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Under 42 Hours Til BNAT 7: Standby Tickets, Attendee instructions, Rules & Regulations.
Hey BNATTERS and Would-be BNATTERS, your master of ceremonies is here, Harry, with that last informative plug regarding BNAT prior to the day of posting of the "alternate festival line-up". So - what do you get to see? You know better than to ask that. Heh. But I will say the ratio this year is 7 new, 5 old. As of right now, prints have begun their BNAT migration - literally from around the world. In fact one print has at least 25 hours of flying to do to get here. Cuz, it's the only print in existence in the world, right now. I love things like that.
First: Standby Attendees...
Your chances are pretty darn good this year. Unless floods of folks show up for the standby line. The lining up will take place at 10am stretching towards the parking lot - south of the Drafthouse. There's no need to arrive earlier than that. You'll need your sleep and your rest. This year, I left a cushion between seats and pre-sell seats for Guests of the BNAT, and while certainly some of those seats have been filled - there's a good amount left for you. The way it is going to be handled - to eliminate "favortism" or "elitism" in terms of who from the standby line gets in is this. Each person in the line will be given a raffle ticket. They will then be drawn beginning (estimation) around 11:30-11:40am - giving you plenty of time to purchase your ticket, go through security and get your goodies and seat. You folks may want to bring an ass cushion as the folks drawn later in the process will most likely end up in folding chairs. Which can get a bit brutal on da buttocks.
Second: Paid Attendees...
First off - Thank you for taking care of everything early. It helps us to take care of some of the expenditures that make this fest so dang special. Your line will be out by the curb stretching North from the Box Office Area. That's towards 5th Street. This line will be let in first. Since all the seating is reserved, there's no reason to freak out and get there earlier. The first bags aren't more special than the later bags, so just chill. Be calm. You're in like Flint. (only he doesn't have a ticket, so technically that's wrong) This line will begin letting in at 11am or slightly before.
Third: Chosen Attendees - who have yet to pay for their tickets...
I totally understand. Some of you don't have credit cards to do the online ticket sales process of the Drafthouse, and don't live domestically here in Austin. Don't sweat it. Your line will begin up against the building starting at the box office window. Which should be open beginning 10:30am - you can purchase your ticket and then get to the back of the Paid Attendees line, allowing the unpaid attendees behind you to get their tickets and move along..
Fourth: Rules & Regulations...
1. No outside food or beverages. The Drafthouse has an extensive cool menu or real food. And it's how they're able to afford to do this event. Please tip your wait-staff... they work harder on this day than any other.
2. No Electronics (other than pacemakers) - This means no Cel Phones, P.D.A.s, Computers, Still Cameras, Digital Cameras. If you have someone that needs to contact you in case of an emergency call the Alamo Drafthouse Downtown at (512) 476-1320... They will get the message to you. Relax - Be Cool - You're at BNAT! - The main reason is to avoid a series of lenghty security checks which drain the life out of the audience, which I'm hoping to avoid this year. I think you would agree.
3. Try to keep what you're bringing down to a minimum. Birthday gifts are welcome and should be placed on the stage against the screen. But try not to bring a ton of stuff. If you want a shirt change - you'll have a couple in your gift bag. Some folks bring fuzzy slippers and pajamas - that's fine. Just remember to just help us get through security as fast as possible.
Fifth: Factoids...
Is there a pre-party Friday night?
Yes. It is for BNATTERS - and I know all your faces - No crashing it. It will be at PEDAZO CHUNK (2009 South First Street across from POLVOS - great Mexican food) from 5pm - 10pm (remember get your rest) It will be catered and will have BEER - other sodas should be bought from our gracious hosts at PEDAZO.
Can I help with Bag Stuffing?
Well Maybe. This will be done at the Alamo Drafthouse on South Lamar (1120 South Lamar) from 11am - 4pm. You're more than welcome to come and help out, but if we get too many helpers we will ask the excess non-helpers to leave, because there's a point in volunteer work where there's not enough tasks for the volunteers. But we could need your help!
I'm Coming To Town Early, How Do I Hook Up With Other BNATTERS?
Well there's The MYSPACE group then there's the The LIVE JOURNAL group and then there's those in The ZONE. And then check out the talkbacks below for folks to hook up with. I know some BNATTERS are planning on seeing NARNIA this Friday - but I don't know the details for y'all.
Well - I believe that's all I have for you folks right now.
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Haha!
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Dec 06, 2005 2:27:29 PM CST
Hear the moan and creek of 200 chairs under the strain of 35,000
by dr. meirschultz
Plus everyone other than Harry!
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Harry will open it to the masses and hold it in some long forgotten drive-in, have a raffel for the prizes, and let all soak in his exclusive movie collections.
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Can't wait!!!
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I am so incredibly stoked, I can't wait. This year is gonna rock! Question: Where can I go to b uy a seat cushion for my ass? You know, the kind that old people bring to football games?
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Hmmmm?
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What else could it be. Kong is already premiering so that can't be it.
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What does that mean?
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King Kong a week early.
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Dec 06, 2005 3:52:37 PM CST
"If you have someone that needs to contact you in case of an eme
by big jim
I think there should be more to that sentence.
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Maybe Hilary Duff will be a special guest!
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I mean, my god ... if that doesn't make you want to geek out for 24 hours, nothing will.
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Dec 06, 2005 4:37:56 PM CST
"8th WONDER OF THE SCREEN!" I'll bite, there's your Kong
by l.h.puttgrass
But I don't get the Atari joystick. What's up with that?
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a reference to a videogame adaptation. Harry's gonna have Dungeon Siege premiere at BNAT with Dr. Uwe Boll himself in attendance. After the feature, there'll be a short tar-and-feathering session, before the show goes on.
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Donkey KONG. (I heard that the Japanese actually misspelled 'Monkey Kong' and that's how we got Donkey Kong. makes sense. well, not the two plumbers and the barrels or the princess.)
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Dec 06, 2005 4:45:58 PM CST
Atari.....Wait!...its's the world premiere of Blasteroids!!!
by monkeybrains
or maybe Escape From The Planet Of The Robot Monsters
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Very appropriate. Wets the appetite. Very nice. Wish I could make it. BRING IT TO NEW YORK! PLEASE!! :-)
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I think the attendees will be pleasantly surprised at what the joystick means. It's certainly not something people will expect.
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"YOU get an X-Box! And YOU get an X-Box! And YOU! EVERYONE GETS AN X-BOX!"
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Last Friday's Dateline NBC special about King Kong had an interview w/ Jack Black & mentioned his first commercial was for the game Pitfall! made for the Atari 2600. Then they showed the commercial. My guess is we'll see KONG & Jack Black is the special guest this time instead of PJ. Either that or we all get Atari 2600s in our bag of swag, which I'd actually prefer.
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Just to venture a guess.
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Have you seen the idiots on craigslist trying to buy tickets from people who got in?
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Moriarty?
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http://www.snopes.com/business/misxlate/donkeykong.asp
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Like the opposite of a King.
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Dec 07, 2005 12:48:15 AM CST
harry, a question: that standby line ... is that for anyone that
by welther47
Or is this a predetermined standby list of already runners-up?
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drink and talkback. That last post made a one-eyed monkey out of the English language... my apologies.
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Good Luck!
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the poster is so great, just inspired, creative and amazing... wish you all a great time. maybe you could do 10 seconds of silence for all of those who cannot be there;)
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PLEASE DON'T HECKLE THE MOVIES. Some of the films played will be gloriously awful (I seem to remember a Mr. Cargill full on bolting from his seat during TEENAGE MOTHER heheh) but they don't need your smart ass comments to make it better. As Tim League likes to say "You aren't as funny as you think you are, so shut the fuck up." These movies are meant to be reacted to, but you don't have to yell back at the screen like some moron. I assure you, the people onscreen can't hear you. Feel free to laugh, react, wince, scream (goddamn you Harry for TEENAGE MOTHER), but please don't talk to the movie. Thanks.
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and/or make stupid jokes and think they are Joel from MST3K
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Leaving the heckling to the professionals: http://www.mst3kinfo.com/
You can however wait until the end and comment aloud "Damn you Tim! Boobies are supposed to be fun!" after Toys Are Not For Children credits roll off the screen. -
It has to be. The 24 hours is just how long it will take to set the time machine up and fire the one and only print, produced by Uwe Boll 2 years in the future, (the one print that caused Armageddon) through to Harry.
Accompanying the print will be the UWE-X5000, who will proceed to terminate anyone who criticises either Quint, his love bunny, or Germanatrixia, the new World Order of the future. -
That 'll be the day
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I'm so freakin jealous I can't even work... especially after seeing that poster up top. Damn you, Knowles, and your tiny, tiny brigade of lucky bastidges!! Have a phenomenal time, everyone. Please post reports!!
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Couldn't get off this weekend. Better luck next year I says to myself.
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that is all i wanted to say. and maybe, that someday i am going to BNT. and finally, i am curious to see how the line-up will stack up. it's supposed to be about appreciation of film, so it's not all about the wow factor etc...but the line up from two years ago with ROTK and the Passion advance screening is definitely wow.
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Could that be what the Atari Joystick is for??
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Hey Harry, will those of us not fortunate enough to go be privvy to what has played? Or are you gonna be a dick and hold everyone to secrecy again. That would be messed up. Especially after all the build up and tantalizing hints.
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I called it before, and I'm just reminding y'all that it's gonna be Dungeon Siege!!!! With a Uwe Boll appearance!!! B'ah, no one listens to anyone here anyway...
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Maybe for comic relief.
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Do BNATers get a copy? Great job. I love it!
Oh, I know I need to get my zzzzzs but I'm also going to have trouble sleeping the next few nights cause I'm so exited! Geek Christmas is almost here! And Harry's birthday, too! (I sure hope the Atari Joystick has nothing to do with the "Tim's Choice" movie of the early morn hours, but it probably does.)
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and thus next year I'll be rockin' it at BNAT.
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so I could see King Kong with yous guys.
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Dec 07, 2005 4:10:44 PM CST
Best. BNAT. poster. ever. Harry should put all 7 somewhere on th
by jrbarker
I like the Scanners BNAT poster too.
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Dec 07, 2005 6:22:02 PM CST
when do we get the phoney program so we can all try and guess wh
by slappy jones
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what are the chances its NOT Kong? pretty slim, I'd say (if Narnia starts playin there's gonna be many a pissed off geek) I like the idea of it being Dungeon Siege tho, that would be farkin hilarious.
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but I also think HOSTEL and SILENT HILL will show. There won't be anything as sill as last year's PHANTOM goof. You can be sure of that.
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Silent Hill would be cool. But hasn't Hostel been seen by everyone?
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I definitely agree that hostel will be showing . . . mayhaps an early print of V for Vendetta, too (or is it too early)?
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V for Vendetta, Kong, Munich, The Fountain (unlikely, unless Aronofsky is exaggerating the amount still to do), Hostel, and.....Silent Hill. How far along is that??
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SNAKES ON A MOTHERFUCKIN' PLANE.
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If you're in the ballpark with those guesses, then that's a pretty sweet lineup, I'd say.
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If The Fountain is present you are all very lucky!........
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Is, erm, a certain zone not working right now?
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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
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I'm going into withdrawl... need... a fix... uRRgGGHhghGHG.
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Yes, I love threadjacking! So, anyone else think Garden State is crap?
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X-Men vs Jedi.........Who would win?
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It must have been a Pacino86845 mirage, my mind is playing tricks on me.......
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The X-Men of course...
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[IMG]Picture of GOKU[/IMG]
[IMG]Picture of LOGAN[/IMG]
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Bugger. My condition is getting worse.......
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Zoners should go back to 866, for old times' sake.
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The portal is closed........
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But 866 is still open...
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If The Fountain is there, I'll pop a gasket for damn sure, the trailer looks incredible. The Producers would certainly be nice, but really, anything as completely badass as Black Swan is alright by me. Tim League, do your worst. Can't wait. The hardest part is actually getting sleep the night before, truly geek christmas. Promise to have a report up before I retire to bed sunday afternoon.
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There's not much chance of Hostel being there, since Harry already played it in Austin at Fantasticfest a couple of months ago.
I did see a film can stuffed in the back of the toilet at the Alamo last week with "Tiptoes II: Midget Boogaloo" written on it in purple crayon, but maybe that was just the meth fumes getting to me.
I also wanted to say that one of the posts above got very close to nailing the joystick reference, but I'll let you guys guess which one.
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obviously.
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You heard it here first.
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U know, the one where nothing is explained...
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Dec 09, 2005 6:58:30 PM CST
So, you'd be seeing King Kong five whole days before everyon
by garbageman33
Hooray! And yes, I'm very bitter about not being there. Thanks for asking.
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Clearly, it's going to be Kong. Harry hasn't put up a Kong review, and hasn't told us when he'll post it or where he's seeing it. That's because he's saving it for BNAT.
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People who arrived early got raffle tickets. People who arrived after 10:00 didn't get a chance.
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Harry lied.
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