Roosevelt Island Outdoor Movie Night Returns Without A Spectacular View Again
The second showing in the Roosevel Island Outdoor Movie Series will take place on Saturday, July 19 with the showing of the Bee Movie, an animated film created by Jerry Seinfeld. From RIOC:
Summer Movie SeriesAs stated in prior posts, I think it is a mistake to move the venue for the Roosevelt Island outdoor movie from Southpoint Park with its spectacular waterfront view to Firefighters field which has merely OK views. The reason given for the venue move by RIOC President Steve Shane in his June 28 Main Street WIRE column is:
Look forward to seeing some of your favorite family movies on a giant, inflatable, 2-story outdoor movie screen.
Where: Fire Fighters Field (near the Tram)
When: July 19th- Pre-show start, 8:45 pm
Film start, 9:00pm
Movies: Bee Movie
Runtime: 90min
Blankets, lawn chairs and picnics are welcome.
The facilitation of attendance by seniors and handicapped at a much more accessible spot is the primary reason for the change, and so far, so good.Well, if RIOC was able to provide buses for seniors and handicapped people for the July 4 Fireworks event at Southpoint Park, there is certainly no reason why they could not do the same for the outdoor movies as well.
Why then the move?
According to a reader of this post:
"These Islanders" were quite satisfied with the movies where they were. No one asked for them to be moved. It's just easier for RIOC to set them up at Firefighters Field. To say they did it for the seniors is absurd. Did you happen to see the selection of movies? Every one is a kid's movie. No seniors were there, and none will be going to the rest of the kid's movies. So let's at least be honest about the move. It was done for the convenience of RIOC and no other reason.Maybe RIOC will decide to move the August 9 movie back to Southpoint Park as an experiment to see if it is an impediment for our senior and handicapped neighbors. I tend to think that they and everyone else will find the Southpoint Park Outdoor Movie venue experience far outweighs any burdens or difficulties in getting there.
UPDATE: 7/21 - I saw one person in a wheelchair during the outdoor movie and he left within an hour.
5 comments :
Why can't you just let it go? It's not like the showings haven't been a great success. Hiking down all the way to the southern tip for a movie is not everybody's thing. As you can see (and even Roosevelt Island 360 agree somewhat) the view at night is not that bad.
I find it sad that people are satisfied by "not that bad".
Why settle for "not that bad" when you can have "Spectacular"?
Yes, some of us (most of us?) are contend with "not bad". Not everything has to be "the best" or "spectacular". It's about priorities.
Hey, Does anyone know when is the next show!?
Next movie night is tomorrow at Firefighters Field. The following Saturday there will be another movie, this time at Southpoint Park instead of Firefighters Field.
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