Surviving Trilogy Tuesday (LOTR marathon)

[Equipoise]

I've been looking for a post with tips to keep the circulation in your legs going while watching long movies. It was in relation to this coming Trilogy Tuesday, when all 3 Lord of the Rings movies will be shown back-to-back in the theater. I can't find that post, and can't remember who wrote it, but I believe it was from a doctor.

Can anyone provide a link, please?

I'm also wondering about how to keep hydrated when to me it's a sin to leave during a movie to go to the bathroom. I'm planning on taking a lot of ice cubes to suck on.


Any other tips? ("Get a life" does not count)

[whiterabbit]

Well, I figure that if I have to get up and go to the bathroom in the middle, I've seen the first two movies before, so I'll get up and move around as needed during them. (If I need to stand for a while, I'll go to the back so I don't bug people.) It WOULD be a sin to get up and go during ROTK, however.

The boards are running way too slow right now for me to do a search, but I remember the post in question. Aaagh.

[Fern Forest]

Qadgop (http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&postid=4094101#post4094101) gave it in my thread.

[glee]

Now this is another reason why you should wait for the ROTK EE DVD, then watch all 3 EE DVD's at home with your mates.

I have bought a bigger television solely for this reason. :eek:

[Fern Forest]

11 months is a long wait though. They're being pretty nice to us though. We're getting assigned seating so we don't have to wait around till 2 in line outside. Dinner between the 2nd & 3rd movie. I think they're also trying to give away a trip to New Zealand.

Although a nice big widescreen TV is to drool for.

[BrotherCadfael]

I have tickets for the 12:01 AM Wednesday showing!!!

[Equipoise]

Originally posted by Fern Forest
Qadgop (http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&postid=4094101#post4094101) gave it in my thread.

Great! I'm not sure why I couldn't find it. I did try, but not hard enough. Thank you. (and thanks Qadgop!)

Originally posted by Fern Forest
They're being pretty nice to us though. We're getting assigned seating so we don't have to wait around till 2 in line outside. Dinner between the 2nd & 3rd movie. I think they're also trying to give away a trip to New Zealand.


What if you're assigned a seat that sucks? That would be almost as bad as not getting to go at all. I can only see it being good if you can look at a screen and choose your seats. We're going to the theater the night before (we're staying at a hotel close to the theater) and will scope out our seats, with 1 or 2 backup locations. Then we'll get there very early in the morning. There's a downstairs lobby that'll be open all night, so we won't have to wait out in the cold.

You're lucky your theater is providing dinner. I don't think ours is. I don't know anything about giveaways either.


Originally posted by glee
Now this is another reason why you should wait for the ROTK EE DVD, then watch all 3 EE DVD's at home with your mates

You're joking, right?

[Fern Forest]

Originally posted by Equipoise
What if you're assigned a seat that sucks? That would be almost as bad as not getting to go at all. I can only see it being good if you can look at a screen and choose your seats. We're going to the theater the night before (we're staying at a hotel close to the theater) and will scope out our seats, with 1 or 2 backup locations. Then we'll get there very early in the morning. There's a downstairs lobby that'll be open all night, so we won't have to wait out in the cold. At 8am they're going to let everyone into the theater to sit in one theater and then 10 by 10 (based on when we bought our tickets) we'll go into the next theater and pick our seats. It's sold out so every seat will be taken. I, unfortunately, forgot that tickets had gone on sale until nightfall on the first day but I think I'm still middle of the pack. Plus since I'm only 1 person I think I'll be fairly well off. Seems pretty fair and it means we wont have to be sitting in line for hours and hours. Once we have our seats we're free to go and do as we please until movie time. I'll probably head home for a nap.

[rexnervous]

Originally posted by Fern Forest
At 8am they're going to let everyone into the theater to sit in one theater and then 10 by 10 (based on when we bought our tickets) we'll go into the next theater and pick our seats. It's sold out so every seat will be taken. I, unfortunately, forgot that tickets had gone on sale until nightfall on the first day but I think I'm still middle of the pack. Plus since I'm only 1 person I think I'll be fairly well off. Seems pretty fair and it means we wont have to be sitting in line for hours and hours. Once we have our seats we're free to go and do as we please until movie time. I'll probably head home for a nap.

So do you have the option to opt out, get a refund, if you happen to be stuck with a seat in the front row? I couldn't imagine sitting for 10 hours in the front row.

[Fern Forest]

Well, since basically each and every one of the 100 theaters that is showing the trilogy is sold out there are going to be a lots of people in the front row and other places even after waiting in line for a long time. Thankfully we've already done our waiting in line only we didn't know it at the time. Actually when I bought my ticket I didn't have to wait in line. Honolulu was not one of those places where it sold out in an hour or so. It took a several days. I'm in good position and will have lots of good places to choose from.

Even so in this case I believe the screen is curved with a fair amount of space between the front row and the screen.

[dreamer]

I thought about Trilogy Tuesday, but opted for the midnight screening instead. Our line Party got a special deal where we get a free meal from the Hard Rock Cafe and then the first 100 people get to choose their seating first. That would be me, yesssss preciouss!!:D

[MeanJoe]

Staying hydrated? Why a stilsuit of course. :D

Okay, okay... sorry!

[Matchka]

How to stay hydrated? Depends.

[DesertDog]

Originally posted by Fern Forest
I, unfortunately, forgot that tickets had gone on sale until nightfall on the first day but I think I'm still middle of the pack. Boy, you're lucky. The marathon tickets were sold out about fifteen minutes after they went on sale here. About five people got through on the Moviefone website, the rest were in line at the theater. The management was going to beg New Line for permission to interlock (Run the film through one projector, then up and over to the adjacent theater's projector) and we're about 20th on the list to call if it happens. They weren't very optimistic, though, and there's been no call.

We got tix last Sunday for FOTR and this Sunday for TTT, then are taking the day off to see a matinee ROTK. My butt thanked me for that compromise. We're hoping next year New Line does the same thing with all three EE prints.

DD

[glee]

Originally posted by glee
Now this is another reason why you should wait for the ROTK EE DVD, then watch all 3 EE DVD's at home with your mates.


Originally posted by Equipoise
You're joking, right?

No, that's what I fully intend to do (and I have bought a bigger telly, too!)

Of course I understand the thrill of getting into an early viewing. But I'm pretty old :eek: , which means I have more patience, and I think the extended DVD's really show Jackson's genius.
(Also I live in the countryside, and it's a bit of a trek to a suitable city cinema...)