Amazon Watch Party Planning, Part Two: Time

Updated on September 5, 2021 By Ken Begg 11 Comments

I’m assuming Friday or Saturday night would work best, as it would (for most of us) mean that work the next day wouldn’t be an issue. It also means we could start the movie a little later. As Beckoning Chasm notes, we have to coordinate a lot of time zones. There’s, what, a four hour difference between the East and West coasts? So a film we set for 9:00 in New York would start at 5:00 in Los Angeles. So Saturday, maybe? We’ll try to accommodate everyone as much as we can.

I guess the easiest way to start would be, sticking initially with the idea of either a Friday or Saturday, which day would work for you, and what starting times would work. Let’s assume we first pick a movie that lasts around 90 minutes at the outside.

Any time on Friday or Saturday works for me, just to get the ball rolling.

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  • Given that we’re in the latest time zone, Fridays tend to be a smidge better for us as we do have Sunday AM commitments, but even those aren’t super early, so we can be flexible depending on everyone else.

  • Gamera977

    Sounds good to me!

  • I have the wee problem that Saturdays are my Wednesdays, Sunday is one of the busier days, and I need to be at work by 5:00 AM. So any showing that doesn’t end around 10:00 PM, 10:30 Central Time at the latest cuts me out.

    I realize I’m the outlier here, so don’t worry about scheduling me out.

  • Beckoning Chasm

    I’m in Eastern Time, and any time after 6 on Friday or all day Saturday would work for me.

  • Ken_Begg

    Would Friday nights be any better for you? Since we can aim for 90 minute or less movies, I imagine we could accommodate ending by 10:30 CST, but I’d really like not to push you to the limits of what’s acceptable.

  • Gamera977

    I’m pretty flexible, anytime 7-12 EST all week would be okay but the same hours Fri or anytime Sat would be best for me as well.

  • Marsden

    I have Prime and I’d like to watch schlock! I’m eastern time and Friday and Saturday are ok for me.

    How would we talk during the movie? I’m very interested, this would be the closest I’d get to one of those fests I don’t ever get to but still enjoy reading about afterwards.

  • Marsden

    There’s Phantasm and The Wicker Man, but they aren’t really bad.
    Pumkinhead, Monster Squad, Killer Sofa,
    A really bad movie they have is Daredevil with Afleck. Aeon Flux, Jaws the revenge,

  • Ken_Begg

    Jaws the Revenge, Over the Top (Stallone)….

  • Friday really holds the same problem for me, so either day will work as well.

  • The Rev.

    Fridays probably work better for me, unless you get Sandy and the gang to watch so I don’t have a conflict with his gaming nights. Having said that, I recently started a D&D campaign that runs every other Friday (this Friday being the next one). Granted, they don’t start until 9:30 p.m., so if the movie started at 7 p.m. CST I’d be good on those particular Fridays. The other Fridays are free.

    I guess that was a long way of saying don’t plan around me. Heh. Hopefully I can join whenever the majority runs them.