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Show HN: Get alerts for good seats at 70mm IMAX showings of The Odyssey

https://imaxxing.io/
22•andrewtorkbaker•2h ago

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andrewtorkbaker•2h ago
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•48m ago
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.

andrewtorkbaker•42m ago
Yes!! I'd say I'm probably already 85-90% of the way there for a service that monitors seatmaps for other 70mm IMAX movies too. And I, too, will want Dune 3 IMAX tickets. Was already considering keeping this going for sure
zulux•10m ago
I say this as a fan of Frank Herbert, and I've read all the Dune books:

Thank god the Dune 3 movie looks like it isn't a strict adaptation of "Children of Dune".

suho-han•2h ago
great work!!
andrewtorkbaker•2h ago
Thank you - let me know if you snag some seats!
pauldavis•1h ago
This is awesome - and I love the look.

Can you add England/Europe listings? :)

andrewtorkbaker•1h ago
On the backlog! The first data provider I integrated with only supports the US.

My advice in the meantime: Codex and Claude Code are much better at correctly reading theater and airline seatmaps than they used to be. If you've got a personal plan / one via your employer, I've had good results just asking them to set a schedule to watch a seatmap directly

kilroy123•37m ago
Agreed. It would be nice if it supported London.
swang•1h ago
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.

andrewtorkbaker•1h ago
+1 to the AMC Metreon being one of the toughest. Of all the theaters I'm monitoring, it's probably in the top 3 of fewest seats opening up. My best guess is that SF is just a market where demand far exceeds supply.

But I am seeing a few every day, and I'm guessing it will get better after opening weekend too. My system checks every 10 mins leading up to 24 hours before showing, then ramps up to every 60 seconds.

Re: Cloudflare - not sure if you're trying to hit AMC's site directly or an alternative. Either way, the first library I reach for in that situation is curl_cffi https://github.com/lexiforest/curl_cffi

cinntaile•1h ago
Is this a very limited release or why not just give it a few weeks and you'll get seats without any trouble?
andrewtorkbaker•1h ago
For the theaters near me, 70mm IMAX showings even a few weeks out still had only crummy seats. Also, I'm impatient and want to see it soon!
SirFatty•37m ago
FOMO.. it makes people do weird things like this.
reactordev•10m ago
Just look at Labubu's.
crooked-v•18m ago
There's only 25 theaters in the US that even have 70MM IMAX projectors, so it is indeed pretty limited.
dominotw•22m ago
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).

pettijohn•22m ago
Please add Vancouver BC
andrewtorkbaker•9m ago
On the backlog! My initial data provider only supports the US. I think there are only two 70mm IMAX theaters in BC, right? My advice in the meantime: Chrome + Codex / Claude Code are pretty good at keeping an eye on things for smaller data sets like this
hiworld6543•14m ago
Waste of time to get these alerts for a movie that has no historical accuracy or value.

Better use of time: locating publicly accessible toilets in every village and town.

Waste of money to see this movie at imax, now that VR headsets and big televisions exist.

Better use of money: buy a package of bottled water to give to the people in your village and town.

ano-ther•7m ago
I have seen a local theater advertising 70mm dual projection (but not mentioning IMAX) and another one IMAX. Will there be a difference?

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