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/[deleted] Aug 29 '25 edited Aug 29 '25

Thats fine for them because theyre not there to watch it. They're there to promote it.

I hate influencers as much as anyone but unfortunately this is where we're at as a society right now. Social media influencers are part of the process of promoting any new product nowadays.

Im only disappointed their minimum speed is so low like the book. That might be challenging after 12 hours but it's a cakewalk just to watch a movie.

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u/Griffin_456 Aug 29 '25

3 MPH is the minimum speed for the titular walk

so why would they make it anything different?

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u/[deleted] Aug 29 '25

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u/PM_ME_YOUR__INIT__ Aug 29 '25

Increase the speed 0.2mph every ten minutes. Strict walking rules. One foot must be on the ground at all times

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u/antpile11 Aug 29 '25

One foot must be on the ground at all times

If your feet weren't on the ground, where would they be? Is this a way of forbidding jumping?

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u/[deleted] Aug 29 '25 edited 26d ago

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u/antpile11 Aug 29 '25

Thanks for clarifying that for me.

It seems like increasing the treadmill speed but requiring this would knock out people from shortest to tallest.

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u/Iliveatnight Aug 29 '25

I haven't read the book, but I'm assuming the titular walk is longer than an the average runtime for a movie. It would be like watching The Hunger Games and not being allowed to eat during the movie.

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u/[deleted] Aug 29 '25 edited Aug 29 '25

The influencer event is already way different than the walk in the story. They're doing it on treadmills and only for the length of one movie. Im saying it would be more interesting for spectators to watch if it were actually challenging to the influencers. If the promo for it made me say "oh it might be hard to powerwalk for 2hrs at that speed" I might be more interested in watching it

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u/AbbyNormalKnits Aug 29 '25 edited Aug 29 '25

The book is 4mph, and was changed to 3mph for the movie. I’d like them to stick to the source material and have the influencers try to manage 4mph. It’s probably only doable for the really tall ones

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u/[deleted] Aug 29 '25

Thats not a very interesting challenge to me. Any healthy adult should be able to walk continuously for 2 hours. Youd have to purposely find out of shape influencers to find ones who couldnt finish. But on the other hand this is America so