# Woo f'in hoo, The LOTR trilogy in theaters. I got my ticket **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 10, 2003, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woo-fin-hoo-the-lotr-trilogy-in-theaters-i-got-my-ticket/206641 "2003-10-10T09:02:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2003, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woo-fin-hoo-the-lotr-trilogy-in-theaters-i-got-my-ticket/206641/1 "2003-10-10T09:02:37Z")
Oh boy, I hope I know what I’m in for. On Dec 16th I will see, in a row, The Fellowship of the Ring: Extended Edition, The Two Towers: Extended Edition and The Return of the King. My butt is going to kill me. And then my bladder. And then my butt again. But I’ve had experience in the past. I’ve spent 24 hours straight in an all you can drink coffee & tea place. So who else is doing this? Or are you going to wuss out and take the sperate showings a few days apart? THank you Fark for reminding me. Here are the participating [theaters](http://www.lordoftherings.net/trilogy/theaters_list.html) ---
**Author:** ![Baggins111](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9fc29f/32.png) [@Baggins111](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baggins111)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2003, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woo-fin-hoo-the-lotr-trilogy-in-theaters-i-got-my-ticket/206641/2 "2003-10-10T11:59:39Z")
Wooo Hoooo!!! They are showing it in my town. Gonna get my tickets and a vacation request. ---
**Author:** ![Anonymous\_Coward](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/94ad74/32.png) [@Anonymous\_Coward](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anonymous_Coward)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2003, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woo-fin-hoo-the-lotr-trilogy-in-theaters-i-got-my-ticket/206641/3 "2003-10-10T12:33:57Z")
Grr… We have an underused AMC 24 screen cinema here in Ottawa, but they are not on the list. I’m going to call the manager today and find out why. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2003, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woo-fin-hoo-the-lotr-trilogy-in-theaters-i-got-my-ticket/206641/4 "2003-10-10T12:41:07Z")
Don’t worry. That’s only the American list. There’s supposed to be 20 Canadian theaters participating. I can’t seem to find the list. ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2003, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woo-fin-hoo-the-lotr-trilogy-in-theaters-i-got-my-ticket/206641/5 "2003-10-10T12:55:44Z")
Hmmm, [This list](http://www.theonering.net/features/newsroom/files/trilogy_tuesday.html) doesn’t list any Candian locations either. That’s weird! Because it looks like these things are selling fast. ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2003, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woo-fin-hoo-the-lotr-trilogy-in-theaters-i-got-my-ticket/206641/6 "2003-10-10T13:10:35Z")
Ok, go to [Fark.com](http://Fark.com). Scroll down to the [lordoftherings.net](http://lordoftherings.net) bit and enter the comments. Do a search for “Xoanon” and read that reply. There’s your Canadian answer. Apparantly they’re still working on the nogotiations and haven’t been able to finalize things yet. ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2003, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woo-fin-hoo-the-lotr-trilogy-in-theaters-i-got-my-ticket/206641/7 "2003-10-10T13:13:48Z")
You bastard!! (I mean that in the nicest way, of course). The one theater showing the Trilogy that one day here in my area sold out within, I dunno, minutes. The procedure for buying tickets: Try to buy, time out. Try to buy, time out. Try to buy … sorry, we’re sold out. The head of our local LotR organization was begging everyone on his email list for tickets because he ran into the same thing. So the odds of me getting tickets are fairly well in the asteroid-hitting-the-earth-and-wiping-out-life-in-the-next-month range. Oh well, I can still see the “extended edition” films on the big screen separately as they are showing FotR in the first week of December and TTT in the second (IIRC). ---
**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2003, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woo-fin-hoo-the-lotr-trilogy-in-theaters-i-got-my-ticket/206641/8 "2003-10-10T13:17:04Z")
For some reason I couldn’t buy them online, and the theater told me there was some unspecified problem and they wouldn’t be selling them until today. I’m going to go check and see if I can get them online yet, though, because one of them is a birthday present for **Mama Tiger**. And to think I had to EXPLAIN why I thought it was particularly appropriate as a birthday present…😃 ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2003, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woo-fin-hoo-the-lotr-trilogy-in-theaters-i-got-my-ticket/206641/9 "2003-10-10T13:38:43Z")
I’ve got my confirmation email. I’ll have to take two days off work. The first, Dec. 16 to drive to Little Rock for the show. Then the next because I’m not going to get out of a movie at 2:30, drive 2.5 hours home and go right to work. Nope, gonna take that next day off too. ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Mapp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miss_mapp/32/369_2.png) [@Miss\_Mapp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Mapp)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2003, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woo-fin-hoo-the-lotr-trilogy-in-theaters-i-got-my-ticket/206641/10 "2003-10-10T13:55:14Z")
I’m hoping to go to the Senator in Baltimore, but they won’t sell tickets online or over the phone for this; we have to drive up and get them in person over the weekend. Fingers crossed we can get in. ---
**Author:** ![gobear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2003, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woo-fin-hoo-the-lotr-trilogy-in-theaters-i-got-my-ticket/206641/11 "2003-10-10T14:18:57Z")
It’s showing at the Uptown (great old movie palace with a huge screen and excellent sound–THE place to see a movie in DC), but A) I have no paid time off right now (stupid temp job); B) the all-day marathon appears to be sold out; and C) I have a 36-inch TV with surround sound at home, so I can watch FOTR and TTT at home with my own snacks (beer, burgers, garlic popcorn). ---
**Author:** ![Baggins111](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9fc29f/32.png) [@Baggins111](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baggins111)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2003, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woo-fin-hoo-the-lotr-trilogy-in-theaters-i-got-my-ticket/206641/12 "2003-10-10T14:18:59Z")
Can’t get my tix online or by phone either.:mad: To add insult to injury, someone already has that whole week off at work and I will not be able to take the two days vacation required for the marathon on the 16th. I guess it will be the other showings, then. Going to have to go tonight and get the tix for those. Luckily, the theater is right around the corner from Lady Baggins’ house. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2003, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woo-fin-hoo-the-lotr-trilogy-in-theaters-i-got-my-ticket/206641/13 "2003-10-10T15:25:42Z")
I booked tix for separate showings of FOTR EE and TT EE today. After discussion with family, we decided the risk of blood clots was too great to see all the movies in a row. Besides, I think ROTK merits greater alertness on my part for the first viewing. More than I could give it if I’d spent the previous 7+ hours watching the first two eps. YMMV ---
**Author:** ![moejuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@moejuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moejuck)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2003, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woo-fin-hoo-the-lotr-trilogy-in-theaters-i-got-my-ticket/206641/14 "2003-10-10T16:01:44Z")
Would this be a good idea for a guy who hasn’t seen any of these movies yet? ---
**Author:** ![lilbtagna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4491bb/32.png) [@lilbtagna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lilbtagna)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2003, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woo-fin-hoo-the-lotr-trilogy-in-theaters-i-got-my-ticket/206641/15 "2003-10-10T16:03:15Z")
UGH, I can’t attend Trilogy Tuesday because of finals, so I’ve been FORCED to wimp out and watch the movies separately. grumble grumble ---
**Author:** ![Velma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/85e7bf/32.png) [@Velma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velma)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2003, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woo-fin-hoo-the-lotr-trilogy-in-theaters-i-got-my-ticket/206641/16 "2003-10-10T16:23:53Z")
At the theatre showing them by us, they gave out wristbands 3 days ahead and you got to buy tickets with a lottery system. They started with the number drawn and each person could buy 4 tickets. My sister and some friends wanted to go so I went and got another wristband for her. They were supposed to give out 1,000 bands but didn’t even have to give out 500. I didn’t even end up buying any tickets because their number was before mine and they didn’t need them. I think it still sold out but everybody who wanted tickets got them. Maybe I should have gotten tickets anyway and seen if anyone wanted them. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2003, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woo-fin-hoo-the-lotr-trilogy-in-theaters-i-got-my-ticket/206641/17 "2003-10-10T16:28:39Z")
How much were the tickets for the triple showing? Normal 3 times the price of a regular show? Also, how long is the break between films for bathroom visits and refills on those popcorn tubs and 240 ounce colas? ---
**Author:** ![Velma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/85e7bf/32.png) [@Velma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velma)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2003, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woo-fin-hoo-the-lotr-trilogy-in-theaters-i-got-my-ticket/206641/18 "2003-10-10T17:42:20Z")
The theatre by us is charging different prices depending on seating area. Even the cheapest seats are more than the price of 3 separate movies, though. I think the higher priced seats were $45 or so. ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2003, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woo-fin-hoo-the-lotr-trilogy-in-theaters-i-got-my-ticket/206641/19 "2003-10-10T18:29:40Z")
They’re saying over at TORn that “Trilogy Tuesday” tickets are now starting to show up on E-Bay, if you’re willing to get scalped, but I haven’t checked. I’m like **QtM** - I want to see ROTK while I’m bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, not all worn out after the first two movies. Besides, the geek factor is going to get a little thick during that trilogy showing . . . ---
**Author:** ![Avalonian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@Avalonian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avalonian)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2003, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woo-fin-hoo-the-lotr-trilogy-in-theaters-i-got-my-ticket/206641/20 "2003-10-10T18:46:14Z")
I am [so mad](http://www.cinerama.com/special_events.html). > [@](#): > > December 16, 2003 Lord of the Rings Trilogy has Sold Out. Then again… **Qadgop** has a good point, I’d rather be fully aware when I see _Return of the King_ for the first time. I just watched FotR and TTT back-to-back last weekend, and though it was very cool, it also left me absolutely exhausted… and those were the theatrical versions! Probably a good thing… [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woo-fin-hoo-the-lotr-trilogy-in-theaters-i-got-my-ticket/206641.md?page=2)