# "Serenity" advance screening! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 9, 2005, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serenity-advance-screening/307557 "2005-06-09T03:20:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TheOnlySaneOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@TheOnlySaneOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheOnlySaneOne)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2005, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serenity-advance-screening/307557/1 "2005-06-09T03:20:36Z")
June 23, 2005. Getcher tickets [here](http://cantstopthesignal.com/), browncoats. šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Electronic\_Chaos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Electronic\_Chaos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electronic_Chaos)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2005, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serenity-advance-screening/307557/2 "2005-06-09T05:19:18Z")
Holy crap holy crap holy crap! Thereā€™s one in memphis! _psyched_ ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2005, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serenity-advance-screening/307557/3 "2005-06-09T05:30:09Z")
None in Knoxville. We got _Cinderella Man_ and other like movies in prescreens, but none of the big sci-fi ones. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Some\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ad7895/32.png) [@Just\_Some\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Some_Guy)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2005, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serenity-advance-screening/307557/4 "2005-06-09T05:47:55Z")
SOB! Thereā€™s one in my area and it wonā€™t let me buy tickets! ---
**Author:** ![Electronic\_Chaos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Electronic\_Chaos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electronic_Chaos)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2005, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serenity-advance-screening/307557/5 "2005-06-09T05:57:23Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > None in Knoxville. We got _Cinderella Man_ and other like movies in prescreens, but none of the big sci-fi ones. Hey now, Iā€™m making the trek from Murfreesboro, you should be able to make the extra 4 or 5 hours from Knoxville! (Okay, not really, itā€™s just that my girlfriend (who happens to be a huge Firefly junkie as well) is going to be near the area that day, so we decided to hang around for it.) ---
**Author:** ![Santos\_L\_Halper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/santos_l_halper/32/1_2.png) [@Santos\_L\_Halper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santos_L_Halper)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2005, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serenity-advance-screening/307557/6 "2005-06-09T10:57:06Z")
Um, the locations listed at that link are for the advanced screenings that took place **May 26** ā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Santos\_L\_Halper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/santos_l_halper/32/1_2.png) [@Santos\_L\_Halper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santos_L_Halper)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2005, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serenity-advance-screening/307557/7 "2005-06-09T11:08:19Z")
Sorry, I take that back. I just refreshed the page and now it says June 23. It doesnā€™t look like the tickets are on sales yet. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2005, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serenity-advance-screening/307557/8 "2005-06-09T11:14:27Z")
> [@Santos L Halper](#): > > Um, the locations listed at that link are for the advanced screenings that took place **May 26** ā€¦ But it says June 23rd at the top. šŸ˜• ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2005, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serenity-advance-screening/307557/9 "2005-06-09T11:48:51Z")
ā€œSorry, showtimes are not available for this theater on Thursday, June 23, 2005.ā€ Gnghk. Damn you, Servooooooo! [Movietickets.com](http://Movietickets.com) is a daily stop for me here on out. ---
**Author:** ![Santos\_L\_Halper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/santos_l_halper/32/1_2.png) [@Santos\_L\_Halper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santos_L_Halper)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2005, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serenity-advance-screening/307557/10 "2005-06-09T11:51:19Z")
Threads on Firefly forum indicate a few cities have already gone on sale and sold out. A bunch (but maybe not all) are going on sale this morning. ---
**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2005, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serenity-advance-screening/307557/11 "2005-06-09T12:27:07Z")
D.C. is sold out already. **grumble** ā€“Cliffy ---
**Author:** ![Papermache\_Prince](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f05b48/32.png) [@Papermache\_Prince](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Papermache_Prince)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2005, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serenity-advance-screening/307557/12 "2005-06-09T12:42:49Z")
Boston - Sold Out. ---
**Author:** ![Mame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/858c86/32.png) [@Mame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mame)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2005, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serenity-advance-screening/307557/13 "2005-06-09T13:04:27Z")
**Sydney** not listed ---
**Author:** ![chrisk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@chrisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisk)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2005, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serenity-advance-screening/307557/14 "2005-06-09T13:26:41Z")
> [@Santos L Halper](#): > > Threads on Firefly forum indicate a few cities have already gone on sale and sold out. A bunch (but maybe not all) are going on sale this morning. Which forum is that?? I just gotta get into the Toronto show if thereā€™s any possible way to. šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![Improv\_Geek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b3f665/32.png) [@Improv\_Geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Improv_Geek)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2005, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serenity-advance-screening/307557/15 "2005-06-09T13:28:00Z")
Apparently Atlanta is sold out, the only movie listed on the theatreā€™s site as linked is Batman Begins. Damnit. ---
**Author:** ![Santos\_L\_Halper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/santos_l_halper/32/1_2.png) [@Santos\_L\_Halper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santos_L_Halper)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2005, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serenity-advance-screening/307557/16 "2005-06-09T13:31:58Z")
> [@chrisk](#): > > Which forum is that?? > > I just gotta get into the Toronto show if thereā€™s any possible way to. šŸ™‚ > **[FIREFLYFANS.NET](http://fireflyfans.net/)** > > An online community of Browncoats for Joss Whedon's 'Firefly.' and [http://browncoats.serenitymovie.com/serenity/](http://browncoats.serenitymovie.com/serenity/) ---
**Author:** ![chrisk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@chrisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisk)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2005, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serenity-advance-screening/307557/17 "2005-06-09T13:33:55Z")
> [@ronincyberpunk](#): > > Apparently Atlanta is sold out, the only movie listed on the theatreā€™s site as linked is Batman Begins. Damnit. Same in toronto, Iā€™m hoping thatā€™s actually the ā€˜not on sale yetā€™ condition. If it were sold out, I think theyā€™d indicate that, instead of just leaving it empty. ---
**Author:** ![Tarrsk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/97f17d/32.png) [@Tarrsk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tarrsk)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2005, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serenity-advance-screening/307557/18 "2005-06-09T13:52:46Z")
> [@chrisk](#): > > Same in toronto, Iā€™m hoping thatā€™s actually the ā€˜not on sale yetā€™ condition. If it were sold out, I think theyā€™d indicate that, instead of just leaving it empty. You are correct. Both Fandango and Movie-tickets will still have a sold-out show listed; you just wonā€™t be able to buy tickets for the listed time. Any showing that doesnā€™t appear at all has not yet gone on sale. Considering that Seattle, D.C., and the other showings have sold out within five minutes of going on sale, that still probably doesnā€™t help our chances much. ā˜¹ Still, that does mean that demand for tickets is ridiculously high. Assuming that fans, not scalpers, are getting most of the tickets, this could bode well for _Serenity_ā€™s chances of box office success. šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![chrisk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@chrisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisk)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2005, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serenity-advance-screening/307557/19 "2005-06-09T13:59:57Z")
> [@Tarrsk](#): > > You are correct. Both Fandango and Movie-tickets will still have a sold-out show listed; you just wonā€™t be able to buy tickets for the listed time. Any showing that doesnā€™t appear at all has not yet gone on sale. Considering that Seattle, D.C., and the other showings have sold out within five minutes of going on sale, that still probably doesnā€™t help our chances much. ā˜¹ > > Still, that does mean that demand for tickets is ridiculously high. Assuming that fans, not scalpers, are getting most of the tickets, this could bode well for _Serenity_ā€™s chances of box office success. šŸ™‚ Well, Iā€™ll do my best. If other people beat me to it, then I can probably wait until September okay (or maybe until the next round of advances.) I just couldnā€™t live with having let the chance slip through my hands from not doing enough. šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Some\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ad7895/32.png) [@Just\_Some\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Some_Guy)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2005, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serenity-advance-screening/307557/20 "2005-06-09T14:05:31Z")
I can wait until September but Iā€™d really like to see it now. Iā€™m going to be checking that page like crazy until theyā€™re sold out or I have themā€¦ [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serenity-advance-screening/307557.md?page=2)