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andrewtorkbaker
Hey HN! 150,000 people bought IMAX tickets to see The Odyssey the first day they went on sale. I was not one of them. So I built a site to watch every 70mm IMAX screening in the US and alert me when good seats open up.

More details on Twitter: https://x.com/andrewtorkbaker/status/2078540178713629119

avidiax
I was able to see The Odyssey yesterday in 70mm, and it had a preview of Dune 3.

I wasn't planning to see Dune 3, but that preview made me want to see it.

Can we monitor seat availability on Dune 3 70mm as well? Maybe a beta? I think right now it's just the 4 days of early release tickets, all 100% sold out of course.

pauldavis
This is awesome - and I love the look.

Can you add England/Europe listings? :)

swang
I built my own script to get a seat near the middle and towards the back at the Metreon but so far I have not seen many available. My guess is checking 15 minutes is too slow. And also I've been getting rate-limited by Cloudflare. Not sure if I want to pour more resources into getting around it.

The Metreon is running IMAX 70MM showings for 24 hours straight today started at 3AM, [half hour for previews, 3 hour movie, half hour cleanup], then 7AM, 11AM, 3PM, 7PM, 11PM and one on Sunday at 3AM and all showings are basically full. It is crazy.

cinntaile
Is this a very limited release or why not just give it a few weeks and you'll get seats without any trouble?
dominotw
do i need to learn any ancient history stuff to make this more enjoyable. no rush to watch it.

love exploring ancient history so can read/watch long documenatries and stuff if you have any recommendations ( hopefuly with no spoilers).

ano-ther
I have seen a local theater advertising 70mm dual projection (but not mentioning IMAX) and another one IMAX. Will there be a difference?
globular-toast
There are only 3 screens in the UK; I've accepted I won't be going. I'm glad I got to see The Dark Knight Rises and Tenet in the BFI IMAX, though. The latter was during COVID and we had a whole row to ourselves. I don't even mind that these aren't the greatest films. IMAX is more of a spectacle in its own right and a great film will still be great on any screen.
Svoka
Can someone explain why they don't just add black bars on the side and show in filmed format?
ymir_e
What a fun website.

This feels like a sort of flashback to how the web used to be in some ways.