Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: solar penguin Newsgroups: rec.arts.drwho Subject: Re: Cinema Ratings Date: Sat, 6 Jul 2024 08:09:18 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 51 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Sat, 06 Jul 2024 10:09:18 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="5496b14fdcb1646775d38e3432a41a83"; logging-data="3930668"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+tXquuFRHM5HNeRTquJ4O6XX/g7nQcXt0=" User-Agent: NewsTap/5.5 (iPhone/iPod Touch) Cancel-Lock: sha1:/BOh4KI5CLZu09ofrrGOFa0eDog= sha1:NU19O6kQSvIadn16h5dSLoOcuzc= Bytes: 2755 The True loon lurched into his own little world: > On 05/07/2024 10:33, Blueshirt wrote: >> The True Doctor wrote: >> >>> On 05/07/2024 08:49, Blueshirt wrote: >>>> >>>> Why would the BBC pay cinemas for thousands of tickets just >>>> to give them all away when they broadcast the exact same >>>> episodes on BBC1 and it's available on their iPlayer. That >>>> doesn't make any sense! >>> >>> It was a failed publicity stunt. The BBC expected huge numbers >>> to take the tickets off it but no one did. The seats were >>> empty and the BBC has not pictures to show for it. Nothing. >> >> Have you any evidence for this claim? >> > > I am not the one making the claim. The BBC is. It is therefore the BBC > who is obliged to provide evidence, not me. The BBC is claiming that “it was a failed publicity stunt”? Are you sure? When did they make this claim? And why would they claim it failed? Wouldn’t it be in their own interest to claim it was successful? > > My claims are perfectly rational. Where are the bums on seats? I want to > see photos off full theatres with Doctor Whoke showing on the big > screen. Where are they? Surly, by now, fans would have posted them all > over social media, and the BBC itself. Real pictures, not AI generated > ones. > Since you only trust random strangers on YouTube, try this: https://youtu.be/IG40B9PbHe8 or this: https://youtu.be/hC1HljB7-84 People who hated the episode when they saw it in the cinema. (And if you’re gonna claim they’re BBC plants, then why didn’t they say they loved it?) -- solar penguin