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Article #510Star Wars at Crossgates: 2 Problems
From: Bill Kyrouz & Steph McGowan
Date: Sun, 02 Mar 1997 00:00
Date: Sun, 02 Mar 1997 00:00
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When I go to see a movie that for the most part I've seen before, I get a little picky: So paying to see Star Wars I had expected two things: THX sound as advertised and a nice clean big screen. I got neither. Now that The Empire Strikes Back is playing at the Crossgates cinema I was worried that Star Wars wouldn't be shown in THX, it was my understanding that only one of their theaters had the digital system (the one where you turn left upon entering the hall, the last theater door on the right). When buying the ticket I specifically asked if this was still in THX, "Yes" was the answer. Sure enough Star Wars was playing in a theater without THX. To top it off there are two holes in the screen on the lower/right hand side. If I didn't care about screen defects and lack of digital sound systems I'd pay $2.99 at Cine 10. Had I not had company I would have turned right around and got my money back. So I strongly advise anyone planning to see one of the Star Wars movies to see it somewhere other than the Hoyts Crossgates Cinemas. If you are heading there to see Empire be forewarned that it is in two theaters; one of which may be tchnologically inferior). Just my two cents (actually my $7.50), Bill Having vented that; can anyone tell me if there are any other digital theaters in the capital district? With Return of the Jedi coming next week it will probably be impossible to see Empire in Crossgate's digital theater. -- Stephanie A. McGowan sm9311@cnsibm.albany.edu William J. Kyrouz wkyrouz@nyx.net
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 147627,e96e60a53b26ada1,start X-Google-Attributes: gid147627,public X-Google-Thread: 110b47,e96e60a53b26ada1,start X-Google-Attributes: gid110b47,public From: wkyrouz@capital.net (Bill Kyrouz & Steph McGowan) Subject: Star Wars at Crossgates: 2 Problems Date: 1997/03/02 Message-ID: <3318f90f.46272496@news.capital.net> X-Deja-AN: 222550214 Reply-To: wkyrouz@capital.net Newsgroups: capdist.misc,capitalnet.misc