Movie Theater Experiences

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Mr Sausage
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Joined: Thu Nov 04, 2004 1:02 am
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Re: Movie Theater Experiences

#1326 Post by Mr Sausage »

A couple years ago at a cinemaplex theatre, tech problems resulted in a 30 minute delay. The staff gave everyone a free pre-printed ticket for any movie around 15 minutes into said delay.

Considering concessions are where most of the profits lie, this is a no-brainer.
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hearthesilence
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Re: Movie Theater Experiences

#1327 Post by hearthesilence »

I'm not sure if the policies were changed since these incidents happened, but when something went wrong at BAM, Quad Cinema and FilmLinc here in NYC, they basically handed everyone a pre-printed slip of paper that someone filled out with a pen and signed, which I then used as a free ticket voucher the next time I saw something. Nothing high-tech, it looked like it could've been something they literally printed/created decades ago and just printed out or Xeroxed copied, then cut up into individual vouchers for situations like this.
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Monterey Jack
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Re: Movie Theater Experiences

#1328 Post by Monterey Jack »

The fire alarm went off halfway through Snow White & The Huntsman (it was a false alarm, thankfully), and the patrons who had to go out into the parking lot and wait were allowed to finish their movies and received complimentary tickets for the inconvenience.
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Finch
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Re: Movie Theater Experiences

#1330 Post by Finch »

I'm genuinely terrified of 4DX screenings of Salo, Irreversible and other endurance tests. And no, this is not a dare for their distributors out there.
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Re: Movie Theater Experiences

#1331 Post by HardNight'sDay »

Can you imagine a 4DX screening of Cronenberg's Crash?
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dadaistnun
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Re: Movie Theater Experiences

#1332 Post by dadaistnun »

HardNight'sDay wrote: Sat Nov 07, 2026 10:01 pm Can you imagine a 4DX screening of Cronenberg's Crash?
Weirdly enough, that was the first thing that came to mind for me as well (tho in my defense, it has been on my mind a lot the past few weeks with a couple of coworkers seeing it for the first time).
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