Oscar Outdoor Screenings - Page 2

Snowflake · 06-01-2012, 11:20 AM

Well Steve, as you probably know, the screenings at the Goldwyn sell out quickly. If it were me, I'd set aside the annoyance factor, suck it up and log in twice. Or, ask my date to buy his own damn ticket.

Kevy Baby · 06-01-2012, 11:22 AM

It's not a real thread unless he's bitching about something.

Cadaverous Pallor · 06-01-2012, 01:55 PM

Everybody get that? STEVE IS ANNOYED. It's NOT going to be ANYTHING LIKE HOW HE REMEMBERS IT. Their lameness DECIDED FOR HIM. HE'S SEEN THESE BEFORE. HE DIDN'T WANT TO GO ANYWAY. BAH BAH BAH.

If you could just cut and paste that over and over it would save all of us lots of time. Or even better, mutter it to yourself and go about your day.

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Originally Posted by Gn2Dlnd

I've always wanted to see MMMMW on a big screen!

Me too! The film is so big in scope and to hear a crowd enjoying it....maybe one day.

Sound of Music is a pretty close second for me.

mousepod · 06-01-2012, 02:15 PM

FYI:

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Event Information
July 9 – August 13,
Monday nights at 7:30 p.m.
*Pre-Show Short Subjects at 7 p.m.
Samuel Goldwyn Theater
8949 Wilshire Boulevard
Beverly Hills, CA 90211
Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
Ticketed seating is unreserved.

Tickets
Series Passes $20 general admission/$15 Academy members and students with a valid ID (limit 2).
Series passes on sale starting June 1, online, by mail and in person at the box office.
Individual tickets (if space is still available) will go on sale June 29.

innerSpaceman · 06-01-2012, 02:17 PM

No, no, I'm just annoyed that I didn't have the option to buy more than one movie ticket for a theater that, as Snowflake correctly points out, is notorious for selling out fast. I fail to see how anyone can defend such a practice. Would YOU (the General You) like buy a $20 ticket and then find out you can't buy one for your significant other because the house sold out before you could log back in and complete another 4-step purchase process? Seriously?!?

But I've seen Mad Mad World and 2001 at the Dome on several occasions. Sorry, but it's a been-there, done-that for me - but of course YMMV. No biggie.

So the only film left that I'd care to see is Sleeping Beauty, and I'll check back for that when individual film tickets become available. But, as I said, I'll only purchase if I can purchase two.

Sorry about my use of three words in all caps. Rightly parodied.

mousepod · 06-01-2012, 02:28 PM

Hey Steve,

The reason that the system makes each person buy their own ticket (or makes you complete the sale for one before you can buy another) is because these passes are for a specific person and are non-transferable. Other events don't have a one-ticket maximum because they are transferable. It probably didn't make sense for them to overhaul the entire ticketing system for this one event. And while it may sell out before June 29, there are still tickets left now - more than 5 hours after they went on sale. Since they've done series before, they probably figured that if you wanted more than one ticket, you'd be fine if you did it on the first day...

That's my guess, at least.

Alex · 06-01-2012, 02:29 PM

Open two browser windows and in each start the process to order one ticket. Submit the order in one window and then as soon as it completes submit the other window. The odds of it selling out in the intervening 30 seconds are low.

That said, it is stupid to only allow single ticket purchases for an activity traditionally done in at least pairs [ETA: and mousepod's explanation makes sense, though there are better solutions].

That said, (again), detailing all the reasons you don't want to see the other movies, which are more about how they are being presented than your interest in them will tend to make people feel like you are questioning their intelligence for being interested despite the flaws you point out. Simply saying "the only one I'm interested in is Sleeping Beauty and the ordering process seems to be too much of a pain for me" would probably be sufficient.

I post the previous paragraph not because I am not regularly guilty of the same thing but to show that I do know how to behave 9and why CP has been subtly telling me to shut up a lot lately), I just forget.

innerSpaceman · 06-01-2012, 03:14 PM

That's a great tip, Alex. If I had more interest in the series as a whole, I might have gone that route, or even taken my chances by doing it sequentially. But the 1-ticket limit (though I appreciate mousepod's theory) changed me from a "meh" to a "no." It would not have changed me from a "hell-yes" to a "no."

And I said only once that the screen size was disappointing to me. I did not go on and on about it. I said more than one time that I'd seen the films too many times before. Certainly that would not make anyone else feel stupid for wanting to see those films.

Kevy Baby · 06-01-2012, 04:18 PM

But size doesn't matter!!!

Alex · 06-01-2012, 04:37 PM

You're right. Rereading I see it was only a few lines.

But somehow it felt like a lot more. Don't know why.

Oh well, I guess I'll go back to commenting on all of CP's Facebook posts about how I'm an exception to whatever she is posting.

06-01-2012, 11:20 AM	#11
Snowflake lost in the fog Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: San Francisco Posts: 7,831	Well Steve, as you probably know, the screenings at the Goldwyn sell out quickly. If it were me, I'd set aside the annoyance factor, suck it up and log in twice. Or, ask my date to buy his own damn ticket. __________________ Be yourself; everyone else is already taken. - Oscar Wilde
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06-01-2012, 02:17 PM	#15
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	No, no, I'm just annoyed that I didn't have the option to buy more than one movie ticket for a theater that, as Snowflake correctly points out, is notorious for selling out fast. I fail to see how anyone can defend such a practice. Would YOU (the General You) like buy a $20 ticket and then find out you can't buy one for your significant other because the house sold out before you could log back in and complete another 4-step purchase process? Seriously?!? But I've seen Mad Mad World and 2001 at the Dome on several occasions. Sorry, but it's a been-there, done-that for me - but of course YMMV. No biggie. So the only film left that I'd care to see is Sleeping Beauty, and I'll check back for that when individual film tickets become available. But, as I said, I'll only purchase if I can purchase two. Sorry about my use of three words in all caps. Rightly parodied.
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06-01-2012, 02:28 PM	#16
mousepod You broke your Ramadar! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,635	Hey Steve, The reason that the system makes each person buy their own ticket (or makes you complete the sale for one before you can buy another) is because these passes are for a specific person and are non-transferable. Other events don't have a one-ticket maximum because they are transferable. It probably didn't make sense for them to overhaul the entire ticketing system for this one event. And while it may sell out before June 29, there are still tickets left now - more than 5 hours after they went on sale. Since they've done series before, they probably figured that if you wanted more than one ticket, you'd be fine if you did it on the first day... That's my guess, at least. __________________ "Give the public everything you can give them, keep the place as clean as you can keep it, keep it friendly" - Walt Disney
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06-01-2012, 02:29 PM	#17
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	Open two browser windows and in each start the process to order one ticket. Submit the order in one window and then as soon as it completes submit the other window. The odds of it selling out in the intervening 30 seconds are low. That said, it is stupid to only allow single ticket purchases for an activity traditionally done in at least pairs [ETA: and mousepod's explanation makes sense, though there are better solutions]. That said, (again), detailing all the reasons you don't want to see the other movies, which are more about how they are being presented than your interest in them will tend to make people feel like you are questioning their intelligence for being interested despite the flaws you point out. Simply saying "the only one I'm interested in is Sleeping Beauty and the ordering process seems to be too much of a pain for me" would probably be sufficient. I post the previous paragraph not because I am not regularly guilty of the same thing but to show that I do know how to behave 9and why CP has been subtly telling me to shut up a lot lately), I just forget.
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06-01-2012, 03:14 PM	#18
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	That's a great tip, Alex. If I had more interest in the series as a whole, I might have gone that route, or even taken my chances by doing it sequentially. But the 1-ticket limit (though I appreciate mousepod's theory) changed me from a "meh" to a "no." It would not have changed me from a "hell-yes" to a "no." And I said only once that the screen size was disappointing to me. I did not go on and on about it. I said more than one time that I'd seen the films too many times before. Certainly that would not make anyone else feel stupid for wanting to see those films.
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06-01-2012, 04:18 PM	#19
Kevy Baby Chowder Head Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Yes Posts: 18,500	But size doesn't matter!!! __________________ The thing about quotes on the internet is that you cannot verify their validity. - Abraham Lincoln
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06-01-2012, 04:37 PM	#20
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	You're right. Rereading I see it was only a few lines. But somehow it felt like a lot more. Don't know why. Oh well, I guess I'll go back to commenting on all of CP's Facebook posts about how I'm an exception to whatever she is posting.
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