Oh yeah, and a couple of things I didn't mention:
The sound dropped out twice, which was annoying but certainly not worthy of causing a stink to get any free movie tickets or anything. What's more, Merla had bought the tickets off of Fandango but we were unable to redeem them from the dumb machine and had to actually get in line, which negated the purpose of buying them ahead of time so we could bypass the line. Does anyone else use Fandango? When you redeem the tickets, do you have to enter that whole code number by number or do you actually get to scan the barcode?
Also, there was this super annoying commercial shown sometime ahead of the movie about Cartoon Network being "more than just cartoons" which really pissed me the fuck off. I already know CN's been showing live action, but the commercial being loud and irritating just added to the fact that live action has no place on CN. I guess they want to be "more than just cartoons" like MTV is more than just music videos.
From
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/279287-Cartoon_Network_s_Non_Animated_Push_Comes_With_Risks.php :
The strategy is to target a slightly older crowd than the 6- to 11-year-olds the network courts during much of the day. The network wants to lure advertisers from categories such as electronics and cellphone companies, which may be reluctant to market to younger kids.
So they need live action to do that? BULLSHIT. Millions of people over the age of 11 will watch cartoons, even those that don't want to admit it. It's all of matter of finding/making the right shows.