tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31725117.post5949716421903748416..comments2024-01-08T08:23:33.817-05:00Comments on Blog Like an Egyptian: Baby, It's Bad News, Bad NewsPat Ferruccihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08507378203154843677noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31725117.post-64525227303115286532008-02-24T19:54:00.000-05:002008-02-24T19:54:00.000-05:00Well, when one place is opening "Fool's Gold" and ...Well, when one place is opening "Fool's Gold" and the other is showing "Vince Vaughn Thinks He's Really Funny And Wants To Travel Around The Country In A Van For A Little While," well, only one theater will survive. <BR/><BR/>As for York Square, I miss it in some ways, but I really do love the Criterion. It doesn't have that old arthouse feeling, but it sure has a bunch of screens and is bringing more good movies to New Haven ...<BR/><BR/>-pPat Ferruccihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08507378203154843677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31725117.post-3084097910690424342008-02-23T15:59:00.000-05:002008-02-23T15:59:00.000-05:00Yep - a sad day indeed. I've known a couple of we...Yep - a sad day indeed. I've known a couple of weeks - a friend of a friend works there, and they were told about a month ago. <BR/><BR/>As you said, with the glut of screens in Milford (and about 10 more newer screens over the bridge in Stratford), there was little to throw the way of poor old showcase. The staff reports that the place has been a ghost town most weekends, even when they do snag first runs.<BR/><BR/>I recall (long before you were probably a gleam in Mother and Father Ferucci's eye) when Showcase first opened on the other side of I-95 in the space that was later bought and occupied by Bayer. No, before you ask, they weren't showing silent films. But my brother and I patiently waited in a line that snaked out of the lobby and down the sidewalk on opening weekend of Star Wars (yep, the original) and sat awed at the then-mammoth screen as we and the rest of the world beheld Darth Vadar for the first time. <BR/><BR/>Well, all things must change...and I'm sure before long the current cineplex will be razed to make room for a corporate park or another hotel. But the memories - just like I have of the much-missed York Square cinemas - will linger.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com