batkevn

Can confirm. Worked at a theater for 7 years. If you put the oil alone, the popcorn tastes like balls.

Not true for all theaters. I've worked in 2 different chains, and at most, popcorn was 2 hours old when served. We'd pop to meet demand, which meant only popping shortly before a rush, and not after unless you had nothing left. At the end of the night, we'd bag up any that was left if it was substantial, and someone would take it home. Anything less went straight to the garbage.

The floors are just as dirty as the seats in older theaters. You never want to see a theater with full house lights on. If more people had, there would be fewer stories of sex in a movie theater.

The theater I used to work at had new projectors put in that were completely controlled by a computer system we had no access to. The volume could be adjusted slightly, but not much more than that.

Edit: I realized you were talking about previews, and not ads. With physical film, the "soundtrack" rides on the edge of the images where it cannot be seen which is read in a different part of the projector. This is all joined together with each reel of the movie so it can run continuously without human intervention. Changing volumes between previews and movies would be difficult to manage effectively by one person in the projection booth. Previews are made to be louder. Why? Probably some marketing voodoo which would explain why digital movies so the exact same thing.

King Kong was labeled "Tiny Dancer."

HOLD ME CLOSER, TONY DANZA!