Plus you'll hear cursing.
"Twelve eleven? Shit! Shit! Shit!"
Buffy: You tossed that vamp like he was a... little teeny vamp. Riley: You wanna go again? C'mon. I bet this place is just teeming with aerodynamic vampires.
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tommyrot - Nov 15, 2010 6:26:30 pm PST #12019 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
DavidS - Nov 15, 2010 6:50:23 pm PST #12020 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I haven't gone to an Event showing since Serenity.
Memorably, I went to the first showings of Batman (Burton) and Indian Jones and His Dad James Bond.
Also, I waited in line for more than two hours to go see an after midnight showing of The Shining with Karen (Emmett's godmother) and my friend Phil, both of whom nearly clawed my arms off in terror during the movie.
Aims - Nov 15, 2010 6:54:39 pm PST #12021 of 30000
Shit's all sorts of different now.
I have tickets to a 12:02 showing!
§ ita § - Nov 15, 2010 6:55:21 pm PST #12022 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I can't remember, but Serenity might have been my last event showing. But that was the premier, not a midnight showing.
And Batman was definitely my first. God, that was a big night. Partying beforehand at a comics-themed party (I wish I knew what happened to that denim jacket with Storm painted on it) and I ended up taking the life-sized cutout of Wolverine with me to the Bats movie and everyone was freaking out because it was publisher cross-contamination. Fun times, fun times.
DavidS - Nov 15, 2010 7:05:54 pm PST #12023 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Batman was a big deal. I remember when the first trailer showed in a theater and when Michael Keaton said, "I'm Batman" the crowd went apeshit.
I waited in a line that probably curved about a quarter of a mile away from the ticket booth, and got something like twelve tickets.
-t - Nov 15, 2010 7:11:03 pm PST #12024 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Batman was my first theater employee screening event. Set a high bar for all that came after, that's for sure.
SuziQ - Nov 15, 2010 7:30:35 pm PST #12025 of 30000
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
I have tickets to a 12:02 showing!
We have tickets for 12:01. IMAX even.
DavidS - Nov 15, 2010 7:55:49 pm PST #12026 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Another movie I remember that had tremendous excitement about it before it opened was Aliens.
I was in LA for that and went down to Hollywood to see the premiere and the line was sooooo long. You knew that night that it was going to be huge.
I'll say this for Cameron: Aliens and T2 are two of the most exciting movies I've ever seen.
Jessica - Nov 16, 2010 4:18:32 am PST #12027 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I'm seeing the new HP tonight. I haven't heard good things, unfortunately, but I'm trying to stay stoked regardless.
Matt the Bruins fan - Nov 16, 2010 6:03:11 am PST #12028 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Unless you count LGBT film festivals, Serenity was my last big event showing too. Sadly, also my last date with a hot newly-out-of-the-closet Venezuelan guy that I was really into at the time.
Though at least he provided validation before giving me the brushoff — saying that the end confused him because he'd been sure throughout the whole movie that Simon was gay (and he'd never seen Firefly!).