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SLUSHO! · Boot Joined: 10 Jul 2007 Posts: 43

No Advanced Screenings Yet

**Posted:** Mon Jan 14, 2008 1:36 pm

gypsy songman · Veteran Joined: 11 Oct 2007 Posts: 139

Re: No Advanced Screenings Yet

**Posted:** Mon Jan 14, 2008 1:40 pm

Pandafarmer · Boot Joined: 09 Jan 2008 Posts: 69

I'm going to one tonight in Minneapolis. Will be happy to post a review when I get home!

**Posted:** Mon Jan 14, 2008 1:43 pm

nicodemoscain · Boot Joined: 14 Jan 2008 Posts: 25

I can. I started thinking this way about the pre-screenings last night that everything that everyone has supposedly seen has been fixed to look like the real movie. If I know J.J., (Which I claim to only in understanding his thought processes.) he made a couple versions of the film just for this type of secrecy and we have yet to see the true and full version of the movie until this week. (It's what I would do. Laughing

) Even then, I wonder if these new pre-screenings they are talking about are the real thing either.

**Posted:** Mon Jan 14, 2008 1:44 pm

SLUSHO! · Boot Joined: 10 Jul 2007 Posts: 43

Re: No Advanced Screenings Yet

**Posted:** Mon Jan 14, 2008 1:44 pm

HaloKitty7 · Boot Joined: 25 Sep 2007 Posts: 46

Re: No Advanced Screenings Yet

**Posted:** Mon Jan 14, 2008 1:47 pm

Pandafarmer · Boot Joined: 09 Jan 2008 Posts: 69

I've been to pre screenings before and they are the full film with nothing added nor missing. It's likely the same print that the theater will use this weekend, just shipped out early so the theater can run the preview. The only difference I can tell is that the preview is the same week as release, which is VERY rare. My guess is they wanted to build hype early enough without letting too many spoilers weeks before release. I seen previews as early as a month before release for dramas... I'm really surprised they are even previewing it at all actually! But when we all come into work next day OMG'ing all over the office... it gives some added word of mouth for a huge opening weekend.

I think what he's refering to is no PRESS previews... which happen weeks before release.

OliMango · Entrenched Joined: 07 Oct 2007 Posts: 1189 Location: Vegas

Erm, this isn't true, considering I went to an advanced screening on the 10th.

Unless the one I went to was illegal or something... Shocked

**Posted:** Mon Jan 14, 2008 1:59 pm

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Cookson · Veteran Joined: 10 Jan 2008 Posts: 115

If Matt Reeves' says there's been no Advanced screenings yet, and there won't be till Tuesday...

Oil....please for the love of god, did you actually see the film?

There was a moment about 3 days ago where HONEY was on, then went off...then came back on about an hour later and was like, "I just got back from work...I can answer any questions now.".....that's been stuck in my head as well. There's really only about 4-5 people who say the monster is what you say it is.....so it's possible that you all came up with some kind of plan way before this, to fool people.....or you all are the SAME person.

Eh, I still think it's true....but please, if you haven't and lied....just say so, so we can't start thinking again..... heh

**Posted:** Mon Jan 14, 2008 2:16 pm

Lawlbringer

Never again will JJ have to perform damage control, especially on something the caliber of a leaked script.

It could be a kiss of death.

Especially for something like FELICITY~!

**Posted:** Mon Jan 14, 2008 2:24 pm

TPMdm · Veteran Joined: 01 Jan 2008 Posts: 85

Well depending upon audience reaction at "Studio Authorized Advanced Screenings" changes are made. I'm a big starwars fan and the one example I always refer to is the ending of Return of the Jedi. As originally shot Lando dies and the Millennium Falcon is destoryed (they didn't make it out of the Death Star 2). Audience reaction was so poor they did a minor reshoot and did a new special effect of the MF flying out of the Death Star blowing up.

**Posted:** Mon Jan 14, 2008 2:36 pm

Pandafarmer · Boot Joined: 09 Jan 2008 Posts: 69

This may be so, but that may have been a "test screening." In an "advance screening" such as this week's events... They don't ask you what you think of the movie at all. no comment cards or question form. You are simply honored to see the film first to help generate buzz so the opening box office is bigger. It is WAY too close to release for them to be changing anything. This is about the time of the week when prints are shipped out to theaters. Meaning the movie is done and the version seen by people this weekend is the same print as those of us who are going to advance screenings.

**Posted:** Mon Jan 14, 2008 2:47 pm

Headman

**Posted:** Mon Jan 14, 2008 2:54 pm

Pandafarmer · Boot Joined: 09 Jan 2008 Posts: 69

28 Dresses here we come! WOOO!

**Posted:** Mon Jan 14, 2008 4:38 pm

My_Name_Is_Dan · Veteran Joined: 01 Jan 2008 Posts: 97

Maybe Oil and the others who have seen it were hired by Paramount/whoever to generate buzz and give out fake spoilers and such, including a fake description of the monster?
That would be fucking insane if true, because then we would all go to the movie and see a different monster, maybe the monster fan art now is the first draft of the monster? I dunno...

If true. Genius. Absolutely genius.

**Posted:** Mon Jan 14, 2008 4:57 pm