I've never been to a drive-in movie theater (there are none in Orange County, AFAIK). More to the point, I don't see the attraction. A movie without surround sound? Why bother?
Throwback to a much simpler time. Especially nice if you have a convertible. Sitting under the stars in your own car instead of a crowded theater with ill-behaved high school punks, fat f*cks getting up and walking in front of you every 10 minutes to hit the snack bar for the free refills on their 10-gallon tub of popcorn, black chicks talking (loud) on their cell phones, dumbassed Mexicans who bring their screaming 6-month old baby to the midnight showing of Terminator 3 because they were too cheap to hire a babysitter, etc, etc.....
There used to be one in Orange County only about 12 years ago at Beach and the 22. I'm surprised they were able to hold out as long as they did because that was a prime location for a shopping center, which it eventually became. Took many dates there but I don't recall watching much of any of the movies.
I used to take Beach Blvd down to Huntington Beach during the summers. I know that location and vaguely remember the construction of a shopping center in that area, but not that there was a drive-in movie theater there beforehand. Since I was always driving, though, it wouldn't surprise me if I never noticed it was a drive-in.
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I used to take Beach Blvd down to Huntington Beach during the summers. I know that location and vaguely remember the construction of a shopping center in that area, but not that there was a drive-in movie theater there beforehand. Since I was always driving, though, it wouldn't surprise me if I never noticed it was a drive-in.
Found a tidbit about it online http://www.drive-insdownunder.com.au...ca_hiway39.htm How it made it to a site about Aussie drive-ins I don't know. It took up all that space that's now Lowes and Wal-Mart. One site said it was California's largest drive in.
When I grew-up in S.W. Taxylvania, there were drive-ins all-over the place, 6 to 8 with-in a 45 minute drive:
I think at one-time, Pittsburgh had more drive-ins, per-capita, than any-other American city
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Ah, the drive in movie - what remembrances I have:
- Was taken advantage of at an early age in the back seat of a '57 Chevy is one
- Sneaking a group in without paying (they were in the trunk)
- Meeting up with others that scaled the fence of the drive in.
- Spot lighting the screen during intermission.
- Checking out the opposition in the cars on both sides of mine.
- Of course - taking the speaker with me when I was in a hurry to leave
- And, not last or least - drinking coke and rums - and then chewing Spearmint Gum so the parents wouldn't catch on that some underage drinking was occurring on those Friday and Saturday night dates!
great place!!! I go there alot since i found it last year. Looks like this year they even have 2 screens. We have one in lower DE but its not as nice as the one in NJ.
The Brazos Drive-In in Granbury
The Crossroads Drive In in Shiner
The Galaxy Drive-In in Garrett
Opened 2004. Has four screens, each showing a double-feature, operates 364 days a year, show times @9:00pm.
The Showboat Drive-In in Hockley
The Star Track Drive-In in Porter
Reopened. Opened as Starlite in 2005, renamed Litestar but closed the following year
The Stars & Stripes Drive-In in Lubbock
The Tascosa Drive In in Amarillo
The Tower Drive-In in Rule
The Town & Country Drive In in Abilene
The Wes-Mer Drive-In Theater in Mercedes
The Last Drive-In Picture Show in Gatesville
The wife and I just watched the new Hulk and Zohan a couple of weeks ago at The Showboat Drive-In in Hockley. $5 per adult- two movies. Not a bad deal,plus just fun to go to.
The wife and I just watched the new Hulk and Zohan a couple of weeks ago at The Showboat Drive-In in Hockley. $5 per adult- two movies. Not a bad deal,plus just fun to go to.
Thats the way we do it here at Stars and Stripes Drive In
Saw Wall-E at the Brazos in Granbury, Tx this weekend where I grew up. Crappy audio/video. Great atmosphere, and outdoors. They're fun...once every 5 yrs or so.
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It took up all that space that's now Lowes and Wal-Mart. One site said it was California's largest drive in.
The wife and I just watched the new Hulk and Zohan a couple of weeks ago at The Showboat Drive-In in Hockley. $5 per adult- two movies. Not a bad deal,plus just fun to go to. 
