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Postby Cannot think of a name » Tue Nov 30, 2021 10:35 am

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Ifreann wrote:Wait a few weeks and watch it at home. Legally. Very legally.


I mean with Daddy Rona being the way it is I'm waiting for it to hit Disney+ anyway.

The Spider-man solo films don’t end up there because they’re Sony productions.

I mean, they’ll stream somewhere, but probably not Disney+.
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Postby Christian Confederation » Tue Nov 30, 2021 10:37 am

Ladies Gentleman just wait for the Covid Lockdowns to kill the Theaters. Then we can all get ripped off to see it on or Disney + on neural link
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Postby -Astoria- » Tue Nov 30, 2021 10:37 am

Polomon Islands wrote:What about Plex?
When will it go on Plex?

Asking the real questions here; probably in fifteen years, assuming Sony (I think) lightens up a little.
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Postby Polomon Islands » Tue Nov 30, 2021 10:40 am

This Thread really blew up.
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Postby Hurdergaryp » Tue Nov 30, 2021 10:45 am

Polomon Islands wrote:This Thread really blew up.

As was to be expected, because entertainment is serious business and NationStates General is utterly obsessed with serious businesses!


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Postby Dundee Derry » Tue Nov 30, 2021 10:54 am

San Lumen wrote:No it isn't. This is likely the most highly anticipated film since Endgame.


I mean I know I live under a rock 'n' all, but I'd literally never heard of this motion picture before this thread.
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Postby United Cristonia » Tue Nov 30, 2021 11:27 am

Scalpers are really trying to rip everything. How much you wanna bet they'll go after the new Playstation 5 Pro when it comes out. And the scaplers even got all of the Xbox Refrigerators a few months ago too. But I'm not gonna lie, they're making a lot of money and there's no way to stop them.

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Postby Dreria » Tue Nov 30, 2021 11:29 am

you can watch an actually good movie instead
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Postby Ithalian Empire » Tue Nov 30, 2021 12:06 pm

OH NO I CANT CONSUME PRODUCT!!!!!!111!!!!

If not seeing a movie when it first comes out is the worst thing to happen to you this month count yourself on of the privileged few in the world who don't have to worry about food, gas, or how they are going to heat there homes thins winter if they have a home.
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Postby Immortan Khan » Tue Nov 30, 2021 12:11 pm

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Uhhhhhhh, people spoiled Harry Potter as it came out. Before anyone else could read it. Ruining the fun.


If spoilers ruin a book or film for someone it means that the thing has no rewatch / reread value.

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Postby The Reformed American Republic » Tue Nov 30, 2021 12:22 pm

Ithalian Empire wrote:OH NO I CANT CONSUME PRODUCT!!!!!!111!!!!

If not seeing a movie when it first comes out is the worst thing to happen to you this month count yourself on of the privileged few in the world who don't have to worry about food, gas, or how they are going to heat there homes thins winter if they have a home.

Considering the fact scalpers have in the past also targeted essential goods, such as vaccines, and even medical supplies, there should be laws against doing it.

I have no idea why it's Spiderman that got OP pissed off, as this is only a minor effect of a real problem and the movie probably sucks.
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Postby The Two Jerseys » Tue Nov 30, 2021 1:25 pm

40,000%+ markup on tickets?

Gonna press X on this one...
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Postby Cannot think of a name » Tue Nov 30, 2021 1:29 pm

The Two Jerseys wrote:40,000%+ markup on tickets?

Gonna press X on this one...

There are still seats available opening day/night at the theater around the corner. So…yeah.
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Postby The Huskar Social Union » Tue Nov 30, 2021 1:44 pm

Scalpers are wankers and i do think something needs to be done about it. They dont just go after stuff like consoles etc but important things such as medical supplies.

However in this case i dont think its as gloom and doom as some are making it out to be. Im sure most people who want to see the movie will be able to do so easily enough at release or a short while afterwards.
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Postby Stellar Colonies » Tue Nov 30, 2021 3:58 pm

The worst part about this is the implication that people would pay thousands of dollars to watch a movie, regardless of which movie it is, what time they do it, and where the tickets are from.
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Postby Thermodolia » Tue Nov 30, 2021 4:45 pm

San Lumen wrote:
Ifreann wrote:Doesn't seem plausible that there is actually a shortage of tickets due to scalpers. Surely there are many thousands of cinemas which will all have many screenings. Maybe there's some scalpers charging silly money for midnight screening tickets in a few localities, but I'd expect that's it.



Weird comment when this is obviously something people do to make money. People really like money, you can buy all kinds of fun stuff with it.


It takes a special kind of person to do something like this when this is a movie people have been anticipating for months.

Not really. Tbh I’m just mad I didn’t think of it first
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Postby Thermodolia » Tue Nov 30, 2021 4:47 pm

Ifreann wrote:
Unstoppable Empire of Doom wrote:First world problems.

Why do consumers care so much about seeing a formulaic movie on release night? Just wait a week. I promise nobody will spoil it if youre not talking about it.

Wait a few weeks and watch it at home. Legally. Very legally.

Hell many movies these days are released on streaming platforms simultaneously. Why go to a movie theater when you can just stream it from home that night
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Postby Immortan Khan » Tue Nov 30, 2021 5:04 pm

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Ifreann wrote:Wait a few weeks and watch it at home. Legally. Very legally.

Hell many movies these days are released on streaming platforms simultaneously. Why go to a movie theater when you can just stream it from home that night

Tbh some movies are experienced better in theaters.
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Postby Dreria » Tue Nov 30, 2021 6:01 pm

Immortan Khan wrote:
Thermodolia wrote:Hell many movies these days are released on streaming platforms simultaneously. Why go to a movie theater when you can just stream it from home that night

Tbh some movies are experienced better in theaters.

the virgin i think it's on streaming vs the chad do you want to go see a movie
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Postby Free Ravensburg » Tue Nov 30, 2021 6:02 pm

Dreria wrote:
Immortan Khan wrote:Tbh some movies are experienced better in theaters.

the virgin i think it's on streaming vs the chad do you want to go see a movie

But popcorn & pop is expensive, at the theatres.
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Postby Dreria » Tue Nov 30, 2021 6:03 pm

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Dreria wrote:the virgin i think it's on streaming vs the chad do you want to go see a movie

But popcorn & pop is expensive, at the theatres.

the whole point is that you sneak food in and then picture yourself as cool for doing so
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Postby Kumarinadu » Tue Nov 30, 2021 6:44 pm

Ifreann wrote:
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It’s probably the most highly anticipated film of the year.

It's just another Marvel movie. I'm sure it'll be entertaining, but it's not like Johnny Cash is back from the dead for one night only.

Yeah I normally am cynical about the whole thing but having the OG Spiderman villains got me tbh.

I hope it’s good.

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Postby Thermodolia » Tue Nov 30, 2021 6:52 pm

Dreria wrote:
Free Ravensburg wrote:But popcorn & pop is expensive, at the theatres.

the whole point is that you sneak food in and then picture yourself as cool for doing so

Tbh with the combo of Covid and streaming it’s likely you’ll have the theater to yourself
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Postby Great Algerstonia » Tue Nov 30, 2021 6:54 pm

I think this is yet another example of how capitalism makes you evil and greedy and we need to nationalize the movie ticket industry to stop capitalist scalpers
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Postby Free Ravensburg » Tue Nov 30, 2021 6:56 pm

Thermodolia wrote:
Dreria wrote:the whole point is that you sneak food in and then picture yourself as cool for doing so

Tbh with the combo of Covid and streaming it’s likely you’ll have the theater to yourself

NGL, last time i was in a cinema, it had a good amount of persons in her. Probably because they were showing this, though
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