Local Theaters Implementing Bans On Costumes For New ‘Star Wars’ Film

Sorry...



but from my central European perspective...



this is just...

 

I can see this is a very difficult subject with lots of emotions regarding what has happened in the past. Very difficult issue!

 

exactly.....

"Hey kids, is that a lightsaber you have there?" "Is that real?"

or

"No Disintegrations, people"

things can easily be handled why we are waiting in the five hour long lines.

 

Thanks for the stats @LRSVDR I think science makes a good point.

As does Cyber Dyne. Even if science did effect poilicy (maybe one day...) with the availability already so prevalent in the U.S. I find it hard to see how implementing radical changes would take away the opportunity for an unstable individual with intent to cause harm. In saying that, the risks are worth examining in context - thanks science and @DarthCaedus.

Tricky indeed. But I appreciate reading the posts here. I normally only hear what views the commercially-controlled media offer within their limited parameters for such debate. It's always refreshing (and healthy) to hear diverse and mature opinions whose first priority is not selling our eyeballs to advertisers or sensationalizing things.

I trust in the creativity and perseverance of Star Wars cosplay enthusiasts to come up with interesting alternatives around any regulations to entertain themselves - and others like me who don't dress up enough but get a real lift from the efforts of those who do.

 

• Americans have a lot of guns.

• That doesn’t make us the country with the most gun homicides in the world, but it puts us in the top 30.

• Ladders and cars are seriously dangerous, but not as dangerous as suicide, and none of those are nearly as dangerous as cancer, heart disease, and that mysterious “Other” category.

• Kids really aren’t all that likely to get shot in the US. At all.

Give up freedoms for security and you will have neither.

 

Possible Solution:
Merge the cos-play and security industries.
SW enthusiasts get discount rates for certification, can arm themselves if they feel the need and can balance a quick film with a shift out in front.

 

I would volunteer to pull security at a few showings in storm trooper gear in exchange for free admittance. Would probably be the only way I would even consider wearing a costume,

 

Unless they are going to x-Ray and wand, possibly even need a strip search, and bag check everyone going into the theater while simultaneously dead bolting all the emergency exits these new restrictions will basically have zero impact on whether or not there is a mass shooting at a theater. The custome restrictions seem more bent at stopping lawsuits from things like, allowing some with a mask on into a theater and they trip in the dark or cannot find their way to the exit during a fire emergency. The other possibility would also be towards stopping false reports of potential shooters or being able to ID people that either do something stupid like damaging their property, or assaulting someone.

 

I think that the face paint part of this is a bit much but if something were to happen and the authorities were called in to stop a shooter, it would not help if several people are carrying toy guns.

 

I could see a ban on masks, and props. I have a sneaking suspicion this is more about people acting a fool than actual security threats. 2 hours in a line bored teens holding sticks.

 

If this measure also bans Slave Leia costumes (particularly on overweight men looking to be ironic) then I'm all for it.

 

I don't depend on the theater manager and unarmed individuals afraid of weapons to keep me safe, and if I am that concerned, I stay home. It's more likely you will die in a car accident on the way to the theater than be shot in a mass shooting, and it's more likely that you will die of cancer and heart problems than you will be in an automobile accident. If the public is afraid of guns, it's because someone wants them to be. My suggestion is everyone go out and learn how to shoot, learn gun safety, and arm themselves if they're concerned about mass shooters. Gun free zones are easy targets -- even if a place is against the use of weapons, I suggest they keep it to themselves and put signs up that say everyone there is armed instead of "gun free zone" signs. Just ask some of our rich politicians and celebrities, who have anywhere from 6-8 armed guards around them at all times, how they feel about being gun free.

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More PSY-OPS and public conditioning. Doesn't matter if the threat is real or not. It most likely isn't, they just want us to get used to them telling us what to do in yet another area of our life.

 

You are more than likely right Emp Abe. I see it as them tightening their grip under the guise of it being for our own good. I however wouldn't underestimate the power of lawyers and insurance companies.

 

Well...yes that's exactly the way it is in europe... or rather, the criminals don't get guns in the first place, simply because they don't need them. Most criminals don't really want to turn a simple break in or gas station robbery into a homicide, only because an armed home owner surprised them or their drugged-out partner has an itchy trigger finger.

As for the other criminals who do have guns...

... first of all most people that are not either criminals themselves or work in law enforcement will have pretty low chances of ever meeting those guys. And if one happens get into trouble with organized crime, then one is pretty likely ****** either way, no matter what kind of personal defense hand gun one is carrying around.

That being said, I'm not even in the "BAN ALL GUNS" camp, but I think it should at least be possible to stop convicted violent criminals with a long history of mental illness to just stroll into a walmart and buy an AR-15.
Also, as other people have mentioned, it really is an issue of trust within society. I can only say that it would make me extremely uncomfortable to be surrounded by people who see potential threats around every corner.

 

In the Netherlands the cinemas encourage the visitors to come in costume. Mask, facepaint, lightsabers.

 

The combination of this and the slave Leia rumors have me worried that Star Wars will be PC'd out of existence.

 

I for one am happy for a really odd reason, my first screening of attack of the clones consisted of six extreamlly rude people standing up and waving lite light sabers every time Anything happened, minus the scenes on naboo.