FL ASVS/SDN/SB ROTK Meet!
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FL ASVS/SDN/SB ROTK Meet!
Inspired by the NYC ASVS/SDN meet, I hereby propose, the Florida Return of the King get-together. Any Floridians - and perhaps others in the Southeast - feel like getting something together?
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Well, I'm in Lakeland most of the year, though I'm traveling to Atlanta for part of October and back to Orlando in December. I'd like to try to get together, but I don't have a car, so transportation might be an issue.
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Sounds good to me. 
I know I'm here in TB, and so is IP. Mitth is around, and I think at least one other is in Florida.
Not sure about ASVS or SB though, someone else will have to cover that.
I, naturally, think of Tampa Bay as a good place to go. Orlando's alright, but a drive and is usually pretty damned packed on weekends (about the only time most of us could reasonably go). Anyone else have any thoughts/ideas?
I know I'm here in TB, and so is IP. Mitth is around, and I think at least one other is in Florida.
Not sure about ASVS or SB though, someone else will have to cover that.
I, naturally, think of Tampa Bay as a good place to go. Orlando's alright, but a drive and is usually pretty damned packed on weekends (about the only time most of us could reasonably go). Anyone else have any thoughts/ideas?
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Inspired by Aron's page... I have one too!
http://helios.acomp.usf.edu/~pnguyen7/meet/
Weekends will be a bitch to get into Orlando, though, we'll have to see.
http://helios.acomp.usf.edu/~pnguyen7/meet/
Weekends will be a bitch to get into Orlando, though, we'll have to see.
Teehee... You're number 7 in the pnguyens... Mine is all nice and solitary.phongn wrote:Inspired by Aron's page... I have one too!
http://helios.acomp.usf.edu/~pnguyen7/meet/
Weekends will be a bitch to get into Orlando, though, we'll have to see.
This is the price of war,
We rise with noble intentions,
And we risk all that is pure..." - Angela & Jeff van Dyck, Forever (Rome: Total War)
"On and on, through the years,
The war continues on..." - Angela & Jeff van Dyck, We Are All One (Medieval 2: Total War)
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear." - Ambrose Redmoon
"You either die a hero, or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain." - Harvey Dent, The Dark Knight
Orlando's a better place for an overall meet mainly because of its central location. I do prefer the Tampa Bay Area, but that's harder to reach and our traffic patterns will confuse everyone
There apparently is only one DLP theatre in Orlando, and that's the one in Downtown Disney ... ugh. Prices will be higher there.
There apparently is only one DLP theatre in Orlando, and that's the one in Downtown Disney ... ugh. Prices will be higher there.
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Hm, no doubt about that...phongn wrote:Orlando's a better place for an overall meet mainly because of its central location. I do prefer the Tampa Bay Area, but that's harder to reach and our traffic patterns will confuse everyone
Pansies.
phongn wrote:There apparently is only one DLP theatre in Orlando, and that's the one in Downtown Disney ... ugh. Prices will be higher there.
How're those theaters over in CityWalk? I haven't been to those ones yet...
I'd have to agree Orlando is more a central location, or at least more well known, but generally speaking, it's gonna be crowded like a crazy bitch on a Friday night.
But hey, no classes then, right? Go in the middle of the afternoon and hope for the best!
This is the price of war,
We rise with noble intentions,
And we risk all that is pure..." - Angela & Jeff van Dyck, Forever (Rome: Total War)
"On and on, through the years,
The war continues on..." - Angela & Jeff van Dyck, We Are All One (Medieval 2: Total War)
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear." - Ambrose Redmoon
"You either die a hero, or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain." - Harvey Dent, The Dark Knight
That could do well. I won't have anything to do on the 22nd. Or, at least, nothing I know about now.phongn wrote:CityWalk? Hrm, not sure, but I love my DLP
Friday night might be bad ... perhaps later on the weekend, like Sunday?
And otter: I used to live down there (that's actually where I was born!), but moved out around 94. Do you have anything good down there yet, theater-wise?
This is the price of war,
We rise with noble intentions,
And we risk all that is pure..." - Angela & Jeff van Dyck, Forever (Rome: Total War)
"On and on, through the years,
The war continues on..." - Angela & Jeff van Dyck, We Are All One (Medieval 2: Total War)
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear." - Ambrose Redmoon
"You either die a hero, or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain." - Harvey Dent, The Dark Knight
RogueIce wrote:That could do well. I won't have anything to do on the 22nd. Or, at least, nothing I know about now.phongn wrote:CityWalk? Hrm, not sure, but I love my DLP
Friday night might be bad ... perhaps later on the weekend, like Sunday?
And otter: I used to live down there (that's actually where I was born!), but moved out around 94. Do you have anything good down there yet, theater-wise?
Actually I live west of Ft. lauderdale in Pembroke Pines. I just said Ft. Meyers/Naples cause its a helluva lot closer for me than Orlando/Tampa
Last time I was in that area was '98 so I have know idea what its like now other than the beaches are real nice and traffic isn't too bad
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Hmph...I thought the Regal Cinema 22 in Oviedo was full digital, but it's just digital sound. The AMC 24 at Downtown Disney does have DLP, but I can't find any others in Orlando...yeah, next closest is in Melbourne, which is a haul.
Closest to me is Downtown Disney, with Pinellas Park second and Melbourne third, according to www .dlp.com/dlp_cinema/default.asp
Closest to me is Downtown Disney, with Pinellas Park second and Melbourne third, according to www .dlp.com/dlp_cinema/default.asp
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How about that Pinellas Park is a shithole to be in, much less drive through.phongn wrote:Pinellas Park isn't that great of a theatre - it's rather small, actually. A bunch of screens, but not much seating.
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Uh.... no. Wrong state.
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The whole county sucks. Long live Hillsborough!Illuminatus Primus wrote:How about that Pinellas Park is a shithole to be in, much less drive through.phongn wrote:Pinellas Park isn't that great of a theatre - it's rather small, actually. A bunch of screens, but not much seating.
Anyway, our prospects here: Brandon, aka Regency 20...stadium, for the most part, but kinda old, and usually crowded, and it's starting to suck now. University 16, probably the closest one to me, but NO stadium, and it's in the middle of a mall (which may or may not be a good thing, depending on prefrences and if this "gathering" is restricted to solely movies). Starlite Can'tRememberTheFrigginNumber in New Tampa, it's new, and pretty good, and hasn't been two badly crowded, at least when I went in early afternoon slots.
There's also Westshore, Citrus Park, Veterans, and some others I believe, but I haven't really been to them too much. Went to Veterans once, it was decent, and so was Westshore and Citrus Park on my single visits to each (Citrus Park is also in a mall).
That's my two cents on the Tampa Bay area.
This is the price of war,
We rise with noble intentions,
And we risk all that is pure..." - Angela & Jeff van Dyck, Forever (Rome: Total War)
"On and on, through the years,
The war continues on..." - Angela & Jeff van Dyck, We Are All One (Medieval 2: Total War)
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear." - Ambrose Redmoon
"You either die a hero, or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain." - Harvey Dent, The Dark Knight
University 16 is a shitty theatre unless you get into the one big screen they have. The rest suck: the seats are old, the floors sticky and the picture and sound subpar. OTOH, seeing Tomorrow Never Dies in the good screen with exactly two other people in there simply rocks.
The new one near Gameworks is good, but as I noted earlier: the only digital one in the Bay is that theatre in Pinellas Park.
The new one near Gameworks is good, but as I noted earlier: the only digital one in the Bay is that theatre in Pinellas Park.
Gah, I keep getting stuck in that place with people who want to fucking talk to me. Complete strangers. Of all the empty seats, they picked the one next to me.phongn wrote:University 16 is a shitty theatre unless you get into the one big screen they have. The rest suck: the seats are old, the floors sticky and the picture and sound subpar. OTOH, seeing Tomorrow Never Dies in the good screen with exactly two other people in there simply rocks.
*sigh*
You and your damn digital... There's one by Gameworks? Sweet...that may give me a chance to see if that Gameworks card I got so long ago still works for however much money I didn't use.phongn wrote:The new one near Gameworks is good, but as I noted earlier: the only digital one in the Bay is that theatre in Pinellas Park.
This is the price of war,
We rise with noble intentions,
And we risk all that is pure..." - Angela & Jeff van Dyck, Forever (Rome: Total War)
"On and on, through the years,
The war continues on..." - Angela & Jeff van Dyck, We Are All One (Medieval 2: Total War)
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear." - Ambrose Redmoon
"You either die a hero, or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain." - Harvey Dent, The Dark Knight
DLP is superior in every way to film as far as the audience is concerned. Theatres don't really like it because it is rather expensive to implement and the technology may become dated relatively quickly.
I saw Attack of the Clones and Finding Nemo on DLP and it was far superior to the film cuts I also saw.
I saw Attack of the Clones and Finding Nemo on DLP and it was far superior to the film cuts I also saw.
