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An app that tells you the best time to run and pee during a movie
- midoridensha 4y agoI don't see why this is necessary or useful. Just press the "pause" button and go to the bathroom when you need to. While you're at it, you can grab a snack or drink from your kitchen before you unpause. Take a few minutes and brew a nice cup of tea perhaps. Then come back to your recliner and cover up with a cozy blanket while watching the movie.
- sircastor 4y agoThis is one of the reasons why I’ve all but sworn-off theaters. It used to mean a lot more to me to see something in the theater but I’ve traded that for subtitles, pausing, multi-day-viewing, picture quality, manageable volume, whatever food and snacks I want, and -surprisingly high up on the list - talking through the movie with my wife. I guess I’ve gotten old (and also own my own house and can buy whatever equipment I want)
- midoridensha 4y agoI live in an small (by American standards) apartment and I have a reclining sofa and 65" TV. You don't need to own a house to have a decent viewing experience. All the other stuff I completely agree with. Movie theaters are obsolete, as far as I'm concerned.
- mitthrowaway2 4y agoAt least in some areas, it's common for rental suites to forbid guests. So if you want to see a movie together with friends, a movie theater is often the best way.
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- rhapsodic 4y agoI've never, ever heard of a rental home or apartment or even hotel room that forbids guests. I'm not saying your assertion is false, but can you provide any evidence that it's true? I think at one time there were women-only boarding houses that forbade male guests, at least there were in old movies, but that's about it.
- mitthrowaway2 4y agoIt's common for rental suites. If you rent a whole home, you can usually invite whoever you want. But if you live in a rented room, a sharehouse, a rented basement suite, etc, then no-guest provisions are very common. These rental suites are common in expensive cities. For example, Surrey BC: https://vancouver.craigslist.org/rds/roo/d/surrey-upper-level-room-in-beautiful/7540400652.html https://vancouver.craigslist.org/rds/roo/d/surrey-upper-leve... (I just picked this randomly, it didn't take more than a minute to find). "Single occupancy only, no guests or visitors please."
- TylerE 4y agoIn the US (and probably Canada as well) that is blatantly false. They can bar specific individuals with reason, but not a blanket ban like that.
- mitthrowaway2 4y agoI don't know about the US, but this is perfectly legal in Canada for a rental in a shared living space (sharing a kitchen or a bathroom with the landlord). The rules are quite different in that case as you are not legally considered a "tenant". It's a very common arrangement, and I know people who have lost their rental for having a visitor.
- tristor 4y agoActually, this is pretty common in the US as well. Generally though, they structure it (more reasonably) around parking provisions, and have visitor parking limited to 2 hours and no overnight guests. This is /incredibly common/ in rental units in the US, partly because landlords charge a fee per occupant for shared services like sewer, trash, etc. and have limited parking. Nearly any rental, including whole apartments, will have rules around overnight guests in the lease with some limitation if not an outright ban to prevent shadow occupancy or subletting.
- djitz 4y ago> You don't need to own a house to have a decent viewing experience. My subwoofers disagree
- joecot 4y agoFor the most part this is me. The only reason I go to a theater is if the movie demands it (Dune in IMAX was heavily touted, so I made the trek for that), or the Drive-in. There's a Drive-in movie theater that still runs about 45 minutes from my house. 2 movie double feature for 11 bucks a person. When the weather's nice, I'll drive there with my friends, put lawn chairs in front of my car, pull out the boombox, and make a night of it. I can manage the volume and we can talk to each other without disturbing anyone.
- kayson 4y agoPicture quality? What kind of theaters are you going to? What TV do you have?
- craz8 4y agoI saw a movie in a theater for the first time in forever last weekend. At one point I was distracted by lines in the screen where the sky was projected - it was the actual screen, not part of the projection. This was an iPic, so not cheap tickets If streaming services could handle busy times without artifacts my LG 4K 77in would always be a better experience for all content
- bmitc 4y agoMy local movie theater has a 70mm projector. Not gonna get that at home no matter what setup one has.
- sircastor 4y agoAs a recent example, we went to an animated film and could see lots of artifacts on the image. It wasn’t the theater’s fault. But also, picture quality isn’t just a matter of source. I can change the output of my TV to whatever I want. The theater gives me the combination of whatever the staff set up plus the file from the studio.
- Slow_Hand 4y agoI see a lot of people in these comments wondering why they should favor the theater experience today. While it's true that the gap between video and audio quality at home is shrinking I think the single biggest factor for me to go to the theater is the feeling of focus and immersion that I experience. I love forgetting about everything else for 2-3 hours and becoming absorbed in the experience. One of my favorite feelings is at the end of the film when I walk out of the theater with a mind that is empty and still after having focused for so long. I get to observe the feeling of my thoughts creeping back in along with the noise of the world. In this way it's akin to a meditative experience for me. Of course, this can also happen at home with enough willpower, but the temptation to break focus is ever-present.
- grepLeigh 4y agoThis is why I love going to the movies near a nice promenade. The quiet walk afterwards with my SO (who also easily gets lost in thought) is part of the experience. We strolled down the Embarcadero after Dune - couldn't tell you what we talked about, but it was peaceful.
- tomcam 4y agoI was you for a period of about 30 years. As soon as I could afford to go to movies I went to about 100 every year. I adored the experience and dragged all my girlfriends and, later, my wife and family to the movies. They knew me at all the Edwards theaters in southern Orange County, California. The shared audience experience could be electric. We even liked waiting in line for a select movies, such as new movies in the first Star Wars trilogy, Batman sequels, Indiana Jones, Terminator, Alien, or back to the future. I cheerfully paid inflated prices for snacks because the overall experience was a delight. Around the time Edwards was sold to Regal a few years ago the experience in all theaters was declining. As the good script writers turned to TV shows, the spectacle remained in movies but the stories stopped being compelling. Even the good theaters started showing crappy non-movie commercials before they ran trailers. Even the expensive movie theaters were unable to supply good fresh popcorn. Apparently operating the popcorn machine is just too much trouble. Much better to get trash bags full of stale popcorn from some central location. Even at high-end theaters, customers started using their phones for social media while the movie was running. Phone screens are pretty bright these days. Theaters were able to stem the decline a little bit by introducing even more expensive theaters that had comfortable assigned seating and passable restaurant service. The passable restaurant service quickly declined, right along with the movies. We could still sort of enjoy movies like Iron Man, Deadpool, or Pirates of the Caribbean. It was over $20 a person to see a movie, so about the price of a DVD. By the time Covid hit, I was the only one in my family going to movies. My adult kids didn’t even want to go on my nickel. My wife wasn’t having any of it. She simply could not stand the poor quality of movies or the theater experience itself. I did go to see the new top gun movie, and it was about $25. At that point, with the degraded experience, I see no reason to do anything but stream or purchase the movie months after the hype has died down. So now it’s me in my family room, alone, watching streaming services on a big screen and wondering what the fuck happened.
- bmitc 4y agoI’ll never understand people who don’t like going to the theater. I absolutely love going to the theater, but for the most part, I go to locally owned, independent theaters. Prices are good, including for the snacks. Yes, yes, your home theater setup is awesome or whatever, but that doesn’t replicate the theater experience. All of my most enjoyable movie experiences have been at the theater. Even something as dumb as Talledega Nights was transformed by being in a packed theater. And even for more cerebral movies, the experience is just worth it. Coming back from the theater and talking about it, seeing the reactions on people’s faces, hearing others on the way out, etc. There’s also nothing else to do at the movie theater except watch. I’m glad my independent theaters made it through COVID. I haven’t been as much as I did prior to COVID, mainly because of COVID and moving further away, but I just really love seeing a good movie at the theater. I miss being bored on a Friday night and hopping down to the local theater to see a movie. My movie theaters have really good popcorn and ice cream as well.
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- mozman 4y agoI can’t stand talking, phones, mastication sounds, etc. Ruins the movie for me. My home system is inferior to all theaters but it’s easier for me to get lost in entertainment.
- bmitc 4y agoThe independent theaters I go to monitor phone usage, talking, and sounds.
- swores 4y ago> I’ll never understand people who don’t like going to the theater. Maybe you're just talking hyperbolically, but that sentence really screams not having grasped that, with so many millions of humans around us, in any topic there will be many who have completely different preferences/views than you. That said, I'm a hypocrite because I'll never understand people who don't like ice cream!
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- fooker 4y agoI was surprised that intermissions were not a thing in the US movie theaters. It is pervasive in India and movies are designed to end on a high/cliffhanger before the break.
- fsckboy 4y agoUS theaters had intermissions up into the late 60's but not since.
- doubleotwinner 4y agoThere are big cultural differences in this type of behaviour. In Finland, I would estimate the percentage of peers during a movie in a theater is probably 1-2%. No one really plans around it and it's seen as quite annoying behaviour which is avoided. In Canada, where I lived for a while, the number was probably 10-20%. It was more of a norm and just a thing that a lot of people did.
- lupire 4y agoAka Intermission. Or Interpission.
- pvaldes 4y agoRequired Pission impissible category for the more accelerated and hardest films.
- dmitriid 4y agoIn Turkey cinemas used to have intermissions for every movie. Even in early 2000s. I don't know if it's still the case.
- graton 4y agoWhen I was in Istanbul in 2013 they had an intermission. Kind of surprising to me. Also it seemed like it was a time based thing because I vaguely recall it was right during an action sequence and bam, movie stops and the lights turn on. My first thought something went wrong with the projector but then everybody around me just started getting up and acting like it was completely normal :)
- jsnell 4y agoIn Switzerland, having an intermission is still standard. It's great.
- robertlagrant 4y agoInterpission is good, but scientists are still trying to achieve the holy grail of interpusion.
- shepherdjerred 4y agoWe're only 10 years away
- RcouF1uZ4gsC 4y agoThor: Love and Thunder - Feel free to run and pee whenever you want.
- carabiner 4y agoThanks.
- racl101 4y agolol. Especially the parts with Thor.
- gw99 4y agoThis is by far the funniest and most accurate thing I've seen here. The whole film was absolute garbage.
- mikestew 4y agoMy wife rented it for the plane on a solo trip. She got back, but the Apple TV progress bar in "Watch Now" indicated she'd only watched about 30 minutes of it. "Sucked bad", she said, "but maybe I just wasn't in the mood for it." We paid for it, I like Portman, I like Hemsworth, I liked the previous installments. I decided to watch the trailer to see if I wanted to watch the whole thing. I just barely made it to the end of the trailer. I can only imagine the steaming pile that was the whole movie.
- all2 4y agoThis makes me sad. Thor: Ragnorak was hysterical and probably my favorite Marvel movie so far. Maybe the old adage about the third movie being better than the second will hold true.
- tedunangst 4y agoL&T is the fourth Thor movie. Definitely the worst according to Lucas logic.
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- racl101 4y agoI forwent popcorn and soda for Avengers Endgame cause I didn't wanna get up to go to the bathroom. Just took tiny sips of water when my mouth got dry. Worked like a charm.
- metadat 4y agoUnless your body is already quite dehydrated, this strategy will be hit-or-miss on it's own. Improvenent is possibe by combining the above with relieving yourself immediately before the performance begins. If you relieve immediately beforehand and can't hold it for 90 minutes, there is likely a medical issue (e.g. old man, pregnant, etc).
- LeoPanthera 4y ago> If you relieve immediately beforehand and can't hold it for 90 minutes, there is likely a medical issue (e.g. old man, or pregnant). Avengers Endgame is 3 hours and 1 minute long. Some of that is credits, and maybe you should be able to hold it for 3 hours anyway, but some people do have medical problems. They should still be allowed to enjoy movies.
- metadat 4y agoI wonder why the theaters won't incorporate a 5 minute intermission break for movies longer than 2h:20m (140 minutes, on the higher end for typical films).
- toast0 4y agoIntermissions feel dated. But when I saw Ben-Hur at the fathom event, boy did I need it!
- Yizahi 4y agoWhen I watched Return of the King in a theater they had 10 or 15 min break in the middle, it was the first and last time I've seen such arrangement. It would be nice if Hollywood finally accepted such format and just went with 3-4 hour long movies with a break. Not for all movies of course, but at least for the more complex ones. I mean not making 2:30 long movie and then just pad it with irrelevant, often static scenes for some "Complete Movie Of the Year Directors Super Duper Cut Edition" clocking at 3:00, but having zero new content as compared to theater cut. That's just a dumb trend imho. But instead actually plan the story for 3 or 4 hours, with a proper increase of storytelling, characters and so on. Just for some top AAA movies.
- Jackpillar 4y agoRandom but this app was founded by ex-NFL quarterback Carson Palmer's brother Jordan. Also still requires you to check your phone during a movie which should be immediate jail time across the board.
- nikanj 4y agoOr check it beforehand, and remember when you can go pee?
- makeset 4y agoStart the timer on the beginning cue and it will vibrate at pee times.
- avree 4y agoCovered in their marketing copy: "Built in Timer so you can enjoy using the RunPee app during a movie without disturbing those around you."
- ryukafalz 4y ago> Also still requires you to check your phone during a movie Unless you use a smartwatch.
- carrotcarrot 4y agoThat's just a tiny phone on your wrist. If anything it's worse because you have it out during the entire movie.
- dylan604 4y agomine has a theater mode specifically for this. yours doesn't? sounds like you "chose poorly" to quote the movie.
- tomjakubowski 4y agoA live sports version of this app, predicated on the likelihood of a big play coming up, would be fun.
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- tannhaeuser 4y agoThe problem of going to the toilet all the time seems to be related to the bad habit of selling drinks by the bucket in theaters.
- IIAOPSW 4y agoThey could solve this by including an empty bucket to go with it.
- SkyMarshal 4y agoJust sell the bucket drinks without ice and already cold. Finish the drink, and voila you have an empty bucket now.
- ubermonkey 4y agoI actually used this for Endgame! It ruled.
- 8bitsrule 4y agoI'm completely bored by long battle scenes (e.g. in LOTR) ... seen one, seen 'em all ... some are long enough to visit the loo and go out for a smoke.
- anyfoo 4y agoFor me it's less war scenes like in LOTR and more longwinded action movie scenes, like people fighting or elaborate car chases or what not. One of the many reasons why I'm really not a fan of the superhero genre that seems so pervasive nowadays.
- SantalBlush 4y agoI'll give an example of action done the right way: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Every action scene shows us more about the characters or advances the plot, so the action serves as a backdrop for the storytelling.
- bmitc 4y agoYou could use the restroom for the entirety of a Marvel movie and still not miss anything.
- bigyikes 4y agoAnother reason I dislike the superhero genre these days is because the plot arcs are so predictable. It seems like every movie follows exactly the same beats. At this point they feel more like remixes than fresh content.
- wingworks 4y agoExactly this. I feel there is little reason to watch it these days.
- anigbrowl 4y agoIsn't this several years old? You could just use your great film sense to know when you're in an obligatory scene, or alternatively just skip the horrendously large liquid sugar infusion.
- mproud 4y agoSupposedly the app/site went AWOL more or less a few years? and then got resurrected.
- lstamour 4y agoI’ve been a regular user of the app to know whether there are extra scenes at the end of the movie, and I haven’t noticed a time when they didn’t have new content. There was a time when the app looked outdated but the content was still fresh. And they redid the app’s pricing once, maybe twice now. But yeah, they did a recent reboot of the app and its design etc.
- asiachick 4y agoIf you pull it out in the theater during the movie I hope you'll be ejected from the theater. Phones should be OFF in theaters during the movie!
- andsoitis 4y agoI just go pee when I need to. Go with the flow is a better policy than subjecting your bladder to a movie’s rhythm. Your body will thank you.
- bombcar 4y agoThis is how I missed the midiclorians scene in phantom menance and it made the movie so much better
- HWR_14 4y ago(Meta question): Is there a reason blog posts get a year, but the websites for apps that have been out for a long time do not?
- ninjanomnom 4y agoA year in the title generally indicates that what is being linked to is as it was in the year specified. Usually, a blog post is static and easy to apply a year to but front pages of ongoing projects may have new information or changes that make it harder to label with a year. If a particular project is finished then applying a year to the title could make sense but most people don't bother to look into what year that should be, and in some cases may be subjective.
- HWR_14 4y agoI suppose that makes some sense, but this project has been around for at least a decade (I don't want to look it up either).
- an_aparallel 4y agowe really are in the nightmare dystopic vision of being connected to an engagement machine and more or less drooling our way through life... How many apps does the average person have on their phone...having something so hyper specific just seems incredible to me (as someone with nothing installed on it)
- reidjs 4y agoI wouldn’t call it a dystopian nightmare, just movies are no longer as engaging as they used to be. Now I can text/send videos pics or voice to any of my friends at any moment I feel. Why should I force myself to watch the boring part of a movie?
- midoridensha 4y agoWhy bother paying to be in a theater at all then? Why are you paying to be bored?
- an_aparallel 4y agothis is the kind of thinking that results in app ideas like "new app that uses AI to predict the least offensive time to take a pee break during a work meeting"... and this is precisely the kind of thing that blunts us into being automatons.
- phs318u 4y agoHyper-specific apps just seem to me like a return to the Victorian predilection for hyper-specific tools, such as grape shears and top-hat irons.
- bmitc 4y agoAgree. Also, aside from medical conditions, it it really that hard to use the restroom before the movie? And to me, it’s part of the experience to find the right timing if you really need to go.