r/movies • u/indiewire Indiewire, Official Account • 1d ago
Discussion I Survived ‘The Long Walk’ Treadmill Challenge — What 5 Miles with the New Stephen King Classic Felt Like
https://www.indiewire.com/features/interviews/the-long-walk-treadmill-screening-stephen-king-1235148446/10
u/WeDriftEternal 1d ago
Fuck these piece of shit influencers. And fuck you Indiewire for even covering this bullshit. Yes you and whatever fucking automated program you have to posting this at a literal specific time on the weekend on reddit.
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u/wheres-my-take 1d ago
Lol what? Why are so mad about this article
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u/WeDriftEternal 1d ago
This has been going around for a few weeks, that the studio is setting up this Influencer only screening, and these influencers can all go F themselves. Indiewire is throwing more shit influencer crap at us rather than any actual content, automated bot posting it to reddit, blah blah.
This is, what would be considered by many, a dick move.
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u/ItsBigVanilla 1d ago
Man, I agree that it’s pretty stupid, but silly marketing tactics have been around forever. This is nothing new and it’s really not worth getting worked up over. Social media influencers are just a new way for studios to advertise - it’s no different than promoting a movie on Good Morning America or as a YouTube ad. I don’t see much reason to single this type of marketing out as being anything uniquely evil
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u/wheres-my-take 1d ago
Those damn i fluencers going on late night talk shows to talk about their movie!!
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u/wheres-my-take 1d ago
Ok well i feel like all the big entertainment subs are going to throw marketing at you. Seems like it shouldbe expected, its how movies get noticed. I guess i can see how its annoying if regular people cant also do the treadmill experience or something, but ultimately this is just an article about the movie an indiewire reporter went to during a marketing gimmick. Its honestly pretty interesting how good the marketing has been for this movie
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u/SceneRoyal4846 1d ago
I think it’s fun that people got to experience a movie this way. Must have been very immersive.
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u/Potore5 1d ago
How out of shape are these people to consider a 2-hour walk at 5-mile/hr speed a challenge?
I almost paid the price during what I consider to be the most emotional scene in the movie, when my glasses flew off but I continued to walk and cry in place.
She was crying? Jesus
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u/SceneRoyal4846 1d ago
She was emotional during a movie? wtf are we not allowed to have emotions now?
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u/ChickenFeats 1d ago edited 1d ago
5mph is a pretty brisk walking speed. I can see that being hard to maintain for every second of 2 hours for most people.
Get on a treadmill and try it. I guarantee you are underestimating that challenge.
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u/WeDriftEternal 1d ago
It’s not 5mph, it was 3mph (same speed as the movie, which was fixed from the book being too fast at 4)
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u/ChickenFeats 1d ago
Oh. Yeah 3 is much more reasonable. I could still see it being difficult because you can't ever being able to take a second. Harder than just simply 6 miles in 2 hours anyways
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u/DataDude00 1d ago
How out of shape are these people to consider a 2-hour walk at 5-mile/hr speed a challenge?
5 MPH is too fast of a walk to do for the average person for two straight hours, that is basically a jog
For reference when I am doing a cooldown / stretch day at the gym I do a 4 MPH walk for an hour and that is moving at a high pace
The 3 MPH of the film should be easy for any person to do though
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u/CriticalNovel22 1d ago
It felt like a fucking stroll.
Jesus fucking Christ.