Comments on: ImaginAsian Center In LA Opens With Midnight Eagle December 7th http://www.pulpmovies.com/f11/2007/11/imaginasian-center-in-la-opens-with-midnight-eagle-december-7th/ All the news that doesn't matter Sat, 05 Jul 2008 02:43:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5 by: jeff bridges http://www.pulpmovies.com/f11/2007/11/imaginasian-center-in-la-opens-with-midnight-eagle-december-7th/#comment-32763 Mon, 19 Nov 2007 16:56:24 -0500 http://www.pulpmovies.com/f11/2007/11/imaginasian-center-in-la-opens-with-midnight-eagle-december-7th/#comment-32763 It's great that a new theater is opening in this area. However, the people behind this venture, for some unknown reason, insist on using terms such as 'redesigned' and 'renovated'. The Linda Lea has been DEMOLISHED. There is a big difference. The only thing left is the two side walls. This is a brand new theater on the footprint of an old theater. There is no 're-' about it. Let's not tiptoe around the facts. Also, December 7 seems a highly inappropriate opening day for this theater. Even though it's ancient history, some people remember. It’s great that a new theater is opening in this area. However, the people behind this venture, for some unknown reason, insist on using terms such as ‘redesigned’ and ‘renovated’. The Linda Lea has been DEMOLISHED. There is a big difference. The only thing left is the two side walls. This is a brand new theater on the footprint of an old theater. There is no ‘re-’ about it. Let’s not tiptoe around the facts. Also, December 7 seems a highly inappropriate opening day for this theater. Even though it’s ancient history, some people remember.

]]> by: Scott Mercer http://www.pulpmovies.com/f11/2007/11/imaginasian-center-in-la-opens-with-midnight-eagle-december-7th/#comment-34583 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 11:01:36 -0500 http://www.pulpmovies.com/f11/2007/11/imaginasian-center-in-la-opens-with-midnight-eagle-december-7th/#comment-34583 The "gala" opening was actually on December 1, with "dignitaries" in attendance. http://blogdowntown.com/blog/2980 They are currently screening films for free, (December 2-6) but December 7th remains the "official" opening date. They will start charging admission on that date. I do agree that this is not a "remodeling" of the Linda Lea by anyone's definition. The Linda Lea, before that The Arrow and the Aztec Theater, is gone. I am quite glad this place is here, however, as it is the first theater to open in downtown LA in 25 years, and brings the total of downtown cinema screens to 5! (There were at least 8 screens as late as 1997, when the last of the Broadway theaters shuttered, leaving the crappy Laemmle Grande 4 (a 1980's fourplex in a hotel basement) the only operating cinema in the downtown of the world's movie capital. Shame. The “gala” opening was actually on December 1, with “dignitaries” in attendance.

http://blogdowntown.com/blog/2980

They are currently screening films for free, (December 2-6) but December 7th remains the “official” opening date. They will start charging admission on that date.

I do agree that this is not a “remodeling” of the Linda Lea by anyone’s definition. The Linda Lea, before that The Arrow and the Aztec Theater, is gone.

I am quite glad this place is here, however, as it is the first theater to open in downtown LA in 25 years, and brings the total of downtown cinema screens to 5! (There were at least 8 screens as late as 1997, when the last of the Broadway theaters shuttered, leaving the crappy Laemmle Grande 4 (a 1980’s fourplex in a hotel basement) the only operating cinema in the downtown of the world’s movie capital. Shame.

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