So Did the Hordes Really Skip out for Episode 2? 422
gabec asks: "A few days ago Slashdot reported that thousands of people were going to call in sick so they could go check out the new Star Wars movie. Virtually the entirety of the computer services department at my university is taking the day off in unison to go see the show. I expect the whole school to implode that day. So my question is, how many Slashdot readers really did skip out of work for Star Wars Episode 2?" Those wacky geeks over at General Protection Fault probably said it the best. I think a high truancy rate was only to be expected. Funny thing to note: timothy and I went to see Spider-Man, yesterday and we were the only two people in that theatre. Three guesses where everyone else went, and the first two don't count.
Kindof... (Score:2, Interesting)
Steve.
that's it? (Score:4, Funny)
Nice yo! Last time that happened to me and my girlfriend we had sex for the entire movie, and didn't even watch one bit of it.
and you and timothy do anything... oh wait a minute, nevermind.
You think thats funny? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:You think thats funny? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:You think thats funny? (Score:2, Funny)
me and my girlfriend we had sex for the entire movie
girlfriend? hes no average slashdot reader
Re:You think thats funny? (Score:2)
MEH!!! BLEAT!!! BAAA!
Poll? (Score:5, Funny)
Did you miss work to see starwars
O Yes.
O No.
O Cowboy Neal went and told me what happened when he got back.
My vote is "No"
Re:Poll? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Poll? (Score:2)
Re:Poll? (Score:2)
Re:Poll? (Score:2)
One more Poll choice (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Poll? (Score:2)
O I went to the 12:01am showing, and I don't work that late.
Re:Poll? (Score:4, Funny)
Midnight show... (Score:2)
I had an important meeting (Score:5, Funny)
Of course, the companywide meeting just happened to located in the theater that was showing AotC, and lasted exactly the length of the movie.
Re:I had an important meeting (Score:2)
It was a nice break. Everybody here had been pulling longs hours and it was a nice thing to do for the employees. We were still required to get our regualr 40 in though.
Yes, we're most a technical place. Ironically the biggest Star Wars fan is one of the sales guys. He took the week off and made a trip a few hundred miles south of here to see it in digital.
Re:I had an important meeting (Score:2)
That's funny. We closed our compatibility testing lab (where I work) for the afternoon and told everyone that we were going to an offsite technology demonstration. The theatre wasn't particularly full, but that was at 2:00 in the afternoon on Thursday at a movie theatre smack in the middle of downtown (versus the busier ones in the 'burbs).
bingo? (Score:2)
Did you play Dilbert's buzzword bingo?
I've got a bad feeling about this (check)
May the force be with you (check)
really cheesy line delivered by a male trying to get the interest of a female (check)
R2, what do you think you're doing? (check)
the dark side has cast a shroud over everything (stand up and shout BINGO!)
I'm on a Navy ship and couldn't go (Score:2)
I don't understand why this is always bought up (Score:2, Flamebait)
Re:I don't understand why this is always bought up (Score:2)
Re:I don't understand why this is always bought up (Score:2)
(typing this (slowly) to fill the lame 20 second rule)
Re:I don't understand why this is always bought up (Score:4, Informative)
Sure. For starters, a lot of people are very anxious to see it.
Secondly (I'm assuming that you're not American by the tone of your post), most Americans work 40+ hours per week, even more if you're in IT. Compared to the worldwide averages we work longer hours, so every once in awhile we feel obliged to blow off some steam by blowing off some work.
Thirdly, I saw it during the afternoon and got matinee pricing of $7.50. It's considerably more expensive than that to see it in the evening.
"matinee pricing" (Score:2)
By taking time off work to see a film during working time you save how many dollars exactly on the price of the cinema ticket?
And the half day's income you lose is how much exactly?
Round here you'd lose even if you were unemployed, because the car parking charges during the day are so much more than during the evening.
Re:"matinee pricing" (Score:2)
Also if you're an IT guy like me (and I think you are), you've got sick time/vacation time out the wazoo and you're never going to use it all up on real vacations. So, you make a it a long weekend every once in a while. We have a limit on how much vacation we can carry over from year to year so once you hit the max you've got to take the rest off before Dec. 31 or it disappears.
Re:"matinee pricing" (Score:2)
Since I'm one of those overworked salaried people I'm getting paid the same whether I'm there or not.
Round here you'd lose even if you were unemployed, because the car parking charges during the day are so much more than during the evening.
In the States most parking lots are free. Usually only in the downtown metro areas does one have to pay for parking, and there are far more cinemas in the suburbs than in the cities.
Even though the cinema that I went to was downtown, it's right across the street from the office building I work in, so parking wasn't an issue. But if I had come in though they validate the parking tickets if you buy a movie ticket, in which case parking is only $1. Not a bad deal really.
This Could Only HELP the Economy (Score:5, Funny)
How can this hurt the economy? The largest pool of unemployed labor is out spending money!
Yes, I am a CS guy. Yes, I am unemployed. Yes, I spent $8.50 to see AOTC. Yes, I payed to much for refreshments.
A definate skip of school / work ... but ... (Score:2)
Of course my company continued to operate without me being there. Even if we lost 2 or three of our main servers while I as at the movie, the company would continue to operate and the remaining servers would pickup the load.
Good admins always have automated backup systems that kick in when a failure happens. Having the entire tech industry take a day off wouldn't ruin the world as predicted
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Calling in Sick, Calling in Sleepy (Score:2, Funny)
I work freelance, so I was able to go both on Wednesday night and then wake up Thursday afternoon and go again. Both theatres were about 80-95% full, but not sold out.
A few friends who made sure to be there on Day One for TPM told me they would be waiting a few weeks to see AotC, partly to avoid the crowds but mostly because they feared that the movie would violently suck.
Judging from the very vocal audiences I was a part of, it looks like AotC has made a pretty favourable impression, and seems to suck very little. Canadian audiences are often reluctant to make noise during movies, but the final climatic light-sabre battle in the movie drew many involuntary gasps and cheers from even the most stoic viewers.
"Die, Jedi dogs!" -C3P0
Company organized trips good for morale (Score:5, Interesting)
a) see Star Wars before everyone else did (including their kids)
b) spend some time together where there was no pressure to perform
As an employee of a company that has seen 4-5 layoffs over the past year and a half, and a member of a group that recently completed a very stressful project, I can say this trip was the best thing anyone has done for my group's morale and general stress level in at least six months (and it didn't really cost the company anything). Of course, that probably means we should have been doing stuff like this all along.
Stephen
P.S. For those about to say that it cost the company 20 man hours for my group to go see this movie, just take it out of my 'overtime account'. There's about 500 unpaid hours in there already for this year.
too late (Score:5, Funny)
- called the boss saying I had to go to the doc
- got the Jedi outfit
- went to the movies looking like a retard
- tickets sold-out five guys in front of me in line.
- went back home and contenplated suicide
- girlfriend came over and felt kinda hot for the jedi outfit
happy happy end
Re:too late (Score:2)
I was always wondering if those insane people who dress up as Jedi to see Star Wars realize how crazy they allow themselves to be... and now I know.
Re:too late (Score:3, Funny)
Before movie started, they all ran down to the front of the theater to smack their plastic light sabres together in a mock battle. They did that for a few minutes, and then slunk back to their seats to the sardonic applause of the audience.
It was a good movie, though.
Re:too late (Score:2)
That's not very flattering to me. I went dressed up as Queen Amidala, in her red dress that makes the Poster or PM. Complete with battery pack for the round bulb lights at the bottom.
What cracked most people up was my 6-inch long pinch.
All I could say was "hey!, Even Portman has her bad hair days".
After the ATOC showing, though, I must admit she's got a nicer belly than I do.
Re:too late (Score:2)
And I thought only Sith Lords had hot pink sabres.
"No, baby, I promise you I'm not trying to convert you to the dark side... Look, I'll leave the lights on... My metachlorans wanna meet yours, that's all!"
I didn't call in sick (Score:2)
Why take a whole day off (Score:2, Informative)
Which it really is. All this complaining about the wooden acting and cheesy dialogue...has anybody ever considered that maybe Lucas is writing the dialogue intentionally to keep the series feeling like the old-time Saturday Morning serials, complete with shiny spaceships, red planets, ripped tops and, yes, oftimes grandiose and stuffy dialogue. And Ebert can stuff it. He gave TPM *three* stars and this one *two* stars. If he honestly thinks AotC is a full star worse than TPM he's completely out of his mind. Go see it. Go see it again. Oh and the guy who ruined parts of it for me with your fuckin' sig, I got people looking for you. )
Re:Why take a whole day off (Score:2)
> cheesy dialogue...has anybody ever considered
> that maybe Lucas is writing the dialogue
> intentionally to keep the series feeling like
> the old-time Saturday Morning serials
I agree. I loved the movie, for all its cheesy dialog and wooden acting. In my opinion, Lucas even excused Jar Jar and the young Anakin's childish antics. For Jar Jar, clearly he wanted a plausible gullible senator stand-in. For Anakin, he wanted an innocent, but engineering-inclined boy who would later be twisted to the dark side by Palpatine.
We re-watched ROTJ this morning, and it's funny how the events from Episodes IV-VI can be reinterpreted when you watch Episodes I and II.
If you can't beat 'em, join 'em! (Score:2)
Nothing like a little off-site to keep morale high!
The Whole Company Went (Score:2)
It can be done responsibly... (Score:2)
The HR person later asked why I was taking the day off, and I declined to tell her (citing "personal reasons").
(The kicker is, I saw said HR person in the theater. I think *she* actually "called in". Oh, sweet irony.)
Re: (Score:2, Funny)
three guesses (Score:2)
1. CowboyNeal
2. Darth Cowboy
3. Jar Jar Strikes Back.
Half the development team went to the 10am show... (Score:2)
Re:Half the development team went to the 10am show (Score:2)
Yeah, put a *don't* in there and that makes some sense.
Re:Half the development team went to the 10am show (Score:2)
Yawn (Score:2)
Incidentally, did anyone else notice that in Spider-Man, when he's swinging down Silicon Alley, there's a banner for "Webstrands Platform"?
That company said the same thing for EP1 (Score:2)
I missed work for Episode II! (Score:2)
Film Projection Did Not Matter (Score:3, Interesting)
The good news for me is that I was really afraid I would hate it. Like most, I was disappointed by EP1, and heard that although this one was better, it wasn't much so. I would have to respectfully disagree with those opinions. This movie blows EP1 away, and although I have to see it again before figuring out where it stands in the rankings of the whole series, I'm definitely seeing it again. I'm pretty sure that having Jar-Jar on the screen for probably less than a minute total was significantly better than a movie full of Ewoks.
The battle scenes are outstanding, and I have no idea why some people said that only the last half an hour of the movie is "redeeming." I don't want to give anything away, but there are plenty of action scenes throughout the movie, starting out very early. Sure there is dialog and exposition interspersed throughout, but it's all very well done. For those of you who, like me, didn't like EP1 and had reservations about seeing it this weekend, I strongly recommend you check it out. Don't wait for video, or necessarily to see it in digital - it's a beautiful exciting movie that definitely needs to be seen on the big screen. Lucas has redeemed himself a little in my eyes, and I can't wait to see how EP3 will turn out now.
Line-waiting (Score:2)
And to all the naysayers out there: waiting in line with fellow SW geeks is almost as fun as sitting in a packed theater with them. My friend won an original 1970s Millenium Falcon toy, with box and instructions included. Sure, opened toys are worth less, but it's a KICKIN' centerpiece. Lightsaber duels happened almost hourly, and we had great fun mocking the people who drove by to mock us. The movie is that much more beautiful when sleep-deprived and living off of Doritos and pizza.
Can you tell me which is more pathetic...a person who can take three days off of their job with no one complaining to wait in line for a movie, or a person who goes out of their way three days in a row to drive by and yell "Homo" at those first people?
Don't be too mad (Score:3, Funny)
Took A Half Day (Score:2)
At work we tried to talk the Boss into making Friday afternoon a team-wide AotC event, but he rambled about "that rubbish" and ranted on and on about how the last good sci-fi movie was 2001: A Space Odyssey.
With the office trip option not going to happen, I got to work early on Friday, finished my projects for the day, skipped lunch, and was out the door by 12:15.
And, if possible, I'll do it again in 2005.
I had to work... (Score:2)
Now that it is weekend, I have a nasty cold (aching body) and I can't go
Saw the 12:01 Show, but Still Went to Work (Score:2)
I got home about 4:00 am. I went to work and was there in body, but even less in spirit than normal. What do I count as?
I was stunned (Score:2, Interesting)
Took the day off (Score:2)
Nobody I know skipped out... (Score:2)
I'll be seeing it tonight with a sizable group of geeks, so I have yet to form an informed opinion of the movie. I'm not expecting much in the way of quality acting from Manequin Skywalker, but if the choice of R.A. Salvatore for the novelization is any indication, the fight scenes will be golden.
Skip work? (Score:2, Interesting)
Why skip when work will pay you to watch a movie?
:)
It *was* my job... (Score:2)
So I arranged to take a group of them to see Episode 2 and even got to count it as doing part of my job.
When Yoda started fighting LOL! (Score:3, Interesting)
What was lucas thinking of?
Re:When Yoda started fighting LOL! (Score:5, Interesting)
Funny, yes. Unrealistic, no. I remember seeing a demonstration by a competing team's fencing coach/master a long time ago. This guy was one of the best in the world in his prime, but well into his elder years spent most of his time just teaching and walking around with the assistance of a cane.
However, put a blade in this old guy's hand, and he was suddenly transformed from a decrepit-looking fragile elderly person into a graceful, dangerous foe. I saw him whip one of his own students who was at the time representing the US in the World University Games. After the bout, he picked up his cane and limped back to the sidelines.
Re:When Yoda started fighting LOL! (Score:3, Interesting)
But, when he needs to, he can use the force to make the cane redundant, and allow him to bounce around just as fast as he can imagine, and overcome the limitations of his old and fragile body.
Most of the time he doesn't bother though, 'cos it requires a load of concentration and it's easier to just hobble around with a stick. Being wise, old and a generally serene kind of guy, he doesn't feel the need to rush everywhere at top speed, and is content with that.
K.
I didn't skip work... (Score:2)
I guess it's one of those "if you can't beat 'em, join 'em" things.
Played golf, then went to AotC!!! (Score:2, Interesting)
We got there just as the movie was starting. The ushers didn't have a flashlight, but I had my Photon red LED flashlight, and caught an aisle seat right away. I'm going to shoot the guy with the bladder condition that sat in the middle of my row. Jerk got up 5 times, which means he also came back 5 times.
The theater was only about half full, and the ticket guy said they had not been very busy all day.
Empty Theater (Score:2)
I went to see AOTC Thursday afternoon. I didn't knock off work for that, I actually had a dental appointment and had the rest of the afternoon off anyway. (The dental appointment caused my headache instead of the half-fuzzy film, but that's beside the point.) I attended the 4PM showing and there were maybe 10, 12 other people in the 40+ seat auditorium - and probably half of those were children under the age of 10. I left around 7:00 and lines for the next showing at 7:15 were still quite thin. That's terrible business for a hyped new movie opening in the middle of the week during college spring break, in a medium sized mall, at the only theater in a town - on an 85-degree day in late May! Just by looking around my community I'm surprised that the movie has done so well.
just a long lubch, then worked late (Score:2)
The Movie (Score:2)
Jar-Jar Binks must die or I must get a job.
No. (Score:2)
Go ahead. Reboot your computer.
I dare you.
--Blair
Re:Idiot-Calling Your Own Customers (Score:2)
If you're really into doing something about this, you could contact your phone company. Aren't they legally obliged to keep records of any call passing their network? While the law and their policy probably prevents them from giving you the number, they should be in the position to report it to the proper authorities.
Whether that helps, I don't know, but here in The Netherlands that would probably help. There are plenty of consumer protection organisations to deal with this crap. One of them even has a popular TV show running for over a decade addressing these issues and other less than friendly stories about companies and government instituations people deal with.
While it is done with a humerous approach (making the bad guys look really stupid and dislikable), they usually manage to resolve stuff and always tell the viewer who to contact if they end up in crap.
Re:Idiot-Calling Your Own Customers (Score:2)
So there is no way that the call data can be extracted other than through a private civil suit. I'd spend thousands of dollars, with nearly zero chance of recovering a penny.
The consumer shows on TV never do much to investigate -- if more than a phone call to a known merchant is required, they don't pursue the matter. For the "complex" stories you see, they are almost always just recycling other people's efforts (private lawsuits or law enforcement).
Oops! (Score:4, Interesting)
But yes, I did go see SWEP2: AotC yesterday afternoon. Since I'm a consultant, I didn't have to "skip work" or call in sick to see the movie.
(My timing was off on Thursday -- the early-afternoon shows were sold out -- so I bought an advance ticket for 2:10pm Friday. The theater was only about 10% full.
My goal was to see the movie before school got out because the teens are often rude and obnoxious. As it turned out, there was a rude and obnoxious guy in the row behind me anyway (sitting by himself), making loud annoying comments. To his credit, he mostly made the rude comments during the incredibly-lame romantic-dialogue segments, but it was so annoying that about a third of the way through the movie, I got up and moved several rows away.
After seeing the movie, I am somewhat more inclined to agree with "The Case for the Empire. [slashdot.org]"
Re:Oops! (Score:2)
We showed up at 11:20, and asked how full the 11:30 show was. The guy looked at his computer screen. "14%", he told us. So we boght tickets for the 11:30 showing.
"I'll bet yesterday was really bad," I said. He shook his head. "It wasn't! It was about like this!" Sometimes I really enjoy living in a suburb, away from the teeming masses of the city.
When we came out, there were about a half-dozen people in the area waiting to get in to the theatre.
I was tempted to go back to the cinema after dinner, just to witness the swarms of people stacked up in huge lines, but I didn't.
P.S. The Cinerama theatre in Seattle is one of the ones with a digital projector, so I will be going there to see Episode II again. (At this moment the projector is broken and they are showing film for Episode II. They don't know when it will be fixed, other than "hopefully soon".)
steveha
Re:My boss took his team to see it (Score:2)
I hate taking dates to movies and they keep asking, "What's that?" Or "Who's that again?" Or worse yet, "Why is so and so doing this and that?"
:)
The dot com collapse (Score:2)
Re:The dot com collapse (Score:2)
Events like this cost nearly nothing and the benefits far outweigh the minimal costs. Most folks in the tech industry work long hours and are rarely paid O/T. I don't mean this as some kind of whining, just your post indicates you have no clue as to how to make employees happy. If we were talking about some expensive jaunt to Aspen I might agree, but a trip to the movie theater? If they could measure the ROI on this one I bet it is massive.
Re:The dot com collapse (Score:4, Interesting)
What kind of drugs are you on? So they dropped $1000-$1500 on a movie so that their company could take a Friday afternoon off. How does that contribute to the dot-com collapse? The cost is minimal and the morale boost is tangible. If you consider the kinds of hours that most IT people work (while still being paid a salary based on 40 hours), only an idiot would say that they aren't entitled to some fun time occasionally.
How many companies have "summer hours"? I've worked for several companies that let you leave at 2:00 on Fridays during the summer. At others you have to work a couple extra hours during the week to make up for it, but it's no big deal.
At most companies that I have seen, Friday afternoons are the least productive hours of the work week anyway. A manager with a clue would probably rather channel that lack of productivity into a morale-boosting event.
It's important to do something nice for your employees every once in awhile. It's not like they're even doing that though since a Star Wars release only comes along once every few years.
I've worked at companies that spend that much money on a weeks worth of catered lunches for executive meetings. I worked at a company that spent several times that much each month to rent an auditorium for our monthly company-wide meetings.
If a company of 130 had $1000-$1500 to spend to boost company morale, I could think of far worse ways to spend it than renting out a theatre to see Star Wars. Logo'd Stress Balls or "cool" company keychains, for example. T-shirts with company mottos on them. New mouse pads for everyone. Catered box lunches for the whole gang. Special "you are a valuable member of our team" award plaques or some similar hokey bullshit. Who wants that shit when your company could rent out a theatre for a private screening of Star Wars? Duh!
Re:blech. (Score:4, Insightful)
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I actually haven't seen Star Wars yet (I was busy getting a sun burn at the Giants game -- my boss told me to go). I'll probably see it eventually, but I think I'm going to wait until after the first two weeks...
Re:blech. (Score:2)
The Washington Post's Hank Stuever [washingtonpost.com] said it well: There's no point telling SW fans to "Get a life."
They have one. This is it.
People are entitled to their interests. You like programming? Fine. I like star trek. My friend likes star wars. The guy next to me in math class likes wrestling. So what?
Re:blech. (Score:4, Insightful)
I have never seen a single star wars movie, never watch an anime, not even a comic book. I hate computer games (specially multi-player games) but I don't mind trying some galaga while I am waiting for my pizza at pizza hut.
You know, if you're not careful you're going to end up dead from a distinct lack of having a life. I too enjoy reading and playing with machines, but there is a time when getting out and doing something with friends (even something passive like watching a movie) is a good thing. There is far more in the world than that which is simply technical and if you fail to experience it when you are young then you will grow up to be a bitter and remorseful old man.
Re:blech. (Score:2)
I was thinking the exact same thing myself.
Really, this guy should memorize StarWars trivia, go to SCA Festivals and various Cons, commit to marathon sessions of playing Video and fantasy role playing games, you know all the stuff we geeks do to get a life.
Uhhm... Wait a minute.
Re:blech. (Score:2)
Yes, but we do it in a social setting. That can make a huge difference. Still, I'll give you a virtual +1 funny...
Re:blech. (Score:3, Insightful)
"All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy"
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Damn the Emperor!
Re:blech. (Score:2)
In addition to Star Wars, I love a hundred other movies.
What does loving Star Wars have to do with being a "fantasy freak"?
Get real guys.
Yes guys, get real... by staying inside and coding instead of going out with a girlfriend or even a bunch of your buddies to see Star Wars, ogle Natalie Portman's perky nipples, etc.
Friggin math geek.
Re:blech. (Score:2)
So let me ask this: why are you doing all these things?
Part of the reason why I got as much into math, physics and computers as I did, is because I wanted to live in the Star Wars world, even if I had to build it myself. I want to live in a world with zooming spaceships, robots, faster than light travel/communications, etc. If I can contribute a little bit to building that kind of world, then I'll be happy.
OK, I know, zero out of ten for realism, but hey, life isn't life without dreams. And thinking about function subspaces is more fun when you have Darth Vader's theeme going through your head. (The Beatles are better for Galois groups, strictly IMO.)
Re:blech. (Score:2)
I didn't get into mathematics or computing to make my own galaxy, I agree that
being a control freak has something to do it, but the most important reason is
because that is the only thing I can do.
I was a business student, up until recently, and I spent most of my time focusing
on the mathematical aspects of business.
Going to MTH/CS wasn't a conscious choice, it was a gradual drift to my interests, and
a growing pain to satisfy my curosity about life.
I, however, learnt programming for the sole purpose of independence. I have obsecure software
needs, no general package can satisfy. I need lexical analyzers, matrix routines, graphics
manipulation, and interrupt handlers for my IC components.
Learning to program was an effort, solving problems was an inistinct of mine.
Re:blech. (Score:2)
That is the whole point of a fantasy is that you have to be in to it.
IOW: it is your infantacy(sic).
(heh, sorry could not resist, but hey....you have the right to post on
.
Re:blech. (Score:2)
I'm not saying that you did claim that, but you are on Slashdot after all.
Re:Imposter Geek!!! (Score:2)
amount of moderation my post got.
I guess I am not a geek (knowing how good I am in baseball, and the fact that
I am seeing a pretty girl.) but hey, atleast I thought I was one.
Re:I hope you all get fired (Score:4, Insightful)
Several months ago I told my boss I was going to be out of the office on May 16. I told him it was because I was going to see Star Wars. I have vacation days and I can use them for any reason I want.
By the way, skipping school does harm someone... yourself.
Link for accurate digital theater info. (Score:2)
This page at starwars.com [starwars.com] lists the theaters that are playing it in digital. The Wired article mentioned in the
Be warned, many theaters that are listed only have one digital theater but are playing AOTC on several screens, so you need to find out which times are for the digital screen.
Lastly, as you might expect, the digital ones sell out quickly. I went Friday for a noon matinee an hour and a half early only to find out all digital shows were sold out for 2 days! Bottom line you need to plan ahead or wait for the rush to subside.
Re:its just a movie! (Score:2)
Have YOU ever been to a galaxy far far away? Were you there a long time ago? And if so, could you please pass on the secrets on intergalactic space travel? And possibly plans to your time machine? Alternatively, if you have no time machine, could you tell us your secret to living a long time? Maybe you could sell these secrets.. Maybe we could be partners. If so, do you think I could get 10% of the profits?
What the hell am I talking about? Obviously I've gone crazy from watching AotC too many times.. I deserve way more than 10%
Re:its just a movie! (Score:2)
"I'm glad you're here to tell us these things!"
-- Han Solo, to C-3PO
Re:Why skip out ? (Score:2)
Um, think about it: a movie with a great plot but sucky visuals would transfer well to TV, but a movie with great visuals and a sucky plot (as you say of SW) is exactly the sort you want to catch while it's still at the theatre.
[and anyway, SW is a `crowd movie' -- seeing it in a packed theatre definitely enhances the experience.]
Re:People with REAL jobs cant just skip work (Score:2)
For the rest of us, it's just a few of hours of work missed. I have a "real job", as do the 14 other employees who went with me to see AotC. Miraculously, the world did not grind to a halt, the company didn't shut its doors for good, and nobody died.
There's more to life than work, even if sometimes it's just a cool movie.
Re:VCD power (Score:2, Funny)
Ooooh, you are 1337!!! The rest of us saw it in THX sound on a 65 foot-high concave projection screen with zero pixellation. Sucks to be you I guess.
Re:I skipped school!!!!!!! (Score:2)
Re:I skipped school!!!!!!! (Score:3, Funny)
Re:I skipped school!!!!!!! (Score:2, Funny)
Yeah! Stick it to those darn Canadians! God Bless America! And screw Water! Screw Physics too!
:)