Comments on The Embarrassment of Metro

Silly foreigners. That's what they get for not letting people drive in Europe. He should be happy that he wasn't one of the mandatory abortions they have over there.

I sense some frustration in your writing. Could you please extrapolate?

Does this guy miss lunch, or is he actually from "Hungary"?

apart from the press screenings, I went to siff cinema on only two days. It's a nice theater and all, but us carless people can't quickly get from there to the neptune, or vice versa (ah, it only the 74 ran late into the evening...).

assuming you catch the bus at the right time, you can actually get from the univ dist to bellevue in less than half the time it takes to go from siff cinema to the neptune.

Apparently no one has heard of this cool invention called the bicycle. Works wonderfully for all but the Bellevue Theater. The wimpy among you can start the day on Capitol Hill and thus avoid having to beat a deadline by riding up the Hill (something I used to do a lot in my pre-fatherhood days).

hey hunry transplant and stinkbug, too: stop criticizing us and our transit. We have the best transit in the world. We have the best transit in the world. We have the best transit in the world. If you actually try to use it and still criticize us, then go ride a bike, nyaah nyaah nyaah.

i did use a bicycle at times, but in hindsight perhaps I could have used it a little more, especially since it was a mostly rain-free siff. but in the end, i still don't want to rush from something that gets out of siff cinema and have to cycle to something that starts in less than 30 minutes, especially when i'm hoping to get an ideal seat.

(also, see brian's rant on bicycle parking at siff

Talk about burying the lead...

I'm assuming that if you can afford to attend that many siff films (and your scrapped for time (i will not defend metro, but will call you an idiot)), you can afford to take a fucking cab.

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a cab from SIFF cinema to Harvard Exit runs ~$10, approximately the price of a ticket. I know only because I faced with the challenge of making that trip with a non-busable time of 45 minutes yesterday afternoon.

The Harvard Exit -- Egyptian -- Pacific Place circuit is pretty walkable and all are on a direct bus line to the Neptune. As nice as it is for SIFF to have their own venue, SIFF Cinema is just a little bit off the grid.

SIFF Cinema is also a fairly crappy theater. It's really just a lecture hall. Its slope is too long for that small a screen. The sound is mediocre. Broadway Performance Hall was sorely missed this year.

I happen to know Mr. Deleon and I will offer in his defense three important notices to clarify the situation.
First: The man is pushing 80, if not 90 so bicycling around the city, isn't exactly a cake walk (I sense some ageism igen?).
Second: Mr. Deleon is a critic, not a well paid one either, meaning that his attendance at so many screenings was a prviledge afforded to him for his ability to so eloquently discuss the matters he has in the form of a comped press pass. I will assure you that his wallet can't afford said cab from SIFF Cinema to the Neptune, and is no thicker than yours or mine.
Three: Alex Deleon is as American as grilled cheese. Most of his 80 some odd years have been spent living in this country, albeit his hmetwon is Philadelphia a city whose transportation is indeed actually quite good. Nevertheless I sugegst you avoid the jingoism in order not to make our city look so provincial.

combine all seattle theatres into one multiplex housed in the now-abandoned Key Arena.

problem solved!

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