If you’re not familiar with internet legend Jay “Tron Guy” Maynard, well… that’s him in the picture. And while he’s known around the world for his handmade suit that replicates the look of the original Tron costumes, Tron Guy’s local cinema doesn’t want him wearing the suit inside the theater.
Talking to the TMZ, Tron Guy says he talked to his local theater to give them a heads-up that he’d be wearing the suit when he came to see Tron: Legacy. Unfortunately, he says, the “adamantly” said he wouldn’t be allowed into the building dressed like that.
Tron Guy says that he thinks the theater’s reasoning for the refusal is that it would be “too distracting.”
No one seemed to bother when I showed up in my homemade Matt Damon suit to last night’s showing of True Grit, so I’m all for Tron Guy being allowed in. What do you say?
TRON Guy’s Costume — Banned from Movie Theater [TMZ via AVclub]
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Just turn the lights off…that seems simple to me.
I once was a manager at a movie theater and I think they missed a huge opportunity here.
The man was kind enough to call ahead to make the theater aware he was wanting to attend. The theater management should have jumped on that.
They should have either gone the cash cow route and added an additional screening for him and let the other customers decide if they wanted to watch the movie with him, and made a big to-do about it ala “WATCH TRON WITH TRON GUY!”, or quite simply held a completely private screening for him – Not because he is a meta-celeb but because he is obviously someone that truly relishes the experience of watching a movie, and movie theater folk (used to) love their own.
In an age where the only customers still wanting to go to a brick-and-mortar location to watch a movie are those wanting to use their HD Flip to record the move and torrent it later, it would have been a nice gesture, and a touch of class to set up something for a true fan. Not to mention it just feels good to remember what the service and entertainment industry is all about in the first place. I can only wonder how many news stories we will hear about why movie theaters are failing in the few months it takes TRON: Legacy to go from the theater to the top of our Netflix queues…
dude definitely needs to update the costume, too retro for the new movie, plus he either needs to wear a jock to hide his junk, or needs to learn a new technique on how to make it not so noticeable……eeewww!
Two suggestions:
1. Kill the lights (at least for the movie part).
2. Dance belts are your friend.