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Geek Headquarters has moved to the new METROPOLITAN theater!
FATHER GEEK reporting that AICN's Headquarters crew has relocated to the Metropolitan out south at Stassney and I-35. I'll be leaving to rejoin Harry in battling the elements at what we feel is the best choice to see you know what as soon as I finish this post. Tom Joad, Quint and others of our Austin staff will be joining Harry and Father Geek in their quest for tickets, seats, etc... to the event of the year. The weather is very wet and windy here in Austin folks, but the Head Geek has declared that "Neither rain, nor sleet, nor snow will keep us from the show!" We're dug in for the long haul. Its down to the wire geeks, time to seperate the wheat from the chaft. Just how bad do you want to see this flick on the first day? As bad as we do? I'll see you in the line!
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Good luck out there!
...one more thing: call me stupid, but how does it work? Will you be there all the time? Are you camping out there? Will you update the site, and if so, how?
The whole "standing-in-line-a-week-before-the-film-opens" is obviously an american thing (never experienced something like it in Europe, probably because reserving seats is normal here). In find it cool and fascinating and I really want to know how it'll go for you.
Will you report from the front line Harry???? anyway, have a great time, good luck and enjoy THE MOVIE! -
...And not one of the other houses in town (like Gateway)? Is is it because the Metro is a little out of most people's way?
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...I hate you Harry! Best job in the world, get to meet people like Peter Jackson and Bruce Campbell, and now you get to work out of a theatre!
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The Metropolitan's acually a very nice theater... about as nice as I've seen of the "huge commercial chain" types with many screens.
(There are "cooler" theaters, no doubt, but the Alamo Drafthouse, honestly, ain't the type of place to go see TPM)
It's just down the block from me here. Heh, and yes, it is raining here in Austin. I might drive by there on my way out to check out the TPM line situation. ;) Oh, and by the by, for a good review of the Metropolitan, I ran across this online: http://www.austin360.com/entertainment/movies/theaters/metropolitan.html
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Regal Cinemas will be selling tickets over the PHONE. Yes, while you wait in line, some jerk will just pick up his cell phone and grab himself tickets.
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There is a certain feeling of community that comes with waiting hours upon hours (or in Harry's case, days) in line even just to purchase tickets for an event. Having stayed out overnight for many a concert, I can *almost* see why so many people are doing this for so long. You get to know interesting people, hear great stories, and have a great time with a bunch of people you know you have at least one thing in common with. I'm sure spending a week in the line will solidify new friendships even more than the 10-12 hours I've waited for tickets to some concerts, but the idea is still the same. Sure, you can pick up a phone, buy your tickets, and get on with your day, but it would seem cold and almost inhuman to do so. The only reason I won't be out there in line at 6 am sharp on Wednesday mornign is because my employer is less forgiving than most about superfluous days off. But for everyone else, 30 screen megaplexes with tiny auditoriums may have killed the classic movie experience, but the sense of community will always be alive as long as some group, somewhere, is willing to wait for hours upon hours just to buy a ticket to a movie.
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I wake up this afternoon and my girlfriend tells me that she's going to get on line for Star Wars tomorrow. Now, I love movies. And I love big, exciting premieres of big, exciting summer movies -- I was at the Ziegfeld for Jurassic Park, True Lies, the Special Edition rereleases. It's great fun, at a huge theater like that.
But she's going to go wait on line at some cheesy multiplex in Southern Massachusetts! While I'm in the library studying for finals, she's going to be camping out with a bunch of psychotic Star Wars nerds, who will undoubtedly be hitting on her for a week. I'm not happy, let me tell ya... -
Only fucking morons would camp out. This isn't the fucking 70s. Get a fuckin' grip on yourselves. Tickets go on sale in my city this Wed. at two pm and I will be laughing at you morons waiting in line. What is the point when I can walk right in and sit down next to you all the same. Jesus! What's the fuckin' world comin' to? Don't you guys have a life or something close to one?
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I've seen a few shows at this theater and I've gotta say this is the best of the movie megaplexes that I've been to. All screens fully blown THX-ified and that lobby has got to be about 4 sories high with several 30 foot tall or so statues. It's also not in your face gaudy like the tinseltown across 35..
This weekend when I was there I already saw a few large camping tents pitched in front, pretty soon there'll be a whole hippie commune outside.. -
Uh for the people saying why the hell ppl are camping out to get tix when you can just get advance tix and go the day of the showing w/o camping for a few days, its because moviefone and the theaters dont sell tix over the phone here (i dont know what that chambers guy was talking about when he said regal was selling advance tix over the phone cuz gateway and metropolitan say no). And none of the austin theaters selling advance tix are reserving a set amount of seats that could be sold on opening day, meaning the entire first 5-day weekend will very likely be sold out completely through advance tix. So this means that if you want to have a good shot of getting advance tix on wed., you need to camp out or wait in line (I'm getting in line a few hours before 2pm on wednesday-no time to camp out unfortunately) for at least an hour to get tix for the opening weekend. So its not really that crazy or stupid to camp out as I've seen ppl already camping out at gateway,tinseltown, and metropolitan.
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All right, time for me to chime in on this. I just got back from the Metropolitan theater (saw "The Mummy," got to say I enjoyed it.) While I was there, we saw all of the rabid SW fans in their tents (including all of the members of Geek Headquarters.) And I have to say that this troubles me. Folks, waiting in line for days at a time does not make you a better fan. In fact, I find it to be rather pathetic. I understand the anticipation surrounding this film. I have been waiting for this as long as the rest of the fans. As I write this, my talking Boba Fett figure and my STAP Battle Droid look down at me from my desk. I love these movies. They are a crucial factor in my personal love of film. BUT, this phenomenon is just sad. My first reaction at the theater tonight was to laugh, and I did. But then, I realized how hard it was storming today here in Austin (several car alarms were set off in the parking lot of my apartment complex today due to the violent thunderstorms.) And I saw these people in their tents (one woman had a small toddler, which really saddened me.) Like I said, I love Star Wars. I love the sense of wonder in the films, I love the struggle between good and evil, and I cant wait to see the new entry into the Star Wars universe. But draw the line somewhere. Read a book. Go to work. Study for your finals! Are people doing this just so they can say that they saw SW:TPM on opening day, or talk about the experience of waiting on line for days? Well, on Wednesday, I am going to take a break from my studies, Im going to stroll on down to one of my local Austin multiplexes, and I am going to pick up a couple of tickets for the first possible showing of TPM. I wont be the first person in the nation to see it, but neither will the folks in the tents at the Metropolitan, Gateway, or any of the other theaters around the country. TPM has already shown in press screenings in various cities, and will be showing at charity screenings around the nation on the 16th. We'll all get to see it, we'll all get to be amazed by it.
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The one thing I like about the people camping out at the Metropolitan is that they're drawing attention away from the other theaters that will be showing the Phantom Menace in the area. This could me it MIGHT be easier to get tickets at some other theater. Also, for those of you who are making fun of these people waiting in line, not ALL of the theaters here in Austin will allow you to just call up and buy tickets. I know the Cinemark theaters require that you wait in line to buy tickets on Wednesday, and I assume that's the same for the the chain of theaters that own The Metropolitan! Ed
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If memory serves me correctly (and it has been a while since I watched the movie) but wasnt it the Metropolitan Theater the name of the theater used in the italian gore flick DEMONS? (it could have been Metropol theater also) a coincidence??? MCKRACKEN thinks not....:O)
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