shot in 2D and converted. That interview also convinced me that I would never show the film in any theatre I owned.  |  IP: Logged Chris Slycord Film God Posts: 2986 From: 퍼항시, 경상푹도, South Korea Registered: Mar 2007 posted 10-15-2010 04:50 PM                     quote: Robert E. Allen I just read the Boxoffice interview with the director and he said they had both 2D and 3D equipment on the set so apparently part of it was shot in 2D and converted. I saw an interview with Steve-O and he said the reason some of the stuff was 2D was because for some scenes someone would just run away randomly and it was practically impossible to set up a spontaneous 3D chase, so they just sent someone to chase them off with a normal camera.  |  IP: Logged Mark Lensenmayer Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1605 From: Upper Arlington, OH Registered: Sep 1999 posted 10-15-2010 04:52 PM                     In the Columbus Ohio area, I see 2 AMC theatres and 2 Marcus theatres running JACKASS 3 in 2D. Most have a 3D version running also.  |  IP: Logged Paul Looker Film Handler Posts: 83 From: Pittsburgh, PA/United States Registered: Sep 2009 posted 10-15-2010 04:53 PM                     Monte, I am the manager. There is no passing the buck here. Would you want to take 100 complaints a day. I've already had 30 or so and it's wearing thin really fast. It's not my movie, but isn't this something they should have cut out themselves if the goal was anything less than making my theater look like shut for not being equipped for 3d?  |  IP: Logged Mark J. Marshall Film God Posts: 3188 From: New Castle, DE, USA Registered: Aug 2002 posted 10-15-2010 05:09 PM                    I'd cut it and put it on the shelf and reattach it on its way out. But that's just me.  |  IP: Logged John Wilson Film God Posts: 5438 From: Sydney, Australia. Registered: Dec 1999 posted 10-15-2010 05:16 PM                     It's appalling that Paramount would put you in that situation. Get out the scissors...just make sure it goes back in before you send it out.  |  IP: Logged Mike Olpin Chop Chop! Posts: 1852 From: Dallas, TX Registered: Jan 2002 posted 10-15-2010 05:28 PM                     Put up a very clear sign in large print on neon color paper informing your guests that the film is in 2D only. Put one on every box terminal. It is better to inform your guests before they buy tickets than to field complaints after they've already bought tickets. Do not alter the performance or edit the print.  |  IP: Logged Randy Stankey Film God Posts: 6539 From: Erie, Pennsylvania Registered: Jun 99 posted 10-15-2010 05:38 PM                     Leave it in. Let the customers scream. (Sorry, Paul...) Unless people bitch and complain, the ass-fucks that make these decisions are never going to learn. Sometimes, things have to break before people solve the problems. If line level employees keep fixing them and cleaning up other people's messes, nothing will ever get done. Furthermore, the people who do the real work cleaning up the messes that other ass-fucks make will never get credit for it. When I first started working at a certain theater, there were steps going up to the second level balcony that didn't have proper safety lighting. (i.e. Strip lights on the stair treads.) This safety hazard was one of the first things I pointed out when I first worked there. My boss stalled and played the famous "Lose the Paperwork" game. Year after year, I kept pointing it out and he kept stalling. One day, an old lady slipped and fell down the stairs. Thank God she only suffered a sprained ankle! This happened on a Sunday afternoon. At 9:00 on Monday morning, my boss, his boss and the director of Physical Plant came to the theater and stood around scratching their chins, trying to come up with a solution. I walked over and asked what they were looking at and they told me what happened. I said that they should put strip lights on the stairs. The order went in to Celestial Lighting by the end of the week. For nearly five years, without regard to my bitching and complaining, nothing got done until something bad happened. The same thing applies here. Don't fix other people's problems.  |  IP: Logged Jeremy Weigel Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1062 From: Edmond, OK, USA Registered: Mar 2007 posted 10-15-2010 05:45 PM                     Plain and simple truth is that not all customers read signs. I would definitely remove that section and reattach when the film goes back. I bet Paramount sends out a notice to remove it anyway if they get enough complaints from theatres. Oh, and most checkers have not seen the film prior so they wouldn't have a clue that its missing. This reminds of The Pirates of the Caribbean teaser trailer that was attached to Finding Nemo. We received so many complaints from parents that it scared their kids we removed it even though Disney sent a letter stating not to. By Monday Disney issue a notice nation wide to remove it.  |  IP: Logged

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