http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/Northeast....ap/index.html

The real question that arose for me after reading this tragic story was what parents in their right mind take a 3-year old to "Alien Vs. Predator"? I guess Collateral was sold out!

Misleading subject header. He choked on popcorn, it would have happened regardless of the film he was in.

Oh please. AVP is PG-13. I remember seeing tons of small children at Texas Chainsaw, Freddy Vs. Jason, and other gore fests.

Talk about being a drama queen.

A: Bad parents.

Still, tragic for the family.

Countdown until the lawsuit for not having proper warning labels on the popcorn tubs.

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Poor kid

But yes... AvP in it's watered down PG-13ness is fine for most kidlets (though I'm not a fan of having them sharing a theater with me....grrr).

Hell.... my 3 & 4 year old nephews love horror movies. They're currently in love with Jaws & Freddy Krueger.

It wasn't AvP's fault that the kid has sucky parents. Don't blame movies, blame the parents!

I am very sad for the parents. AvP's appropriateness for the kid aside, this just sucks. As for me, I would have used my battlefield-first-aid training to do a Leatherman™ tracheotomy on the child, using one of those massive straws AMC provides to maintain the airway.

I'll admit that the first thing that I thought of when I read this earlier on CNN was what the hell a three year old is doing watching Alien vs Predator, but regardless, it is a tragedy. Most parents I know don't allow their kids popcorn until they are about five, because of the choking hazzard.

As for these parents, if they had to spring for $20 to get a babysitter instead of taking the child with them, he would still be alive.

That better not happen, but it probably will

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How sad for the child and his parents.

Does this mean that 2004 is the year of killer movies?

Popcorn is a rough food to eat, I still choke on it sometimes. I would never let a 3 year old have any.

At the AVP screening I was at, a family wheeled in a baby in a baby stroller. They gave him corn on the cob.

I'm beginning to find this more disturbing than the actal story . . .

They have corn on the cob at your theater?

How is that being a drama queen? Don't know if you have kids or not but you'd take a 3 year old to Freddy vs Jason or the Texas Chainsaw Massacre? Kinda makes me hope you don't have kids..

As for the story, tragic accident...

While a good idea, I imagine it's a lot more difficult to do that to a 3 year old than an adult.