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SecretMethod70 · 10-17-2003, 05:52 PM

As you may or may not know, New Line Cinema is allowing select theatres to show all three Lord of the Rings movies back to back on the day Return of the King comes out. Onodrim got screwed over when trying to get tickets for the Chicago showing, but was able to manage to get 2 tickets for the only other Illinois showing in Springfield. She and I planned on going down there to see all three movies and then staying with a friend that night and driving back home the next morning.

However, since almost every theatre showing the trilogy sold out within about 48 hours, there is a huge demand for these tickets on eBay. Granted, Springfield isn't Chicago, but I'm pretty confident we can make at least $100 profit off these two tickets if we were to sell them. Of course, that would also mean we wouldn't get to see the entire trilogy back to back to back on a movie screen.

So, what do you think we should do? Sell them? Or keep them?

ratbastid · 10-17-2003, 06:29 PM

You only live once! Life is too damn short to always be working the profit angle. Go and enjoy the show!

Stare At The Sun · 10-17-2003, 09:18 PM

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Originally posted by ratbastid
You only live once! Life is too damn short to always be working the profit angle. Go and enjoy the show!

Damn straight, it will be quite an experiance, enjoy the show, and treat yourself to some good popcorn and pop!

Sledge · 10-18-2003, 06:53 AM

Sell the fuckers, buy the trilogy on DVD, and watch them back-to-back with family and friends and a table of food. It's who you watch it with that makes a good movie better.

Lebell · 10-18-2003, 12:06 PM

Yah, I had wanted to go in Portland, but I was going to buy tickets later next week.

Oh well.

I vote GO! It's something you'll remember your whole life and that you CAN'T buy!

lurkette · 10-18-2003, 02:04 PM

Sell them....TO ME!!!

Otherwise, go!!! Once in a lifetime, dude.

numist · 10-18-2003, 04:53 PM

I'm with sledge... food at theatres suck, and I like lying on my couch in front of a good TV and awesome stereo better anyway (especially with nachos with real cheese)

now Im hungry...

guthmund · 10-18-2003, 09:24 PM

Sure it would be cool to see them on the big screen with all the glitz and show.

I guess you have to ask yourself if you're willing to spend nearly ten hours in a smelly cramped theater with a bunch of dunderheads, who in all likelyhood will spoil the movie somehow, for the price of a couple of lost c-notes.

Seeing on the big screen would be nice....but $100 buys a buttload of microwave popcorn....

bermuDa · 10-19-2003, 11:01 PM

you're going to sit in a theatre with several hundred other people for 9 hours straight? If that experience is worth a hundred dollars to you, then by all means go (and pray the air conditioner works). Otherwise, sell them and get the special edition box set and you'll have 9 hours of footage for each movie to watch in the comfort of your own home, where you won't have to spend $5 on a hot dog.

onodrim · 10-22-2003, 03:44 PM

Well, we've decided to try to sell them on ebay with a reserve that would make it worth missing the show. If no one buys, we still get to go. If they get bought, we make money. Either way a good situation overall

Thanks for all the input!

SecretMethod70 · 10-22-2003, 03:48 PM

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Originally posted by onodrim
Well, we've decided to try to sell them on ebay with a reserve that would make it worth missing the show. If no one buys, we still get to go. If they get bought, we make money. Either way a good situation overall Thanks for all the input!

doesn't hurt that the last auction for springfield tickets went for $200 a piece

rogue49 · 10-22-2003, 07:54 PM

I'd go,
just for the experience.

Much less seeing a good movie
and bragging rights.

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10-17-2003, 05:52 PM	#1 (permalink)
SecretMethod70 Human Administrator Location: Chicago	Trilogy Tuesday....go or sell? As you may or may not know, New Line Cinema is allowing select theatres to show all three Lord of the Rings movies back to back on the day Return of the King comes out. Onodrim got screwed over when trying to get tickets for the Chicago showing, but was able to manage to get 2 tickets for the only other Illinois showing in Springfield. She and I planned on going down there to see all three movies and then staying with a friend that night and driving back home the next morning. However, since almost every theatre showing the trilogy sold out within about 48 hours, there is a huge demand for these tickets on eBay. Granted, Springfield isn't Chicago, but I'm pretty confident we can make at least $100 profit off these two tickets if we were to sell them. Of course, that would also mean we wouldn't get to see the entire trilogy back to back to back on a movie screen. So, what do you think we should do? Sell them? Or keep them? __________________ Le temps détruit tout "Musicians are the carriers and communicators of spirit in the most immediate sense." - Kurt Elling Last edited by SecretMethod70; 10-17-2003 at 09:42 PM..

10-18-2003, 12:06 PM	#5 (permalink)
Lebell Cracking the Whip Location: Sexymama's arms...	Yah, I had wanted to go in Portland, but I was going to buy tickets later next week. Oh well. I vote GO! It's something you'll remember your whole life and that you CAN'T buy! __________________ "Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience." – C. S. Lewis The ONLY sponsors we have are YOU! Please Donate!

10-18-2003, 02:04 PM	#6 (permalink)
lurkette My future is coming on Moderator Emeritus Location: east of the sun and west of the moon	Sell them....TO ME!!! Otherwise, go!!! Once in a lifetime, dude. __________________ "If ten million people believe a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing." - Anatole France

10-18-2003, 09:24 PM	#8 (permalink)
guthmund big damn hero	Sure it would be cool to see them on the big screen with all the glitz and show. I guess you have to ask yourself if you're willing to spend nearly ten hours in a smelly cramped theater with a bunch of dunderheads, who in all likelyhood will spoil the movie somehow, for the price of a couple of lost c-notes. Seeing on the big screen would be nice....but $100 buys a buttload of microwave popcorn.... __________________ No signature. None. Seriously.

10-17-2003, 06:29 PM	#2 (permalink)
ratbastid Darth Papa Location: Yonder	You only live once! Life is too damn short to always be working the profit angle. Go and enjoy the show!

10-18-2003, 06:53 AM	#4 (permalink)
Sledge Pasture Bedtime	Sell the fuckers, buy the trilogy on DVD, and watch them back-to-back with family and friends and a table of food. It's who you watch it with that makes a good movie better.

10-18-2003, 04:53 PM	#7 (permalink)
numist Banned Location: UCSD, 510.49 miles from my love	I'm with sledge... food at theatres suck, and I like lying on my couch in front of a good TV and awesome stereo better anyway (especially with nachos with real cheese) now Im hungry...

10-19-2003, 11:01 PM	#9 (permalink)
bermuDa don't ignore this--> Location: CA	you're going to sit in a theatre with several hundred other people for 9 hours straight? If that experience is worth a hundred dollars to you, then by all means go (and pray the air conditioner works). Otherwise, sell them and get the special edition box set and you'll have 9 hours of footage for each movie to watch in the comfort of your own home, where you won't have to spend $5 on a hot dog. __________________ I am the very model of a moderator gentleman.

10-22-2003, 03:44 PM	#10 (permalink)
onodrim Cosmically Curious Location: Chicago, IL	Well, we've decided to try to sell them on ebay with a reserve that would make it worth missing the show. If no one buys, we still get to go. If they get bought, we make money. Either way a good situation overall Thanks for all the input! __________________ "The world is so exquisite with so much love and moral depth, that there is no reason to deceive ourselves with pretty stories for which there’s little good evidence. Far better it seems to me, in our vulnerability, is to look death in the eye and to be grateful every day for the brief but magnificent opportunity that life provides" -Carl Sagan

10-22-2003, 07:54 PM	#12 (permalink)
rogue49 Loser	I'd go, just for the experience. Much less seeing a good movie and bragging rights.