I personally don’t care whether it’s film or digital. In fact, the projectionists at my crappy local theatre let the reels run out so often that I’d prefer digital just so I’d never have to take that risk again.
It personally hasn’t happened to me since the '70’s. Interesting your local theater never installed a platter system. Although the small three screen theater that was at the local mall here, (torn down in 2000) probably didn’t have enough room in the projection booth for one. I knew one of the projectionists who was in my college tv production class. He was in the union and took his job very seriously. I feel lucky I got invited up to the booth to see him at work.