Rick is the man. As a detail/presentation freak myself, game recognizes game.
Seriously, Star Cinema Grill had this already built in when they opened back up in late May.Rick Dalton said:
Why didn't AMC have their programmers code their app to automatically block out the seats next to purchased seats?
I would say, for anyone worried about being to close to other people...why are you buying tickets to go to the theater? You still have to walk into the theater, than you are sitting in an enclosed space for a couple hours. People will walk by you to get in and out of their seats...There is no avoiding it other than just not going.Rick Dalton said:
That honestly seems like a great idea. I bought the first ticket to see Inception in IMAX at my local AMC and have been watching the seating chart in the app to see how many other people are going to show up. They've got every other row blocked out so that you can't select them but there's just a pop-up message that asks you to "please leave an empty seat between occupied seats and your seat selection." That managed to hold for about an hour before some idiot bought the blank seat between two pairs of occupied seats. As soon as I saw that i purchased the seats immediately to my left and right, and when I checked this afternoon the seats adjacent to those were occupied. This just adds to my skepticism that the theaters are going to be able to successfully reopen. I fully expect to see videos of confrontations starting next weekend which will bring a lot of scrutiny that the theaters have managed to avoid up to this point. Why didn't AMC have their programmers code their app to automatically block out the seats next to purchased seats? It looks like their little pop-up message is working as well as the pre-show video asking people not to talk and use their phone during the movie.
Yeah, it blows my mind. I've seen more movies since May then I did in the 6 months before that. And SCG has done it while still serving food and drinks and figured out how to make that work. The big boys don't have waiters and kitchens, just a snack bar. Even before Corona, I was only going to a big chain for the mega-screen experience for a movie like Star Wars or Avengres.Rick Dalton said:
it's absurd that Star Cinema Grill, which has a grand total of ten locations, was able to do something that the largest theater chain in the world couldn't. I guess I shouldn't be surprised after their CEO fumbled the mask issue, but this just seems like a no-brainer, especially if the survival of your company depends on it.
Rick Dalton said:
That honestly seems like a great idea. I bought the first ticket to see Inception in IMAX at my local AMC and have been watching the seating chart in the app to see how many other people are going to show up. They've got every other row blocked out so that you can't select them but there's just a pop-up message that asks you to "please leave an empty seat between occupied seats and your seat selection." That managed to hold for about an hour before some idiot bought the blank seat between two pairs of occupied seats. As soon as I saw that i purchased the seats immediately to my left and right, and when I checked this afternoon the seats adjacent to those were occupied. This just adds to my skepticism that the theaters are going to be able to successfully reopen. I fully expect to see videos of confrontations starting next weekend which will bring a lot of scrutiny that the theaters have managed to avoid up to this point. Why didn't AMC have their programmers code their app to automatically block out the seats next to purchased seats? It looks like their little pop-up message is working as well as the pre-show video asking people not to talk and use their phone during the movie.
Rick Dalton said:
Yep, they fixed it yesterday afternoon. However, if they were really serious about the six foot rule in their IMAX theaters they would block out the two adjacent seats on each side since they're so much narrower than their standard recliners. This is what they're doing in China: