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(For Gabe) Local Cinema Group Rates

graizurgraizur __BANNED USERS regular
edited May 2005 in PAX Archive
Any way we can get movie deals at the loval cinema. Some sort of group rate. I mean cheesy 80's movies about video's are great and all but if a bunch of us (and I mean a bunch, like last year) want to go as a group why should we pay max-price if there are other options?

Just a thought.

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  • LincolnLincoln Registered User regular
    edited March 2005
    I was wondering if it would just be possible for Gabe and Tycho to secure a certain gaming movie coming out in August for a showing at PAx.

    *coughdoomcough*

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  • ctishmanctishman Registered User regular
    edited March 2005
    Here's a novel thought: Why don't we do it ourselves, and leave them to organize everything else between PAX-open and PAX-close? They've got enough on their plates without renting a cinema, too.

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  • LegacyLegacy Stuck Somewhere In Cyberspace The Grid(Seattle)Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited March 2005
    Lincoln wrote:
    I was wondering if it would just be possible for Gabe and Tycho to secure a certain gaming movie coming out in August for a showing at PAx.

    *coughdoomcough*

    They already have one special screening...you never know, it might be Doom. But I doubt it.

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  • graizurgraizur __BANNED USERS regular
    edited March 2005
    ... Well the reason they should do it is because people would take them serious. They can get a better feel for how many people will show up to the theater and also for getting the theater to offer us a decent savings.

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  • IreneDAdlerIreneDAdler Registered User regular
    edited March 2005
    or we can compile a list of everyone that'd be interested in seeing Doom (if it's out) or whatever, so we can tell them, "Look, we've got xxxx guys who want to come, can we get a special rate?"

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  • ben184ben184 Registered User regular
    edited March 2005
    I don't know what "Loval" cinemas' policy is, but in SoCal, you can rent out a Mann theater (or one room) for a group. You pay for the entire theater up front, and then fill the seats with whomever you want. I'm sure that the price-per-seat is much, much lower. If we can get 100 people to go, it might make financial sense.

    I agree that that many video gamers watching a crappy video game movie would be cool.

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  • sPider817sPider817 Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited March 2005
    Plus, we wouldn't have to worry about the non-gamers that are out for a night of "fine cinema" getting pissed at us for yelling "Type IDSPISPOPD and clip to the end of the movie!"

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  • LincolnLincoln Registered User regular
    edited March 2005
    sPider817 wrote:
    Plus, we wouldn't have to worry about the non-gamers that are out for a night of "fine cinema" getting pissed at us for yelling "Type IDSPISPOPD and clip to the end of the movie!"
    Man, even I don't think that's reference is cool.

    Fail.

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  • XieflowXieflow Registered User regular
    edited March 2005
    Lincoln wrote:
    sPider817 wrote:
    Plus, we wouldn't have to worry about the non-gamers that are out for a night of "fine cinema" getting pissed at us for yelling "Type IDSPISPOPD and clip to the end of the movie!"
    Man, even I don't think that's reference is cool.

    Fail.

    If people are going to be shouting that I'm going to totally avoid a PAX movie.

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  • ShadeShade Registered User regular
    edited March 2005
    Its not that hard to set something like that up. Its like what I do for DD Events. Get a list of people who are confermed to be going(its good to have a big number, 30 is a good starter) and then call the cinima and make your offer.
    "I'll bring this many people if you lower the rate to this."
    make sure to talk to the cinima manager and be REASONABLE. people often try to shoot for something that can't be done, ask them what price they would be willing to lower it to, then under cut that by a little, not a lot. that will just make them angry and resend the original offer!

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  • graizurgraizur __BANNED USERS regular
    edited March 2005
    Will there be feature lenth movies at PAX worth watching if you're not into nostalgia?

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  • LegacyLegacy Stuck Somewhere In Cyberspace The Grid(Seattle)Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited March 2005
    XieflowX wrote:
    Lincoln wrote:
    sPider817 wrote:
    Plus, we wouldn't have to worry about the non-gamers that are out for a night of "fine cinema" getting pissed at us for yelling "Type IDSPISPOPD and clip to the end of the movie!"
    Man, even I don't think that's reference is cool.

    Fail.

    If people are going to be shouting that I'm going to totally avoid a PAX movie.

    Coming from a guy who watches Uwe Boll movies... :P

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  • MorivethMoriveth BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWNRegistered User regular
    edited March 2005
    Legacy wrote:
    XieflowX wrote:
    Lincoln wrote:
    sPider817 wrote:
    Plus, we wouldn't have to worry about the non-gamers that are out for a night of "fine cinema" getting pissed at us for yelling "Type IDSPISPOPD and clip to the end of the movie!"
    Man, even I don't think that's reference is cool.

    Fail.

    If people are going to be shouting that I'm going to totally avoid a PAX movie.

    Coming from a guy who watches Uwe Boll movies... :P

    What're you talking about, House Of The Dead was cinematic gold.

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  • ShadeShade Registered User regular
    edited March 2005
    Herasy!

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  • LegacyLegacy Stuck Somewhere In Cyberspace The Grid(Seattle)Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited March 2005
    Shade wrote:
    Herasy!

    Heresy, even.

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  • ShadeShade Registered User regular
    edited March 2005
    Legacy wrote:
    Shade wrote:
    Herasy!

    Heresy, even.

    everyone is alway on me for my speeling.

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  • Seth410Seth410 Registered User regular
    edited April 2005
    I don't care which movie it is, as long as one guy gets stabbed thru the chest over and over and over....

    Yelling in a movie is great when it's packed with like minded people (Rocky Horror), and since only a handful them (like me) have to guts to actually do it, it's not somehitng to get worked up about.

    and as for the intra-PAX movie...Down with wizard and up with TRON!!!


    (Today is April 10th: 410, a special day, but it's not my Birthday, not today)

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  • slacktronslacktron Registered User regular
    edited April 2005
    Seth410 wrote:
    and as for the intra-PAX movie...Down with wizard and up with TRON!!!

    Amen to that, brother. Why did we have to watch the Wizard once, let alone again. Is the movie so bad that it has become "good", in a fun-to-mock sense? Or could it be this misbegotten piece of cinema has been so thoroughly disowned by its creators that there is absolutely no legal risk of having to pay any kind of license fee for a public showing?

    One can only theorize, but I am just thankful it's not an Uwe Boll flick. Man, those things suck bolls.

    But Tron. Sweet, sweet Tron. The movie that made a arcade-owning, video game programmer the protagonist. And made his video game skills necessary not to win any sort of mundane prize, but rather, for his physical survival.

    Tron featured a revolutionary display of computer technology. The Wizard featured revolutionary display of commercialism. Which one says more about what PAX is all about?

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  • Raiden333Raiden333 Registered User regular
    edited April 2005
    The Wizard was my favourite movie until I was like 10 years old. I haven't seen it in years. I can't wait for it, should bring back waves of nostolgia.

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  • TrillianTrillian Registered User regular
    edited April 2005
    How about The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, if it's still in theatres?

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  • Raiden333Raiden333 Registered User regular
    edited April 2005
    I've never heard of a movie staying in theaters for more than 3 months.

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  • SmallLadySmallLady Registered User regular
    edited April 2005
    but as an aside...


    GOD DAMN HITCHHIKER'S WAS FREAKING AWSOME!!!!


    :P

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  • MegapuppyMegapuppy Registered User regular
    edited May 2005
    It was better than my small mind could have hoped

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  • TrillianTrillian Registered User regular
    edited May 2005
    Raiden333 wrote:
    I've never heard of a movie staying in theaters for more than 3 months.

    I work at a theatre, and The Incredibles was playing from November until February.

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  • ViscountalphaViscountalpha The pen is mightier than the sword http://youtu.be/G_sBOsh-vyIRegistered User regular
    edited May 2005
    slacktron wrote:
    Seth410 wrote:
    and as for the intra-PAX movie...Down with wizard and up with TRON!!!

    (snip)
    Tron featured a revolutionary display of computer technology. The Wizard featured revolutionary display of commercialism. Which one says more about what PAX is all about?

    I tried convincing others to do TRON and the last star fighter, no one liked it. IMHO they were both better then fred savage and his stupid quest to that nintendo conference.And everyone magically loved nintendo. As corny as tron is, there were alot of good bits. The audio was too quiet up so many of the good jokes were missed sadly.
    Flynn is flying the stolen recognizer and is about to crash into a bunch of people. one says-
    "Here comes a headache!!!"

    *cries* Tron could of been a better movie from a post production point of view. eh, shiva(or was it nova) was cool to see on film. And no, i wont point out shiva/ nova to those who dont know.

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