Watch Party

This is a really cool idea, and I'm down to try. How about we start by scheduling a weekly movie night with a poll for what to watch?

Thanks for joining the first watch party! Feel free to create your own watch parties as well, and hopefully this community will continue to grow as Lemmy grows.

Join us for the first ever Lemmy watch party! If you don't have Starship Troopers, but would still like to watch and participate in the live thread, it will be streaming in the official Watch Party Discord Server.

In the spirit of all of us doing our part to build and grow Lemmy, let's watch Starship Troopers together as part of the first ever Watch Party! Pop in and rewind your old VHS tape, DVD, Blu Ray, or add it to your streaming queue and meet us back here by 7/3 00:00 UTC. The live thread will be created at 7/2 23:00 UTC.

Read the Getting Started Guide to create your own watch party!

UPDATE: If you don't have a copy of Starship Troopers, I will be streaming it on the Watch Party Discord Server. All discussion will take place in the live and post party threads. Feel free to use the Watch Party Discord Server in the future if you'd like to stream your movie for others as well!

Welcome to the Watch Party community!

This community will focus on movie watch parties as a niche, as to not step on the toes of other communities that will host their own live threads for events such as sports and television.

Here's how to get started:

• 6-12 hours before you'd like to start a watch party, make a party announcement here to let everyone know.
• 1 hour before the watch party starts, create a live thread so that everyone can discuss and react to the movie in real time.
• Once the credits roll, feel free to create a post party discussion to talk about the movie as a whole.

Tips:

• Every party participant is responsible for finding their own copy of the movie, feel free to post links or recommendations to legal sources of the movie in the announcement post. You can also stream your legally obtained copy of the movie on our official Discord server, see below or the sidebar for the invite link.
• Be ready to press play at the movie start time, so that discussion can be as in sync as possible in the live thread.
• Sort comments and posts by "New" to stay up to date on parties and discussions.

Standards

• Use the MM/DD date format, and 24 hour time format in UTC. Here's a handy time zone converter you can use if you're unfamiliar with UTC.
• The title should include the year (ex. 2023) the movie was released. It seems like every movie is a remake these days, and this will prevent any confusion.
• Use the templates below to help keep the discussions organized.

Post Templates:

Announcements: Watch Party: Movie Title (YYYY) - MM/DD 00:00 UTC

• Example: Watch Party: Starship Troopers (1997) - 07/03 00:00 UTC

Live Threads: LIVE THREAD: Movie Title (YYYY) - MM/DD 00:00 UTC

• Example: LIVE THREAD: Starship Troopers (1997) - 07/03 00:00 UTC

Post Party Discussion: Post Party Discussion: Movie Title (YYYY)

• Example: Post Party Discussion: Starship Troopers (1997)

OFFICIAL DISCORD SERVER

If you'd like to stream your movie for others to watch, you can join our official Discord server. All participants are muted, and discussion will occur in the LIVE thread. Be sure to include the invite link to the Discord server in your announcement and live thread posts, so others know they can join in on the fun!