Theater Discussion Night
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Theater Discussion Night
- "Theater Discussion Night" (TDN) is a bi-monthly (twice a month) event for adult members and non-members to get together to enjoy a range of fictional movies for educational purposes and discuss the movies afterward.
- What: This event is for the educational watching, appreciating and discussing a variety of fictional movies.
- When: Every second and fourth Friday of every month at 9PM (21:00) Yes, that's twice a month! - Please see the FamiLAB calendar for date information: FamiLAB Calendar
- Where: FamiLAB Classroom
- Why: It's just fun to watch movies together and discuss them with people.
- How: We watch them in the classroom with the projector, duh. :)
- Who: Anyone who wants to come who's an adult (18+). This event is open to members and non-members. Non-members should be accompanied by a member.
- Food: Food and drink may be brought and enjoyed privately or to be shared but is entirely voluntary.
- Who organizes this event: Dustin and LloydBlack organize this event. Lloyd primarily runs this event.
Movie selection process:
- Movies to be shown are not voted upon by attendees or outside parties. Movies for showing are decided upon by the organizers of the event, Dustin and Lloyd.
- If someone has a strong desire to see a specific movie they may request it by speaking to Dustin and/or Lloyd. However, no promise can be made that the movie will be shown.
- The decision making process has other factors involved which may not be apparent to others.
- All movies being considered for showing are previewed first by the organizer(s).
- All movies being considered must be legally obtained by Lloyd before being shown. Only original DVDs will be used, copies will not be considered.
Movies may be shown more than once if there's a desire and request to do so. Please contact Lloyd if you wish to have a movie shown again.
During the movie:
- During the movie, there is to be NO discussion or talking for the comfort of everyone watching the movie.
- Anyone objecting to the movie being shown, in part or in whole, at any of the events may leave the classroom during the movie as it's not mandatory for anyone to stay for the duration of the movie.
- This event is adults only due to the potential for the content of the movies to be of an adult nature (Non-Rated, Rated R, Rated NC-17, and Unknown).
Mini-Schedule Calendar
| Day | November 2017 | December 2017 | January 2018 |
| 2nd Friday | |
"Galaxy of Terror" | Open |
| 4th Friday | |
"Gremlins" | Open |
Movies with a strikethrough ("Movie") means it's been shown.
Next Movie
| Movie: | "Galaxy of Terror" |
| When: | December 8th @ 9PM (21:00) |
| Where: | Classroom |
| Title: | Released: | Rating: | Genre(s): |
| Galaxy of Terror | 1981 | R | Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi |
| Notice: This movie is rated R because it has violence, a scene showing nudity and an unusual sexual assault, a monster stripping and assaulting a female character. Viewer discretion is highly advised. |
| Something to keep in mind, this is an 80's Sci-Fi movie and is appropriately cheesy but fun to watch. This was the original purpose of TDN before it was expanded to include other movies. |
| Movie: | "Gremlins" |
| When: | December 22nd @ 9PM (21:00) |
| Where: | Classroom |
| Title: | Released: | Rating: | Genre(s):
DiscussionBasic Discussion Rules:
Possible general discussions could include the following:
Apocalyptic Movies:
AI (Artificial Intelligence):
Androids (also related to AI):
Aliens (if applicable):
False reality situations:
The Suggested Movie List
About the list table:
The Suggested List:
Note #1 Information:
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Note #1: This movie contains some strange sexual assault scene(s). Viewer discretion is strongly advised. Please talk with Lloyd regarding this if you require additional information before viewing. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lloyd is previewing all movies before they're being shown. So, any questions about the videos being shown that have questionable adult content may be addressed by speaking directly with Lloyd. So, please feel free to contact Lloyd if you have concern about any movie. However, there's no promise that the movie will be removed from the list or not shown. This event is for adults and there are some movies which may feature some content that not everyone will agree with. So, individuals with objection to movie content will simply be asked not to attend for those movie showings. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Some movies that mention 'Note #1" are going to be on the border of the restriction of 'no porn'. However, they're NOT porn, just strange and extremely suggestive so they are still being planned for showing. |
| The category of "hentai" in anime is often hardcore porn in many of the known videos. So, there will never be any hentai as to prevent the possibility of showing porn. |
| Additionally, any live action versions of any hentai title will be considered porn. So, there will never be a showing of any live action versions of any questionable hentai. |
(List table is maintained carefully by Lloyd. Please do not edit it.)
Star Wars Night
"Star Wars Night" was merged into Theater Discussion Night and therefore the Star Wars series will be shown occasionally during TDN events.
These movies include:
- Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
- Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)
- Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)
- Star Wars: Rogue One - A Star Wars Story (2016)
- Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
- Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
- Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
- Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015)
The animated series shown on TV are a TV show and therefore will not be shown during TDN events.
Suggesting A Movie
- Movies can be suggested but the movie needs to be previewed by one of the organizers to know the nature of the movies before its selected to be shown.
- These movies are for the enjoyment of viewing of traditional fictional movies for the masses.
If you have a movie you'd like to be considered, you may suggest it via the below methods:
- Post it in the Slack channel #theater_discussion and post it as "Movie Suggestion: (movie title)"
- Send a Slack DM (direct message) to @lloyd.black with the message "TDN-Movie Suggestion: (movie title)"
- Email Lloyd at lloyd.black999@gmail.com.
- Or manually email lloyd.black999@gmail.com, with the subject "FamiLAB - TDN" and in the message: "Movie Suggestion: (movie title)"
- There's no promise it will be selected for watching, it's just to be suggested.
- Lloyd Black organizes which movies are to be selected and the suggestions in general. You may reach him on Slack at @lloyd.black .
- Please send suggestions to him and discuss suggestions with him.
- If you are unable to reach Lloyd, please contact Dustin via Slack by Direct Message him @dustinbcox
Some restrictions when it comes to suggestions:
- I've taken over "Star Wars Night". So, contact me regarding "Star Wars" movies. They will be figured into the TDN schedule but TDN will not be just for "Star Wars" films.
- The MPAA movie rating would be beneficial when suggesting a movie so it may be properly listed. However, it's accepted that some movies, such as "direct to video" types, may be "Unrated".
- Historical or "Based on true events" movies are likely to be rejected as this event is for fictional movies only.
- TV shows will NOT be accepted into the suggested movie list. This event is for movies only. However, Dustin and Lloyd may override this for special situations.
- Very short 'made for TV' series (TV movies) are allowed, like 2-6 episode for the entire series, like many 'Stephen King' TV movies. "Rose Red" is a good example as it's split into two segments.
- Romantic and romantic comedies are extremely unlikely to be accepted.
- Overly positive and 'feel good' movies are also extremely unlikely to be accepted.
- Keep in mind, this event was originally supposed to be for fun 80's era Sci-Fi B-movies.
- It has been expanded extensively but was never intended to be for uplifting movies.
Serious restrictions - (Movies that will NEVER be considered):
- Actual porn, hardcore or softcore. Porn is totally unacceptable for our events, no exceptions are made for this. This includes hentai style anime, it will NOT be shown at all.
- Any movies that are literal or approximate reenactments of real past events. Again, this event is for fictional movies only.
- Any movies that are religious or have strong political themes. Example: "The Passion of the Christ" will never be shown.
Slack Channel for Theater Discussion Night
The Slack channel for Theater Discussion Night, #theater_discussion, is for general discussion of the event and movies in general.
It's also one of the best ways to contact Lloyd regarding the events, discussing the movies shown or to be shown, and talking about movies in general whether they're on the list or not.
Please do not monopolize the channel for discussing certain movies or a sequence of movies like Star Wars, Star Trek or any other movies that follow a specific theme or story line.
Movie Rating System Information:
Basic Movie Rating Information:
- Rated G: General Audiences. All ages admitted. Nothing that would offend parents for viewing by children.
- Rated PG: Parental Guidance Suggested. Some material may not be suitable for children.
- Rated PG-13: Parents Strongly Cautioned. Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13.
- Rated R: Restricted. Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian.
- Rated NC-17: Adults Only. No One 17 and Under Admitted. Clearly adult. Children are not admitted.
- Not-Rated or Unrated: This means the movie has not been rated by the MPAA or is the "Unrated" version. Viewer discretion is advised.
For "Theater Discussion Night":
- Unknown: No rating information was able to be found about the movie after many searches were conducted. Viewer discretion is advised.
The Fine Print (Disclaimer)
- All movies being shown are for educational purposes.
- Anyone objecting to the content of the movies are welcome to leave the event. (If you don't like the movie, don't watch it.)
- In no way will this event ever be for pirating or illegally sharing movies.
- For all events, the movie being shown will be coming only from Lloyd's laptop computer. (The only exception being if his laptop isn't functioning.)
- The movie, in whatever format it may be, will not be available for sharing/copying.
- All movies being shown are will be legally owned by Lloyd and will only come from his own DVD/Blu-ray collection.
- The contents of this page are subject to change frequently without notice.
- Last but not least, Dustin and Lloyd reserve the right to override anything stated on this page.
