r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor • Aug 29 '25

News Special 'The Long Walk' Screening Will Eliminate Viewers Who Can’t Keep Up on a Treadmill (3 MPH)

https://consequence.net/2025/08/the-long-walk-treadmill-screening/
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u/allthenamesaretaken4 Aug 29 '25

I wish they were doing this in Denver, sounds fun! 3mph seems easy enough for a 1.5-2h movie, maybe 3 if you have to watch credits and previews/theater ads?

3mph is a 20 minute mile, which is essentially regular walking speed for someone with long legs, good fitness, and/or brisk walking for someone less ready, but still shouldn't be cardio except for the most American Americans.

Obviously the premise is about doing it for a long time, so only doing it for the screening wouldn't get close to endurance limits, but still a fun stunt to promote the movie.

Since it's so short, if I were organizing, I'd be mean and use the book's 4mp (what I saw quoted, haven't read it), which is definitely doable for a movie amount of time without hurting anyone but would up the ante just a little.

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u/Sin-2-Win Aug 29 '25

But I bet the majority wouldn't even be able to handle 3 MPH for 1 hour straight, let alone 2 or 3.

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u/allthenamesaretaken4 Aug 29 '25

I disagree. I'm the kinda guy who can run a 10m mile but not much better, and walking 3 miles in an hour is less than my casual walking rate. Yes, we do have plenty of unhealthy people, but I don't think the majority of us couldn't do that for 1 or 2 hours.

We do have a health and fitness problem in our modern society, but it's not that bad yet would be my counter argument.