In Jack’s second part of the Cellphones and Movies Rant Trilogy Jack tackles the absurdity of popcorn seasoning.
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In Jack’s second part of the Cellphones and Movies Rant Trilogy Jack tackles the absurdity of popcorn seasoning.
April 9th, 2009 at 6:21 pm
i will go on a popcorn strike with me jack. (just bring the popcorn with you)
April 9th, 2009 at 6:28 pm
So if you’re not paying $1.50 for the seasoning, where’d you get it, Jack?!
April 9th, 2009 at 6:32 pm
Whenever they ask me if I want butter in my popcorn I always say no thank you that artificial stuff is disgusting and my popcorn alwys tastes fine. But I do understand where Jack is coming from I just never knew anyone who actually prefers movie theater butter.
April 9th, 2009 at 7:21 pm
Wow, $1.50 for seasoning. You knw you could buy a bottle twice that size for seasoning at the grochery store and sneak it in for cheaper. Sorry Jack, remember it’s not the theater it’s the Hollywood celebs that “need” $20 million a movie.
April 9th, 2009 at 7:35 pm
I just got back from the theater. I can’t believe how much cheaper it is to just wait and buy the movie on dvd. 2 tickets + snacks = owning the Blu-Ray.
April 9th, 2009 at 7:48 pm
I totally agree, it’s like they removed whatever gave the popcorn its salty/buttery flavor from the regular popcorn and started pimping those seasonings. Here’s the worst part for me, I bought the seasoning, but there’s way too much of it for one sitting. Now, so I’ll have the seasoning when I need it, I have to carry this seasoning around with me in my purse at all times. Because otherwise I will surely forget it at home. For the love of outrageously overpriced flavorful popcorn, I carry this seasoning around with me like its the Christ child. Excellent rant, but over edited. Sorry Hybrid.
April 10th, 2009 at 12:16 am
oh man, i don’t like that skipping >< but umm… as much as i like ma popcorn seasoning, i see your point Jack!
April 10th, 2009 at 2:38 am
Sneak food into the theatre in your pants!
April 10th, 2009 at 2:52 am
I took one of my Grand Daughters to a movie a couple of months ago and we both got a pretzel, they tasted like they had been in the warmer for a week. They were so stale and dry that you couldn’t swallow it. They cost $3 each and for a small soda it was $5.
But paying $1.50 to add some flavor to your popcorn beats them all.
Looking forward to your next rant.
April 10th, 2009 at 2:54 am
PS.We took the pretzels back and had them make us a fresh one.
April 10th, 2009 at 7:14 am
Thats ridiculous. Must be southern thing. I’ve never heard of a popcorn seasoning charge….and the day I do…..well, I’m probably going to just pay it.
Little known fact (to back up Matt Lemon), is that you can totally bring whatever snacks you want INTO a theater. I had a friend that worked as a Manager for AMC Theaters,who can confirm this; at least with the AMC Theater chain. I guess it’s one of those rules that they don’t necessarily want you to know about. Kinda like how you could get free refills at McDonald’s when they had the soda fountain behind the counter, all you had to do was ask.
April 10th, 2009 at 10:12 am
C’mon Jack. All of that extra income you make from podcasting should cover the extra charge for popcorn seasoning,,, right?
April 10th, 2009 at 10:52 am
Well…. Do a couple of ~~~ ’s
B4 U go in and have a chic w/a large handbag sneak in a few canned beers( glass will clink) w/cold pizza slices and have a good time !
April 10th, 2009 at 10:53 am
~~~~~ is what I meant
April 10th, 2009 at 3:29 pm
they make you pay for that stuff, at my theater it free on the side and come’s in a half gallon jug,and there’s 4 favor’s.
April 10th, 2009 at 9:43 pm
man take it easy on the editing there Hybrid. Nice rant though Jack.
April 12th, 2009 at 6:41 pm
I like the editing - gives it a faster, snappier and comical effect
Loving the rants Jack!
April 13th, 2009 at 6:10 pm
I don’t like that salty crap on my popcorn, so I would be furious if the popcorn came with it already on. As for charging people for the stuff, if it means the cost of plain, buttered popcorn is lower for the rest of us, I’m fine with that.
It’s the same principle as a toll road. It makes sense to only charge people to use the road, rather than raising taxes on every one. Since many (if not most) people prefer regular, buttered popcorn, people who choose to dump salty, cheesy garbage in their popcorn can pay a little extra to do so.
The steak analogy is a whole different situation. Everyone likes their steak cooked. It would be a better analogy if you compared it to charging people to use steak sauce, since only some people use steak sauce.
April 13th, 2009 at 11:56 pm
I don’t like the theaters that charge the same for popcorn right out of the bag as they would for fresh popped popcorn. In fact most theaters do not even pop popcorn anymore, they just bring in a jumbo bag from costco or Sam’s club and dump in the popcorn tray as if it was popped.
April 14th, 2009 at 3:03 pm
This is my favorite show on NuDia! I love it! Great job Jack! Love the editing! Keep ‘em coming! And I agree, popcorn seasoning price is proposterous (word of the day)…
April 16th, 2009 at 8:00 pm
Man, Jack you are just a cheap man. $1.50 for seasoning come on. you complain about the prices too much, well don’t buy popcorn make your own. There are people out there that don’t care about the prices. You care way too much, in fact you whine way too much. Just stop being so darn cheap. Not funny at all.
April 16th, 2009 at 8:03 pm
geez we have free seasoning here in Peoria Illinios!!!
April 16th, 2009 at 9:05 pm
so how much was that seasoning?
April 16th, 2009 at 9:44 pm
When I worked in a movie theater as a teenager there were weevils in are popcorn kernel containers.
Just thought I’d share.
April 18th, 2009 at 1:00 am
I hadn’t heard of this, but I agree with Jack that the whole concept sucks. Don’t do it Jack, but have you ever seen the movie “Falling Down”…? http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106856/ These rants made me think of that movie.
April 25th, 2009 at 1:51 am
definitely bring in your own snacks. Movie stars aren’t making money on the popcorn you buy. I appreciate the theaters making the movie available, and that they have snacks there, and I’ll buy popcorn and soda, but it is overpriced, and I’m not above bringing in my own Diet Cherry Coke. But the butter flavored oil is awesome! If they sold it in a small cup and charged $8 for it I’d buy it every time! Fortunately it is still free, and I’m free to soak every last popped kernel in it!
May 8th, 2009 at 3:33 pm
For the record, the profit margin from concession stands is what keeps the lights on at a movie theater. Theaters have to pay distribution fees (i.e. pay the studios)for the right to publicly show movies. Almost all of the money from ticket sales goes to these fees. That leaves a lot of money to be made to pay rent, untilities, labor, etc., so they are “forced” to charge you $5 for $0.38 of popcorn. [Lots of businesses are set up this way: gas stations are another excellent example — stations make only pennies per gallon). Furthermore, since attendance/income is down (more people waiting for home video), and overhead (cost of energy, minimum wage) is going up, theaters are doing anything they can to stay afloat, which is to say that they will gouge customers as much as they can without alienating them completely.
All that being said, I don’t even LIKE popcorn, so I didn’t know about this travesty. Keep on rantin’.