“And as someone who writes about movies, and who cares about the big, flawed thing we call fandom, I’m saddened by someone turning that shared enthusiasm into a weapon. And even if this tragedy hadn’t happened at the premiere of one of a dwindling number of genuinely mass cultural events, I hate the idea of using an audience’s suspension of disbelief, their openness to and absorption in the spectacle unfolding before them, as cover—the gunman reportedly started shooting during a sequence involving gunfire, meaning the audience was slower to react. We are vulnerable when we go to the movies, open to fear, and love, and disgust, and rapture, surrendering our brains and hearts to someone else’s vision of the world. We don’t expect to surrender our bodies, too.”
—

How the Colorado theater shooting exploited one of our last mass, in-person cultural events.  (via think-progress)

I’m honestly still reeling. My heart goes out to those in Aurora impacted by this horrific incident.

I think this might mark the beginning of the end of “walk-in cinemas”. I won’t be surprised if in several years it will be considered the norm to have metal detectors at the entrances. Whether that’s for better or for worse, we will have to see.

(via tellytubby101

They already search bags in NYC theaters. :(

(via yuri-puppies)

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