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April 29, 2008

Busy Wednesday? Come See A Pre-Screening Of Iron Man With Us

Michael Arrington

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Update 2: Event is ON.

Update 1: See here, show may be canceled. More news soon.

Iron Man Exclusive Trailer

CrunchGear and TechCrunch are hosting a special event tomorrow, April 30 (Wednesday) in San Francisco - a special screening of the movie Iron Man, two days before the official May 2 release.

We’ve rented out the largest theater we could find in the area - The AMC Metreon in San Francisco, which will hold 600 people. Everyone is welcome to attend, and the movie starts at 7:15 pm (you can arrive as early as 6:30).

If you’d like to come, you can purchase a ticket at EventBrite for $1 (the goal is to minimize no shows, which means empty seats). We will check your name against a list of registered attendees at the door.

Why are we doing this? Just to say thank you to our readers and encourage warm fuzzy, advertisement-clicking feelings in you all.

Details:

AMC Loews Metreon 16 with IMAX
101 4th St
San Francisco, CA 94103
(415) 369-6201
Tickets

After the movie we’ll meet at the 4th Street Bar and Grill for drinks, unless you commenters have a better idea.

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  1. Daniel Brusilovsky

    April 29th, 2008 at 10:17 am

    I will see if I can come…. but one question. Is this 21+?

  2. Suraj Luke

    April 29th, 2008 at 10:18 am

    Michael, do us a favour..dress up as Iron Man, that will rock the show and the afterparty :)

  3. Jason Niel

    April 29th, 2008 at 10:18 am

    Damn, wish I was on the west coast!

  4. zizi

    April 29th, 2008 at 10:19 am

    WOW, the movie starts with the evil crazy arab terrorists.. how fvcking original.

  5. Jim Dorey

    April 29th, 2008 at 10:19 am

    Great idea Michael!

  6. Michael Arrington

    April 29th, 2008 at 10:19 am

    Daniel - no, it’s just a movie theater. I’m not even sure if it’s R rated. If it is, and you aren’t allowed to see R movies, bring your parent or guardian I guess.

  7. Melany Gallant

    April 29th, 2008 at 10:21 am

    Great idea! Wish I was on the west coast too! Drats!

  8. Daniel Brusilovsky

    April 29th, 2008 at 10:22 am

    @Michael Thanks. The one thing about all these gatherings, like Digg, Web 2.0 Parties, its all 21+, which I hate, since I am 15.

    Thanks again Michael. Hopefully I can come…

  9. Emily

    April 29th, 2008 at 10:23 am

    Very cool, Mike. Now I’m going to get click-happy on some ads ;)

  10. Nick Malaguti

    April 29th, 2008 at 10:24 am

    Why do I live on the East Coast!? We need someone to do the same thing over here in NYC. Like stat.

  11. Chris

    April 29th, 2008 at 10:24 am

    This is a 10 hour drive back & forth for me. Is there going to be any networking going on or not?

  12. Tyler Willis

    April 29th, 2008 at 10:32 am

    I am looking forward to this!

  13. Peter Urban

    April 29th, 2008 at 10:33 am

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  14. Mazy Kazerooni

    April 29th, 2008 at 10:36 am

    I bought a ticket for a friend, but he bought a ticket for himself before I could tell him. Will someone else be able to use one of the tickets, even with out their name on it?

  15. Michael Arrington

    April 29th, 2008 at 10:38 am

    Mazy - no…please cancel one of the tickets on eventbrite or email us the name so we can take it off and let someone else in.

  16. Josh

    April 29th, 2008 at 10:39 am

    “encourage warm fuzzy, advertisement-clicking feelings in you all.”

    Encouraging others to click on an ad not for its content, but for the revenue it generates someone in direct response to a cheap movie ticket.

    Didn’t know MR and Techcrunch actively supported click fraud….

  17. Josh Willis

    April 29th, 2008 at 10:43 am

    Wow, thanks guys! I’ll be there.

  18. Eric Gonzalez

    April 29th, 2008 at 10:55 am

    Awesome idea Mike, thank you for setting this up. Looking forward to it.

  19. Ryan

    April 29th, 2008 at 10:59 am

    The blog says 7:15 but Eventbrite claims 7:30. Is Eventbrite factoring in the previews?

  20. lux

    April 29th, 2008 at 11:00 am

    Hubby & I have our tickets. This is going to be fun!

    Thanks, TechCrunch.

  21. Michael Arrington

    April 29th, 2008 at 11:03 am

    ryan - 7:30 is when the screen goes dark and previews start.

  22. Harry Wang

    April 29th, 2008 at 11:10 am

    Not alot of RDJr. or IronMan fans eh?

    Harry “miss the old move previews at the Centruy theaters” Wang

  23. Jim

    April 29th, 2008 at 11:18 am

    Wow, this is awesome, bought two. Thanks Michael!

  24. zell

    April 29th, 2008 at 11:26 am

    Question –

    I bought two tickets both under my name for me + my girlfriend, and then I bought two tickets both under a friend’s name for him + his girlfriend. Will the girlfriends be able to get in even though their names aren’t on the tickets?

  25. Michael Arrington

    April 29th, 2008 at 11:27 am

    zell - i have no idea.

  26. Faramarz

    April 29th, 2008 at 11:27 am

    Who wants to sponsor me a plane ticket from Toronto? sheesh! i didn’t know it was that easy to rub shoulder with Arrington! i got some opportunities…

  27. Heather Harde

    April 29th, 2008 at 11:30 am

    Zell: Arrive together, and it won’t be a problem.

  28. zell

    April 29th, 2008 at 11:39 am

    Thanks Heather!

  29. Justin

    April 29th, 2008 at 11:45 am

    Is this really sold out already?!?!?

    That can’t be possible, unless someone is taking advantage of the offer and scalping the tickets…

  30. Aayush

    April 29th, 2008 at 11:46 am

    its sold out! does anyone have extra to give away?

  31. James Riley

    April 29th, 2008 at 11:47 am

    What about the TechCrunch / Iron Man fans in / near NYC? Show the love, Mike! =)

  32. pattimorse

    April 29th, 2008 at 11:47 am

    i would like to come but its sold out can i be put on waiitng list and come early?
    patti

  33. Michael Arrington

    April 29th, 2008 at 11:53 am

    we’re starting a waiting list, there will be some no shows, stay tuned

  34. Saagar

    April 29th, 2008 at 12:03 pm

    Nice.. I am sure readers will feel nice to be appreciated Mike :) I wish I was in SF..

  35. Michael Arrington

    April 29th, 2008 at 12:11 pm

    ok, waiting list started on eventbrite page. also, there are 25 tickets left just from bad transactions.

  36. Vinay

    April 29th, 2008 at 12:15 pm

    Wouldn’t one like this happen in UK :( ?

  37. P

    April 29th, 2008 at 12:22 pm

    What’s the status? Both Wait-list and Ironman, the movie report “sold-out”.

    Regardless, thanks for this, TC! Sounds like a ton of fun!

  38. Matt

    April 29th, 2008 at 12:22 pm

    :( I’m so sad…. If i lived in the SF area and not Wisconsin, USA I would be there in a heartbeat!!

    This is such an awesome thing, Mike… god you rule! (People can call me an ass kisser if they want, fuck em!) I’d give anything to be at this event. I wasn’t sure if you were kidding last night or not.. on twitter… but it looks like you were dead serious. LOL.

    Well, let me know it was everyone! Have a killer time, this should be one for the books! Man I’ve never been so jealous in all my life… and I’ve been cheated on, been dirt poor, never been to SxSW, etc… but this usurps all jealousy!!! (Ok, i lied… not being able to go to Live8 and see Pink Floyd together again [with Roger] was the most jealous I’ve ever been… this is a damn close second.) ;)

  39. Greg

    April 29th, 2008 at 12:40 pm

    Mike great idea!! If I wasn’t based in London I would be there in a heartbeat!!!!!

  40. P

    April 29th, 2008 at 12:42 pm

    Got in, and I’ll see you there! Thanks, TC team!

  41. Shammara

    April 29th, 2008 at 12:45 pm

    wow cool, thanks for the update! it was sold out, but i was able to go back and get one of those 25 tickets

  42. Jeff

    April 29th, 2008 at 12:45 pm

    Wow, the wait list is sold out already as well. Worth checking back or showing up at the theater for extra tickets?

  43. Ryan

    April 29th, 2008 at 12:57 pm

    Darn on the east coast. Very cool of TC

  44. Michael Arrington

    April 29th, 2008 at 12:59 pm

    Greg - weak. you’d be here if you really cared about techcrunch.

  45. Henry

    April 29th, 2008 at 1:31 pm

    Will the new X-Files movie trailer be shown, as has been rumored??

  46. Jeff C

    April 29th, 2008 at 1:33 pm

    Mike #44 LOL

    Perhaps the opposite … “if Techcrunch really cared about its readers” …

    Do something really innovative to overcome the time/distance problem for at least one lucky someone who wishes he/she could be at an event, but can’t.

    Know those cool Honda Robots? Something like that, where it walks around an event (the New York meetup, the movie night), and is controlled by one lucky person via his/her computer. You win the golden “can’t travel that far” ticket, and shazaaam. You can sit at your laptop, and the Robot becomes a sort of ‘robo-avatar’ for an evening. You see what the robot sees as it meanders around the event … you talk to people … do elevator pitches to Mike and Heather and Erick … you make the Robo-avatar do sock puppet immitations of various people, etc.

    The Techcrunch Robo-Avatar, for one lucky reader at each event. Get Honda on the phone, they’d make a great sponsor.

  47. John

    April 29th, 2008 at 2:31 pm

    Damn, this is sold out already!

    >Michael Arrington:
    >Greg - weak. you’d be here if you really cared about techcrunch.

    Some people have personal reasons not to be in the the Bay Area professionally. Your comment sounds very condescending to me.

  48. Noam Lovinsky

    April 29th, 2008 at 2:37 pm

    Awesome idea Mike. Just wanted to add a little comment love which is certainly not the norm here. ;-)

    Unfortunately, as usual, I’m late to the draw.

  49. Q dub

    April 29th, 2008 at 2:45 pm

    When’s the video game coming out? (who can deny that the screenshot looks more like xbox360 than silver screen?)

  50. Julio Fernandez

    April 29th, 2008 at 3:01 pm

    Ok, shameless plug: Iron Man Hardware by Marvel, Software by Oracle. Visit the Web site: http://www.Oracle.com/Marvel

  51. Jim Goldstein

    April 29th, 2008 at 3:53 pm

    If there were a waiting list I’d put myself on it. Any hope for anyone who didn’t make the first 600

  52. Scott

    April 30th, 2008 at 2:45 am

    Too bad it wasn’t in my area and be it wasn’t a movie I was actually interested in seeing. :)

  53. Todd

    April 30th, 2008 at 11:25 am

    Thanks Michael, My son and I will be seeing Iron Man when it opens here in the hinterlands this week, we’ll have our own TC viewing in Alabama.

  54. Azhar

    April 30th, 2008 at 12:22 pm

    What is such a big fuss about Ironman, cmon GTA IV has released. GTA is much bigger thing ;)

  55. DevMan

    April 30th, 2008 at 12:34 pm

    Hmmm, are we a little west coast biased here :-) I can recommend a great Boston theater…

  56. Josh Willis

    April 30th, 2008 at 2:23 pm

    I’m not going to be able to make it tonight now, but have a friend on the waiting list. Anyway I can transfer my ticket to him?

  57. Jorge

    April 30th, 2008 at 2:51 pm

    Here in Ecuador the official release of the movie is today!!! (You can check http://www.multicines.com.ec for details)

    I’m about to finish my work and go out to enjoy it :D

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