Eliminate TV-Like Commercials Before Movies
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Regal Entertainment Group, Inc.
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Movies have traditionally served as an escape from the real world. The movie theater was a portal into different perspectives on the world around us, and sometimes into worlds completely different than our own, be they past, present or future. The motion picture projector no longer serves to promote the business of escapism (as is the case with theatrical trailers), but now is seen as the last resort for advertisers to truly force feed the public soft-drinks and SUVs.
The advertiser solicitation agency, ScreenVision Cinema Network states; "We have a captive audience watching your advertisement. No interruptions! The patrons sitting in the theaters are not going anywhere."
We, the "captive audience", have had enough. TV commercials belong on television, not in movies that we pay for.
Because the Regal Entertainment Group has a practical monopoly on first-run movies in many areas of the country, we consider these practices to be unfair and intolerable.
We, the undersigned, believe that the further proliferation of advertisements into venues where the viewer cannot disregard them, such as a darkened movie theater, greatly detracts from the escapism of a motion picture. We believe the forced viewing of commercials before films will prove to be unprofitable for theaters that engage in the practice, and further alienate audiences into seeking alternative means of entertainment.
We hope to urge Regal, operating the largest theater circuit in the United States, to set an example within its industry and discontinue the showing invasive, TV-like commercials from the beginnings of movies.
Thank you for your time and attention in this matter.
The advertiser solicitation agency, ScreenVision Cinema Network states; "We have a captive audience watching your advertisement. No interruptions! The patrons sitting in the theaters are not going anywhere."
We, the "captive audience", have had enough. TV commercials belong on television, not in movies that we pay for.
Because the Regal Entertainment Group has a practical monopoly on first-run movies in many areas of the country, we consider these practices to be unfair and intolerable.
We, the undersigned, believe that the further proliferation of advertisements into venues where the viewer cannot disregard them, such as a darkened movie theater, greatly detracts from the escapism of a motion picture. We believe the forced viewing of commercials before films will prove to be unprofitable for theaters that engage in the practice, and further alienate audiences into seeking alternative means of entertainment.
We hope to urge Regal, operating the largest theater circuit in the United States, to set an example within its industry and discontinue the showing invasive, TV-like commercials from the beginnings of movies.
Thank you for your time and attention in this matter.
3571 Signatures
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JD Thompson
- City, State
- Beaverton, OR
- Average number of movies attended per year:
- 20
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Andrew Maysilles
- City, State
- Decatur, GA
- Average number of movies attended per year:
- 50
- Comments
- I see a movie a week on avg. with my wife. 50 times an $8 ticket is $400 from me to you, plus overpriced popcorn. I can always stop giving you money....... Um...that's a threat. Stop the commercials.
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Jena Rigby
- City, State
- Portland, Oregon
- Average number of movies attended per year:
- 50
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Michael Zwirn
- City, State
- Portland, Oregon
- Average number of movies attended per year:
- 25-35 in theatres
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Sam Gray
- City, State
- Portland, OR
- Average number of movies attended per year:
- 10
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CRAIG HENNECKE
- City, State
- PORTLAND
- Average number of movies attended per year:
- 20
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Justin M. McCoy
- City, State
- Rancho Cordova, CA
- Average number of movies attended per year:
- 24
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tamara yeskel
- City, State
- portland, oregon
- Average number of movies attended per year:
- 45
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joshua camozzi milligan
- City, State
- portland, oregon
- Average number of movies attended per year:
- 9
- Comments
- yes....thank you......the brain washing and imprinting is relentless enough in the outside world.......
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Jen Gallaher
- City, State
- portland
- Average number of movies attended per year:
- 25
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Eve Verlaine
- City, State
- New York
- Average number of movies attended per year:
- 100
- Comments
- I strongly dislike being made to watch commercials, when I have payed to see a film.
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Robynn McCarthy
- City, State
- Augusta, ME
- Average number of movies attended per year:
- 50
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Steven Walters
- City, State
- Grasonville, MD
- Average number of movies attended per year:
- 10
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Elizabeth Robillard
- City, State
- Portland, OR
- Average number of movies attended per year:
- 100
- Comments
- I've started boycotting first runs because of this!
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william petrisko
- City, State
- phoenix, az
- Average number of movies attended per year:
- 15
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David Walsh
- City, State
- Beaverton, OR
- Average number of movies attended per year:
- 6
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Kirsten Kinzer
- City, State
- Portland OR
- Average number of movies attended per year:
- 12
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Jon Cherry
- City, State
- Portland, OR
- Average number of movies attended per year:
- 12
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Michael Lake
- City, State
- ass world, shittown
- Average number of movies attended per year:
- я
- Comments
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David Slicer
- City, State
- Amherst,MA
- Average number of movies attended per year:
- To many to count
- Comments
- I don't have a problem with watching movie trailers.But I did not pay seven dollars to watch a commercial selling cars or trying to advertise the army.Those commercials belong on television.
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Max
- City, State
- Chicago, IL
- Average number of movies attended per year:
- 15-25
- Comments
- I, too, hate the use of commercials during films, and will do anything it takes to stop them!
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Jennifer Porter
- City, State
- amherst,NS
- Average number of movies attended per year:
- 15
- Comments
- fight corperate greed!
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James Bastable
- City, State
- Oakville, Ontario
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Jack Hoff
- City, State
- Orlando,FL
- Average number of movies attended per year:
- 10
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Isabell Ringing
- City, State
- Orlando,FL
- Average number of movies attended per year:
- 10
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Imah Orny
- City, State
- Orlando,FL
- Average number of movies attended per year:
- 10
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Fudge Packer
- City, State
- Orlando,FL
- Average number of movies attended per year:
- 10
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Yom Ama
- City, State
- Orlando,FL
- Average number of movies attended per year:
- 10
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Knock Knock
- City, State
- Whos, There
- Average number of movies attended per year:
- :)
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- City, State
- Orlando,FL
- Average number of movies attended per year:
- Signing Online Petitions Suck
- Comments
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Ernest C. Smitten
- City, State
- Portland OR
- Average number of movies attended per year:
- 40
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Aaron J. Perretta
- City, State
- Seaford, NY
- Average number of movies attended per year:
- 40
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Christiane Reichert
- City, State
- Hamburg, Germany
- Average number of movies attended per year:
- 30
- Comments
- I know this petition is made for America, but feel the same about the situation in Germany.
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KP Stewart
- City, State
- Kirkland, WA
- Average number of movies attended per year:
- 30
- Comments
- And kill the Fandango ad's too!
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Jen Dent
- City, State
- Portland, Oregon
- Average number of movies attended per year:
- 96
- Comments
- This is a severe source of irritation that has made me intentionally late to several films to avoid these ads.
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John Teagle
- City, State
- Portland, Oregon
- Average number of movies attended per year:
- 50
- Comments
- No commercials, I would also appreciate seeing only three previews before the feature.
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Rick Seifert
- City, State
- Portland, Or
- Average number of movies attended per year:
- 8
- Comments
- Tell movie producers to drop product placements too!
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Larry Owens
- City, State
- Portland, OR
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Thad Fitzsimmons
- City, State
- Portland Oregon
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Matt Koppelman
- City, State
- Beaverton, OR
- Comments
- enough with the commercials!
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Julie Entrekin
- City, State
- Portland, OR
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J. Peck
- City, State
- Pennsburg, PA
- Average number of movies attended per year:
- 50
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A. Robert Whitman
- City, State
- Beaverton, OR
- Average number of movies attended per year:
- 36
- Comments
- I will avoid attending Regal theaters until this is resolved.
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David Mussoff
- City, State
- Irvine, CA
- Average number of movies attended per year:
- 25-30
- Comments
- Personally, I am making efforts not to purchase products advertised before a movie so that the advertisements will be counter productive. I hope others do the same.
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Kevin Wojcik
- City, State
- Canton Ohio
- Average number of movies attended per year:
- 10
- Comments
- If i wanted to watch commercials i would stay home and watch TV!!!
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Karen Ziv
- City, State
- San Jose, CA
- Average number of movies attended per year:
- 10
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Evan Lim
- City, State
- Pasadena, CA
- Average number of movies attended per year:
- 30
- Comments
- No more commercials
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Chris
- City, State
- Orlando, FL
- Average number of movies attended per year:
- 25
- Comments
- I think you're underestimating my sneakiness!
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Ethan Lovett
- City, State
- Canoga Park, CA
- Average number of movies attended per year:
- 15
- Comments
- stay on tv please
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Carl H. Karcher
- City, State
- San Diego, CA
- Average number of movies attended per year:
- 12-24
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