# Did your theater ask for ID to see Thor? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 8, 2011, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-your-theater-ask-for-id-to-see-thor/581165 "2011-05-08T17:05:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2011, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-your-theater-ask-for-id-to-see-thor/581165/41 "2011-05-12T04:05:05Z")
What’s southern PA, though? To me, it’s always been eastern PA (Philly), western PA (P’bg), and Amish country in the middle. Has he ever mentioned Maryland, Delaware or West Virginia as being across the state line from him? They’re all to the south. Also Jersey is to the east, and Ohio to the west. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2011, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-your-theater-ask-for-id-to-see-thor/581165/42 "2011-05-12T04:07:38Z")
> [@Rilchiam](#): > > What’s southern PA, though? To me, it’s always been eastern PA (Philly), western PA (P’bg), and Amish country in the middle. Has he ever mentioned Maryland, Delaware or West Virginia as being across the state line from him? They’re all to the south. Also Jersey is to the east, and Ohio to the west. Actually, a quick search of his posting history shows him mentioning he lives in “central” PA a few times, so probably more upstate. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2011, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-your-theater-ask-for-id-to-see-thor/581165/43 "2011-05-12T05:46:02Z")
> [@Revtim](#): > > The only time I can recall being “carded” at a movie was at a showing of the South Park movie. I was like 30 at the time, so it seemed kinda dumb. But in general, I could see why they would be concerned kids would go see it. IIRC, Regal Cinemas made a bit to-do about carding everybody who bought a ticket to the South Park movie. ---
**Author:** ![fusoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@fusoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fusoya)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2011, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-your-theater-ask-for-id-to-see-thor/581165/44 "2011-05-12T22:57:55Z")
I’ve only been carded for movies twice. The first was for Desparado, which came out when I was 14, and in hindsight earned its R rating. I didn’t even consider that getting dropped off by my dad would have caused an issue, but I ended up seeing some other film (Nightmare Before Christmas, I think?) The second time was South Park. I was 20 years old and looked it. The theater obviously had a “card everyone for South Park” policy which I even tested when I was back at that same theater next week and I asked for a ticket for American Beauty and didn’t get carded, and then asked if they would have carded me if I wanted a South Park ticket and he said YES. Of course, the opening scene of the South Park movie is the kids trying to buy tickets for an R rated film… ---
**Author:** ![ryan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a8b319/32.png) [@ryan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ryan)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2011, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-your-theater-ask-for-id-to-see-thor/581165/45 "2011-05-13T00:23:24Z")
My friend and I saw it last night here in Staten Island NY and weren’t carded. In fairness, he’s 40 yrs old, 6’8" and has tons of grey while I’m nearly 43 6’4" and while I don’t have visible grey hair no one would **ever** mistake me as being under 21. I honestly don’t recall ever showing ID for a movie, nor anyone asking for one during the summer I worked in a theater back in the late 80’s. ---
**Author:** ![lawoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/35a633/32.png) [@lawoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lawoot)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2011, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-your-theater-ask-for-id-to-see-thor/581165/46 "2011-05-13T04:06:52Z")
OK, I think I have this figured out. One of my friends went to see this with a group of friends, and they went to a theater that was for over-21 ONLY. The call it a VIP Theater, and it’s run by the Galaxy chain. Besides keeping the annoying kids out, and also annoying teens (sorry about that if you’re an annoying teen), it also does things like have people bringing popcorn into the audience, so people didn’t have to leave their seats for refills. They also have ‘luxury seating’ and beer and wine. Here’s a link to the local version of it in [Gig Harbor, WA](http://www.galaxytheatres.com/gigharbor_vip.asp). ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2011, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-your-theater-ask-for-id-to-see-thor/581165/47 "2011-05-13T10:42:25Z")
True that, **lawoot**. Theaters that serve alcoholic drinks are popular in the Pacific Northwest, it could be they were ID’ing as if it were a bar, not because of the movie rating. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2011, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-your-theater-ask-for-id-to-see-thor/581165/48 "2011-05-13T11:48:11Z")
> [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](#): > > Student discounts for movies? I’ve never seen that before. Some theaters will have cheaper prices for showings before a certain time, but the only discounts I’ve ever seen related to age were for children or seniors. [Harvey Korman in Blazing Saddles] Student? [/Harvey Korman in Blazing Saddles] [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-your-theater-ask-for-id-to-see-thor/581165.md?page=2)