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[family_guy]

How is this a thing? I just found out about it and would have paid three times the cost. I love movies.

 

[Aselith]

I mean good, but my UK equivalent is like double that price for a single chain of cinemas >.<

 

[WillyFive]

2D only and no IMAX? Might as well be watching TV.

 

[spelen]

Does it work in Canada ?

 

[Tom Nook Sawyer]

2D only and no IMAX? Might as well be watching TV.

3D sucks for most films, and real IMAX is a rarity and has always come at a premium

Your TV and sound system aren't even close to a theater's

 

[kaskade]

Got my dad to sign up too after I told him about it. Probably good because he's always down to see movies with me so we can both make use of it.

 

[VPhys]

2D only and no IMAX? Might as well be watching TV.

You watch 3D movies?

 

[snap]

The sale terms came out. Helios and Matheson Analytics paid $27 million for a 51% stake in MoviePass: http://deadline.com/2017/08/moviepa...blic-new-sub-terms-sale-data-firm-1202149402/

MoviePass will forfeit 20% of the H&M shares if it doesn’t have 100,000 subs at least one day in the year after the deal closes — or if it can’t be publicly traded by the end of January 2018.

lol

 

[smisk]

^ Uh-oh, better enjoy this while it lasts.

 

[Ionic]

I see my local theater is a Landmark where the CEO has publicly stated he doesn't want to be a part of it. Get with the program ya dinosaur. I don't go to the theaters. I want to start.

 

[Zeyphersan]

Trying to sign up and the servers are just completely shitting the bed

 

[McBryBry]

I'm F5'ing the register page and just getting "You must enable cookies to register."

 

[smisk]

I was finally able to register. I wonder if there'll be a delay getting the cards out because of so many people signing up?

 

[DOWN]

^ Uh-oh, better enjoy this while it lasts.

100,000 is very achievable at this price as long as their investors have them enough cash to make sure they don’t bleed to death first

 

[dickroach]

I got charged the $9.95, but no confirmation email. hm

 

[sooperkool]

Yeah, you should be. Go ahead and login (it may take a couple of tries) to make sure.

It's hard to imagine that there are no theaters in Raleigh that support this, so hopefully it's just a server issue for me.

I'm here too, let me know how it is

 

[DOWN]

I got charged the $9.95, but no confirmation email. hm

Patience

 

[ionitron]

This is ridiculous. I pay more for one 2d movie at the local theater.

 

[Aselith]

100,000 is very achievable at this price as long as their investors have them enough cash to make sure they don’t bleed to death first

Yeah 100k is a pretty modest goal tbh. Any movie buff will see the value in this.

If they can get their shit together, 1 million first year seem doable.

 

[McBryBry]

And I'm through, sort of. Account was charged for 9.95. The site just tells me 'user already exists' instead of letting me continue after putting in card info. No confirmation email, app won't let me log in.

Edit: Jk app just let me log in.

 

[Aztechnology]

Their app is awful. Doesn't give you any indication you've actually clicked a button at any time. Coupled with the servers being crippled and basically just nothing is happening.

 

[McBryBry]

Their app is awful. Doesn't give you any indication you've actually clicked a button at any time. Coupled with the servers being crippled and basically just nothing is happening.

This is where I'm at. All the tabs just lead to emptiness due to everything crashing.

 

[Dan-o]

Does it work in Canada ?

Nope. It's basically like a pre-loaded credit card, so a Canadian company could mimic this... if Cineplex wasn't so terrible. That company would do anything they could to shut it down.

 

[Lifeline]

The sale terms came out. Helios and Matheson Analytics paid $27 million for a 51% stake in MoviePass: http://deadline.com/2017/08/moviepa...blic-new-sub-terms-sale-data-firm-1202149402/

H&M will give MoviePass $2 million worth of additional shares if it gets 150,000 subs within 15 months after the deal closes.

Looks like they want to achieve all their milestones right from the start. I wouldn't be suprised if they closed to new signups right after they reach 150,000 and get their shares. Then spend the rest of the months figuring out how to make any of this profitable.

 

[F34R]

They sold out to a data firm...

http://variety.com/2017/film/news/moviepass-1202527956/

That's how they are able to meet the price point. Selling data is the best lol.

 

[digitaldevmike]

I've finally been charged and I just got a confirmation email. I had been retrying in the app over and over again though so hopefully it only went through once. Still haven't been able to login at all.

 

[see5harp]

2D only and no IMAX? Might as well be watching TV.

There are only a handful of movies filmed in IMAX every year. I don't care about conversions and I sure as hell don't care about anything 3D.

 

[Aztechnology]

This is where I'm at. All the tabs just lead to emptiness due to everything crashing.

Tried to just go through the browser instead, now I'm just endlessly stuck on "Start Your Free Trial" purportedly the last step.

Edit: Ok nevermind apparently it all went trough just didn't tell me.

 

[Expendable.]

That milestone goal seems very reasonable and shouldn't freak out people who think the deal will go away just cause the website is down.

 

[Malleymal]

Called my local AMC that is listed as working on their site. My theater said that they do not accept it.

 

[xKilltheMx]

Called my local AMC that is listed as working on their site. My theater said that they do not accept it.

Wait hold up what. Is the site not accurate?

 

[Expendable.]

Called my local AMC that is listed as working on their site. My theater said that they do not accept it.

I've heard that theaters will often say that since they don't know what it is. It acts just like a credit card, so there is technically no way they would even be able to decline it if you use a kiosk.

 

[metsallica]

Called my local AMC that is listed as working on their site. My theater said that they do not accept it.

They don't know. It's just a debit card backed by MasterCard. I've had that happen too; if it's in the app it works.

 

[rjinaz]

Called my local AMC that is listed as working on their site. My theater said that they do not accept it.

Technically they don't. This has nothing to do with the theateres. It's a debit card basically.

I have a master card debit card for PERKTV that I load my points up on and can use it pretty much anywhere including AMC and if I asked them if they accept it they would likely tell me no.

 

[Toki767]

I've heard that theaters will often say that since they don't know what it is. It acts just like a credit card, so there is technically no way they would even be able to decline it if you use a kiosk.

So where do you go to claim your ticket exactly? The kiosk next to the box office?

Or is it just a QR code type thing that gets printed out when you go to give your ticket stub?

 

[SFenton]

Got the Paypal receipt but the app says I couldn't sign up- anyone any further than that?

 

[serenewarfare]

So where do you go to claim your ticket exactly? The kiosk next to the box office?

Or is it just a QR code type thing that gets printed out when you go to give your ticket stub?

It's like a debit card. And once you choose a movie on the app, it loads the exact amount you need onto the card so you can buy the ticket.

 

[ferr]

is the site completely down right now?

 

[Aztechnology]

Called my local AMC that is listed as working on their site. My theater said that they do not accept it.

Ok now I'm a little worried about that. All my theatres were listed on the search feature. It's rediculously hard to know what is honored and where there's no easy search functionality it seems. The one I used I found from doing forum searches and that may not be accurate.

 

[SFenton]

What the hell, no theaters in Redmond?

EDIT: Never mind: https://foursquare.com/p/moviepass/11700033/list/seattle-theaters

 

[charpunk]

I wonder how long it's going to take to get the cards out haha

 

[Aztechnology]

What the hell, no theaters in Redmond?

What they don't support Ipic

Redmond has some great theatres but most I've seen are definitely on the higher end/specialty theatre.

 

[xRaizen]

Okay so since the site isn't working for me, does anyone in Orlando, FL have it and know that a lot of theaters support it?

Also, does CityWalk's AMC theater work for this?

 

[Toki767]

It's like a debit card. And once you choose a movie on the app, it loads the exact amount you need onto the card so you can buy the ticket.

Hmm..interesting. How does that work with theaters that do reserved seating?

So your ticket isn't actually saved/bought until you "buy" the ticket at the theater?

 

[xKilltheMx]

Okay so since the site isn't working for me, does anyone in Orlando, FL have it and know that a lot of theaters support it?

Also, does CityWalk's AMC theater work for this?

Earlier in the thread people said CityWalk did not work.

 

[TheGreenArrow]

So there's no cancellation fee?

 

[foladar]

Okay so since the site isn't working for me, does anyone in Orlando, FL have it and know that a lot of theaters support it?

Also, does CityWalk's AMC theater work for this?

According to this, it does.
https://www.moviepass.com/theaters/zip/32819

Both Downtown Disney (AMC Disney Springs 24) and Citywalk (AMC Loews Universal 20) show up on that list.

 

[smisk]

Have yet to be charged or get an email from them.. I'm beginning to doubt my sign-up went through.

 

[dickroach]

Have yet to be charged or get an email from them.. I'm beginning to doubt my sign-up went through.

I got charged immediately. got an email over an hour later.

 

[Rival]

Some films I see are $28 a ticket. Might be worth biting into this sorcery.

My problem is how it will handle any sort of hurdle the cinema considers a luxury.

Oh you want to sit down? That will be another $7.99.