Why can't we just blow up this place and get a new state of the art movie theatre????

Yesterday myself and some friends went there and I don't really know why and after about 20 minutes into the movie the sound starting screwing up and the picture starting flashing....After the employess of the theatre walked in about 50 times and stared at the screen thinking it was gonna fix itself it finally starting working again...Then it screwed up some more...So as people started getting mad and walking out it finally got straight...You would think we would have atleast got our money back..But since theres never really alot of people there anyways I guess they needed the money more than us...I would have left but my feet were so stuck to the floor I didnt think I was ever gonna get up...Oh and another thing do not get up and leave because they only had about 10 seats in the theatre anyways because all the rest were broken and had sheets over top of them...What a dump!!!!!

I just don't understand all the people in St. Mary's County and all the people from the base why we can't get a decent movie theatre...Everybody else has stadium seating and reclining chairs and stuff..I guess because all people know how to do is stab and shoot people....and when they are not doing that they are just tearing stuff up....That is all......

Why can't we just blow up this place and get a new state of the art movie theatre????

Yesterday myself and some friends went there and I don't really know why and after about 20 minutes into the movie the sound starting screwing up and the picture starting flashing....After the employess of the theatre walked in about 50 times and stared at the screen thinking it was gonna fix itself it finally starting working again...Then it screwed up some more...So as people started getting mad and walking out it finally got straight...You would think we would have atleast got our money back..But since theres never really alot of people there anyways I guess they needed the money more than us...I would have left but my feet were so stuck to the floor I didnt think I was ever gonna get up...Oh and another thing do not get up and leave because they only had about 10 seats in the theatre anyways because all the rest were broken and had sheets over top of them...What a dump!!!!!

I just don't understand all the people in St. Mary's County and all the people from the base why we can't get a decent movie theatre...Everybody else has stadium seating and reclining chairs and stuff..I guess because all people know how to do is stab and shoot people....and when they are not doing that they are just tearing stuff up....That is all......


Ok the last statement you made was rather outrageous, and I have no idea what any of that has to do with the what I call "Rick Rock" theater. The place is a shanty..and its a terrible excuse for a movie theater. i hear the one on base is worse. It is sad, it is not well kept....doesn't seem like any renovations have been done to it since it first opened. But, I hate to travel to waldorf...which isn't a whole hell of a lot better. Nothing about this place is conveinence at all. And the things that are of somewhat conveinence are absolute crap. Movie theater, bowling alley, sad excuses for clubs/bars. I give it a two thumbs down!! :boo: :boo:

The problem with anything like that is clientele. If you build something nice shiatbags will tear it up in no time. The only way to keep the shiatbags out is to jack the prices up so they cannot afford it and then the wealthy shiatbags will still tear it up.

Stay at home and buy a big screen HDTV because people suck. :yay:

I guess I'll wander down to St Mary's City instead of going to the movies today. :lol:

I guess I'll wander down to St Mary's City instead of going to the movies today. :lol:
I've been there several times, as I am sure you have. Never had any trouble, never had a problem. :shrug:

I'm sure there have been offers to put a theater in California or Hollywood.I just wonder what has stopped them.

Ok the last statement you made was rather outrageous, and I have no idea what any of that has to do with the what I call "Rick Rock" theater. The place is a shanty..and its a terrible excuse for a movie theater. i hear the one on base is worse. It is sad, it is not well kept....doesn't seem like any renovations have been done to it since it first opened. But, I hate to travel to waldorf...which isn't a whole hell of a lot better. Nothing about this place is conveinence at all. And the things that are of somewhat conveinence are absolute crap. Movie theater, bowling alley, sad excuses for clubs/bars. I give it a two thumbs down!! :boo: :boo:

The base theater is actually in pretty good shape. This past year they put some money into it and tore out the old crappy seats and put in new ones. Other upgrades were done too. Is it state of the art stadium seating?...Nope, but that theater is used for a lot more than just inexpensive movies on the weekends so they had to consider the seating options in view of other uses. All in all....it's not bad.

I'm sure there have been offers to put a theater in California or Hollywood.I just wonder what has stopped them.
Companies do pretty good studies on profitability. It could be it was not worth the investment.

I think the problem with the theater in Lexington Park is management. Simple things like cleanliness and the general atmosphere can be fixed by the type of people that work there. If you see someone breaking somehting on purpose kick them out, if they won't leave call the police. Simple as that.

I think the problem with the theater in Lexington Park is management. Simple things like cleanliness and the general atmosphere can be fixed by the type of people that work there. If you see someone breaking somehting on purpose kick them out, if they won't leave call the police. Simple as that.
Hard to tell in a dark theater. Good help is a rare thing these days.

I'm sure there have been offers to put a theater in California or Hollywood.I just wonder what has stopped them.

We got a pool in the ghetto instead.

Why can't we just blow up this place and get a new state of the art movie theatre????

Yesterday myself and some friends went there and I don't really know why and after about 20 minutes into the movie the sound starting screwing up and the picture starting flashing....After the employess of the theatre walked in about 50 times and stared at the screen thinking it was gonna fix itself it finally starting working again...Then it screwed up some more...So as people started getting mad and walking out it finally got straight...You would think we would have atleast got our money back..But since theres never really alot of people there anyways I guess they needed the money more than us...I would have left but my feet were so stuck to the floor I didnt think I was ever gonna get up...Oh and another thing do not get up and leave because they only had about 10 seats in the theatre anyways because all the rest were broken and had sheets over top of them...What a dump!!!!!

I just don't understand all the people in St. Mary's County and all the people from the base why we can't get a decent movie theatre...Everybody else has stadium seating and reclining chairs and stuff..I guess because all people know how to do is stab and shoot people....and when they are not doing that they are just tearing stuff up....That is all......Stop going.... if everyone stops going, they will be forced to get rid of it...:shrug:

Stop going.... if everyone stops going, they will be forced to get rid of it...:shrug:



Thats why you get paid the big bucks.

Stop going.... if everyone stops going, they will be forced to get rid of it...:shrug:
:yeahthat: The last movie I saw there was Independence Day. I vowed never to go back, and I haven't. I don't understand why anyone goes to that disgusting dump.

Il agree the theater blows, and it does suck to have to drive to waldorf which as stated isnt any better. Ive been to worse than the one in the park so it doesnt bother me as much as the people that go there do. Ive been there and some of the people as rude as they can be during the movie, and the fat ass security gaurd in the lobby doesnt do jack, ive seen him come into each theater before and just stand there while people are being jack asses. But like i said its not the theater its the people that go there.

And like mainman said if you dont like it stop going, im not going to stop going cause i dont want to drive 45 min to an hour to watch a movie. And i have a HD setup and i can usually get a movie the week it comes out in theaters but i cant always get HD.

I think they need to bring one like the one at arundel mills down here.

:yeahthat: The last movie I saw there was Independence Day. I vowed never to go back, and I haven't. I don't understand why anyone goes to that disgusting dump.
:yay:

I agree.

Annapolis Theater - :yay:

Il agree the theater blows, and it does suck



I thought Bart Simpson said it was impossible for something to blow and suck :smack: :killingme

I thought Bart Simpson said it was impossible for something to blow and suck :smack: :killingme


Speaking of the Simpsons, the episode where Marge gets a DUI is on right now. :killingme

Speaking of the Simpsons, the episode where Marge gets a DUI is on right now. :killingme


Kyle busch just won a race while i was watching that TV I think I need a new one :elaine:

Companies do pretty good studies on profitability. It could be it was not worth the investment.
Rumor I heard (and please note that I say rumor, because I have absolutely no proof of the following statement's accuracy and heard it by way of word of mouth, which is almost always 100% accurate in SoMD, ya know... :sarcasm:) is that a study was done and Sony determined that it wasn't worth putting in a state-of-the-art theater here because the one we have wasn't utilized enough to make the venture profitable for Sony.

I rarely go to the theater, but recently I was in Havelock, NC on business, where I went to the local theater to see "300." The theater smelled like a cross between wet dog and cat pee, in addition to the sticky floor and broken seats. So, I guess our craptacular theater could be worse. :shrug:

Because the late great powers that run this county let the First Colony developer get away without fulfilling their promise to build a multi-plex theatre complex, that's why!

When the original First Colonly site plan was presented to the public, the developers had all kinds of nice things in their plans; all a ruse to get the general public to accept nothing more than a bunch of box stores. When it got time to build the cineplex, Faison went back to the county commissioners whining that according to "their" surveys, the movie theatre company said the demographics here would not support a cineplex. But Faison had another idea to present; BJ's would like to come here instead. Another aspect of the original site plan was to build a portion of FDR Blvd from RT4 to Old Rolling Road. Well, you see just how far that road goes! Of course it has only been about 8-9 years; what's the hurry. Yet, erected near the road to nowhere, is a great big sign from our county officials proudly stating another great project in the making. Let's all hear it for our great county leaders!!!

So now you why there is no alternative movie theatre, why FDR Blvd. goes nowhere, why the hiking and biking trail along Rt 235 only goes from Target to 5 Guys Burgers, etc., etc., etc.

The problem with anything like that is clientele. If you build something nice shiatbags will tear it up in no time. The only way to keep the shiatbags out is to jack the prices up so they cannot afford it and then the wealthy shiatbags will still tear it up.

Stay at home and buy a big screen HDTV because people suck. :yay:

I couldn't agree with you more. :yay: :yay:

Companies do pretty good studies on profitability. It could be it was not worth the investment.


I am not sure if it would not be worth the investment...most of the problems with the theater is aging and upkeep. Everytime I go there it is packed and I have never seen anyone gte out of hand and we go a lot.

It is a shame that money is not put back into these establishments for better upkeep for the community.

I don't blame the county. It's a nice little shopping center.

I am not sure if it would not be worth the investment...most of the problems with the theater is aging and upkeep. Everytime I go there it is packed and I have never seen anyone gte out of hand and we go a lot.

It is a shame that money is not put back into these establishments for better upkeep for the community.
Me and you, go into business together? Go dig up those Peter Pan jars in your back yard and I will cash in my 401K and we will open a cinaplex.

I've been there several times, as I am sure you have. Never had any trouble, never had a problem. :shrug:I went to see 300 this weekend and had not trouble except for the cost. :yikes: Oh and the Cops were removing a person in cuffs. I guess he wouldn't be quiet.

Me and you, go into business together? Go dig up those Peter Pan jars in your back yard and I will cash in my 401K and we will open a cinaplex.

Gonna make your millions selling $11 popcorn and $9 Cokes?



Good luck to you but don't infringe on my smuggling business.

Gonna make your millions selling $11 popcorn and $9 Cokes?



Good luck to you but don't infringe on my smuggling business.
Hell yea. You get the pat down before entering. :nono:

Hell yea. You get the pat down before entering. :nono:FT's gonna be jealous.

FT's gonna be jealous.
I'm not doing it :nono: you belong to Fat Momma, I'll frisk your companion. :yay:

I'm not doing it :nono: you belong to Fat Momma, I'll frisk your companion. :yay:I'll need another drink.

I believe this theatre claimed bankruptcy several years ago.

The problem with anything like that is clientele. If you build something nice shiatbags will tear it up in no time. The only way to keep the shiatbags out is to jack the prices up so they cannot afford it and then the wealthy shiatbags will still tear it up.

Stay at home and buy a big screen HDTV because people suck. :yay:

Yup..ya get what pay for..cheap prices..cheap people and why fix it up if it gets trashed all the time? Sad cuz other places have nice movie theatres

Rumor I heard (and please note that I say rumor, because I have absolutely no proof of the following statement's accuracy and heard it by way of word of mouth, which is almost always 100% accurate in SoMD, ya know... :sarcasm:) is that a study was done and Sony determined that it wasn't worth putting in a state-of-the-art theater here because the one we have wasn't utilized enough to make the venture profitable for Sony.

I rarely go to the theater, but recently I was in Havelock, NC on business, where I went to the local theater to see "300." The theater smelled like a cross between wet dog and cat pee, in addition to the sticky floor and broken seats. So, I guess our craptacular theater could be worse. :shrug:


:killingme :roflmao:

I think the problem with the theater in Lexington Park is management. Simple things like cleanliness and the general atmosphere can be fixed by the type of people that work there. If you see someone breaking somehting on purpose kick them out, if they won't leave call the police. Simple as that.

The place recently got bought out by AMC. I've been to many AMC movie theater's and wow are they nice. You would think that they would fix this one up a bit or charge less money since the seats suck, it literally stinks, and the screen and sound are horrendous. I don't go there anymore. It sucks that you actually have to drive far away to see a good movie in a nice environment that is worth your money. Try the Muvico theater at Arundel Mills or the AMC @ Tyson's corner. They make the theater here look like that of a shanty town.

We tend to go to Muvico for movies. Its what 2.00 more per person but a much better atmosphere. I dont see why we couldnt have a movie theater half the size of that one and still do really well here. Between the lexington park crap theater and the even worse one in Prince Frederick there is really no other place to go but Annapolis.

As long as people keep going to this one, they have no reason to spend money to build a new one. I don't really care. I have a 50" HDTV, and no reason to ever go to a theatre again.

Because the late great powers that run this county let the First Colony developer get away without fulfilling their promise to build a multi-plex theatre complex, that's why!

When the original First Colonly site plan was presented to the public, the developers had all kinds of nice things in their plans; all a ruse to get the general public to accept nothing more than a bunch of box stores. When it got time to build the cineplex, Faison went back to the county commissioners whining that according to "their" surveys, the movie theatre company said the demographics here would not support a cineplex. But Faison had another idea to present; BJ's would like to come here instead. Another aspect of the original site plan was to build a portion of FDR Blvd from RT4 to Old Rolling Road. Well, you see just how far that road goes! Of course it has only been about 8-9 years; what's the hurry. Yet, erected near the road to nowhere, is a great big sign from our county officials proudly stating another great project in the making. Let's all hear it for our great county leaders!!!

So now you why there is no alternative movie theatre, why FDR Blvd. goes nowhere, why the hiking and biking trail along Rt 235 only goes from Target to 5 Guys Burgers, etc., etc., etc.

As part of this deal, Faison built the bubble pool next to GMHS.

I'm sure there have been offers to put a theater in California or Hollywood.I just wonder what has stopped them.
Money.
Let's be brutally honest, there are not enough people in this county, including south Calvert, to make a new theater economically viable.
The Lowes in Lexington Park SUCKS because the owners/operators have not put the money into it. It's a matter of profit, people, regardless of race or level of income, can be pigs, it costs money to maintain and upgrade the faciliities. I have never had a problem or felt unsafe going to the movies there. That's not to say I have enjoyed the experience. Dirty, malfunctioning equipment, poor seating.. all have nothing to do with the patroms.

20/20 hindsight, had first colony been developed differently - as say a mall (one central building with a surroundling lot, maybe Lowes would have been enticed to move for better parking / access.

I know I have only lived in this county for a few years now, :sarcasm: However when I moved there where 3 movie theaters and 1 drive in theater. Sometimes it really makes me wonder just what has changed in the Back A$$ward county??? :shrug:

:killingme :roflmao:
You skeered me! I thought I had spelled "craptacular" wrong! :jameo: I'm glad you liked the word though. :howdy:

As part of this deal, Faison built the bubble pool next to GMHS. A developer cannot promise that unrelated businesses will decided to open shop in their commercial development. They can (and did) market First Colony to a range of commercial enterprises. For years rumor has been that Olive Garden was going to open in First Colony. Someone I know contacted the corp HQ of Olive Garden recently with that question. The company has no plans of opening in St. Mary's.
My recollection is the bubble/pool was built as a trade off for relief on some other aspect of the development.

A developer cannot promise that unrelated businesses will decided to open shop in their commercial development. They can (and did) market First Colony to a range of commercial enterprises. For years rumor has been that Olive Garden was going to open in First Colony. Someone I know contacted the corp HQ of Olive Garden recently with that question. The company has no plans of opening in St. Mary's.
My recollection is the bubble/pool was built as a trade off for relief on some other aspect of the development.

The bubble pool was part of the trade off for the county allowing the developer to substitute BJs in place of the movie theater/entrainment complex that was originally zoned and agreed to.