# Live-"tweeting" The Exorcist **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 22, 2010, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-tweeting-the-exorcist/525927 "2010-01-22T00:27:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-tweeting-the-exorcist/525927/1 "2010-01-22T00:27:45Z")
Last week one of the moviegeeks I follow on Twitter did a “live tweet” broadcast of _ **Cannibal Holocaust** _: he basically kept up a running commentary as he watched the film. This went out over Twitter in real time, and was immensely entertaining and elicited a LOT of followup discussion. I’ve decided to give this a try. In order not to dump “twitter vomit” on my regular followers, I’ve set up a second account. If anyone is interest in joining me for this experiment, this Sunday at 8pm Pacific time I will begin live-tweeting _ **The Exorcist** _ on my “[lissener\_live](http://twitter.com/lissener_live)” twitter profile. It may fail miserably; it may be the beginning a longterm timewaster; who’s to say. Sign up and follow my profile if you want to witness a potential disaster. Or, a cool new way to “review” a film. ---
**Author:** ![Amber\_in\_Treasury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc79bd/32.png) [@Amber\_in\_Treasury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amber_in_Treasury)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-tweeting-the-exorcist/525927/2 "2010-01-22T01:51:19Z")
Following. Bring on the pea soup! ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-tweeting-the-exorcist/525927/3 "2010-01-22T14:01:36Z")
Sounds cool. Someone else did a live tweet of Home Alone in real time over Christmas which was really awesome. (OK, so I love Home Alone–don’t give me that look.) ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-tweeting-the-exorcist/525927/4 "2010-01-22T14:20:50Z")
Ooh, that sounds like a very cool idea. And _ **The Exorcist** _ is one of my all-time favorite scary movies. Good luck! ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-tweeting-the-exorcist/525927/5 "2010-01-22T14:23:30Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > Sounds cool. Someone else did a live tweet of Home Alone in real time over Christmas which was really awesome. (OK, so I love Home Alone–don’t give me that look.) Though now that I read your OP, this one wasn’t so much a review and more an actual acting out of the movie with accounts for each character. Pointless, you may say…yes. But awesome. Very awesome. Anyway, can’t wait to see yours as well. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-tweeting-the-exorcist/525927/6 "2010-01-22T20:59:09Z")
Yeah I’m not sure what it will be. I doubt the live tweeting will be much like a review; knowing me it will likely contain some snark. But it might be a really good way to begin a review: a collection of notes I could refine into a review if I wanted. I’m thinking I may try this with a few “classics” to see how it goes, and then maybe try it with a new movie, to get an actual review out of it. We’ll see how it develops. Needless to say, \*\*\*Showgirls \*\*\*is on the shortlist of films I want to treat. I mean tweat. Tweet. ---
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-tweeting-the-exorcist/525927/7 "2010-01-22T21:02:07Z")
Sounds interesting. I’ll give it a shot. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-tweeting-the-exorcist/525927/8 "2010-01-25T03:58:11Z")
I meant to give about an hour’s warning, but I fergot. You get three minutes warning; all the devil left me. I’ll no doubt start a little late though. So anyone interested in witnessing the experiment join me at [http://twitter.com/lissener\_live](http://twitter.com/lissener_live). ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-tweeting-the-exorcist/525927/9 "2010-01-25T05:47:40Z")
Uh, twitter shut me down at 127 tweets. WTF? Followers are voluntary. Who are they protecting. “You are over the twitter update limit. Please wait a few hours and try again.” I guess we’ll have to finish this tomorrow. If I do this again I guess I’ll set up a blog or something. That’s disappointing. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-tweeting-the-exorcist/525927/10 "2010-01-25T06:02:07Z")
Glad that you’re doing this at home. You try this in a theater and I might have to accidentally spill an entire large drink on your head. Even at $7 for a large drink. Even if I had to go to the snack bar and buy one for that specific purpose. “Tweet” a movie in the theater and feel lucky if I don’t strain the large drink through my kidneys _first_. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-tweeting-the-exorcist/525927/11 "2010-01-25T06:07:00Z")
> [@gaffa](#): > > Glad that you’re doing this at home. > > You try this in a theater and I might have to accidentally spill an entire large drink on your head. > > Even at $7 for a large drink. > > Even if I had to go to the snack bar and buy one for that specific purpose. > > “Tweet” a movie in the theater and feel lucky if I don’t strain the large drink through my kidneys _first_. When I “tweet” in a theater, it usually means something else. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-tweeting-the-exorcist/525927/12 "2010-01-25T06:07:43Z")
> [@lissener](#): > > When I “tweet” in a theater, it usually means something else. I’m assuming a different kind of theater as well. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-tweeting-the-exorcist/525927/13 "2010-01-25T06:17:06Z")
Nope, I’ll tweet anywhere. I’ve tweeted on your couch. You’re welcome. ---
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-tweeting-the-exorcist/525927/14 "2010-01-25T06:18:02Z")
> [@lissener](#): > > Uh, twitter shut me down at 127 tweets. WTF? Followers are voluntary. Who are they protecting. “You are over the twitter update limit. Please wait a few hours and try again.” > > I guess we’ll have to finish this tomorrow. If I do this again I guess I’ll set up a blog or something. That’s disappointing. Yeah I didn’t know they had a limit. Oh well. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-tweeting-the-exorcist/525927/15 "2010-01-25T21:38:52Z")
Thanks, everyone, for following along with me. Sorry it came to such an abrupt halt. But I kinda liked the outcome, such as it was. I’m going to try to come up with a blog setup that will allow me do it without the volume restrictions imposed by Twitter, and will post here with results . . . as soon as I have some. Meanwhile, anyone who know ftw is up with WordPress, or who can point me to a good–free–film-related “theme,” please chime in. Thanks! (I’m thinking of doing \*\*\*Imitation of Life \*\*\*for my next title.) ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-tweeting-the-exorcist/525927/16 "2010-01-25T21:50:31Z")
> [@lissener](#): > > Uh, twitter shut me down at 127 tweets. WTF? Followers are voluntary. Who are they protecting. “You are over the twitter update limit. Please wait a few hours and try again.” According to this, you can post 1000 updates a day. [http://help.twitter.com/forums/10711/entries/15364](http://help.twitter.com/forums/10711/entries/15364) So I’m not sure why they shut you down. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-tweeting-the-exorcist/525927/17 "2010-01-25T22:49:28Z")
> [@Justin\_Bailey](#): > > According to this, you can post 1000 updates a day. > > [http://help.twitter.com/forums/10711/entries/15364](http://help.twitter.com/forums/10711/entries/15364) > > So I’m not sure why they shut you down. Probably because they were all within an hour. I’ve written to Admin, we’ll see what the deal is.