The XIXAX.COM P.T. Anderson Home Film Festival

[Xixax]

HOW IT WORKS: Just before 10PM Eastern time during the 4 days of the P.T. Anderson Home Film Festival, participants will congregate in the Xixax.Com Chat Room. You can join the chat by clicking on the "chat" button on top of any page at Xixax.Com. Then, at precisely 10pm, everyone present in the chat room will begin watching that day's featured film on either DVD or VHS. While the movie plays, "home film festival" participants will discuss their favorite parts of that evening's movie - as it occurs.

FILM SCHEDULE:
(all films will begin with a "cue" given in the chat room at approximately 10pm Eastern / 7pm Pacific)
June 21: "Sydney" (a.k.a. "Hard Eight")
June 22: "Boogie Nights"
June 23: "Magnolia"
June 24: "Punch Drunk Love"

QUESTIONS:
• I don't have (film name). Can I still participate? If you don't have some of the movies we're going to watch, there's probably still time for you to purchase, rent or borrow them. If you don't have that evening's feature, that's still OK. Everyone is welcome, whether you're watching the film with us or not.
• I don't understand. Are you watching the movies online? No. That would be public exhibition, which would be illegal. The way it works is that everyone watches DVD or VHS of the films in their own home, on their own TV, in their own DVD player or VCR. The films can't be shown online legally.
• You're a freak. Why are you doing this? Because someone at xixax.com suggested it, and I thought it would be a lot of fun.
• I still think you're a freak. OK then.
• Why P.T. Anderson? Punch Drunk Love is coming out on the final day of the festival! If this goes well, we'll do it again soon with someone else.

CHAT TECHNICAL STUFF: The chat area can be joined with our Java applet by clicking on "chat" at the top of the page. You'll need to have Java enabled in your web browser in order for this to work. Also, if you're behind a firewall, you may need to poke a hole for port 6667 in order to connect. Those familiar with IRC can join via any IRC client program by joing to room #xixax on server blazoner.com at port 6667.

See you there!

[aclockworkjj]

sounds great.....but...

(cough, cough)  any suggestions as to how we can get our Mac friends in on this excursion?????   Is IRC just not Mac compliant, or are they (and me) just fools???

[Xixax]

Hey guys, the chat DOES work on Macintosh. You just have to have java enabled.

If you can't get the Java thing to work, then download a Mac IRC program like Ircle.

Mac guys, check here:

http://www.ex.ac.uk/~jastaple/irc/irchelp.html

You'll need this info to log in:

IRC server: blazoner.com
room: #xixax
port: 6667

With that info, you can chat with us that night. I'd hate for you Mac guys to all miss out!

I don't have a computer in the same room as my TV, so I'm going to chat via my cell phone!  8)

[©brad]

great great great job on that new banner.

im excited. is everyone gonna try to do this, even the europeans and the aussies? england is 5 hours ahead of eastern time, what about australia?

[Xixax]

I suppose other areas of the world could arrange times to do the same thing since the chat area is always open.

But I don't think PDL will be available everywhere yet.

[chainsmoking insomniac]

I'm exceptionally excited about this.  I just started dating this girl I met at work, and I'm forcing her to watch these films with me.  Or else.  

[ono]

How romantic.  ;)  Although, I guess her response to Punch-Drunk Love can really gauge what kind of relationship it'll be.  Or at least what kind of person she is.

EDIT: And wow, that banner is brilliant.  Excellent job.

[chainsmoking insomniac]

What can I say?  How else are you going to romance a girl than with psychotic toilet plunger salesmen, porn stars and coke heads.  8)

[aclockworkjj]

What can I say?  How else are you going to romance a girl than with psychotic toilet plunger salesmen, porn stars and coke heads.  8)

Holy crap.....I gotta find a girl who likes what ya speak of.......Here we go.

p.s. be careful of those work relatonships, can tend to see each other way too much, and well, .....I dunno, maybe I just suck.


Oh...Mr. Wilson....1000 Thank you's for the efforts you have put into this!  Next Shiner Bock is on me!!!!

[Keener]

Awesome idea...hope it's succesful enough for Quentin Tarantino night.

[MrBurgerKing]

I will not join any of you guys in the chat. Perhaps before and after, but I don't like distractions during the show. I'll kick back with a can of soda (maybe orange soda.. actually maybe water because my doctor told me I have a high blood pressure --- which means that I have to go to fast food less (it'll never happen), actually maybe fruit punch, but punch is generally high on sugar too. Does anyone have any recommendations as to what I should drink? Don't tell me alcohol because I don't drink alcohol. Why? because I'm 99.9 % sure if I start drinking alcohol regularly, I will become an addict. There are some things you just know, and I'm sure I will become an alcoholic. Best way to cure my addiction is to not start.), and pillow.

Wait, isn't this the movie confessions thread? I guess not. Oh well.

[MrBurgerKing]

man, I ruined it. I meant to say "a pillow," not just "pillow." damn. Way to kill a thread with my messed up grammar.

[Recce]

you know, you can edit your post.

[Redlum]

great great great job on that new banner.

im excited. is everyone gonna try to do this, even the europeans and the aussies? england is 5 hours ahead of eastern time, what about australia?

3.a.m start here in the uk then!? Magnolia could be a bit heavy duty. Lousy planetary alignment.

Just love that banner.

[Ernie]

I don't have a tv in my computer room...and my computer that does play dvd's does not have sound. Maybe I'll just come to the chat room.