Adam J. Choit

There’s absolutely nothing wrong with going to the movies alone.  In fact, I’m sure we’ve all done so at one time or another.  It’s no big deal.

I’ve been the movies alone, of course.  But I’m not sure if I’ve ever gone to the movies alone on a Friday or Saturday night.  Being that those nights are associated with date nights, opening weekends for new films, and in general people are more free on Fri/Sat, why would I wanna be seen at the movies alone?

Who’s looking at me anyway you ask?  Probably nobody, especially since movies are shown in a very dark room, in which viewers are focused on a screen, and not each other.

I guess then it’s the actual waiting on lines, entering the theater, and then leaving the theater parts that could potentially make the solo movie-goer insecure about being alone on a Friday or Saturday night.

It shouldn’t matter what other people think, but nevertheless, I only go to the movies alone for matinees, or Sunday-Thursday nights.

Anyway, I do have admiration for people who roll solo to the movies, anytime.  I know people who also enjoy going to sporting events, concerts, or even enjoy taking trips alone — even trips to foreign countries on their own.

To me that’s somewhat bold and brave, but to them it’s just fun — but hey, that’s what makes the world go ’round.

They probably already have happened/exist, but I think the whole idea of them seems like a lot of fun.

Basically, it would work the same way as with a DJ taking requests.  But instead of a DJ, it’s a VJ — and instead of just music, it’s videos.

If it’s house party, hopefully there’d be one big screen, and some decent speakers as well.  Say, surround sound?

Most bars have many TV’s, and would just show the videos all over the place.

The VJ would set up a queue/playlist, and preview the upcoming videos for quality control purposes, making sure the sound/video is up to acceptable standards.

People could pretty much request whatever they want to see/hear, but there’s the possibility for some parameters to be set.

For example, if it’s Friday/Saturday night, you can limit people to only request certain videos/songs.  Perhaps stuff that’s more along line of dance-able/hip-hop-ish stuff…

Maybe certains blocks of time could even be designated for only funny videos/other non-music related stuff.

The sky is the limit!