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Posted: 2003-10-06 03:57pm
by CmdrWilkens
Dalton wrote:
aronkerkhof wrote:I'll touch Red Lobster, with a 50 gallon drum of gasoline and a box of matches. Anyway, this is new york fucking city. Is there nothing besides Red Lobster and TGIF and HRC in this joint? ;-)
With my limited knowledge? Maybe Gray's Papaya on 7th ;)

I'll try to scare up a few more restaurants in the Times Square area, but they'll probably be expensive as fuck unless you want to broaden the radius.
That's what I'm all for. times Square eating I've been there and done that but the prices are insane. We definately need to braoden the search radius.

Posted: 2003-10-06 04:03pm
by PrinceofLowLight
Olive Garden in Times Square isn't that expensive. Then again, there's something to be said for the various theater diners around TS. All of them are good and not too overpriced.

Posted: 2003-10-07 11:22am
by Kuja
So the general plan seems to be arrive Friday the 19th and see the movie/eat+do sighteeing/other stuff on Saturday the 20th?

If I can get off work on Friday the 19th (it's an 8-hour drive or so from Buffalo) and find a place to stay that isn't too pricey, I'd love to come.

EDIT: Took care of my irritating online grammar mistakes.

Posted: 2003-10-07 11:45am
by Ghost Rider
If the plan is come in 19...see movie on 20th(along with other things in between the two...most likely I'm catching a really early train). No sweat...just need to where stuff is going on persay.

Basically I leave 21st very early...so not to miss friend's birthday.

Posted: 2003-10-07 02:00pm
by aronkerkhof
Kuja wrote:So the general plan seems to be arrive Friday the 19th and see the movie/eat+do sighteeing/other stuff on Saturday the 20th?

If I can get off work on Friday the 19th (it's an 8-hour drive or so from Buffalo) and find a place to stay that isn't too pricey, I'd love to come.

EDIT: Took care of my irritating online grammar mistakes.
Don't know. I've got to talk it over with Rob and come up with something, that I'll post to the site. I was under the impression that Friday would be the dinner, meetup, etc, then Saturday would be the actual film watching. That way people who couldn't make it on Friday would still be able to horn in on the film watching. But whatever, we'll get some kind of consensus and post it on the site.

Posted: 2003-10-08 12:44am
by Kuja
aronkerkhof wrote:Don't know. I've got to talk it over with Rob and come up with something, that I'll post to the site. I was under the impression that Friday would be the dinner, meetup, etc, then Saturday would be the actual film watching. That way people who couldn't make it on Friday would still be able to horn in on the film watching. But whatever, we'll get some kind of consensus and post it on the site.
As long as the get-together on Fri. isn't too early (IE: before mid-afternoon, no doubt) I'll be able to make it with time to spare. That, though, is assuming I'll be able to get the day off. But I'm confidant I'll be able to.

Posted: 2003-10-08 01:13am
by fgalkin
Ok, I have a suggestion: can one person buy all the tickets and then be reimbursed, rather than make everyone stand in line (and face the risk of not getting the ticket)?

Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin

Posted: 2003-10-08 01:19am
by aronkerkhof
fgalkin wrote:Ok, I have a suggestion: can one person buy all the tickets and then be reimbursed, rather than make everyone stand in line (and face the risk of not getting the ticket)?

Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin
Negative! That's just too much risk and hassel for one person to bear. We're going with a place that has on-line tickets. Rob and I will save your seat, but you have to get your own tickets in advance. I think this is the fairest for everyone involved.

Posted: 2003-10-08 01:26am
by fgalkin
aronkerkhof wrote:
fgalkin wrote:Ok, I have a suggestion: can one person buy all the tickets and then be reimbursed, rather than make everyone stand in line (and face the risk of not getting the ticket)?

Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin
Negative! That's just too much risk and hassel for one person to bear. We're going with a place that has on-line tickets. Rob and I will save your seat, but you have to get your own tickets in advance. I think this is the fairest for everyone involved.
Ok, then.

Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin

Posted: 2003-10-08 01:32am
by Hotfoot
aronkerkhof wrote:
fgalkin wrote:Ok, I have a suggestion: can one person buy all the tickets and then be reimbursed, rather than make everyone stand in line (and face the risk of not getting the ticket)?

Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin
Negative! That's just too much risk and hassel for one person to bear. We're going with a place that has on-line tickets. Rob and I will save your seat, but you have to get your own tickets in advance. I think this is the fairest for everyone involved.
How about a mass emailing/PMing to everyone involved with a link to the online vendor so we all buy tickets at roughly the same time, ensuring that don't get a sold-out show and thus left-out SD.netters?

Posted: 2003-10-08 11:32am
by aronkerkhof
Hotfoot wrote:
aronkerkhof wrote:
fgalkin wrote:Ok, I have a suggestion: can one person buy all the tickets and then be reimbursed, rather than make everyone stand in line (and face the risk of not getting the ticket)?

Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin
Negative! That's just too much risk and hassel for one person to bear. We're going with a place that has on-line tickets. Rob and I will save your seat, but you have to get your own tickets in advance. I think this is the fairest for everyone involved.
How about a mass emailing/PMing to everyone involved with a link to the online vendor so we all buy tickets at roughly the same time, ensuring that don't get a sold-out show and thus left-out SD.netters?
Yeah, that is a distinct possibility. Most places sell tickets 30 days before the showing, so we're looking to get tickets on 11/19/03.

Posted: 2003-10-08 03:32pm
by Soontir C'boath
Have we figured out a time to see the movie on Saturday?~Jason

Posted: 2003-10-08 03:37pm
by aronkerkhof
No, because movie times haven't been released yet. In fact, since the running time hasn't been officially released, it would be impossible for theaters to schedule showing times right now. November 1 Rob and I will begin contact theaters to determine the exact showtime, but until then, what do you think, Rob? Mid afternoon? Closest to three o'clock we can get?

Posted: 2003-10-08 03:41pm
by Soontir C'boath
Okay, it was a stupid question anyway. At the moment I thought I hadKaplan to worry about.....but we're doing this in Dec. :banghead:

Posted: 2003-10-08 03:41pm
by Dalton
aronkerkhof wrote:No, because movie times haven't been released yet. In fact, since the running time hasn't been officially released, it would be impossible for theaters to schedule showing times right now. November 1 Rob and I will begin contact theaters to determine the exact showtime, but until then, what do you think, Rob? Mid afternoon? Closest to three o'clock we can get?
Seems good, maybe try for matinee prices.

Posted: 2003-10-08 04:09pm
by CmdrWilkens
If its running time is clocking in around the 4hr predictions then we might be looking at at 3:30 - 4:00 show as the best possibility short of the typical 11-12 first showings.

Posted: 2003-10-13 01:04am
by aronkerkhof
I just updated the site.

http://www.galactec.com/neolith/content ... e=lotr-nyc

It has the latest plan information, including the revised dates, mention of the dinner, and a link to the HRC we're thinking of going to. That link has everything you'll possibly need to get your sorry carcass to that location.

As always, comments, suggestions, improvements welcome, and let me know if anything can be clarified. More info as we get it...

Posted: 2003-10-13 01:19am
by Kuja
aronkerkhof wrote:As always, comments, suggestions, improvements welcome, and let me know if anything can be clarified. More info as we get it...
You can put me on the maybe list. I won't know for sure until my vacation day is approved.

Posted: 2003-10-13 11:24am
by aronkerkhof
Done. :-)

Posted: 2003-11-26 03:33pm
by PrinceofLowLight
Tickets are currently being sold at a few locations. Just a headsup. http://www.moviefone.com/showtimes/movi ... 9&x=18&y=7

Posted: 2003-11-26 06:49pm
by fgalkin
What theater are we going to? It's time to decide, since the tickets are already on sale.

Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin

Posted: 2003-11-27 01:05pm
by Dalton
fgalkin wrote:What theater are we going to? It's time to decide, since the tickets are already on sale.
We're leaning towards Loews E-walk, which is on E. 34th street. Sadly, it doesn't look like there are any times available yet.

Posted: 2003-11-30 07:31pm
by Dalton
OK folks, looks like movie showtimes are beginning to become available. Check out Lordoftherings.net on the top right. The ZIP code is 10036, but tickets for Loews E-Walk aren't avaliable yet...?

Posted: 2003-11-30 11:09pm
by Soontir C'boath
I'm not sure but is this theatre near NYU?~Jason

Posted: 2003-12-01 04:22pm
by CmdrWilkens
Fandango.com lists the following ROTK show times for the 20th:

9:00 am
1:30 pm
6:10 pm
10:50 pm

I'm betting that we're looking at the 1:30 then eh?