NEW YORK SCREENING 8/24/2005
POSTED BY: nakedandarticulate
UPDATED: Thursday, August 25, 2005 18:18
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OK, Zeek. If you *don't* believe that folk's had trouble rearranging their work schedules for the screening, what's your hypothesis then?
I know from the NYC Browncoat group postings as well as the messages on the Universal board that for every person that posted their plans to attend the screening, there was at least two other Browncoats posting that they *wish* they could go.
Sure, I see your point. You'd think a big city like NYC, we'd be able to pull together 300 folks at the drop of a hat. But Los Angeles is a big city, too, and there was not enough notice to stir up a big turnout there, either.
Don't lose faith yet.
Maybe everyone is saving up their sick days so's they can camp out in the days before the BDM Premiere on September 30th ;-)
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What work rescheduling? The screening was at 6PM. There are of course some jobs that run that late, but I'm sure the majority of people were off work by then. It just seems to me like this was a sure thing that there would be more like 3000 fans instead of the 300.
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Many 9 to 5 jobs are really 9 to 8 jobs. Meetings run over, preparing for meetings takes time out of the day, post meeting stuff takes time, deadlines approaching equals late nights at the office, working overtime to feed a family and keep them sheltered, working overtime to have time off later (i.e. Sept 30th), etc.
Plus if they don't troll these forums, how would they have found out about the screenings? I didn't see anything about the screening until Wednesday afternoon (8/24). That does not leave enough time to reschedule things at work.
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Plus with the short notice others,like myself already had plans(stooopid rock concert,that I had already paid for)I knew a lot of people that couldn't make it into the city in time(a lot of jersey browncoats) Besides what really matters is Sept 30th,only GOD destroying the world will stop me from seeing this film multiple times that weekend,and if GOD does destroy the world, I am soo requesting to watch it in heaven.
"Hamsters is nice."
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Originally posted by Zeek:
What work rescheduling? The screening was at 6PM. There are of course some jobs that run that late, but I'm sure the majority of people were off work by then. It just seems to me like this was a sure thing that there would be more like 3000 fans instead of the 300.
Most people assumed that people would line up and scoop up all the tickets by 5 pm, Zeek! Since it was a first come/ first serve gamble, not many folks risked leaving their jobs -- or driving many miles -- when seating would not be assured.
I myself had decided that if our entire party could not be in the City by 4:30, there'd be no point in going at all. That was a common apprehension: In fact, at least one person has said they thought the show had "sold out" when they dropped by the theater at 5:30 and nobody was lined up outside. They didn't realize there were seats left.
Frankly, Zeek, I think the fact that NYC actually IS such a big city worked against us: Surely many Browncoats figured, "No chance I'll get a ticket unless I get there very early." Hey, I myself had a mini-panic when Serenity_Leader released the screening information online: I feared there would be hordes of insane Browncoats, streaming in from the wilds of New England and scary hills of Pennsyltucky. I thought, damn, now I'm going to find myself bringing all these kids into town, only to disappoint them when there're no tickets left!
I'm sure I'm not the only Browncoat who feared a mob scene. The difference is, I didn't stay away, cuz I knew how the line-up would be run and trusted my NYC Browncoats to make it work out.
I also heard about the low turnout in Los Angeles, so it tempered my expectations about marauding Browncoat hordes.
Not everybody had the inside scoop, like I did.
There: Still worried?
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Originally posted by firefloozysuzie:
There: Still worried?
Yep.
What can I say? I'm stubborn.
Those are some valid points. I'm still pretty shocked though. The browncoats I've seen at screenings have been hardcore. I'm pretty sure they would have found a way to that screening if they lived in a 2 hour drives' radius.
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