And even further, only those exact same two seats are ‘taken’ for every single showing.

I thought for sure the after church showings tomorrow would be at least somewhat full, but nope.

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    To be clear:
    The ‘x’ seats are ‘taken’
    The 🟦 seats are ‘available’

    ETA As many have pointed out, since these same two seats are blocked for every showing, I believe it’s because they’re broken; not sold.

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      Unfortunately for his fans, all the Blockbusters have closed.

      They do still cherish their VCRs though. It’s the only proper way to watch John Wayne movies.

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      I got curious. This showing is in about 90 minutes, in one of the reddest counties in the country.

      There is another show tonight that has about 10 tickets sold.

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      This theater seating arangement pisses me off. Why did they remove 2 seats on all the rows behind the handicap seat row? And why are there 2 seats even further to the right, but X’d off in the back row??? If anything that just shows theres enough space for 4 more seats in EVERY row behind the handicaped row! Is that just empty floor space??? Why is that there??? Like a mini dance floor in the theater???

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        If it’s like the theater near me the space is for the entrance and stairs. You would come in at the level with the handicapped seating and go down stairs to the rows in front of that and up stairs for the rows behind.

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    Not that I think this isn’t hilarious, but to quote Trump’s own idiotic ramblings, “Nobody knows what an app is.” His redneck supporters that don’t trust such fancy lib’ral scams as “mail” and “locked drop boxes” sure aren’t going to understand using an app to book a seat in a movie theater.

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      In my local theater you also have to ‘reserve’ a seat when you buy the ticket in person. Don’t ask me why.

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        So that someone ordering online doesn’t try to buy your seat. Obviously.

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            Yes? “Hey wanna catch a movie?” “Sure, looks like the new Deadpool has a showing in like twenty minutes.” “Dope. You order the tickets, I’ll drive.”

            Why would they not apply the same system to all purchases? Either seats are reserved or they aren’t.

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        Assigned seating has been the norm here for decades. Makes things go a little more smoothly, especially when everyone expects it.

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        Reasonable reason: pre-2020 theaters would be packed sometimes and it’s helpful to have assigned seats. It resolves seating disputes and gets people to go straight to their seats. When I saw Avengers End Game (or maybe Infinity War), they had to have employees spotting empty seats for everyone walking in.

        Cynical theory: they’re logging seat selection trends and going to move to tiered pricing like airplane seats

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    To be fair it is for 6:30. If you have work and a family, a 6:30 showing is not all that viable an option regardless of the film.

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        Timmy has sportsball practice, you need overtime to pay for keeping up with the Joneses, and supper is at 6.

        Plenty of reasons why an adult can’t make a 6:30p movie on a Saturday.

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          Ok? If not on a Saturday, when do you think people are seeing 6:30 showtimes? Do you think theaters just don’t open before 8pm or something?

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            I would say the majority of 6:30p patrons are kids, single, dating, and DINKs. There are the outlier degenerates, but for all we know OP is showing a theater that is in San Francisco where nobody would bother with such a nonsense waste of time.

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              You might check all the other images other people are posting of empty theaters in their area. Including places like Texas.

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            That is the obvious answer for the majority of people, but it is always the motivated minority of ignorant and opinionated that speak so deafening.

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    Ugh, Westminster, CO. Most showings in the Denver area are at least half full. But most theaters aren’t showing it at all.

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    That’s not showing in my blue city, but another movie “Am I Racist?” is showing (or not? Maybe they don’t hit play if the theater is empty).

    It seems to be about a racist guy who takes on a disguise so nobody recognizes him as the racist guy and pretends to be a mentally ill progressive or something and interviews people

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      No better way to expose your opposition than to… Pretend to be them and shoot a film under that pretense?! I know genuine creativity is something conservatives are generally incapable of, but it’s at satire levels now. They can’t make a compelling argument for anything they stand for because the truth would lose them support

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    Apparently it is set in the same cinematic universe as Surviving R. Kelly.

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    With this movie, Am I Racist?, and Reagan all playing at the same time, the GOP is really going full-throttle in attempting to exploit their base.

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      Looking at this graphic, is it still illegal to yell “fire” in a theater like that, or can we record ourselves doing so in those empty rooms for fuckyou lols? 🤷🏽‍♂️

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    Totally sold out. The most sold out movie ever. You remember Titan-ick? Had a naked girl in it and it didn’t sell as many tickets as this movie. People are saying this is the best movie there is. People are watching it 4 or 5 times and saying how good it is. I haven’t seen it. Maybe I’ll see it. Deenish de-sooza did the movie. She’s hot, have you seen her? Smokin hot. They wanted me to be in it. Was I I in it? Sure, maybe. Great movie. The best.

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      I’m sure you and everyone else understand, attendance isn’t proof of anything beyond box office numbers. Many theaters are empty that’s how they know to show something new.