Being a conductor of IMAX midnight screenings for over a year I genuinely thought they were fun, exciting experiences for fans. I have also attended a couple myself, most memorably the Star Wars prequels in Ballarat. But there are a couple of things I forget to remember. Being in charge is way more fun - you get to plan the event, know what's going on, be in control (mostly) and not have to stand in line for 2 hours. Also, knowing someone who works at the cinema and sneaking in the back door just before showtime is awesome (thanks Zoy!). Queuing outside the cinema, on the cold, hard concrete for 2 hours sucks. So does being stuck in line while people check in their mobile phones. So does finding decent seats and having to watch every person after you walk down to the 'RESERVED' seats, try to sit down and be told off by the usher. Since when did 'reserved' become foreign language? My conclusion - people are stupid. Especially in large groups. We had a small row in front of us where people had left one vacant seat at each end. A nice couple understandably requested that the group move one way or the other so that they could sit together. You would have thought they asked for them to kill one of their own. The girls on one end didn't want to move behind a slightly taller guy. The ladies in the middle didn't want to surrender the middle. It was painful and I had to sit on my hands to avoid a smackdown. Since when did people become such jerks? I wished I was in charge, wielding my radio and torch, so I could get my bitch on and boss those jerks around. Or evict them.
The pain wasn't over. The prizes came out. Trivia. Maybe I'm just being a grinch because I didn't care to win a DVD boxset of Family Guy Season Whatever. That's what the internet is for. But the audience went NUTS. There was screaming and actual rage when the host passed over them. It was a disgusting display. And come on, it was midnight and I had to get up for work at 6.30 - hustle it along please! In my time at IMAX I always felt that people liked to win prizes - now I know they were just dying for the show to start and cursing me for my obnoxious microphone chatter.
I should mention what the show was - it was the premiere preview of the new Family Guy season (10).I did get a free t-shirt out of it (the screening was also free) but it was hardly worth the agony. The episode - was a laugh, I must admit. There is one hell of a penis enlargement joke right at the end. Look out for it.
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