Movie pass?

@djslack

So Goats have no attention span?

(I watch video in like manner)

/giphy "goat attention span"

@jbartus looks like it’s currently $84 if you pay annually. www.moviepass.com

@djslack at least one theater listed there definitely doesn’t accept Moviepass… it closed over a year ago.

@Collin1000 I am thinking it’s a loss leader. The movie theaters all make their money on concessions anyhow.

@jbartus But it doesn’t appear to be owned by any theater chains… ?

@Collin1000 doesn’t mean they aren’t working out some sort of deals with them. By and large theater attendance is down, it could even be the distribution companies making a deal with them.

@Collin1000 @jbartus The idea is to sell demographic info to businesses near movie theaters.

@Pantheist interesting

@Collin1000 The business model for Movie Pass is exactly the same as that of Planet Fitness. It is a stroke of fucking genius and I haz a pretty big sad because I didn’t think of it first. The debit card hook which allows this overlay to function may be the best example of how to eek out money for nothing I have ever witnessed.

I’m over the fact they thought of it first now, of course.

The FAQs said it was glitchy so I tried again and got a welcome screen. I’m unemployed (out of the house anyway) so I expect to get a lot of use out of it.

@sammydog01 you got farther than me. I’m stuck at the screen where you click Start Membership.

@medz sounds like a personal issue to me. Especially since the monthly price is roughly the price of one ticket, if there’s nothing you want to see out in a given month… go to two another month? IDK

@jbartus yeah. They had trouble finding a movie they wanted to see in theater. Makes it tough when you don’t like other people. If you don’t mind crowds and sticky floors, it may be easier to find movies you’re willing to tolerate even if it’s basically free.

@medz In school they had dollar movies on Tuesdays. Most sold out. I went most every week and sat through whatever I got a ticket for. Good times. I’m looking forward to my random trashy movies for a year.

@medz this is why I usually go to movies before noon. Very little crowds.

@RiotDemon ah. Retired, eh?

@medz I wish. I’m in my 30s.

I work a job with a random schedule.

@medz I would be all over a cheap pass that lets me watch weekday early afternoon movies with all the old people.

@sammydog01 unfortunately the old people here talk through the entire movie and since they tend to be half deaf, they don’t know how to whisper anymore.

@unmlobo300 where have i seen this type of business model before? Charge a flat rate each month and hope people dont use it and forget to cancel it…

@jml326 Pretty sure that particular deal company is still waiting for me to forget I have it… or for my credit card to expire

@windfish113 thanks. Hoping the website eventually takes my money, haha.

@RiotDemon I did the year in advance and just hope they don’t take my money and go under.

@sammydog01 agreed.

That’s what I’m trying to do. Still not taking my money. It’s like the browser doesn’t recognize I’m clicking the button. Might have to try on a computer, I guess.

@RiotDemon I used my laptop at midnight and it took two tries. But the app acknowledges my existence. Funny, you can do an e- ticket now and don’t actually need the physical card but you need the number off it. I hope they push through the year memberships.

@sammydog01 if you use the eticket, you won’t get a card, from what I can tell.

@RiotDemon The app says I need to put in the card number to use it, which is weird because it knows I bought the thing. So I only need the number from the card not the card itself. I hope something comes before the December movies are gone. (Card processing)

@sammydog01 weird. I saw that if you use your e-ticket thing, your year starts then. Otherwise it doesn’t start until your card activates. But it doesn’t give you the number, lol.

I finally got it to go through. I just had to “request desktop site” on my phone.

I really hope it doesn’t take forever. I’ll easily go to the movies at least once a week if this works.

@RiotDemon I’ll give it a try then!

@sammydog01 that’s only a few theatres that use e-tickets. Nothing I’ve even heard of. Here’s part of the faq that might help:

https://moviepass.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/115001127512-Where-can-I-find-my-e-ticketing-redemption-code-

@RiotDemon I checked- none of the local theaters use e-tickets. I guess I’ll just keep checking the mail.

@RiotDemon “Your personalized card has been ordered and should arrive in about 5-7 business days”. Maybe they prioritized the yearly ones to get all that cash upfront?

@sammydog01 crosses fingers

@capguncowboy if you go in and immediately fart in them you can push the other farts away and build a barrier of your own friendly farts to protect you throughout the movie.

@capguncowboy all the theaters around here have recently redone all their seats, even the discount one

@djslack

/giphy Like the way you think.

@gregormehndel From the site:

Nope.

@RiotDemon me too.

@jbartus you joined too?

I really hope this works. I’d feel really bad if a bunch of people signed up because of this thread and they get stuck waiting forever for their card.

/image knock on wood

@RiotDemon Or if they take our money and run.
/giphy torches and pitchforks

@RiotDemon I did, yes. I had tried a couple of times when you were having trouble signing up to tell you that it seemed to have desktop issues but I’d been successful on my phone, guess that never posted.

@sammydog01 I better put on my running shoes.

@connorbush oh boy. Here’s to hoping that everyone gets theirs quickly.

@sohmageek for my part I find 3D overblown and overrated so I’m happy as a clam

@Epinardian Get those cards and referral dollars rolling in!!

@RiotDemon Yay! My guess was that they can’t charge credit cards until they ship so they would put the annual memberships up front to get all that cash.

@RiotDemon Let me know your thoughts after using it.

@sammydog01 my charge went right through because my credit card emailed me asking if it was me since the charge wasn’t something I normally buy.

@mfladd hopefully soon. I’ll report back for sure.

@RiotDemon mine’s here now too!

@jbartus woohoo! Let’s all get our money’s worth before they go under, lol.

Side note:
The article that was linked above somewhere talked about the reasoning for it being so cheap. They were told to bring in a ton of new users. Original price is actually $39.95 a month. So I have a feeling after we are all hooked, they will make it more expensive again.

@RiotDemon My mail came. No pass.
/giphy sad

@sammydog01 Good thing you have the November goat to blame…I’m not so sure the December goat will be sympathetic…

@sammydog01 I’m not sure if I kept the thing that said where it came from… Wonder if you’re farther away.

@RiotDemon Oh, she’s pretty far out.

@sammydog01 my card came from Ohio.

@mfladd I went to see Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri yesterday. It was really good in a not happy, kick-ass, kind of funny way. You would probably like it.

@sammydog01 I do want to see it! What the fuck are you doing in Missouri?!

@mfladd Smartass. For everyone else out there,

@sammydog01 I saw it too. Also thought it was good. Wasn’t crazy about the ending so much but otherwise very much enjoyed.

@jbartus I kind of liked the ending.

@jbartus one movie down, ~6 to go til I have a positive spend to value ratio on my membership. I fully expect Star Wars to account for at least three such viewings.

@sammydog01 woohoo! I’m trying justice league tomorrow.

@sammydog01 I enjoyed Murder, I think it helped that I’ve never seen the “original” and so went into it with no preconceptions. Let us know what you think!

@jbartus I read the book first, of course. Then I saw the original movie (which I liked) and now have seen the remake. I liked the remake too. So atmospheric, snowbound…

@jbartus I knew the ending upfront and think it’s stupid. But the first hour and a half I really liked. Good acting and beautiful scenery.

@therealjrn I’d read the book too… back in like… fourth grade.

@jbartus What’s your point trouble?

@therealjrn making conversation? O.o

@jbartus Don’t be flashing those google eyes.

When you…pause…your…statements. It…appears you are…being…sarcastic.

@therealjrn not meant that way.

Ellipses aren’t really a strongly defined mark… the sarcasm interpretation is a new one on me.

@jbartus If you’re needing an apology from me for your sarcasm you’re going to have to wait until tomorrow.

@therealjrn no apology necessary, simple miscommunication

@sammydog01 shhh!

@RiotDemon I sat through the previews and thought I’m going to see that one, I’m going to see that too…

@sammydog01 yep! I went with a friend and explained the program to him. He saw how easy it was, so now he’ll probably sign up. During the wait, I talked about how I’d probably go see some stuff that I wasn’t crazy about, just because I can.

@sammydog01 you’re supposed to not pay when you go, I think you’re doing this wrong

Traumatic ball waxing? Oooh boy.

@RiotDemon I probably should have bought her a pass too but it said the minimum age was 18.

@sammydog01 I saw comments of people that bought it for their children. As long as they have a smart phone they can have an account on their phone… And you’re good to go.

@RiotDemon Yes you can do that but it’s strictly against the rules (per the FAQs). I’m a rule follower. How else would they make me pay to take my kid?

@sammydog01 Wait, so you can’t add another ticket? What do married (or not so married) couples do? Each buy their own ticket on their own account?

@therealjrn Unless you’re married to a 16 year old you’re good. Must be 18 to use the pass. Even the $90 deal was two per physical address. And yes, I’m pretty sure you each need a separate account.

@therealjrn yes, separate accounts.

@sammydog01 make one in your husbands account and give the card to your daughter? Break more rules. When was the last time that anyone really reads your name on a credit card unless it’s an expensive purchase? A lot of the comments show that even in theatres with assigned seating people would get around it by asking the teller to charge the tickets on the separate cards.

@RiotDemon Nope, not breaking rules. Cards are not transferable.

@sammydog01 you and your morals.

@RiotDemon Yep, as I sit here waiting for Thor to start so I can pull the box of Junior Mints out of my purse.

OK there are four people here why did number four sit right in front of me?

@sammydog01 rebel!! You better get your daughter that card now!

As for #4… I hate that shit. How rude.

@RiotDemon I moved and had the entire right side of the theater to myself. Fun movie!

@Pavlov Interesting. At least it’s only a handful of AMCs. They are my last choice here any way, expensive concessions, have not upgraded seating or gone to reserved seating, and further than several better chains.

@Pavlov good thing the amc is my absolute last choice and its not part of the ten. Makes me wonder about the future of amc with the pass though.

@RiotDemon My local theaters are Regal. Yay! Let’s see if Moviepass can get them to agree to something.

@sammydog01 I hope you signed up for the regal crown club.

@RiotDemon I have a free ticket already.

@sammydog01 woohoo! I’m saving my points for merchandise, I think.

@RiotDemon At my theater Tuesday is half price popcorn day. I love popcorn.

@sammydog01 At my favorite theater, I have the refillable medium popcorn tub and 40oz soda cup, which cost $2.50 each to fill. However, I also have a VIP card which gives me a free small popcorn at this theater. I always bring my refillable container to put the free popcorn in, and most of the time they just fill it instead. So between the refillable cup, the VIP and Moviepass cards, I can see a movie, get 40oz soda, a medium popcorn and $13 worth of loyalty card points for $2.50. I was telling my friend this yesterday and he said, “Wow, you just won the movies!”

@moondrake That’s great- what theater? I would go for that.

@sammydog01 Premiere. They have only two theaters in town, one first run and one second run. They have our only IMAX, but of course that’s not included on Moviepass. I’ll probably end up paying to see Avengers, Pacific Rim and Ready Player One on the IMAX screen.

@quieteidolon That’s funny, because I find the long list of bossy rules at Alamo a real drag. And I find the servers running around much more distracting than tge occasional comment. Moviepass works at Alamo, so you could still use it.

@moondrake I think them bossy as well; just happen to agree with their rules, given how I prefer to watch movies. Translation: I just want everyone else to shut up.

Surprised they support that, but will definitely give it a look now. Bit of a gamble since seats are assigned (not worth much if I always land front-row-end), but might as well try for $10. Thanks for the info.

@quieteidolon If I think a movie is going to be full I go by early and buy my ticket for later in the day. Won’t help if a lot of people buy tickets days in advance, but it gets you in ahead of those who buy tickets right before the movie.

@moondrake True. Should be pretty good for films that have been out for a little bit - nights close to a debut won’t be so good.

But, again, doesn’t cost much to try. Catch two flicks in a month and it’s already paid for itself (at least, by the Brooklyn Alamo’s pricing).

@benj welcome to the club!

@benj Wow, it took mine 15 days, in which I saw 4 movies, which cost me about a third of what I paid for the pass. Every ticket I paid for out of pocket while waiting for my card was painful. Grrr. That’ll teach me to buy one at Christmastime.

@kdemo They mentioned rewards cards but I think the rule was you couldn’t buy a ticket just to get rewards. I always sit through the movie.

@sammydog01 Since Moviepass pays the full price of the movie, it’s pretty self defeating to make them pay $10 for you to get a few cents worth of rewards points. Unless you want to see the company fail.

@moondrake True but people are weird. It’s in the faqs.

@Pavlov I’m one of them.

@Pavlov I hope they tell you before you go to the movie. I toss my stubs with my concession trash.

@moondrake you would of gotten an email.

I did, and the next time I went to the movies, my app didn’t work, so my friend bought my ticket, and I bought the popcorn. If I was alone, I wouldn’t of gone.

I’m still waiting for them to chat back back at me. That was Thursday. The app worked again Friday, but I didn’t try to see a movie.

I bet I was selected since I’ve seen a ton of movies. I also saw a fathom event showing, but I didn’t know you weren’t supposed to watch those. It came up in the app and let me check in. I had to pay $0.75 extra. Now with the latest app update, the fathom events say they are not available with the pass.

My email says that once I see a movie, it won’t let me check into another movie unless I upload my stub.

Will update after the next time I go.

@RiotDemon Did they ask for a birth date when we signed up? I don’t remember. If they did it may be your demographic. I see a ton of movies and didn’t get picked. I was wondering about the Fathom events- glad they fixed the app so you know for sure.

@RiotDemon Also I went to see Game Night yesterday. It was really fun.

@sammydog01 I wouldn’t be surprised if it was the fathom thing. Shortly after I watched it, the app said I had a notification that just said “Info” and nothing else. I’m really bummed that they aren’t covered. There’s a lot of random anime that I was interested I watching.

I believe they did ask for birth dates.

Game night was funny. I didn’t watch any trailers before going, so I was completely in the dark on that one.

@RiotDemon @sammydog01 I just with, with the renaissance of board gaming, that their game library included something a little more sophisticated than Monopoly. But overall it was a fun film.

@RiotDemon I just hit diamond status at Regal.

@moondrake True. Maybe they figured the audience wouldn’t understand. It’s spring break here and I’m trying to get my son to go to one of those escape rooms. They just opened one with vampires vs unicorns.

@sammydog01 i have five more to go. I go to a different theatre a lot because it’s closer.

@RiotDemon The other theater here doesn’t sell kid’s popcorn and drink packs. They’re my favorite. See, Regal, sometimes I spend extra money at the theater.

@RiotDemon @sammydog01 I have the refillable cups and popcorn tubs at the two theaters I frequent. The one with the best popcorn gives a free small popcorn to VIP discount card holders, and 42 oz soda refill is $2.50, so I get the movie popcorn and soda for $2.50.

@moondrake that’s a good deal. I don’t normally buy anything. I sneak in a water and maybe some candy. The theatres all sell dasani or aquafina water which I can’t stand the taste of. The one theatre will give me a cup of tap water if i ask… but it’s a waste so I’d rather bring my bottle.

I will buy popcorn if I’m with someone and they want it. I smell popcorn every day at work, so it’s not as appealing as it used to be.

@RiotDemon One advantage of having a refillable cup from the theater is I can bring it in with ice from home and fill it at the water fountain if I don’t feel like soda. That’s what I do in the evenings as only one distant theater has caffeine-free sugar-free soda available and as a lifelong insomniac I don’t consume caffeine after 3pm. I don’t drink bottled water at all, tastes dead.

@PlacidPenguin They’ll be very disappointed if they track me. “This one’s a geek- write her off as a loss.”

@PlacidPenguin @sammydog01 When I read that I thought, it would be easy to track where you went after the movie, but to track where you went on your way to the movie would mean they’d have to track you all the time, and that seems like an insane amount of data. Plus they wouldn’t get much useful from me as it’s usually a grocery store or straight home after.

@moondrake @PlacidPenguin @sammydog01 I was reading this last night. The gps icon is on the task bar if I minimize my app… so I started closing it. My data is boring. I almost always go home afterwards.

@moondrake @RiotDemon @sammydog01

https://techcrunch.com/2018/03/12/moviepass-ceo-backpedals-on-location-tracking-and-talks-strategy-to-break-even-by-2019/

@moondrake @PlacidPenguin @sammydog01 I got an email from him that essentially said the same plus a little more insight.

@moondrake Do you have to pay the full price for the Imax and XD? Or do you pay a discounted price due to the pass?

@mfladd Full price.

@PlacidPenguin That’s one a week. I can live with that.

@PlacidPenguin bummer… once a week is still pretty good… but sometimes I’ll see a couple in one week and none the next, so it kinda evens out, I guess.

@PlacidPenguin I think it’s ringing it’s death bell.
https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/27/17291242/moviepass-unlimited-movie-deal-repeat-viewings-theater-blackouts

@cinoclav @sammydog01 @RiotDemon

The other change is a modification to the company’s terms of service that prohibits MoviePass customers from buying tickets to “select” movies more than once. We’ve reached out to MoviePass for further comment, but a support ticket explaining the change justifies it by saying, “We hope this will encourage you to see new movies and enjoy something different!” That’s an even more distasteful change, because the company is offering zero guidance or transparency about what films will be impacted.

Thoughts?

@PlacidPenguin I try to not think too much.
/giphy my brain hurts monty python

@sammydog01

How do you know you exist then?

@cinoclav @PlacidPenguin @sammydog01

I knew it wasn’t going to last forever at the price I paid. I’ve definitely gotten my money’s worth. I don’t normally see movies more than once, so that doesn’t bother me too much. I haven’t gotten an email saying my plan is changing to only four movies a month… I don’t like that I didn’t get an email about it.

@RiotDemon The article said that’s for new members so maybe we can keep ours for a while- hopefully at least the year I signed up for.

@sammydog01 It still says I’m on the annual plan and it’ll renew at the end of November. It doesn’t say anything about that plan not being available then. The app just forced me to update before I could use it where it told me about that I can’t watch the same movie twice.

@PlacidPenguin the thing about this deal is in the TOS it says they can change their conditions whenever they want. If you get mad and cancel, you can’t sign up for 9 months, so most people put up with it.

Apparently it used to be around $30 a month, so I got a hell of a deal even if it only lasts the one year.

@PlacidPenguin @RiotDemon @sammydog01 I don’t even have it. Don’t get to the movies often enough to bother. Personally, I think they’re going to go out of business sooner rather than later so enjoy it while you can.

@RiotDemon I didn’t know you couldn’t see the same movie twice. Thanks for the info.

@sammydog01 I’ve been doing this for a while. They just sent an email that I’ve been chosen to upload photos.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

@RiotDemon I guess you need to send in two photos. I assume they ping you and it’s easy?

@sammydog01 super easy. After you check in, a popup reminds you to save your ticket stub. Then a camera icon shows up. Click it and take a crazy low res photo and you’re good to go.

@RiotDemon @sammydog01 I also got the notice, I guess they are moving to it for everyone. I messaged support asking them to put a check mark or camera icon o the movies in your history to indicate they’d received the photo. They said they’d pass the suggestion on.

@moondrake as soon as you send the photo, it sends a verification back that they got it.

@RiotDemon I don’t get any verification. Support said if it didn’t go thru it would keep asking for it.

@moondrake @RiotDemon I’ve been keeping my stubs just in case.

@moondrake odd. Mine has always approved it right away.

@RiotDemon I noticed today that some tiny little words flashed on the screen for about a heartbeat after I took the photo. I’d imagine that probably was a confirmation although it could have been a death threat I have no idea. I don’t wear glasses except when I’m reading.

@RiotDemon I’m at 25 since January 19. Plus a half dozen I paid full price for to watch on IMAX or XD, such as the Avengers I just got home from seeing, and have plans to see twice more with different friends on XD at full price. Lol.

@RiotDemon Can I look it up?

@sammydog01 Open app, go to Account tab at bottom of screen. Select History.

@moondrake wow. I wish I had the time for more.

@RiotDemon 34

@sammydog01 I’m slacking

@RiotDemon @sammydog01 You people have too much time on your hands!

@mfladd I don’t have children.

@mfladd @RiotDemon I don’t bother with my children.

@mfladd @RiotDemon @sammydog01 my child turned me on to the app… turn me on dead man, turn me on dead man…

/youtube the beatles

@RiotDemon I hope there’s one that allows one or two premium screenings monthly for a modest bump in price. I wouldn’t pay double for unlimited premium screenings, but I’d pay $2-3 more monthly for 1-2 monthly.

@msklzannie just trying to keep ya on your toes, just trying to keep ya nimble.