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And even further, only those exact same two seats are ‘taken’ for every single showing.

I thought for sure the after church showings tomorrow would be at least somewhat full, but nope.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago
[–] [email protected] 32 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That’s cause there is no target audience. His supporters already think he can do no wrong so who is this film trying to win over?

[–] [email protected] 38 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Russian money don't clean itself

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Get real, it don't even try anymore.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Right? It would be a serious business error to not get Erdogan in on the production.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 months ago

I don't know what's worse, that an idiot wrote this, the only piece of trivia on the IMDB about the film, or that six people found it helpful.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 months ago

So? How was it?

[–] [email protected] 60 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Not that I think this isn't hilarious, but to quote Trump's own idiotic ramblings, "Nobody knows what an app is." His redneck supporters that don't trust such fancy lib'ral scams as "mail" and "locked drop boxes" sure aren't going to understand using an app to book a seat in a movie theater.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (3 children)

In my local theater you also have to ‘reserve’ a seat when you buy the ticket in person. Don’t ask me why.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

Assigned seating has been the norm here for decades. Makes things go a little more smoothly, especially when everyone expects it.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Reasonable reason: pre-2020 theaters would be packed sometimes and it's helpful to have assigned seats. It resolves seating disputes and gets people to go straight to their seats. When I saw Avengers End Game (or maybe Infinity War), they had to have employees spotting empty seats for everyone walking in.

Cynical theory: they're logging seat selection trends and going to move to tiered pricing like airplane seats

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

So that someone ordering online doesn't try to buy your seat. Obviously.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

30 minutes before the show?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Yes? "Hey wanna catch a movie?" "Sure, looks like the new Deadpool has a showing in like twenty minutes." "Dope. You order the tickets, I'll drive."

Why would they not apply the same system to all purchases? Either seats are reserved or they aren't.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I dont know how much I believe the theater. This is tomorrow in Connecticut. 4:55 sold out but all the other times have zero to 7 people. Yeah it's a Sunday but I would t put it past thr gop to be artificially inflating box office receipts.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Might be a thing like with Christian movies where a church buys out an entire show in one block in the expectation of their parishioners all going. It artificially inflates their box office numbers too, of course.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Because that is what churches are supposed to do - promote politicians 🙄

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

It's literally illegal, but good luck getting the IRS to do anything about it.

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