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1
What's happening to the couches in the balcony? Those were the best for dates.
2
I hope everyone playing the Mercury-fluoride-whine drinking game just took a big swig of their favorite libation. (If you're at work, well, that's no excuse.)
3
I second the opinion expressed in the asterisk. If the Mercury hasn't done so already, I think the hippy-dippy, pseudo-science, new-age quackery of Portland deserves a feature article examining it and debunking how many of it's tenants said article could accommodate.
I see a frustrating, if not bemusing, parallel of this pseudo-science left to the anti-science right. Also, can we please address the astrology problem? That is all and I relinquish my soapbox now.
4
So are they planning to switch to all first run movies or will they still be doing cheap ($3-4) second run movies? Showing The Hunger Games and the new ticket prices makes me think the former :(
5
So, wait....they are or are not bringing back the faux-Arabian waitresses?
6
I would go back to working at McMenamin's if I got to dress like Jasmine.
7
So they're going from being one of the city's worst 2nd-run theaters to one of the best first-run? Good move.
8
Man, I had completely forgotten about that movie. Sad to see it return to my head.

Someone I was dating at the time wanted to watch it. After it was done she wanted to hear what I thought about it "on an intellectual level" and discuss some of the ideas it presented. I told her I thought it was the film equivalent of having to watch a bunch of college freshmen on a dorm room floor get off on listening to themselves discuss something I have no interest in.

A huge argument ensued over my lack of wanting to have a deeper discussion about anything. Maybe we could have met in the middle and I counter that we read the Apache Web Server source code and discover the exciting things we find in there. (really, some of the comments in it are funny).

Anyways, on a positive note, I look forward to being able to buy a beer in under 35 minutes.
9
Darn. I will miss $3 movies and heavy petting in the balcony couches. Please keep the couches.
10
Allison, Allison, Allison...You're the Arts Editor for the Merc. As such I'll assume that you've been to at least a handful of McMenamins properties. You should know better than to think that they are capable of running anything that qualifies as the best in Portland.
11
Is there even a copy of "What the Bleep" in a resolution higher than 480p? It'd be a shame to debut a 4k projector on a 50ft wide screen w/ a 7.1 surround setup by essentially streaming Netflix onto it.
12
All the technical stuff is nice, but my favorite thing in the whole article was the bit about more beer taps. Jesus Christ those lines were long.
13
Parentheses much? (Just kidding)(not really). A half inch of dust? What, from St Helen's. You believed him enough to report that (or did you know how ridiculous that sounds [and were trying to make a funny])? Pretty sweet use of italics too (never seen that technique [work] before).
14
Ah if only they put half as much effort into improving their food and beer......
15
Looks like Papa's got a brand new Bag!...dad.

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