Hey big boy, want to see my Iron Man?

Posted At : April 15, 2008 9:25 AM | Posted By : Scott Stroz
Related Categories: ColdFusion Stuff,Flex Stuff

CF.Objective() starts in a few weeks on May 1. Coincidentally Iron Man is being released the following day. If you would be interested in seeing the movie with some of your favorite (or maybe not so favorite) ColdFusion geeks, leave a comment here, and be sure to subscribe. I will post details of when and where we will be going to see the movie.

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me too me too

# Posted By Scott P | 4/15/08 9:38 AM

I'm so in.

# Posted By Raymond Camden | 4/15/08 9:46 AM

I am Irrrroooon Maaann

# Posted By Ben Nadel | 4/15/08 9:50 AM

That's a great idea! Count me in.

# Posted By Brian Swartzfager | 4/15/08 10:35 AM

I'm in. I used to work right across from the Mall of America in the 90's... the best thing to do is purchase tickets earlier in the day (lunch) when there aren't any lines.

# Posted By James Moberg | 4/15/08 11:00 AM

Count me in

# Posted By Joe Rinehart | 4/15/08 12:12 PM

I'd love to go. I work here in St. Paul. Unfortunately, there aren't any theaters near the hotel, so we would either need to take a cab or a bus to the Mall of America or some other theater, like Maplewood or Inver Grove.

# Posted By Jason Dean | 4/15/08 12:51 PM

Count me in

# Posted By Jeff Coughlin | 4/17/08 1:22 AM

I'm In.

# Posted By Paul Marcotte | 4/18/08 10:42 AM

Since it's the first Friday of the month, there is an informal meeting of "people" that meet at the Mall of America, north side food court, across from Burger King & the bank of payphones that don't take incoming calls around 5pm. Since I won't be able to attend my local monthly meeting, I would like to check out the Minneapolis scene. If you do schedule an informal outing, could it be later on Friday (10pm showing) or on Saturday? I'll be renting a car for the entire week, so I can seat up to 4 additional passengers.

Here's a link to the online ticketing website:
<a href="http://www.movietickets.com/house_detail.asp?exid=...;

According to the AMC Theater information at the link above, the times are:
Friday: 10:00am, 1:00pm, 4:05pm, 7:00pm, 10:00pm
Saturday: 10:00am, 1:00pm, 4:05pm, 7:00pm, 10:00pm

# Posted By James Moberg | 4/18/08 11:01 AM

It is definitely Friday night, and I know we are going to try for a late show both to ensure we can get tickets, and to ensure we have enough space to get grub, leave the conf, etc. The 10PM sounds like a good fit. I won't speak for Scott, he is the 'boss' of this, but I think that Scott will make a final call on place/time, and we will go from there. MOst likely we won't find a 'perfect' time of course. ;)

# Posted By Raymond Camden | 4/18/08 11:16 AM

I'd be interested in seeing it.

# Posted By Byron Raines | 4/18/08 1:54 PM

I just foud out that I should be able to get our Minivan from my wife for the night. So I can seat up to 6 people, besides myself, for a cramped, yet enjoyable ride.

# Posted By Jason Dean | 4/18/08 6:28 PM

Sure - I'd love to give it a shot . . .

# Posted By Peter Bell | 4/19/08 10:23 PM

OK, here is the deal. Taking showtimes, ease of access and other stuff into account, it looks like the AMC Mall of America 14 is going to be the best place. There are buses that run from a tops near the hotel to Mall of America (and back).

The only problem is that coming back by bus there is a small window. The last bus leaves Mall of America at 12:38 AM, rouhgly about a half hour after the movie ends. I think its worth the risk as the bus will be about $3.00 round trip, a taxi, probably mch more.

So, we will be going to the 10:00 PM showing of Iron Man on May 2, 2008 at the AMC in Mall of America. I am thinking I might go teh teh mall early and have dinner (there's like a gabillion restaurants there).

It is strongly suggested that you by tickets before hand, here is a link to do just that, https://www.movietickets.com/purchase.asp?perf_id=...

# Posted By Scott | 4/19/08 11:58 PM

done - thanks for link.

# Posted By Scott P | 4/20/08 12:32 AM

I recommend folks find 2-3 numbers of cab companies. That way in case we need cabs, it's easier to ring them up.

ScottS - can you buy tickets _now_, or is it too early? If not, any idea when?

# Posted By Raymond Camden | 4/20/08 9:56 AM

You can get them now. I purchased mine last night.

# Posted By Scott | 4/20/08 10:04 AM

I'm in as well..I too will have a rental car and can take up to 4 additional people if needed.

# Posted By Marcus Cox | 4/20/08 12:24 PM

Got mine. I got to say - sometimes I really like the Internet.

# Posted By Raymond Camden | 4/21/08 9:34 AM

Crap - forgot to subscribe. Who wrote this piece of crap blogware anyway??

# Posted By Raymond Camden | 4/21/08 9:34 AM

Got mine.

Am I the only person who doesn't think I should have to create an account and provide my gender and date of birth to buy a $10 ticket online?!

# Posted By Peter Bell | 4/21/08 9:45 AM

Date of Birth I understand becasue of teh ratings on the movies...but then again should kids too young to see an 'R' rated movie have a credit card?

# Posted By Scott | 4/21/08 9:52 AM

Great job Ray & Peter :) Apparently movie tickets.com cannot handle 2 concurrent users and you caused them "technical difficulties". I just tried to purchase a ticket. They say they will be back in an hour. I hope we don;t bring them down again with our mad dash for Iron Man tickets.

BTW Peter, they need your birth date to determine if you are old enough to see PG13 or R rated features, and they need your Gender to warn you in case you accidentally purchase tickets to a "chick flick"

# Posted By Jason Dean | 4/21/08 9:54 AM

Ok, got my ticket.

# Posted By Jason Dean | 4/21/08 9:59 AM

@Jason - LOL.

Seriously, though, if I buy 3 tickets for an R rated movie, that doesn't say anything about the age of the other two people. I get why marketers want demographics and dates of birth (they're great for "birthday specials"). I ran an ad agency for over five years so I get the fascination, but requiring demographic info just to complete a one time transaction is a usability no-no - at least to me.

# Posted By Peter Bell | 4/21/08 10:00 AM

@Peter

The age of the other two people doesn't matter. As long as there is a responsible adult present. Responsible = "Has Credit Card" ;)

I suspect it is more for liability than demographics. We are a litigious society. Usability takes a back seat to "Cover-Your-A**".

# Posted By Jason Dean | 4/21/08 10:32 AM

Not sure how I missed this post but I am in too. I was actually going to suggest this when I got there but good of you Scott to organize this. I may take my chances with tickets however just in case I need to cancel for whatever reason.

# Posted By Brian Rinaldi | 4/22/08 3:56 PM

Count me in...

# Posted By Christopher Diller | 4/22/08 3:58 PM

Just got my ticket...

# Posted By Mike Grogan | 4/23/08 10:43 AM

Sure... I'll go!

# Posted By Brian Meloche | 4/24/08 1:32 AM

Room for one more? :)

# Posted By Ken Dunnington | 4/24/08 2:11 PM

Oh sorry Ken - Brian was the last one we could allow. ;)

# Posted By Raymond Camden | 4/24/08 2:18 PM

I just saw this. My company let me get a rental car, so I can take 3-4 people with me.

# Posted By Rich Sloan | 4/25/08 2:15 PM

I'm In

# Posted By Luke Kilpatrick | 5/2/08 3:23 AM

So are there any plans for when or where we are meeting tonight to go to the movie?

# Posted By Jason Dean | 5/2/08 4:37 PM

@Jason - I know that small groups of people have made plans for dinner, otherwise, I would say ost people are just going to meet at the theater.

# Posted By Scott | 5/2/08 4:56 PM

Isn't there a bus that leaves nearby to the hotel? Does anyone know where exactly?

# Posted By Mike | 5/2/08 5:14 PM

Got my ticket!!

@Rich Sloan : Do you still have room for one ?
Please, shoot me an email if you do.

# Posted By Fernando Lopez | 5/2/08 5:25 PM

would help if I provide the email.... lopezf <at> Gmail .

thanks

# Posted By Fernando Lopez | 5/2/08 5:27 PM

Hey guys - let's try our best to meet up in front of the theater for a picture.

# Posted By Raymond Camden | 5/2/08 5:31 PM

We will need to caption it cf.weAreIronMen() !!

# Posted By Luke Kilpatrick | 5/2/08 5:36 PM

@Mike
The 54 bus line goes to Mall of America. There's a stop a couple of blocks north of the hotel at 6th & Cedar.

http://metrotransit.org/images/routes/054.pdf

# Posted By Richard Davies | 5/2/08 7:00 PM

Geeks on Parade:

http://www.coldfusionjedi.com/images/geeksonparade...

# Posted By Raymond Camden | 5/8/08 11:40 PM

Sweeeet. That's like a collective IQ of 45,000 :)

# Posted By Ben Nadel | 5/9/08 7:38 AM

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