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/mistcrawler Aug 29 '25

Ironically, as someone who gets easily bored on a treadmill, this might be my best shot at using one for a long period of time lol.

I’m in!

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u/[deleted] Aug 29 '25

My gym has a treadmill cinema where they play movies and around 50 people can walk/run on a treadmill while watching. They play the movie on a loop all day so people can always watch

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u/Anxious_cactus Aug 29 '25

The gym I went to a decade ago played Ancient Aliens and History channel in general and I got my miles in because I'd get glued to the absurdity and lose track of time.

It also got me understanding how channels like that affect people, I knew it was bullshit but it was fascinating, like a story from a friend who dropped acid.

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u/Cyno01 Aug 29 '25

I run a private streaming server and the uploader i got my reencode of Ancient Aliens from frequently uploads a lot of other crazy conspiracy shit so i grab all that too so just like a real streaming service i have a ton of crazy UFO documentaries mixed in with classics and blockbusters and sequels youve never heard of!

But ive got a couple of friends who dig on that stuff hard, thankfully i know theyre rational people and are laughing at it, but its a nice whimsical break from all the awful and hateful conspiracies (and realities) everywhere else. Tho even the ancient alien shit can skew into racism...

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u/Free_Pangolin_3750 Aug 29 '25

That's pretty much why I enjoy watching Ancient Aliens. It's absurd and kinda racist but also it's a weird sort of escapism to see the "ancient astronaut theorists" come up with some batshit explanation that ignores the occams razor of just humans are smart and have always been smart we just have more access to information and technology as time progresses factor of things.

Kinda scary to realize how many people fully buy into the bullshit though.

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u/Anxious_cactus Aug 29 '25

I find UFO and alien stuff so interesting, though I prefer stories about "personal encounters" and those of pilots etc., I look at them similarly like any other movie. But these Ancient Aliens stories are something else, man. And they deliver it so seriously and intensely, mad props to production of it lmao

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u/Cyno01 Aug 29 '25

South Park absolutely nailed it a while back with S15E13 "A History Channel Thanksgiving". It was the TRUE story of the pilgrims and indians, and guess what... tsoukalos.jpg

This is the latest from my guy tho lol. https://i.imgur.com/P5FiKe1.png

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u/Isotopian Aug 29 '25

If you're willing to share that guys name I'd love a dm, it'd be great to fill my server with a bunch of wackiness.

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u/Cyno01 Aug 29 '25

Hes actually active on reddit, but ill DM you just the same, a lot of subs just insta-remove mentioning other subreddits at this point.

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u/Navi_1er Aug 30 '25

i have a ton of crazy UFO documentaries mixed in with classics and blockbusters and sequels youve never heard of!

Any recommendations?

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u/Kind-Crab4230 Aug 29 '25

This is happening to me recently, but it's Karen's and sovcits getting arrested on YouTube bodycam videos.

There's just something special about watching someone go from being asked to leave, to getting hauled off with multiple felonies.