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This past Friday morning. 5 AM. I'm strolling into the Big Science Museum In This Part of the Country, which is showing Star Wars on their 80-foot-tall Imax screen. I bought this ticket when they first went on sale back in October, and I had to settle for the 7 AM showing because, in the matter of minutes it took me to get online and browse for tickets at this venue, the 7 PM, 10 PM, 1 AM, and 4 AM showings had all sold out. (And this theater was my second choice; Old-School Theater Downtown What's Owned By That Rich Computer Guy sold out everything for opening day in a matter of seconds.)
And what do I see, as I make my way to the line to get into the theater which is already 100+ people long, but a group of customers at the ticket window, arguing with the cashier about how dare they refuse to sell them tickets for the show, that surely there's more available, etc. etc. etc.. This while they're staring directly at a flyer taped to the window reading that ALL SHOWINGS for the day are sold out.
Truly, the Suck was strong in those ones. You'd have to have been living on the forest moon of Endor to not know that this was one of the most anticipated movie releases in decades, that it was setting records for advance sales weeks before it even premiered, and that the particular theater you were trying to gain admittance to is one of the most technically advanced screens in This City, and seats a relatively small number of people to boot. What in the name of Jar-Jar Binks possessed you to think that you could just stroll up to the booth on opening day and browbeat the clerk into selling you tickets for a show that sold out nearly two months ago? If the Rebellion had had you on its side, the series would have ended half an hour into the first movie.
Fortunately, those of us who had the foresight to buy advance tickets were all remarkably well-behaved and nobody shouted spoilers or anything of that nature.
Anyone else (especially any of you poor souls working in the theater business) have any interesting run-ins with the Dark Side this past weekend?
And what do I see, as I make my way to the line to get into the theater which is already 100+ people long, but a group of customers at the ticket window, arguing with the cashier about how dare they refuse to sell them tickets for the show, that surely there's more available, etc. etc. etc.. This while they're staring directly at a flyer taped to the window reading that ALL SHOWINGS for the day are sold out.
Truly, the Suck was strong in those ones. You'd have to have been living on the forest moon of Endor to not know that this was one of the most anticipated movie releases in decades, that it was setting records for advance sales weeks before it even premiered, and that the particular theater you were trying to gain admittance to is one of the most technically advanced screens in This City, and seats a relatively small number of people to boot. What in the name of Jar-Jar Binks possessed you to think that you could just stroll up to the booth on opening day and browbeat the clerk into selling you tickets for a show that sold out nearly two months ago? If the Rebellion had had you on its side, the series would have ended half an hour into the first movie.
Fortunately, those of us who had the foresight to buy advance tickets were all remarkably well-behaved and nobody shouted spoilers or anything of that nature.
Anyone else (especially any of you poor souls working in the theater business) have any interesting run-ins with the Dark Side this past weekend?
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