>With the premiere of Star Wars: The Force Awakens just a bit over a week away, you’d probably (or maybe not) be surprised to hear that people are already lining up for the movie’s opening. If so, you’d be even more surprised to hear that they started days ago.
>That’s the case outside the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, CA, where Liningup.net has organized a line that began on December 5—12 days before the movie’s opening. The organization also set up early lines for the prequel films (yes, all of them, despite how the first two went), and this year, they’ve taken the event to a very important location: the original Star Wars made its debut at the same theater in 1977.
>It’s not just about being first to see the new Star Wars, though that certainly plays a part. Liningup.net has purchased 576 tickets for the screening, and anyone who stays in line for more than 24 hours will be allowed to buy one of those tickets. To encourage people to last as long as they can stand sleeping on a sidewalk, fans who log more line-time will get to choose their seats earlier.
Why aren't you waiting in line to be the first to watch Star Wars: The Force Awakens?
>take days or weeks off of work
>to literally stand and sit around in the elements
>with no luxuries and little entertainment
>to suffer abuse from passersby
>just to watch a movie you can easily catch the day after release
Why do people do this?
>>63476197
That would imply that star wars fans (subhuman plebeians) count as people
>>63476104
Why?
Seriously - is somebody here who would do this?
This place is full of retards, there must be somebody who can share his experience with us.
>>63476197
That's fanboyism for you.
Why would you be lining up anyway?
Didn't they preorder tickets?
>lining up to get shot
plebeians
>>63476104
I hope we get more footage of autistic plebs getting in the door, falling to their knees and sperging to the heavens.
>>63476132
There he is. There he goes again
Look everyone he posted it once again. Isn't he just the funniest guy around. Oh my god.
I can almost see your pathetic overweight frame glowing in the dark lit by your computer screen which is the only source of light in your room giggling like a little girl as you once again type your little meme thread up and fill in the captcha. Or maybe you don't even fill in the captcha, maybe you're such a disgusting NEET that you actually paid for a 4chan pass so you just choose the picture. Oh we all know the picture, the le epic hehe meme isn't it? I imagine you, little shit, laughing so hard as you click it that you drop your Doritos onto the floor. But its ok, your mother will clean it up in the morning. Oh that's right, did I fail to mention? You live with your mother! You're a fat fucking fuck up and she's probably so sick of you already. So sick of having to do everything for you all god damn day, every day, for a grown man who spends all his time on 4chan posting about homer laughing at a meme. Just imagine this, she had you and then she thought you were going to be a scientist or an astronaut or something grand and then you became a NEET. A pathetic meme forcing NEET. She probably cries herself to sleep everyday thinking about how bad it is and how she wishes she could just disappear. She can't even talk try to you because all you say is "Hehe... meme. Hehe... meme. Hehe... meme. Hehe... meme."
You became a parody of your own self. And that's all you are. A sad little man laughing in the dark by himself as he prepares to indulge in the same old dance that he's done a million times now.
And that's all you'll ever be.
>>63476321
You don't want to get stuck in a shitty seat, do you?
>>63476342
I picked my seat when I preordered. Can you not do that in the US?
>>63476342
every seat is a shitty seat on opening night.
Someone post that comedy skit of that dog puppet that went to the nerd line for the prequels and shit all over the nerds please
>>63476261
Stupid capitalism
I remember the lines forma the IPhone 1, they interviewed some 40+ woman
"So why did you buy it?"
"Everyone was doing it"
"But... You know what you bought, right?"
"No, I'll find out when I get home teehee."
I would never make a line for something meaningless as commercial products por movie tickets. The only valid reason is food or healthcare, and in thise cases it means your country is in shit condition.
>>63476348
Tell me more? What site / movie company does this?
>>63476348
Depends on the theater. I've been to ones where you pick your seat and others where it's all general admission.
>>63476104
I'm in line right now OP.
>>63476104
I'll go see it three months from now when they start showing it at the dollar theatre.
>>63476348
This. I preordered my tickets for a midnight screening a couple of months ago, picking middle-back of the theatre.
I will show up roughly ten minutes before my movie and take my seat. As if not have assigned seating.
>>63476321
They don't want to get stuck in the "red zone" seats (seats that the shooter is most likely to focus fire on).
POINTLESS
My friend has this Star Wars vault thing and I read in it that some spergo quit high school the year before Phantom Menace to que, spending as much time each day outside the theatre.
Retards.
>>63476376
Just about any big cinema chain in the UK does it. Odeon, Cineworld etc.
>>63476197
Second in line, and all I had to do was miss eight days of work
>>63476365
What do you know, Applefags and Starwarsfags are both cancer.
>>63476261
>be NEET
>still get my welfare and disability checks irregardless
>get to watch Star Wars for free
>get to meet new people in line and maybe even get a girlfriend
>get to the first to watch the film
>get to immediately start shitposting about it on /tv/ when it ends
There's no reason not to be waiting in line
>>63476394
How well received is saving seats? Is there a time limit for you to reserver? Can it be a week ahead? How do they enforce seating? Is there an usher in the theater?
>>63476359
This. I don't want to see SW with fanboys, they will most likely behave like chimps and scream at every scene all the time
I'm so glad I'm not in the US
These kind of articles used to come with pictures of said lines.
>>63476383
What are you going to do if there's a crew of big black dudes sitting in your seat?
>>63476418
I reserved them as soon as the tickets went on sale, like a month+ ago
You have to checkout within 10 minutes or something though, or else someone can steal them
Wouldn't that theater smell like ass on release night
>>63476433
Not that guy, but asking them to move out seems pretty simple to me. Or if they don't, management can take care of that
>>63476433
Tell them to fuck off, or ask the ushers to remove them
>>63476436
So it's first come first served in terms of reserving this on the site?
What allows someone else to steal them?
>check how if the midnight screenings are sold out at my nearest cinems
>all those unsold(green) seats
toplel
Note: the two completely grey rows are VIP, so not selectable with the standard ticket I selected, the only sold tickets are the back 3 rows
I just went to buy my ticket, it was literally just me at the cinema.
Also really liked how the guy behind the counter kept rephrasing that I just wanted one ticket..
>>63476497
>So it's first come first served in terms of reserving this on the site?
Basically. You pick available seats, which temporarily reserves them for ~10 minutes until you checkout and you're guaranteed them
If you don't checkout before then, you lose the seats and someone else can pick them
>>63476433
I'll say "Excuse me, that's my seat."
And if they say "I'm not moving", I'll reply with "Yes, you are. The only question is whether you'll move now, or when I have security remove you."
My local theatre is literally in a casino. You don't have to put up with much crap.
>>63476414
>happy with being poor
>genuinely hoping that people will want to talk to you and even get a date
I pray for the people going to the next showing because you'll be back with an assault rifle when your hopes get crushed
>>63476541
Excellent thanks for the answers.
Star Wars was really never that great. There's way beter sci-fi movies, but they don't get the attention star wars does. Star wars is like the Kiss of movies.
>>63476418
Not the same poster but all chain cinemas do reserved seating too in Australia
> Is there a time limit for you to reserver?
No when you go to the website It'll have a lay out of the cinema, seats that are taken will be blocked out. You could theoretically buy online 10 minutes before the movie starts and reserve good seats assuming It's not a packed out screening. When you pay, you print out the receipt they email you or can write down the code the receipt has on it, there is an express queue given to people that buy online.
>Can it be a week ahead?
Most screenings listed a week in advance so yes, but for some movies (Like Star Wars) screenings are listed weeks in advance. I reserved my tickets & seats the day tickets went on sale whenever that was; several weeks ago
>How do they enforce seating? Is there an usher in the theater?
Your ticket will have your seat row and number on it. If someone is in your seat you tell them and they get up. I assume you could get an employee to remove them If they don't move but I've never witnessed or heard of anyone refusing to move out of someone else seat
For the record all seating is assigned; even if you don't book ahead online when you go the cinema and buy tickets they'll ask you whereabouts you want to sit and you'll be assigned around that area. If it's an empty cinema obviously no one gives a fuck where you sit though.
>>63476498
Wow, where do you live?
I checked a Monday matinee showing and there was only the first row available.
I already bought my ticket. Why would I stand in line?
>>63476414
>irregardless
Kill yourself.
>going back to Peru for the holidays
>decide to buy yickets for me and my friends
>all tickets are numbered so we got some nice seats
>it all came to 35 dollars for 7 tickets
Not bad tbqhwf.
>>63476197
>work
>>63476498
I bought the best seats in the house for the first Friday night showing at my local theater and I didn't buy them until the third day they were on sale. I live in the suburbs of a big city. I have to imagine the >muh $500 million in presales shit is a big lie.
>>63476498
>Disabled people get the worst view possible
>>63476479
>>63476485
>>63476558
>being snitches
>running to security
Since when was /tv/ full of fuckboys?
>tfw live in a town in South Wales
>Local Vue
>EIGHT midnight screenings listed on the site
>They're all empty as fuck
I don't understand. I guess they're just putting it on every screen and saying fuck it, but it's major overkill.
>tfw the bluray screener gets leaked before the midnight screening and all the idiots who paid for tickets months in advance have to watch their most anticipated movie with a bunch of screaming fanboys waving lightsaber dildos for 2 hours
I'm going to be at the theater 2 hours early and still get a great seat for the first showing
eat shit retards
>>63476633
Why do you do this? You know it's bait but you still reply.
I don't know how it works for the rest of the world. But here you can just buy tickets online.
>>63476633
>not understanding colloquialisms.
No, kill yourself
>>63476680
>"Look mom I stole someone's seat! SO HARDCORE!"
>>63476104
In America there were retards that did the same thing for the Phantom Menace.
>>63476680
>not letting some entitled faggot take what is rightfully yours
>being a fuckboi
pick one
being a bitch and taking a different seat would literally be kek mentality
>>63476681
My local cinema is half-empty too, but I'm going to the big-ass Cineworld in Glasgow just for opening night
I'll see it again later in the week
>>63476636
$35 bucks in Peru?
That's like 2 quality 8-Balls senpai
>>63476348
Sometimes you can in the US I'm living in Canada now and preordered 3 comfy seats back center :^)
>>63476710
I didn't go to a midnight screening, but saw it day of release. The cinema gave people certificates. Yes, really.
>>63476680
>Being so fucking beta you literally let someone steal your seat for a movie you cared enough to buy a midnight screening ticket for
>>63476705
No, you, cripple fuccboi.
>>63476680
>Getting the cinema employees to enforce their policies
Lol what a beta faggot
>>63476104
Europe gets SW7 on the 16th
Burgers gets SW7 on the 18th.
Cant wait to spoil it for burgers.
>me and buddy buy tickets for 7:30pm on December 17th
the fuck are people waiting in line for? Is it just because muh special theater?
>lining up two weeks in advance just to get mowed down by daesh
>>63476498
Vue? I just had a look and it looks like they've added a bunch of screenings at mine. See you opening night family!
>>63476348
depends on the chain
bowtie and AMC yes but Regal no
>tfw no more Hoytes
>>63476676
That's what you get for being disabled.
>>63476771
>using davey cameron's retarded name
m8
>>63476382
I havent seen a dollar theater in a decade anon.
>>63476342
Why would a cinema company not let you preorder your actual seats?
Crazy shit man, I don't wanna get there fucking early just so I can actually see the film properly.
Got one of the best seats for the midnight showing, i'll be walking in midway through the adverts and enjoying the film with no stress
Threadly reminder that the new Star Wars film comes out in South Korea the same day as the US and therefore will be online before most americans watch it on the evening
Who 1pm premiere screening here?
>>63476797
>pre ordering seats
Is this a fucking thing now? What a time to be alive.
>>63476800
>online
Why do only south koreans have this shit
>>63476790
one near me has six dollar tuesdays, eight dollars for the imax theater. pretty based.
>>63476838
UK has it only for small budget films. Curzon theatre
>>63476836
It's been a thing for as long as I remember.
It's a much better situation than having to get there an hour early just to get a decent seat, fuck that man
>>63476836
It's been a thing for at least a decade in Australia.
>>63476693
>/tv/
>not taking obvious b8
Pick one mi fammilia
>tfw my local cute cinema has every major release and it's always half-empty
>tfw there's a range of lagers and ales next to the popcorn
>tfw there's fucking sofas at the back of the room
Comfy as fuck lads
>>63476869
>>63476836
>>63476864
>>63476797
>Live in America
>Have to wait literally weeks to get a good seat only to have the theatre shot up because my fucked country has no gun laws or assigned seating
Neanderthals, I tells ya!
>>63476800
you mean like a korean webrip? top fucking kek
>>63476498
>Check out how booked out the Midnight screenings are at my local cinema
Fugg there's going to be a lot of people in the foyer
>>63476828
what time zone?
earliest in EST is 7pm on the 17th
>there are actually such a significant number of retards out there who enjoy queuing so much that a company has been created so they can more easily be exploited
>>63476841
Best i get is an early bird special for the first showing of the day on top of the matinee price so 10 bucks. But its at the franchise cineplex.
>>63476893
was in the Grosvenor no too long ago and some cunt dropped a full bottle of wine and just left it there. Actual red stains in the carpet
Also getting handies on those sofas
>>63476899
enjoy watching it with your fellow nerds swinging lightsabers and screaming high pitched at every line
>>63476899
enjoy getting shot bro
>>63476941
i meant top kek as in Disney is fucking retarded for allowing that shit to get out the same time as theatrical release
>>63476104
>implying I'm not phone posting from outside my local cinema
Fucking casuals.
>>63476687
kek, hope this happens
>>63476336
Thank you for the pasta oniichan
>>63476104
I'll just wait for the yify.
I seriously doubt the Korean streaming thing will happen for this movie. It didn't happen for any Marvel flicks.
>>63476687
>bluray
>screener
>>63476800
The rips for the prequels were pretty freaking good.
They should have at least better quality for the new movies.
God bless those Koreans.
>>63476917
GMT+1, 16th in europe.
1pm is the earliest screening.
>>63476727
Yeah for all tickets. The theater is pretty nice, too. Built like 7 years ago. No IMAX tho, which sucks. AMC has spoiled me.
>>63476893
>tfw used to live near a cinema in Bangkok that had one screen like this
Costs like $100 though
>>63477025
>>63476917
Why isn't there 12am and 9am screenings?
>>63476197
>Take days off work
>To literally walk up a mountain
>With no luxuries and little entertainment
>To see trees and animals
>Just to get to the top and climb back down again
Why do people do THINGS?
>>63477072
Because it's being released simultaneously world wide based on GMT
>>63477048
I want to go to a theater like in your pic and smash pop corn and chocolate all over the cushions and dump large sodas all over it. Dumping all my leftover food on the floor in my regular theater just isn't that satisfying anymore. Though i still get a kick out of smearing nacho cheese on the arm rests.
>>63477072
Cinemas are closed at that time obviously.
>>63477048
That couch is also known as bed bug ground zero
>>63476197
>autists
>jobs
>>63477072
in American they don't really do midnight screenings anymore. The movie technically releases on the 18th. 7pm and 10pm screenings on the 17th *are* the midnight screenings. They started to make them early like this a few years ago. I'm no complaining
>>63476132
>spamming the will Ferrell gif never caught on
>trying this shit now
>>63477089
Not in Australia it ain't, 7pm EST 17th is 199 hours away and yet I'll be seeing it in 166 hours
Don't worry my big strong american friend I won't spoil it for you
>>63477117
>>63477110
I see
Will they ever make non 3D blockbuster movies? Those 3D glasses are a pain in the ass for someone with a bad eyesight.
>>63476498
Really? The 2D midnight showing in my local cinema in Britbongland is completely sold out.
>>63477087
>comparing physical recreation activities with standing (more like laying on the floor or patio chair for hours even days) for a ticket
>>63476104
These idiots will have no one to blame but but themselves when reality doesn't meet their expectations.
>>63477161
>Aussie shitposters will spoil the movie
I don't understand why you would line up to watch it
the movie will be there for at least 3 months is it really that important to watch it first?
>>63476104
I'll just catch the Yify rip whenever it drops, no rush
>>63476981
You are welcome anon
>>63477261
Yify is kill
>>63477236
>>63477161
DO IT AUSTRALIA
FOR /TV/
Because a friend of my family invited us all to see it the day before it releases because he rented the theater.
Will be released 11am Dec 16th in Finland. Atleast in my city.
>>63478409
*CET
>The smell of a bunch of people who haven't bathed in days.
What a wonderful movie going experience.
>>63477236
you know it's already been spoiled right?
For the Phanton Menace one theaters lineup started 6 weeks before opening night.
Most theaters had vouchers for people to hold their spot in line so they could go home and shower or get food. They still had to spend the majority of their time in the line though.
I have tickets for opening night at the regular theater, but could not get IMAX tickets until the following week.
There are only 15 theaters in north America showing the actual IMAX 70mm film release and they almost instantly sold out.
>implying they aren't paid
something like this might have been genuine 10 years ago but now its just bullshit forced fanfare
>>63476893
thats a small screen motherfucker, i better stay at home and watch cartoons
>>63477048
disgusting, and this is coming from a guy that doesnt change his sheets since april
>>63477087
Bad argument.
Physical activity can create endorphins.
The calm and beautiful outdoor enviroment can also add a sense of peace and relief.
Compare that to sitting miserably on a sidewalk holding your piss in and not bathing for days. Nah it's fine
.>>63476197
I know man. I find it laghauble that people take this shit seriously.
>Episode 1 relese
>Live in NYC
>No lines
>No one cares enough to form a line for some sci fi orchestra movie
kinda wish there was a line since it would have dissuade me from watching that god awful movie.
>>63476104
this is an ad
>>63476838
Nobody bought Blu-ray players in South Korea because HD web streaming was already reality when Blu-ray came out.
Streaming is basically the only available method of home video distribution.
The theater I have my ticket for has assigned seating. Can't wait to walk by all the mad nerds in line 5 minutes before the film starts.
>>63479649
sucks to be a ching chong then, nothing like having a physical copy for just in case
>tfw have a small fear of mass shootings
>tfw going opening night
>tfw it's in Los Angeles
I actually feel like I might die watching Star Wars
>>63476905
I see two singles seats, why is this allowed?
>>63479650
>Can't wait to walk by all the mad nerds in line 5 minutes before the film starts.
It doesn't work that way. The people in the line are never angry as that is part of the appeal for them.
I was one of those people lined up for the star wars special edition opening night releases in 1997, and was there again for the phantom menace. I have been through this many times and have never seen bitter or angry people in these lines. The people on opening night want to be there and want to be "part of something" if that makes any sense.
It is like a nerd version of a tailgate party.
The crowds are jubilant regardless of how many hours they have been waiting. The people around you start out as random strangers and are friends for life after the first half hour.
I have seen lesser versions of this phenomenon on the opening nights for the LoTR films and Star Trek films (I see every movie on opening night) and there is a similar buzz in the crowd. Nothing matches a star wars crowd though.
tl;dr
Standing in line and talking with other fans is almost as big a deal as the movie itself. They are never "mad" as you describe.
two weeks? Nigga I'm gunning for the siskel & ebert experience and going during the day after school resumes to get my optimal seat and probably have no kids to disturb what I had paid for.
>>63480014
>I see two singles seats, why is this allowed?
My theater's ticketing website doesn't allow that either. You can pick your seats but you cannot leave a single seat gap anywhere with your selection.
THIS JUST IN
MASS SHOOTING IN FRONT OF THEATER
ALTERCATION CAUSED BY BUTTING
>>63480086
there weren't pre-release reserve tickets being sold online for TPM and the special editions.
Are there a lot of pre-release showings on the 17th or is it mainly 18th in the US?
>>63480219
No they didn't have them back then. That wasn't the point. The point was that "they would not be mad".
Fans at these events enjoy lining up. Even after they introduced reserved seating we still have people showing up 45 minutes early just to mingle. This is part of opening night theater culture.
Again it is like a tailgate party at a football game. You can show up early and mingle with fans or you can show up 5 minutes before kickoff and ignore everyone. You are just a stranger who walked past them, so why would they be mad?
>be britbong
>order 12:01 am tickets for the 17th
>not have to leave computer
fucking plebs across the atlantic
>>63476197
>implying subhuman retards understand how stupid they really are
>>63476104
>Mfw I won a free limo ride with my family on the night of the premier.
>Mfw I walk by all these chumps wasting their lives while I take a nap in the theater
>>63480595
>wait in line for 2 weeks
>can't even get into the first, second, or third showing, as they were sold out a month before
>won't be mad
I mean, I get that a lot of the people doing the theater tailgate thing already have their tickets (in addition to tickets they'll be scalping), and are just trying to relive previous releases... but you can't pretend NO ONE would resent those who just strolled in on release day.
>>63476104
Literally nothing of value would be lost if someone walked up to each and every one of these subhumans and put a bullet in their head.
>>63477117
Really?
We get an advanced screening at 00:10 am on the 17th in Peru.
>>63476687
even a workprint a week earlier would be wonderful
a true butthurt nuke
>>63480812
imagine big wide hips Boyega's grunts and confused sweaty monkey face looking at flying clipart tier placeholder cg spaceships
>>63480785
The two-week line is at the famous Chinese theater in Hollywood and Star Wars fans have a long history there. The people in line are raising money for a charity and getting tons of media exposure. They see themselves as "true fans".
They went out of their way to be inconvenienced like this and they wear it like a badge of honor.
>you can't pretend NO ONE would resent those who just strolled in on release day.
They don't see it that way. Why would they resent the casual fans who bought advanced seating? In their own twisted minds it would be you who was jealous of them because you are a filthy casual who was missing out on something special.
They are still delusion retards for wasting two weeks of their lives on this but they are very proud to be there.
>>63476104
>Why line up at all? You can just get reserved tickets!
>Sure, we could. We could reserve our seats online, and show up 5 minutes before midnight. For the vast majority of moviegoers, that will be their experience: sterile, passionless, and without any human interaction. But that is not what the Star Wars experience is all about.
So because i'm not standing and sleeping on a cold sidewalk for 12 days i'm an idiot who can't appreciate the movie? Bravo Liningup.net
It will be the phantom menace all over again, even more bland (at least the Pod Race and the fight vs Darth Maul were fun)
>>63476104
>preordered tickets a few weeks ago
>seats just left and up of center
Why they do this
I didn't watch episode 2 and 3. Actually I didn't bother after episode 1. Is it worth it to watch them after all this time?
>>63482414
>>63481862
>Can reserve seats
Wish my theater did this.
Basically have t wait in line or good chance group gets separated.
Onetime I couldn't even sit by myboyfriendbecause no fat fucks would move.
I'm glad about this. I'm a fan of the Chipmunk CU so it should be pretty quiet in there. But to get in the spirit of things me and two friends and an inappropriately mustachioed older guy will be spending the night before the premier up a tree. Probably sing some cover versions of recent hits, maybe a mashup.
>>63476893
Nice tiny screen
my projector screen at home almost same size
They're worse than Macfags.
>>63482693
I sneaked into IMAX 3D AoU 15 minutes before showtime for the midnight premiere and managed to get a good seat by my friends.
My sister and I sneaked into Jurassic World IMAX 3D on the midnight showing and we ended up sitting at the bottom of the theater.
It really just depends on how lucky you get
>actually going to the cinema
Why
How can you enjoy a film when you're touching elbows with strangers
>>63483047
There was a degenerate who tried sneaking into our theater with assigned seating.
He took an empty seat, and then several people arrived to claim their seat. He moved to another empty seat in the next row and was told to move agai when those people arrived.
He was "seat surfing" for about 5 minutes and getting angry as paying customers kept taking his stolen seat. He was almost ready to fight someone to hold onto the last good seat but by then about 10 guys stood up who had been watching him the whole time and told him to get the fuck out.
It was much more entertaining watching this than the stupid celebrity triva they play before the movie starts.
>>63476392
I once had a retarded friend that looked like this, but he was blond
