"Serenity" now

[KidCthulhu]

Take hope! My sister tried to get tickets to the Vegas showing and was told the website "sold out" might be a problem with the on-line ticket vendor. She went to the theatre and was able to get tickets. That's often the case with phone/web ticket vendors. They have a % filled level they consider sold out, but there may be single seats still out there.

So try again!

 

[stevelabny]

Steve, you'll want to grab a hotel anywhere on the T and just take the subway in (the theater is right downtown, minutes away from a T station.) We'll have to meet!

Mr. Cat, sure I'd love to be one more ENWorlder to meet you. Are you going to provide entertainment on line?

um, whats a T? how do I know if a hotel is on it?

The only time I left brooklyn/manhattan in the last 10 years, I went straight to the airport straight to orlando, straight to disneyworld and never left the property. So you'll have to speak in simple terms

i'm figuring me and the "gang" (my gf and 1 friend of mine) will leave ny around 1030 or 11ish
and arrive sometime between 4 and 7 depending on if we get lost. i'll look at it as good practice for the amazing race.

what time do you think the "boston geeks" will form the line?

i'd like to spend at least an hour or three looking at boston.

i have this old BOSTON SUCKS t-shirt thats all ripped and i dont fit in anymore that i'd love to take to a sports bar. because i wont get to go to fenway but i want to make sure i get to see Serenity and not the hospital.

if anyone from boston wants to give me more info or tips, you can do it here, or over instant messenger or email. im always around

 

[Thornir Alekeg]

Take hope! My sister tried to get tickets to the Vegas showing and was told the website "sold out" might be a problem with the on-line ticket vendor. She went to the theatre and was able to get tickets. That's often the case with phone/web ticket vendors. They have a % filled level they consider sold out, but there may be single seats still out there.

So try again!

Nope it is official, all showings are sold out. I am soooo jealous, but I really would not have been able to go anyway - someone would have to watch the kids, not happening on a Thursday at 10pm, and there is no way I would go without my wife (my death would be truly horrific).

 

[Cannibal_Kender]

um, whats a T? how do I know if a hotel is on it?

The T is what they call the subway/ mass transport in Boston. You can find out about it here:

http://www.mbta.com/traveling_t/schedules_subway.asp

This is what comes from having a sister who goes to Berklee.

 

[Piratecat]

um, whats a T? how do I know if a hotel is on it?

Steve, the big questions are "what's your budget?" and "how close do you want to be to the city?" The T is Boston's subway system. There are a bajillion hotels on it; the best trick might be to use one of the travel sites to find a cheap hotel, then check their website (or with me) to make sure it's on a T line.

Looking forward to meeting you!

 

[Umbran]

Really? Dang, we must have just slipped in under the wire.

Yes. But it may well be that the notice I got from the website was way too late.

The e-mail announcement from serenitymovie.com had a timestamp of 1:02 PM. A friend of mine had called my home to alert me of the showing - at around 10 AM, while I was at work. Some folks out there had at least a three hour lead on me, so I doubt I stood much of a chance.

Such is life in geektown.

 

[Mouseferatu]

And, I no longer have my tickets.

I was hesitant about seeing an "unfinished" version, and I have a really good friend whose birthday is coming up, and who was really disappointed that he didn't get tickets, so...

The sacrifices we make.

 

[stevelabny]

obviously a lot of my specifics are gonna be up to my driver, but

my budget? is to try to pretend that this is a local movie. so im figuring a motel thing outside of boston is probably my best bet. preferably on the nyc side of "outside boston" and not north. we found one in framingham which is 20 miles west. hows that?

as for taking the T around, not only are the hotels in boston that i'm finding on the net all expensive/dont have 2 beds/ already full BUT the trains stop moving at 1am? if the 10pm movie doesnt let out until 12-1230 (do we have a run time?) and then i try to eat? i'd be stuck with no train back to the hotel anyway.

what kind of primitive city is without 24 hour trains anyway?

so...does this theatre have any parking nearby? does boston at least have late night parking garages? im assuming like most small old cities, parking on the streets sucks.
how good is the theatre? stadium seating? nice sound? lotsa seats?
and again, how early wll that line start? thats uber-importante.
anything cool in the immediate vicinity?

people tell me boston is tiny, does that mean i can walk all over it? whats the most interesting things for a mixed geek/nerd touritst party to do in 1/2 day in boston?

yes im treating this like a 1 day vacation and trying to prepare for it as well as i did for my disney trip. i really need to leave my house more.

 

[stevelabny]

[thread hijack already in progress]

i found this while looking at some boston websites:

looks like the exact kinda super fun thing i always wanted to do.

anyone ever been? i might want to do this before i go see Serenity

http://www.5-wits.com

 

[mhacdebhandia]

This is what one of the people who saw it here in Australia said:

Holy . Holy ing . This movie... it's incredible. It's very close to flawless, in my opinion. It's beautifully paced, directed, scripted, and designed. Almost all of the characters would make perfect sense without having seen the series, yet it doesn't waste time spelling out things we already know.

It's an action movie, more than a sci-fi movie, but really, it's a bit of everything. I think it's got enough in it that it can do well with mainstream audiences, as well, so long as it gets marketed right (and we stressed this; the better this movie does, the more likely there will be more to come, and we want this a whole lot right now).

There are things in this movie that really, really, really should not get leaked, because knowing what was going to happen would destroy the atmosphere. Far more than with any other movie I've seen recently. Avoid spoilers, if you possibly can.