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Re:Show HN: Get alerts for good seats at 70mm IMAX showings ... by andrewtorkbaker on Saturday July 18, 2026 @03:04PM (#48961131)
+1 to the AMC Metreon being one of the toughest. Of all the theaters I'm monitoring, it's probably in the top 3 of fewest seats opening up. My best guess is that SF is just a market where demand far exceeds supply.

But I am seeing a few every day, and I'm guessing it will get better after opening weekend too. My system checks every 10 mins leading up to 24 hours before showing, then ramps up to every 60 seconds.

Re: Cloudflare - not sure if you're trying to hit AMC's site directly or an alternative. Either way, the first library I reach for in that situation is curl_cffi https://github.com/lexiforest/curl_cffi

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Re:Show HN: Get alerts for good seats at 70mm IMAX showings ... by swang on Saturday July 18, 2026 @04:27PM (#48962008)
Yeah I'm directly calling the GQL. For some reason it is only doing the check for today's seats. Very weird.
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Re:Show HN: Get alerts for good seats at 70mm IMAX showings ... by andrewtorkbaker on Saturday July 18, 2026 @04:41PM (#48962156)
Will probably do a blog post / video about my setup at some point. In the meantime, DM me on Twitter and I can share more about what's working for me
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