Anyone who has known me since my misspent youth is asking me if I’m going to go to the Star Trek movie opening in theaters nationwide. So to put this at rest once-and-for-all, the answer is a definitive no. But let me take a moment to explain why I’m not going to be in the theater, and why I probably won’t bother watching it on DVD, either, even if it ends up in the $1/night Redbox.

First off, I do not go to movie theaters anymore. There’s no point. I mean, c’mon, the “communal experience” of going to the movies of my youth is long gone, replaced by louts talking loudly throughout the film, cell phones ringing, and annoyances of every shape and size. Children are no longer taught to be quiet and respectful, and their children are even less well-behaved - “feral” would not be too harsh a description for some of the children I’ve experienced. I think the last film I saw in a theater was the original Superman when it returned to the Hiway Theater (no longer in existence) for a nostalgia release. You can get me to go to the legitimate theater, but movies? Not bloody likely, since I like to actually see and hear the film, not the audience.
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Because the guy running the biggest RedBox Free Rental Code website is getting seriously slimy about forcing his users to divulge personal information just to get the codes, I’ve started a new webpage tracking RedBox free rental codes. Check it out, and help out if you can, since I can’t afford to spend a lot of time personally searching out the codes.

And to get your started, the code for today only, Monday 8 December 2008 is 23MJT7 - how-to-use info and other stuff is available at the Redbox Codes - Free Rentals! page.