No bathroom breaks, either.

October 3, 2003 1:38 PM

The Lord of the Rings: The Extended Versions: On screen.Got 11 or 12 hours to spare? Want to see Peter Jackson's epic trilogy, all of it, all at once, all on the big screen? Your wish has been granted. See the first one, or see the second one, or on December 16th, see both -- and then see the premiere of The Return of the King, too. Bring your adult diapers, kids.
posted by honkzilla (27 comments total)

Damn, damn, damn! The marathon screening is on a Tuesday, when I have classes from 1:00 until 8:30. Damn! Damn! DAMN!
posted by UKnowForKids at 2:36 PM on October 3, 2003

Jesus, that's a long day. But that would kick serious ass. Although I don't think a 38 week pregnant woman would do very well in 3, 3 hour movies in a row! Maybe it's not for me at this time. :(
posted by aacheson at 2:51 PM on October 3, 2003

I'm there.
posted by alms at 2:55 PM on October 3, 2003

Oh, man. I was desperately hoping they wouldn't play this anywhere near me, so I wouldn't have to reveal the full flower of my geekiness. But there it is, two miles from my house. Damn it.
posted by mkhall at 3:01 PM on October 3, 2003

"Although I don't think a 38 week pregnant woman would do very well in 3, 3 hour movies in a row!"

If you're anything like my wife was at that stage, you'd be fine as long as you were sitting on a La-Z-Boy latrine.
posted by mr_crash_davis at 3:11 PM on October 3, 2003

It's tempting, but I'd rather wait until all three of them are available on DVD, so I

won't feel cramped in that fiendishly annoying stadium seating,

won't have to tolerate noisy kids scampering about,

can do the marathon on my schedule,

can hit the pause button at my leisure, and

won't need to invest in Depends.

posted by ZachsMind at 3:17 PM on October 3, 2003

I wonder if the Sony Metreon will let participants sleep in their seats and or else have Starbucks (which is downstairs from the theater) stay open so we can drive home awake.
posted by billsaysthis at 3:23 PM on October 3, 2003

Depends are for dirty people. You need a Stadium Pal.

I went to the double screening they did last year here when the second installment came out. We were at the theater for about eight hours, but it was okay, because they serve beer. It looks like they're doing it at a nasty megaplex here this time, though, so I don't know - although, the audience that goes to these sorts of things is one of the best parts, for me, screaming kids or no.

Ya big grump.
posted by majcher at 3:28 PM on October 3, 2003

OMFG. This is too cool. I was HOPING they'd do something like this.

Time to get catheterized.

(I'm such a fan-boy)
posted by jammer at 3:36 PM on October 3, 2003

I have two exams. One on the 16th, and one on the 17th. This is the worst tragedy to ever happen.
posted by hammurderer at 3:56 PM on October 3, 2003

Damnit, what about the UK? What about us? Don't we get to watch twenty-million-hours of hobbity goodness?
posted by Katemonkey at 3:57 PM on October 3, 2003

*sighs* The closest theatre to me is an hour and a half away. Nothing in my state at all. I was hoping there'd be something closer, but apparently not. Dammit.
posted by eilatan at 3:57 PM on October 3, 2003

Trust me it's not as fun as you might think. I attended one only two back to back showings of the first two movies on Two Tower's release. I had only seen the first one twice both times in the theater, so it'd been a while. Being at the Draft House made it very enjoyable, but after 6 hours of hobbits I thought my ass was going to fall off.
posted by betaray at 4:05 PM on October 3, 2003

I'm such a fan-boy

you are all like bunch of callow catamites lined up to service jack valenti. you're all disgusting.
posted by quonsar at 4:08 PM on October 3, 2003

Wow....it will be great to see the extended versions on the big screen....btw, I called SF Sony Metreon, and though the site says tickets for the marathon showing go on sale Oct 9, Metreon says they won't sell theirs that early--they'll probably wait until just a few days before the showings.

I sat through a cinema marathon of Star Wars once, and that wasn't so bad; hopefully they'll have some decent intermissions.
posted by troybob at 4:13 PM on October 3, 2003

you are all like bunch of callow catamites lined up to service jack valenti.

Is he in this movie?
posted by kindall at 4:19 PM on October 3, 2003

Saw 'Finding Nemo', 'Bright Young Things', 'Underworld' and the IMAX presentation of 'The Matrix Reloaded' today. In the cinema for about ten hours (which is about as long as the triple bill proposed) and it wasn't so bad with all the breaks. I cinema in Liverpool once showed Star Treks 1-7 in one day starting at nine in the morning. Wierdly decided against that one.
posted by feelinglistless at 4:38 PM on October 3, 2003

In the cinema for about ten hours -- feelinglistless

Another name origin.
posted by stbalbach at 4:48 PM on October 3, 2003

I had heard something about this previously, and after asking my man if he would go with me ... and receiving "that look" that basically said "no way in hell", I rationalized that it would probably be at a theater all the way across town, so I wouldn't go alone. Too much hassle, and promptly forgot about it.

But no ... someone had to remind me, and now I see that it's a mere 3.8 miles from the house we just bought last month. Now I want to go dammit!

Still ... that's an awful long time to be sitting in a theater for someone has hyperactive as I am. Maybe I can be patient and wait for the DVDs for my marathon session. Maybe ...
posted by Orb at 4:50 PM on October 3, 2003

This has been known for some time. I was kind of hoping it would remain unknown a little longer, so's I could get tickets..
posted by Hildago at 5:08 PM on October 3, 2003

Marathon sessions: Not just for porn anymore.
posted by troybob at 5:41 PM on October 3, 2003

I cinema in Liverpool once showed Star Treks 1-7 in one day starting at nine in the morning. Wierdly decided against that one.

Must have been feeling a little listless that day, eh?
posted by billsaysthis at 6:05 PM on October 3, 2003

Tolkien was an environmentalist and a luddite.
posted by troutfishing at 7:51 PM on October 3, 2003

Er, unless you can toke in the theatre, what would be the point? Can't keep a good stone for ten hours.

Oh. Wait.

Brownies. Right. No problems, then!
posted by five fresh fish at 11:17 PM on October 3, 2003

CA, Hollywood Arclight 15 Cinema=Cinerama Dome ... just a quick 15 min. from my house ... the perfect place to see hobbits.

always loved that theater. it was the perfect place to see 2001: a space odyssey (the first time around), 1973, stoned and comfortably numb.
posted by lola at 11:29 AM on October 4, 2003

Damn NYC. There is no excuse for not having a theatre with booze provided. And definately no excuse for only 1 theatre with this offered. I mean really.

Still, I'm thinking all 3 might be overboard, since I've watched the extended of fellowship a couple of times, using a projector at home, and the effect is pretty much the same as big screen.

TTT, though, I'm more than anxious to see that in the big theatre, especially since the projector is now dust.

man-o-man-o-man-o-man...
posted by Busithoth at 3:53 PM on October 4, 2003

Not in Canada either. Bummer. Maybe if I start a petition now I can get that changed. Shouldn't be any technological reason they can't do it here too.
posted by Mitheral at 5:25 PM on October 4, 2003