Popcorn disappearing from British cinemas

Monday 11th August, 04:27 AM JST

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Triumvere at 11:07 AM JST - 11th August

Inhumane.
SezWho2 at 11:17 AM JST - 11th August

I only go to the cinema for the popcorn. Otherwise, it's an easy wait for the DVD.
lipscombe at 11:17 AM JST - 11th August

idjuts
SezWho2 at 12:32 PM JST - 11th August

lipscombe,

Would that be the Picturehouse Cinemas or SuperLib, Triumvere and myself? Or all of the above?
ExPrinceska at 01:26 PM JST - 11th August

popcorn is an American mass culture feature that needs to be eradicated.
smithinjapan at 08:16 PM JST - 11th August

I once went to a cinema in Osaka that didn't serve popcorn... you could get beer, and convenience store junk at inflated prices (pretz, etc.), but that was it. I couldn't believe it; in fact, I couldn't watch the movie... I up and left about half-way through because it just wasn't a movie without the popcorn.

Now, I agree with the problem of smell, but the majority of that is excessive oil and the artificial butter; the latter of which you can definitely do without.
Sarge at 08:19 PM JST - 11th August

Good. That's one of the things I didn't like when I used to go to movie theatres - the sound of people eating popcorn. Really irritating.
TheNewZen at 08:19 PM JST - 11th August

I like my popcorn but only with salt added. The buttery and the coated stuff you can keep. Vile stuff, IMO.

So personally I don't mind if I can't get popcorn at the cinema, usually buy a packed or two of nuts anyway.
kinniku at 08:20 PM JST - 11th August

"A combination of health-conscious cinemagoers rejecting **sugar-coated **popcorn "

Sugar-coated? Blechh! That's not popcorn. That's candy!
Sarge at 08:24 PM JST - 11th August

The best popcorn ( eaten outside movie theatres, of course ): Cracker Jack!
OgieDoggie at 01:10 AM JST - 12th August

I read about this in another paper and he seems to hint that he will replace popcorn with something else, apparently he is bringing in something he already has a financial stake in so we will have to wait and see what he replaces popcorn with.

a movie without popcorn - how Uncivilized - even the caveman had popcorn to watch fireflies at night.
Sarge at 07:14 AM JST - 12th August

Ogie - The caveman watched the fireflies and munched his popcorn OUTSIDE.
Farmboy at 09:31 AM JST - 12th August

First, I agree with kinniku. Sugar-coated popcorn is nasty. Second, I can't imagine not having plain popcorn at a movie theater, but if that's what people really want, why not? Maybe they can eat apples and carrots, in this way continuing to annoy folks around them with eating sounds and thus maintaining the tradition.
SezWho2 at 10:10 AM JST - 12th August

The soundtracks are so loud it's difficult to imagine being disturbed by the sound of slightly soggy buttered popcorn being masticated.
Wolfpack at 11:27 AM JST - 14th August

Never heard of sugar-coated popcorn. I take mine with salt and butter. I hope the food nazi's don't come to the movie house in my country.