So buy a ticket to a first-run non-Warner movie and go see an about-to-go-away Warner movie and …
Nah, I guess I just don’t care. My 2 movies a year aren’t going to make a difference to anyone.
True, but at the same time i think that certain cultural events bring with them certain expectations. The OP has apparently used such coupons before, and it seems to be accepted and common practice to reward the coupon holders with something more than a 6-minute video clip.
For me, the closest analogy is going to see a musical artist in concert. If i pay $50 to go see my favorite band play, all it says on the ticket is who is playing, and what time the doors open. There is no mention of how long the band will play for, or how many songs i will get to see.
But, while different musicians and groups play for different lengths of time, there is an expectation that certain minimum standards of performance length will be met, and people will justifiably get pissed off if they feel that the band doesn’t live up to a reasonable minimum standard. If, for example, the group plays four songs and leaves the stage after 15 minutes, is that the audience’s problem because the ticket made no promise of a two-hour show?
I know this is different, because the OP got the tickets free, but if this sort of promotion normally comes with a certain amount of reward, i don’t think it’s unreasonable for her to expect that her experience will be similar to the ones she’s had previously.
No, I pretty much am just as confused as you are.
She did say she intends to see the new Batman movie on opening night. Which, considering the property, is very likely to be sold out. So someone who paid for a ticket for that movie is probably going to end up without a seat. Which would piss me off, if I were the guy who paid for the movie and had to spend the entire time standing in the back.
Now that I think about it, on opening night of smashes like that, they check the tickets on the way in…especially if you’re gonna see it at the IMAX (in fact, I remember it being that way for Batman Begins). That could be interesting.
One of the many good things about living in Cleveland, never a sold out show, even on a Friday night. 
I don’t know how things are in the “more enlightened” parts of the US, but around here “sold out” typically means that at least 5% of the seats are still open, to allow for gaps and such.
The OP was promised a free pass to a movie theater. You don’t think it’s reasonable to assume that this includes the screening of a movie?
Are people really just not paying attention? Or are you operating under self-created expectations?
She stated that she has gone to similar events in the past which have included more than one preview, which is exactly what this engagement turned out to be. Her displeasure is seated in the fact that WB or whatever ad agency they chose to farm this out to chose to create this event much in the fasion of the other events she attended, and that it fell short of her expectations based on her previous experiences. I mean, is that so hard to fathom? Her expectations don’t really seem all that unreasonable considering her history with these events. Maybe she has just been lucky, and managed to attend all the kick-ass free pass engagements, and that what she recently experienced was the norm. So far no one has been able to say otherwise. The concert analogy mhendo provided almost hits her scenario to a “t”. It would be spot on if he had assumed the concert being performed was also free. Two songs at three minutes apiece for a total of six minutes. This does not a concert make. I’d be pretty pissed.
No, that’s easy to fathom. What’s hard to fathom is why she believes the appropriate response is to steal from them. Yes, I know she rationalized that they wasted her time, but if that’s the standard, then she owes me for reading her OP.
Game, set, match.
They wasted her time deceitfully. The OP never tried to trick you.
From the OP :
So, she “heard” something. And read it on a message board. How is WB culpable?
She gets free shit* all the time*, and *once *it did not meet her expectations? Life sure is hard for some folks.
Actually, no. By that logic since she is trying to steal from them then you can feel free to steal from her. She never once asked in that WB compensate her for the screening of the preview.
If she ever gets caught when and if she actually decides to carry through with her theft I’m certain the theatre will respond appropriately. Just like if you feel entitled enough to attempt to steal from her because of this thread if you get caught she will respond appropriately.
They did not deceive her.
A similar offer from the past does not require them to match what was given in that previous offer. She assumed they would. She was wrong.
Anyone might be upset about it, but the appropriate response is “win some, lose some”, not “I’m going to boycott their movies or steal from them”.
On the one hand, I think that the OP should accept responsibility for sinking so much time on the basis of so little information. I join those who think that her anger at the studio is misplaced.
On the other hand, it is just plain wrong to describe her planned revenge as “stealing”. She will be trespassing.
You should at least find out which Warner Brother was responsible.
Wow…just when you think skin couldn’t get any thinner…
Anyhoo, if the OP wants to make her point known to Warner Bros, the anonymous boycott won’t do it. It will be a case of a tree falling in the woods and no one being around to hear it, so it never happened. Just write a letter of complaint to them and they’ll probably send you a free movie pass for the sake of PR.
I mean for Og’s sake, if you’re going to boycott a huge industrial player, do it for a better reason than a free 6-minute trailer.
Sounds like something that dastardly Yakko would do.
What would Batman do in this situation? We’re going to assume he’s prepared.