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Cont: Qanon Conspiracy Theories Part Three

Babbylonian said:
I think you misunderstood. I believe Mike! is saying someone could take the hypothetical free ticket to the dumb movie and, once past the ticket checker, detour into a movie they'd actually like to see. Most theaters don't police this practice seriously unless people are lining up for a sold-out flick.
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Precisely. :thumbsup::D
 
Babbylonian said:
I think you misunderstood. I believe Mike! is saying someone could take the hypothetical free ticket to the dumb movie and, once past the ticket checker, detour into a movie they'd actually like to see. Most theaters don't police this practice seriously unless people are lining up for a sold-out flick.
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These days most theaters here in California require you to chose your seat in advance, either online or the box office. Makes theater-switching harder for the hot movies.
 
I absolutely loved when my usual theatres switched to being able to pick seats in advance. Usually a lot more comfortable AND I don't have to show up twenty minutes early or more. If I'm running a little late I can waltz in during the previews, soda and Reese's Pieces in hand and know I'll have decent seats, or as good as I was able to pick in advance. Arrival time doesn't affect it, which makes it a more relaxed experience.
 
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Axxman300 said:
These days most theaters here in California require you to chose your seat in advance, either online or the box office. Makes theater-switching harder for the hot movies.
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Not really. "I'm in your seat? I'm sorry and I'll find mine." As for near-full theaters, yeah, that was a problem I noted. In any case, given the number of theaters in most multiplexes it shouldn't be difficult to find a movie at least marginally better than the free one and with available seating.

Who knows? The theater might take the lousy ticket in trade for a good one. They don't care if particular movies succeed as long as they sell overpriced popcorn and soda.
 
Babbylonian said:
I think you misunderstood. I believe Mike! is saying someone could take the hypothetical free ticket to the dumb movie and, once past the ticket checker, detour into a movie they'd actually like to see. Most theaters don't police this practice seriously unless people are lining up for a sold-out flick.
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Mike! said:
Precisely. :thumbsup::D
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Ah. I've never seen this, usually tickets are checked when entering the particular theatre.
 
Axxman300 said:
Check out Fandango.com, where you can not only buy tickets for any theater in their system, anywhere in the country, in many theaters you can choose your seat in advance like a ballgame,
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I assume it's USAia only?

Axxman300 said:
These days most theaters here in California require you to chose your seat in advance, either online or the box office. Makes theater-switching harder for the hot movies.
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Similar here. Advanced booking is for a specific seat, on-prem purchase gives you a nominated seat but you generally specify something like "right side, half-way up" to the seller. Unless it's a kiosk machine.
Ticket are checked and torn when entering.
 
In my area the seats are all numbered like they are in sports arenas.

Not a fan of this, I love movies, I worked in a movie theater. A big part of the fun of going to the movies is picking your seat on the spot. Maybe I don't want to sit next to loud or rowdy people, or the folks who bring young children to R-rated movies. I don't like choosing my seat blind.
 
catsmate said:
I assume it's USAia only?


Similar here. Advanced booking is for a specific seat, on-prem purchase gives you a nominated seat but you generally specify something like "right side, half-way up" to the seller. Unless it's a kiosk machine.
Ticket are checked and torn when entering.
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Still pretty easy to theater hop in the US, assuming the movie isn't sold out. Just stroll in a few minutes after the movie starts and find a vacant seat. In the US at least, often tickets are checked before entering the general lobby area, but not at specific screens.

No idea how many people are using this "pay it forward" campaign to see other movies, but it absolutely would be possible in most US theaters.

Hell, people do this at sports events too. People in the cheap seats will notice better seats are vacant after the game start and try to slyly move down, often to get confronted by stadium security and moved back to the nosebleeds or ejected.
 
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I was listening to a podcast where they were interviewing Miles Klee about his Rolling Stone article "'Sound Of Freedom’ Is a Superhero Movie for Dads With Brainworms" and generally discussing the film.

https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-reviews/sound-of-freedom-jim-caviezel-child-trafficking-qanon-movie-1234783837/

There was an interesting perspective given that I hadn't considered before.

These Qanon folks, for all their raging against the supposed "deep state sickos", are themselves engaged in extremely perverse thinking. If you strip this whole thing of its political valence, it's basically a huge fan-fiction community that spends a lot of time daydreaming up increasingly sadistic child rape and torture fantasies. Even though they put themselves into the "hero" role in these fantasy situations, they are essentially fantasizing about a world in which child rape and torture hyper-abundant.

These people are straight up perverts. Nothing they do or think about has any real connection to the actual problem of child and sex trafficking, and the tropes they fantasize about often put them at odds with real solutions proposed by those who actually try to take a sober, realistic view of the problem.

Another comment I saw elsewhere speculated that perhaps much of the appeal of Qanon, beyond tarring their political enemies as the most evil people imaginable, is that this expression of fantastic anti-pedo sentiment is their way of dealing with their community's past and ongoing total failure to safeguard children from pedo priests or other figures of authority. the best defense is a good offense, and hyper-focusing on the "pedo elite" is a great way to distract their attention from the real child abuse that their hierarchical worldview allows to run unchecked.
 
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It's the Spanish Inquisition Redux, with endless thought given to what exactly those witches are doing with Satan.
With the same ratio of Inquisitors to witches and the same chance to be found not guilty
 
And the TRUE complaint is:"" why don't I get invited to these satanic orgies? I could squeeze way more adrenochrome out of these little brats than an old hag like Pelosi can!"
 
TurkeysGhost said:
Weird thing going on were some people are going to sold out showings of sound of freedom but the actual theatre is sparsely populated. Q anon weirdos assume this mean the deep state is trying to suppress the film.

Right wing donors are buying up tickets in bulk as part of a "pay it forward" campaign to try to get people to see this movie. It's not just entertainment, it's being framed as an important "message movie" that people need to see. I'm reminded how churches and such were group buying tickets and trying to get everyone to see "Passion of the Christ" when it came out

According to the studio, nearly 5 million tickets have been bought to offer for free, though it's unclear how many people are actually claiming them.


https://www.angel.com/pay-it-forward/sound-of-freedom

Wonder how many people are actually seeing this flick and how much the box office returns are just the result of right wing weirdos getting really excited and buying up multiple tickets.
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I posted about this in the Indy thread.

http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/showthread.php?postid=14112804#post14112804
 
Mike! said:
Wasn't sure where to post this, but since it involves 'Q' balls, I figured here was as good a place as any...


https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment...513.html?soc_src=social-sh&soc_trk=fb&tsrc=fb
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Not surprising, as there were over 6,000 funders, but that wouldn't make the headlines.

From - https://www.sltrib.com/artsliving/2023/08/04/provo-company-behind-sound-freedom/:

In a statement issued Friday, Angel Studios’ CEO Neal Harmon said his company “adhered to the requirements of federal and state laws and regulations in allowing 6,678 people to invest an average of $501 each into the launch of ‘Sound of Freedom.’”
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Yeah, but this guy funded some $5 million of its budget. This isn’t some rando donating $20 on gofundme.
 
kookbreaker said:
Yeah, I misread things.
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Appreciate the honesty. Now, for the record, I know Qanon is pretty idiotic, but in our criticism. praise or in-betweens for any subject, we must continue to strive for accuracy and truth. And, IMHO, one of the hardest things to do is to admit and publicly acknowledge our mistakes. Still, when one does so, it is a clear sign of honesty and integrity. Thank you.
 
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