Scary Moment at Batman Movie......

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Let me preface this post by saying.....thank goodness I wasn't there....I don't think I would have been as calm.

My 10 year old grandson went to see the new Batman movie with my mother yesterday (yes....his great-grandmother). About an hour into the movie, the movie stops and all the lights go out. An announcement is immediately made that everyone needs to evacuate. They begin the evacuation, let some people out, and then announce that everyone else has to stay in the theater....no explanation. The doors are locked and nobody is allowed out for about 30 minutes.

When they are finally let out, they are handed a movie pass to see the movie again and asked to leave. No explanation.

My grandson is calmly telling me the story as I am , quietly, have heart palpatations on the other end of the phone. He was just annoyed that he didn't get to see the rest of the movie.

I then call my mother (who is fully aware of the recent events in the news) and she is just as calm. She was annoyed that they had to wait 30 minutes before they could leave.

I think I lost about 5 years off of my life after talking to my grandson!

Am I crazy????? Has the recent incident in the news made me completely paranoid?
  • Profile picture of the author SteveJohnson
    Maybe not completely paranoid

    Tell you what, though - NO ONE is going to lock the doors and tell me I can't leave unless they can give me a very good reason. If it happened that way, that was very poor judgement on the part of whoever was in charge. The surest way to provoke panic is to lock people up and let them start speculating as to the reason.
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      • Profile picture of the author Jacqueline Smith
        Originally Posted by SteveJohnson View Post

        Maybe not completely paranoid

        Tell you what, though - NO ONE is going to lock the doors and tell me I can't leave unless they can give me a very good reason. If it happened that way, that was very poor judgement on the part of whoever was in charge. The surest way to provoke panic is to lock people up and let them start speculating as to the reason.
        I agree. It's a good thing I wasn't there. I wouldn't have gone into panic mode, but I assure you NOBODY would be forcing me (or particularly my grandson) to stay in a potentially dangerous situation.

        Originally Posted by Ernie Lo View Post

        You live in America buddy, who do you think you are? A free man? Mwahahaa. Unless you want security to throw you out, or the police to come and arrest you, you do as you say and ask no questions!
        Personally, I would have risked being arrested if I felt my grandson was in any danger.

        That being said....I live in Canada....maybe if I lived in the US my thinking would be different. I highly doubt it and I sure hope not.....our personal welll being (and those we care about) should be our first priority.
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      • Profile picture of the author SteveJohnson
        Originally Posted by Ernie Lo View Post

        You live in America buddy, who do you think you are? A free man? Mwahahaa. Unless you want security to throw you out, or the police to come and arrest you, you do as you say and ask no questions!
        I may do a lot of things, but "as I'm told" is not generally one of them...

        Who knows, maybe someone gave them a reason to believe soething was happening, and they asked people to evacuate, and maybe they later found that it was less safe to let you out. If they couldn't say anything, it would be hard to get the message to you.
        And that may be true - but I'm a little chagrined to say that in that situation I may become part of the problem.
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        • Profile picture of the author Kay King
          I'm not good at doing what I'm told sometimes - but in a crowd situation I certainly wouldn't make trouble until I knew what the problem was.

          It would be ridiculous to create a scene that might expose others to harm just to avoid authority being imposed on you. Let's face it - the theater would not do that on a whim so there was either a reason or a perceived reason to begin with.
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    • Profile picture of the author seasoned
      Originally Posted by SteveJohnson View Post

      Maybe not completely paranoid

      Tell you what, though - NO ONE is going to lock the doors and tell me I can't leave unless they can give me a very good reason. If it happened that way, that was very poor judgement on the part of whoever was in charge. The surest way to provoke panic is to lock people up and let them start speculating as to the reason.
      Who knows, maybe someone gave them a reason to believe soething was happening, and they asked people to evacuate, and maybe they later found that it was less safe to let you out. If they couldn't say anything, it would be hard to get the message to you.

      Steve
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  • Profile picture of the author HeySal
    That is spooky but I am betting it was something just overly cautious in reaction to something like a prank call or something. Still - I think it would be safer to make some sort of statement rather than none if they are locking people in somewhere. What's to say their judgement about how to react is all that safe?
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    • Profile picture of the author Kay King
      Of course, some use any excuse for America bashing...even when the story is not US based.

      Chances were the theater decided evacuation was needed and the police told them not to do that but to lock the doors instead. I doubt the theater people were making the decisions after the first few minutes.
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