Bad Movie Night | OTA

[actualwizard]

Who: Billy Kaplan (actualwizard ), Teddy Altman (hulk_ling ) and YOU
Where: The brand new theater on the fourth floor
When: Saturday Night
Rating: PG-13 unless people are offended by sharks in tornados
Summary: Bad Movie Night featuring Sharknado and Sharknado 2: The Second One
The Story:


Billy and Teddy spent most of the week taking over two rooms on the fourth floor. By Saturday night they have everything set up on Wonderland's new theater. When you walk in the first thing you'll see is the large screen on the back wall. The boys have piled large pillows up in the front of the room. Behind them there are plenty of couches and recliners for everyone to pile onto. In the back of the room people will find a stocked snack bar filled with candy, popcorn and soda and other goodies that people have brought for the night.

The walls are adorned with framed movie posters from classic movies and some of the boys' favorites, and Teddy has thrown stuffed sharks of various sizes around the room to add atmosphere.

The boys have put a lot of work into this room and it shows. The first film will start promptly at 8 pm and the second will start at 10 (with a thirty minute intermission/bathroom break in between). Feel free to MST3K your way through the movies or chat quietly over how ridiculous all of this is. Did you bring alcohol? Feel like taking a drink each time one of the sharks takes a bite of someone? It’s your party, just try not to get too rowdy or you might find a rather large, green, Hulk-like bouncer there to break things up.

It’s all in good fun!

Need some prompts to get those wallflower characters moving? Here you go:

Scene 1 - Pre-show

Teddy and Billy are busy working to make sure every last piece of equipment works and that there are enough seats for everyone. The boys are probably playing one of their word games “Would You Rather?” with nerdy results. Feel free to pop by early with your snacks, get a good seat, or lend a hand!

Scene 2 - Sharknado

The movie has started and wow, it’s worse (or better) than you expected. Make comments to each other or let your conversation meander onto less silly topics. Feel free to munch on the snacks, gossip, or just throw bad commentary at the screen. After all, that’s what bad movies are all about!

Scene 3 - After Party

The movies are over. The party is breaking up but you’re having too much fun and the pillows are so soft. Plus, is that more popcorn I see? Stay and catch up with the people you missed while the movie was playing! I’m sure they have something they’re dying to talk to you about.

Scene 4 - Private Party

So movies aren’t your thing but dark places with soft pillows totally are. Well, you’re not into it for the movie. You’re here to try to make that special connection with someone. Find a corner, build yourselves a nice little pillow fort and have a good old fashioned Movie Theatre make out. Shhh, the boys won’t mind at all.

Feel free to use the prompts or just throw everyone in!

Billy and Teddy are both so glad you came.

Comments

[widows_kiss]

Natasha drops down beside him midway through the first movie, handing over a small bowl of popcorn for him, because he was looking like he was sadly lacking some.

"Here without your partner in crime tonight, huh?"

[assembles]

Steve had in fact finished off his snack food about ten minutes into the movie, but hadn't want to get up in the middle to get more (he has manners, after all), so when Natasha comes by with popcorn it's much appreciated.

He shoots her a smile as he takes the bowl, then shrugs his shoulders. "I think he's working on organizing his self-defense classes," he whispers. "He told me to pre-screen these for him." As it turns out, they don't do everything together.

[widows_kiss]

"How productive of him," she chuckles, taking a handful of popcorn for herself. "So you get to give him a play-by-play, huh? Good luck trying to come up with something other than 'there was a tornado with sharks in it'."

[assembles]

At least they're situated toward the back of the room, which means they shouldn't be too much of a disturbance to those who are actually paying close attention.

If anyone is.

Steve laughs and shrugs one shoulder as he chews his way through a bite of popcorn. He only speaks up again after he's swallowed. "Yeah, I'm not getting too much more out of it, but that might be enough to get him interested."

Or it would lead to a rant about how they didn't make movies the way they used to back in the day -- which is kind of true.

[widows_kiss]

Natasha's pretty sure they're safe on that end, Steve. She's also pretty sure no one is here to watch this movie for the scintillating dialogue and in-depth plot.

She glances over at him with a crooked smile, thoughtful for a moment. "You two have been doing okay, then?" It's been a bit since they had a chance to talk about it and... well, it's not like they're missing anything by talking while flying sharks chomp down on people and float through flooded buildings.

[assembles]

Steve doesn't think that anyone is close enough to listen in on them, but he still takes a moment to glance around and be certain of that. He and Natasha should be able to keep what they say vague, anyway.

"Yeah, it's been all right," he replies, appreciative of Natasha's concern. She's the person here most keyed into what's going on between him and Bucky, so Steve's not at all surprised that she'd ask.

"I know it's weighing on him, but he's doing better, and things are fine between us. Like you told me before, we should make the best of what we have while we have it." Now both he and Bucky are all too aware of how these days together as friends are numbered.