The first two weeks are always packed at big movies, and I like a little space. Besides, I'm not in that big of a rush to see 'NSync, even if they do get killed off.
After EP1's major disappointment (and further disappointments the 2 times I saw it since), I see little reason to make specific effort to see it as soon as possible. The Monday right after I plan to head straight to the theatre after work. This is generally a good time to see a movie since the weekend will clear out all the families and Star Wars lunatics that have to see it no matter what.
I'm not keeping my hopes up too high for this one. It still seems all sugar coated, silver glossed, and poorly written as EP1 was.
yeah, i agree. this one seems shlocky, and dopey, why just the other day we were sitting around talking about how bad it is and...
HEY! waijussaminnit! no we werent! cos it hasnt come out yet, duh.
honestly, where do people get the notion they know everything about a fFilm before they or anyone else has seen it? (yes yes, reviews reviews. so what. reviewers are patently morons.)
Now... Lucas has said that there won't be a final trilogy, but I wonder if at some point there will be another set of prequels. I mean, what are they hoping to get revenge for, anyway? You can infer that there was a massive Jedi/Sith conflict of some kind... but we really don't get much of the backstory.
If Lucas was willing, I think Star Wars could be a franchise much like Star Trek. Without plundering the existing characters, there's a lot of room for more movies and television series that take place in the Star Wars "universe" - as the popularity of the books have shown.
You better not be lying Nos.! If only they had killed off Jar Jar Binks in the first five minutes of the movie... Preferably with gratuitous, gory CGI effects...
I dunno.... I like the atmosphere of opening night showings. When everyone was cheering and laughing out loud at the jokes at Spider-man, it made it that much funner. (I won't mention that someone puked his guts out in the row right in front of me, though...).
I like the atmosphere of opening night showings. When everyone was cheering and laughing out loud at the jokes at Spider-man, it made it that much funner. (I won't mention that someone puked his guts out in the row right in front of me, though...).
Well, you just did, twice - must have made a petty foul atmosphere...
When I went, some bozo had a laser pointer and he kept playing with it at the beginning of the movie. Fortunately, he stopped right after the (start) credits...
I really don't understand all you nay sayers to Episode 2. Sure, Episode 1 was a let down, Episode 2 maybe a let down as well, but do people remember that these movies, more so the prequels, are all apart of one story overall? It's like reading a book, and yea, the last chapter was somewhat, odd I guess is my opinion, but that makes me even more eager to read on to the next chapter (episode 2) to see all the things set in motion in the 1st episode evolve or come to closure in episode 2, and then in episode 3, and so on and so forth.
Unfortunately, I think this is a drawback of having a story unfold over 6 movies, gives critics too much time to think and over analyze something, and easily lose sight of the over all. Remember these 3 movies are meant to lead into and explain things that we all saw in episodes 4-6.
As for N'sync, their laying on the cutting room floor, Lucas has stopped trying to guess what we, the fans, want, and he seems to be listening to what we want this time around.
I know we aren't supposed to claim about missing options, but I don't see listed "I don't need to go see it because I pieced together a complete version of the movie using over 30 previews that I found on TV and the Internet"
Damn trailers and previews. They used to get me excited about a movie. Now they just ruin it.
Damn straight. That was a great teaser; showed something that made you take notice and realize the premise without giving away a goddamned thing. Admittedly, it was assisted by most people's familiarity with the Hulk anyhow, but still the general area in which most trailers should lean, interesting but not giving anything away.
Am I the only one who DIDN'T see the Hulk teaser before Spider-Man? The guy who took the tickets told us it will be there, but it wasn't. I gather it's really short, but I don't think I could've missed it by, say, blinking. Especially since I was looking for it.
Trailers are much less revealing than they used to be.
Go rent some DVD's of some movies from the 70's and 60's. The DVD should contain the trailer. For example, you should see the trailer for "The Graduate"...it gives away the entire ending! Even the original "Caddyshack" trailer gives away far too much.
The best example of this that I have ever seen is the 5-10 minute (!) trailer for The Seven Samurai [imdb.com].
This trailer shows in graphic detail the complete story including:
voice-over, in case you had your eyes shut
death scenes of most of the major players
a scene showing exactly who the survivors were
All I can think of is that the target audience didn't really care about the story so much as how it was told (and it is told very well). As others have pointed out, this seems to be the direction we are headed again with our entertainment society in North America.
I know we aren't supposed to claim about missing options, but I don't see listed "I don't need to go see it because I pieced together a complete version of the movie using over 30 previews that I found on TV and the Internet"
Considering that you know what happens at the end of episode 1, and you know the state of affairs at the beginning of episode 4, you should be able to guess what happens in episodes 2 and 3 without seeing any trailers (or the movies themselves for that matter) at all. That's one of the problems Lucas will have is that the general storyline for these next two episodes will be entirely predictable, it's the details that he has to wow the audiences with. Of course then there are the people that don't care about star wars at all but will go just to see Natalie Portman;-)
That's one of the problems Lucas will have is that the general storyline for these next two episodes will be entirely predictable, it's the details that he has to wow the audiences with.
Yeah, knowing how it would all turn out in the end has really spoiled a lot of movies for me. Take Lord of the Rings or Apollo 13, for instance. No surprises at all. What a waste of time!
> I don't need to go see it because I pieced together a complete version of the movie using over 30 previews that I found on TV and the Internet
Heh. I just bought the action figures and tried making them fight and f*ck in every possible combination. I'm sure that covered the cinema plot, plus lots of other truly great motion pictures that will never make it to the big screen.
Oh, nonsense! Think of the trailers for TPM. They made you expect a good movie, didn't they? And had you tried to piece the plot together from them you would have been grossly, tragically misled.
I could never reconcile the conflicting attitudes here. How can you say that the (MP | RI)AA sucks, an then wait in line to see the latest LucasFilm, or the Matrix, or make it a point to own every album of NIN or Pearl Jam, or whatever. Money spent on movies and music is what fules these facist copyright regimes. If you want things to change, simply stop supporting them. And make sure they know you're refusing to support them. I can't concieve that a boycott by 18-25 year olds wouldn't make them straighten up a bit. At the very least their stock prices would plummet at the threat of an organized boycott, and shareholders would pressure them in to resolving the problem.
But yeah, today i'm off to see Spider man, then next week, AotC, then after that Austin Powers 3, and then LotR 2. But before I go, I'm gonna order the latest CDs over at CDnow.... I just wish the damn RIAA would stop trying to shut down kazaa, and the MPAA would give skylarov a break!
Actually, I'm gonna go get some clothes today, I just hope i can get a good price on something made by 12 year olds in nicaragua.
Its sad to see how many users are planning on watching AoTC as soon as it is released. With all of the negative press the MPAA has gotten lately, one would think that the supposedly informed Slashdot community would be more hesitant towards giving their money away to an entity such as the MPAA.
If you REALLY want to change things, take the high road and skip out on watching AoTC. It will be on TV in a few years and you'll be able to watch it with a clean conscience, knowing that you have not financially supported an evil organization such as the MPAA. Its sad to see how many of you are so vocal in condemning the tactics of the RIAA, yet whenever a new SciFi movie is released are the first one's in line at the theatre, ready to fork your cash over to the very folks who are trying to restrict your rights to piracy and fair use. Posting a rant on a messageboard will NOT do anything towards stopping this menace to our rights. We need to take action and vote with our wallets. Please, I urge everyone who reads this to stay away from the theatres next week and show the RIAA that we will not stand for their bullying tactics. After all, its just a movie...
It will be on TV in a few years and you'll be able to watch it with a clean conscience, knowing that you have not financially supported an evil organization such as the MPAA.
Ugh dude, if whatever TV station you watch it from doesn't already have some affiliation with the MPAA, you're still supporting the same money grubbing bastards through ratings and royalties from ratings.
I personally hope it comes out on the WB. Then no one will watch.
What you don't seem to realize is that slashdot has many thousands of readers, and those that disagree with what the MPAA are doing and are boycotting, those who don't care, and those who are somewhere in the middle all post here in differernt capacities.
Simply put, those who are going to see the movie are not necessarly those who come out and say "the MPAA is evil!"
What you don't seem to realize is that his comment wasn't intended for you. If you like what the MPAA is doing, by all means, see the film. If you don't care about what the MPAA is doing, see the film only if you think you'll enjoy it.
However: if you don't like what the MPAA is doing, don't see the film.
That's his message.
Slashdot is full of hypocrisy. People who fawn over Linux while installing Windows XP to play shoot-em-up games. People who preach about intellectual freedom when all they actually care about is downloading media gratuitously. People who demand source code when they've never touched a C compiler, speaking on behalf of the programmers who might actually use said source, and misrepresenting these programmers as zealots.
Enough pointless advocacy!
Region codes legitimized by "artists' rights," which in fact are only meant to better allow monopolistic price discrimination and collusion...the DMCA, meant to protect "intellectual property," which in fact stifles innovation...ridiculous campaign contributions, shredding the integrity of our Constitution...massive globalization, allowing multi-national corporations to dictate the law in Norway...
I've had enough.
I am not going to see this film in any theater. I realize the MPAA doesn't give a shit about my seven dollars, but that's not the point - perhaps when enough people wake up and smell the repugnant hypocrisy, the MPAA will notice, but until then, my choice as to whether to see this film is not motivated pragmatism, or a desire to fight the MPAA. Right now, it's about morality...ethics...integrity. Yes, ethics are not just for doctors, lawyers and politicians, but for everybody, including us engineers.
This message is for every programmer out there that agrees that the MPAA has gone too far. Your disposable seven dollars means nothing to Lucas - don't "boycott" the MPAA because you think they'll notice. Listen to your ethics and avoid this film. While your friends (both the ones who don't care about the MPAA one way or the other and the ones who hate the MPAA but can bury their hypocrisy)
are standing in line for Star Wars tickets, stay home and read a book. You'll feel better afterwards.
I just wanted to say that this is an excellent post. I'm not any either side of the MPAA field yet (I'm against the rampant movie pirating, but I'm also against the stern measures that they're trying to implement, so I haven't decided) but your post definitely got me thinking about it more.
Overall, I think you might be characterizing the hypocrisy a little harshly. Part of it is from the fact that/. has a large readership, and when you read the differing opinions it's easy to get caught up in the fact that there are many voices at once, making it appear that people are far more hypocritical than they are.
Besides that, there may be mitigating circumstances. I'm one of the people who preach Linux endlessly, but still boots to his old Windows 98 partition to play games. Is this hypocritical? No, I don't think so, since I can't afford anything but the bargain bin games. I think Linux is far far superior for me, and probably for more people than actually use it. I believe in the ideas of Free Software and Open Source, but I don't think it's an absolute necessity in all cases, so I use closed software too. Does this make me hypocritical? Or just practical?
I dislike what the RIAA is doing, but I'm still willing to buy the occasional new CD. Does this make me hypocritical? Or just a fan who would sacrifice a little bit to help out a band I really care about, even if it means helping the RIAA too?
My personal motto is that hypocrisy makes the world go 'round, but hypocrisy comes in many flavors and shades. The nature of the world today is that to be anything but a little hypocritical implies that your standards are too low, that you're not aiming high enough. In principle I'd love to say no to things like AOTC. I'd love to be able to not eat meat. I'd love to be able to only use Free Software. I'd love to be able to vote in an informed matter in every election, both national and local. But I don't, and I can't, but that doesn't mean I shouldn't want to, or encourage others to do so as well. It's an ideal, and while it carries some piece of hypocrisy with it, it's something you work towards.
Besides that, there may be mitigating circumstances. I'm one of the people who preach Linux endlessly, but still boots to his old Windows 98 partition to play games. Is this hypocritical? No, I don't think so, since I can't afford anything but the bargain bin games.
Actually, it is. If you preached the philosophy and freedom of open source "endlessly", but were hooked up to a Windows-based life support system (no lame jokes, these exist) I'd say it's not...but are bargain bin games the most important thing in your life? You can live without them, or use the bargain-bin quality open source games from happypenguin [happypenguin.org]. Or, continue using a Microsoft OS and source-secret games, and use Linux when you feel like it, but don't preach linux. But you choose to continue supporting (financially, or with your actions) proprietary software, and you can't have both...it's like being a vegan who still eats White Castle hamburgers, but only because they're cheap.
The parent made a nice comment, something to the extent of 'it isn't a boycott, just follow your conscience'. Same thing here. Do what you feel is right...but if you find yourself staring at a proprietary OS, which you use because you choose to play proprietary games, you forfeit the right to "preach" (not use, just to preach) free software "endlessly".
In principle I'd love to say no to things like AOTC. I'd love to be able to not eat meat. I'd love to be able to only use Free Software. I'd love to be able to vote in an informed matter in every election, both national and local. But I don't, and I can't, but that doesn't mean I shouldn't want to, or encourage others to do so as well.
I'm sorry, but what a load of horseshit! You can't say no to a star wars movie? Millions of people out there are doing it. who has the gun to your head? You can't stop eating meat if you want? See a therapist, since another million or so have already given up meat, leather, fur, dairy and anything animal-related. You want to only use free software? Then do it.
One of the most annoying things I hear is "I'd like to, but I can't". Yes, you can, and it isn't even that difficult. Put down the games, or whatever, for a few hours and just think about what you really believe in and what is most important to you...once you do that, going through with these things is easy. At the very least, you may decide these various issues aren't right for you, and you can just respect the people who do them without feeling any guilt.
Believe it or not, I mean no disrespect here. But a long time ago I wished that I could confront anyone who says they wish they can do things but don't. I started with me, now it's your turn.:)
People who complain about the DMCA and then post on a site which does not license its content under any explicit license at all, let alone one which permits circumvention. Oh, wait a second. That would be you.
Hypocrisy is when you condemn other people for moral choices which you don't hold yourself to. Saying that the RIAA is bad because they enforce the DMCA and then enforcing the DMCA yourself. That's hypocrisy.
Is it hypocrisy to pay social security taxes even though you believe that the government shouldn't be taxing you? No, of course it's not. You're merely accepting the reality of the situation, and deciding that the benefit you derive from earned income is too great a benefit to give up.
..the very folks who are trying to restrict your rights to piracy and fair use.
He obviously meant, "..privacy and fair use." but the Microsoft Word editor in his Internet Exploder saw a thesaurus based contradiction and auto corrected his submision. I've watched it do similar things to my emails. Thank you Billy G. for Office XP. I'll never be able to offend you again.
Maybe I should point out that Lucasfilm owns the Star Wars franchises outright and that they are a completely independent entity from the MPAA. They are not members nor are they required to follow the policies that members must follow. 20th Century Fox is merely the distributor for the Star Wars films; they have no say as to content or control.
If you buy a ticket for AOTC, you're just helping pay for Episode III, not feeding the beast trying to gut you.
(Of course, I could be wrong, but Lucasfilm IS independent of the usual Hollywood politics.)
Fox will make money from AoTC as the distributor. The MPAA will make money from AoTC at least because of the ratings process. Has even Lucasfilms proved itself to be in support of fair use?
Lucasfilms is not the MPAA, true, but george lucas sees eye to eye with them on too many things like the DMCA and is willing to contribute soft money to help laws like that get passed. George lucas threatened anyone who reviewed Episode I that they'd be blacklisted from Episode II screenings if they leaked anything prior to the date he had set in stone. With laws like the DMCA around now he doesn't just have to threaten, but he can take legal action.
If you REALLY want to change things, take the high road and skip out on watching AoTC.
Would it not be more effective to see movies where most of the participants are independent of MPAA control?
To paraphrase a Lewis Black joke: "The founding fathers wanted so many people in Congress in the hopes that at least some of them could read."
If you see AotC, you'll give some money to the MPAA, but more to Lucasfilms. If you want to change the way the industry behaves, bring more independent players to the table by seeing their movies instead. Give people like Kevin Smith [viewaskew.com] your money if you really want to see Hollywood change.
If you feel you have to see an MPAA film, wait atleast two weeks. This does two things: The opening weekend take drops, and the MPAA's cut of your ticket drops. The longer a movie runs at a theatre, the higher the percentage that is retained by the theatre. This can vary depending on the movie, so ask the theatre manager how long it will be before they get most of the ticket.
If you completely boycott the media you find entertaining, you punish yourself way more than them. You can wait for video, but they make a lot from that too. You can wait for broadcast TV, but then the movie will be censored and/or cut; or you can pirate the film and justify what they're doing.
If you want to change what the industry is doing, change the industry. Give the independents a voice.
In keeping with the theme, that question probably should have read:
"Go to AOTC, I will...?"
Keeping which "the theme"? Star Wars (specifically, Yoda's grammar: "When 900 years old you reach, speak English so good you will not") or Slashdot (specifically, the editors' grammar: "Let's verb another noun")?
:-) Fair enough. I imagine it's hard to come up with good polls all the time. Im just bustin em! Keep up the good work... and watch out for those spoilers! Sorry - couldn't help it.:-)
I'm seeing themidnight showing of AotC, in case it sucks.
I saw Phantom Menace at the opening midnight show (wow, three years already!?) with a group of 72 friends, in a packed theater that holds 600. The fact that it sucked didn't matter. We were all jazzed to be there, jazzed to see it, and even when we were collectively laughing at the movie, it was a communal experience.
Face it, if the movie sucks, seeing it in a sparse theater a month after opening on a Wednesday afternoon would be the worst way to experience it. It would be a sad and pathetic experience.
Seeing it with an emotional crowd, you're guaranteed not to have a sad and pathetic experience, even if that's all the celluloid can provide.
In 1992, just out of high school, I moved half-way across the country with my parents (california to Ohio) I knew no one and had a big chip on my shoulder against the "hayseeds" and hicks and rednecks. Basically I didn't want to know anyone. SO - I went to the movies. I'd drive through two states to go to a good movie theater. I had money like crazy, and spent at least three days a week watching movies. I got to know EVERYONE who worked at a movie theater within a four hour drive of my house. One wednesday, when I got to the theater, I realised I had seen EVERYTHING that was showing...everything except Huck Finn. *sigh*.. No sense just hanging out in the Mall or some such, so I bought a ticket from Kim (The cute girl with bad teeth in the ticket booth), got popcorn and a 55 gallon drum of Dr. Pepper from John (pimple faced geek at the concession stand who liked comic books and Roger Zelazny novels and had a crush on Kim) and handed my ticket to Roger (the only person I've ever known who likes both Led Zepplin and Dr. Dre...And has seen them both in concert) and went in to see Huck Finn. I was the only person in the movies. About half an hour into the show, I had to take a piss. So I got up and went to the bathroom, took care of business and came back. When I got back in the theater, the lights were on and the movie was off. Huh? I looked around, bewildered, wondering if I had come to the right screen of the multiplex.
"You ready?" I heard from the projection booth. I looked up, and there was Roger, poking his head out around the projector. "Yeah man, let's get this torture over," I said back. The lights went out, and Huck Finn started right where I had left.
It's the closest thing I've ever had to a "pause" button in the theater. So yeah - Wednesday afternoon does have it's up-side.
Whiners. You need to turn in your Nerd ID cards right now. The original poster has it right. STAR WARS is also about atmosphere. No other movie can generate this mood where throngs of people go in groups to experience an otherwise-simple movie.
I can't believe that slashdotters, the Ultimate Nerds of the Known Frigging Universe, can be so elitist.
It's STAR WARS, dammit!!! It's a friggin' right of passage and part of the culture of smart people. Even the worst Star Wars movie is better than the dreck that some people in Hollywood try to pull over our eyes and steal your money with. "Spider-Man" was good, but I don't expect people to talk about THOSE movies as icons in 10 years, much less 25.
NOTHING, and I mean NOTHING in SF compares to the power and beauty of a lightsaber duel. My only real beef with "Phantom" was that Darth Maul was just a thug (no character development at all) and that the final duels were too damned short!
All name-calling aside, remember that Star Wars is the only place where you'll find, well, STAR WARS. Enjoy it and criticize and idolize, but don't be a kid and whine like someone stole your candy.
Hugh Grant, as an irrepressible rogue? Pamela Reed? Toni Collette? An adorable young moppet? How can you miss that?
Watching bits of Star Wars, Return of the Jedi and Phantom Menace recently on Fox really reminded me how little a fan I've been of the whole series, and how perplexed I am at the whole phenomenon. (No offense to the fans...if you like it, I respect your tastes and fully admit that this is my own personal opinion...I just never understood why it's such a huge phenomenon.)
I waited in line for Episode I from 4 pm til 1:30 am. Boredom was so rampant we had a group of people I didn't even know clustered around watching two people I did know play chess on my Palm III. At 1:30, they announced that not only had the first showing sold out (pigs at Carmike's Wynnsong in Auburn, AL, sold them to "VIP" guests...local business people), and the second showing at 12:30, but they'd also sold out the 1:30 showing which they'd created especially for the line wrapping six times behind the building.
This time around, I went to Consolidated's Raleigh Grande and bought tickets a week in advance...no lines, no hassles, no chess matches. I got the midnight showing, and the trailers look good. I'm going to be there early to get a good seat.
My co-workers just walked up to the ticket counter and bought tickets at midnight. Every multiplex had it on 20 screens each. In Minneapolis it was easy to get tickets.
By "Minneapolis" I was referring to the entire Minneapolis-Saint Paul area.
Reading Minneapolis, 4 screens
AMC Roseville, 11 screens
AMC Edina, 8 screen
AMC Mall of America, 14 screens
AMC Eden Prarie, 18 screens
MegaStar Edina, 16 screens
Kerasotes Inver Grove Heights, 16 screens
Kerasotes Coon Rapids, 16 screens
Mann Saint Paul, 1 screen
Mann Columbia Heights, 6 screens
Mann Eagan, 9 screens
Marcus Apple Valley, 5 screens
Marcus Oaktdale, 14 screens
Marcus Rosemount, 8 screens
Carmike Apple Valley, 15 screens
Muller Lakeville, 18 screens
Muller White Bear Lake, 17 screens
You know what you could do to get people really pissed at you?
Get a big van and a projector, drive up to where people are waiting to buy tickets, and play the last ten minutes of the ripped version.
by Anonymous Coward writes:
on Friday May 10, 2002 @05:49PM (#3499552)
Get a big van and a projector, drive up to where people are waiting to buy tickets, and play the last ten minutes of the ripped version.
Naw, better idea (this works for almost any movie):
Coming out of the theatre, walk past the line for the next showing, and exclaim (in a loud voice) "I can't believe they killed the midget! Man, I never saw that coming!"
People will get pissed at you for giving the ending away, then get pissed at you when they finish watching the movie, and realized they wasted the whole time by waiting for the midget to appear.
Actually, I do that for every movie (got the idea from the Simpsons). I started with Phantom Menace, when I walked out I said: "Wow, what an ending! I never would have thought Darth Vader was Luke's father!" But my all-time favorite I just said last week when I went to see Spiderman: "Wow, what an ending! I never would have thought the butler did it! Could you believe that?"
Laugh all you want to but this actually happened to me.
I was dragging a friend to see Independence Day which I hadn't seen and he had. He got so pissed off that he decided to ruin it for me and told me that the president died in the movie. Actually he did that by mistake because he had forgotten that the president didn't die.
So I watched the entire second half of the movie waiting for the president to die. And it all made sense - his wife was dead, he now had the chance to play the martyr, etc. Much to my chagrin I discovered he didn't die.
I'm noit bothering until it's on free TV. And I might not bother then. It will be a cold day in Hell before George gets any more of my money (unless the origianl trilogy is released on DVD in their ORIGINAL versions!).
but Ive never been a Star Wars fan. in fact, Ive yet to make it through any of the 4 movies completely so far(Phantom Menace has my quickest 'put-to-sleep' time yet...about 35 mins).
then again, Im not a movie fan either. Im sorry, but NO movie is worth spending $8 just to see, not to mention the other $20 the theatre will rape you for in drinks/snacks!
I fence. Our fencing club is planning on going to the movie on the Sunday after it opens and calling right of way for all of the lightsaber battles. For those that don't fence, just hitting your opponent is not enough, you have to hit them when you have right of way, which could lead to some interesting situations:
"I'm sorry, Darth Vader. I understand that you cut Luke's hand off, but it was his parry-riposte. I am going to have to call it his right of way. The touch goes to young Mr. Skywalker."
"I'm sorry, Darth Vader. I understand that you cut Luke's hand off, but it was his parry-riposte. I am going to have to call it his right of way. The touch goes to young..." ggrrrrrgasp choke flop dead.
also, normally right of way goes to the guy with the gun, and so does my wallet. clearly that does not apply to Jedi Masters.
I to fence, however seeing sword fighting movie with most fencers is to damn annoying, especially "The Princess Bride"
Foil fencing is not real fighting. It was just invented as a practice to learn good form for real fighting. Epee fencing is like real fighting. No target area, no right of way, whoever hits the other guy first is the winner. Foil fencers are just pansies who hide behind rules to cover the fact that they were just stabbed in the heart even though they extended their arm first.
Actually, saber has to worry about right of way as well. In general, whoever gets the hit first gets the touch, but a parry-riposte takes the right of way and the touch -- so long as the director sees it. Epee is the only weapon that does not observe the rules of right of way.
Foil does observe rules of right-of-way. If I attack you, and you parry-riposte and hit me, then it is your touch, whether or not I hit you. Right of way is very important in foil, perhaps even more so than in epee or saber. With epee, there are no rules of right-of-way, and if I hit you at the same time that you hit me, we both score. In saber, right-of-way matters, but because the target area is bigger, and the edges of the blade count (not just the tip), it is often easier to power your way through an opponets parry and score a touch that way.
After the less-than-stellar Episode 1, my friends and I have little urge to show up at work the next day all ragged out just because we had to see the latest SW right when it opened. A coworker mentioned that there are still tickets available in town for the 12:01 fest, so it's not that tough a ticket in case we change our minds.
OTOH, the Lord of the Rings opening was fun, what with all the Dark Riders, etc. standing in line for popcorn. Guess that's all one would miss by not seeing the first showing: the obsessed-to-the-point-of-costumery crew...
Where's the option to download the divx rip??????? That's all I've got to say.. not wasting money to support Lucas' marketing machine this time! If Jar Jar wasn't present, I could maybe dredge up a little bit of warm, caring love but since that ain't gunna happen...
I'm not normally a huge fan of piracy, but I've never had much sympathy for the MPAA members either, so when the opportunity presented itself to watch the FTF release of a pilfered telesync in VCD format, I just couldn't pass up the opportunity. VERY good movie, finally a prequel worthy of the Star Wars name (although whoever came up with the subtitle was on crack -- "Attack of the Clones", WTF? Why not "The Clone Wars"?), and without revealing any spoilers look for the awesome FX-powered showdown between Yoda and Darth Tyranus near the end.
FX: 4/5
Sound: Dunno (FTF release had bad sound problems)
Plot: 3/5 (OK, not terribly original, but lots of story arc filling)
Action: 4.5/5
Less Jar-Jar: +2/0 bonus
Overall: 4.5/5 Entertainment value
Recommendations: See it in the theatre, but only once or twice, and definitely don't bother if you can't see the front of the line without binoculars. Buy the DVD and don't give in to the MPAA thugs.
ObNataliePortman: No naked Natalie, but teenage Anakin does get frisky with some hot grits a la American Pie, and no carbonite petrification this time around.:-P
I'm begging you... don't come to my nearby theater on opening night. It's not that they don't like the business, but as everyone knows, angry Star Wars fans are nobody's friend.
I'm sure if you called the theater they'd be happy to set up a private screening for you and your/. friends, but this is just too much to push on any theater. Please be courteous and respect others when seeing AoTC. Thank You.
You know why? I'm not about to give another cent to the MPAA while they're busy trying to take away my right to fare use. Jeez, I figured there'd be more people here who are against the DMCA and the SSSCA, but it looks like every other summer movie that's coming out is being hyped to high hell here. What's the deal with that?
I had planned on going to see TPM over the opening weekend, but not on opening night. The friends that went opening night warned me not to, and told me enough to actually convince me not to. I decided I wanted to leave Star Wars as I remember it from my youth. So I had to answer "Never" on the poll, but they didn't "fool me once".
Even though I have almost nothing to do with Microsoft in my company, it looks like I'm on their special customer mailing list. I got an invite today (another with our main MS guy here), to a 10am screening on opening day (with free popcorn and drink)!
Unfortunately, our main MS guy can't go, so the other Linux guy is coming along instead:)
Good to see them supporting (part of) the Linux community!
My team at work is going opening day. We've already got the tickets.
I'm not looking forward to watching it as much as I'm looking fofrward to making fun of it later.
I went opening day to phantom menace. I think I had more fun hanging out with my friends waiting for hours in front of the theater in the rain than I actually had watching the movie. Tons of people were dressed up, one guy was dressed up as Darth Maul, really elaborate makeup thing, must have taken him hours because he probably thought that guy would be the next Darth Vader, when he turned out to be the biggest disappointment (other than J.J.Binks) in the film. Star Wars meant a lot to me growing up, and I really got the feeling that Lucas was only making that film to further his ability to influence special effects in film. He's using them as a tool to experiment but for god's sake what right does he have to do that with something that meant so much to people? Star Wars took on a life of its own to millions, something bigger than just a movie. The classy thing would have been to leave well enough alone. Even Arthur Conan Doyle didn't have the right to kill off Sherlock Holmes, he had to bring him back from the dead. I found Phantom Menace to be almost repulsive. He made the force into some kinda disease ala leukemia, ditching much of the mysticism element. IMHO I found those fish people almost as offensive as those T-Shirts Abercrombie and Finch were selling. That being said, I'll go watch it and stand in line to do so on opening day, just for the memories of what it once was, and because it had brought years of happiness to me at one time, and I can spare 4 or 5 hours out of my life to pay homage to that.
Oh, that's good... he goes to the trouble to give you back your two hours and what do you do? You go right back out and hand it back to him! You don't want a refund, you want store credit, is that the deal?:)
Thankfully, the hype machine has slipped down a few notches for this movie
To me it doesn't seem that the hype has faded out since SWEP1. Consider this/. poll and all the fuss that has been made [slashdot.org] lately, and you'll know what I mean !
I agree with feeling _very_ burned by EP1. My solution is to wait a couple of weeks until the crowds die down, buy a ticket for a different movie, and then go into the wrong theatre I see the movie (I am curious and hopeful for something better) but Lucas doesn't get the sale. I've been wanting to do this ever since seeing EP1 and thinking "that's it??!!??":-)
Just to change the tune here for a little while. I loved the original "Star Wars" films, I was too young to see ANH and Empire when they were released to the cinemas but I do remember seeing Jedi, and it was a wonderous experience. I know that I will never feel that way about a movie agian because they are movies, back then they were adventures (the whole movie going experience was an adventure, with a story in the middle).
I know a lot of people didn't like Phantom, they said it was childish, they said Jar Jar ruined it, they said it answered nothing etc... Most of which was true. but you know what, I loved it.
Sure it wasn't the same as Star Wars, but really who expected it would be? Those who thought the Lucas was going to deliever another Star Wars from the 70's/80's were only kidding themselves, they brought the hype and paid the price.
I could go on for hours about why Phantom was like it was, but that doesn't need to be dicussed here. It is everyone's right to enjoy or not enjoy a film. I enjoyed Phantom for what it was, a tale of space adventures, battles, heros, villians and so on and so forth. But I understand some people didn't like it, and that's fine, but did they not like the film because it was bad, or did they not like the film because Lucas didn't make it their way?
I for one am looking forward to what Clones holds and what may be revealed in Episode 3.
My company has booked a theater and arranged for every employee to see the movie with popcorn on day two! So there!
In related news, IggyBung's company files for bankruptcy next week. The CEO stated that he had no clue that renting movie theatres could hurt the company's bottom line..
After two weeks (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:After two weeks (Score:2)
I hear ya on space, tho'.
Re:After two weeks (Score:2)
I'm not keeping my hopes up too high for this one. It still seems all sugar coated, silver glossed, and poorly written as EP1 was.
Re:After two weeks (Score:2)
HEY! waijussaminnit! no we werent! cos it hasnt come out yet, duh.
honestly, where do people get the notion they know everything about a fFilm before they or anyone else has seen it? (yes yes, reviews reviews. so what. reviewers are patently morons.)
Re:After two weeks (Score:2, Informative)
Re:After two weeks (Score:2, Interesting)
If Lucas was willing, I think Star Wars could be a franchise much like Star Trek. Without plundering the existing characters, there's a lot of room for more movies and television series that take place in the Star Wars "universe" - as the popularity of the books have shown.
Re:After two weeks (Score:2)
Re: 'NSync gets killed off??? I'm so there! (Score:2)
You better not be lying Nos.! If only they had killed off Jar Jar Binks in the first five minutes of the movie... Preferably with gratuitous, gory CGI effects...
Re:After two weeks (Score:2)
Re:After two weeks (Score:2)
When I went, some bozo had a laser pointer and he kept playing with it at the beginning of the movie. Fortunately, he stopped right after the (start) credits...
Re:After two weeks (Score:3, Insightful)
Unfortunately, I think this is a drawback of having a story unfold over 6 movies, gives critics too much time to think and over analyze something, and easily lose sight of the over all. Remember these 3 movies are meant to lead into and explain things that we all saw in episodes 4-6.
As for N'sync, their laying on the cutting room floor, Lucas has stopped trying to guess what we, the fans, want, and he seems to be listening to what we want this time around.
Re:After two weeks (Score:2)
Hmm... (Score:5, Interesting)
Damn trailers and previews. They used to get me excited about a movie. Now they just ruin it.
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Re:Hmm... (Score:2, Interesting)
Re:Hmm... (Score:2)
Re:Hmm... (Score:3, Insightful)
Go rent some DVD's of some movies from the 70's and 60's. The DVD should contain the trailer. For example, you should see the trailer for "The Graduate"...it gives away the entire ending! Even the original "Caddyshack" trailer gives away far too much.
Re:Hmm... (Score:2, Interesting)
The best example of this that I have ever seen is the 5-10 minute (!) trailer for The Seven Samurai [imdb.com].
This trailer shows in graphic detail the complete story including:
All I can think of is that the target audience didn't really care about the story so much as how it was told (and it is told very well). As others have pointed out, this seems to be the direction we are headed again with our entertainment society in North America.
Re:Hmm... (Score:5, Interesting)
Considering that you know what happens at the end of episode 1, and you know the state of affairs at the beginning of episode 4, you should be able to guess what happens in episodes 2 and 3 without seeing any trailers (or the movies themselves for that matter) at all. That's one of the problems Lucas will have is that the general storyline for these next two episodes will be entirely predictable, it's the details that he has to wow the audiences with. Of course then there are the people that don't care about star wars at all but will go just to see Natalie Portman
Re:Hmm... (Score:5, Funny)
Yeah, knowing how it would all turn out in the end has really spoiled a lot of movies for me. Take Lord of the Rings or Apollo 13, for instance. No surprises at all. What a waste of time!
Re: Hmm... (Score:2, Funny)
> I don't need to go see it because I pieced together a complete version of the movie using over 30 previews that I found on TV and the Internet
Heh. I just bought the action figures and tried making them fight and f*ck in every possible combination. I'm sure that covered the cinema plot, plus lots of other truly great motion pictures that will never make it to the big screen.
Re:Hmm... (Score:2)
How About... (Score:2, Interesting)
Never - I'm not giving money to the MPAA!
Re:How About... (Score:2)
I could never reconcile the conflicting attitudes here. How can you say that the (MP | RI)AA sucks, an then wait in line to see the latest LucasFilm, or the Matrix, or make it a point to own every album of NIN or Pearl Jam, or whatever. Money spent on movies and music is what fules these facist copyright regimes. If you want things to change, simply stop supporting them. And make sure they know you're refusing to support them.
I can't concieve that a boycott by 18-25 year olds wouldn't make them straighten up a bit. At the very least their stock prices would plummet at the threat of an organized boycott, and shareholders would pressure them in to resolving the problem.
But yeah, today i'm off to see Spider man, then next week, AotC, then after that Austin Powers 3, and then LotR 2. But before I go, I'm gonna order the latest CDs over at CDnow.... I just wish the damn RIAA would stop trying to shut down kazaa, and the MPAA would give skylarov a break!
Actually, I'm gonna go get some clothes today, I just hope i can get a good price on something made by 12 year olds in nicaragua.
Hand your money to the MPAA (Score:3, Insightful)
If you REALLY want to change things, take the high road and skip out on watching AoTC. It will be on TV in a few years and you'll be able to watch it with a clean conscience, knowing that you have not financially supported an evil organization such as the MPAA. Its sad to see how many of you are so vocal in condemning the tactics of the RIAA, yet whenever a new SciFi movie is released are the first one's in line at the theatre, ready to fork your cash over to the very folks who are trying to restrict your rights to piracy and fair use. Posting a rant on a messageboard will NOT do anything towards stopping this menace to our rights. We need to take action and vote with our wallets. Please, I urge everyone who reads this to stay away from the theatres next week and show the RIAA that we will not stand for their bullying tactics. After all, its just a movie...
Re:Hand your money to the MPAA (Score:2)
Ugh dude, if whatever TV station you watch it from doesn't already have some affiliation with the MPAA, you're still supporting the same money grubbing bastards through ratings and royalties from ratings.
I personally hope it comes out on the WB. Then no one will watch.
Re:Clean conscience! (Score:2)
And miss the bladder control drug commercials? Hell no, going to the bathroom each commercial means I NEED TO SEE THOSE COMMERCIALS!
Re:Clean conscience! (Score:2)
Gotta go, gotta go, gotta go....
Damn you! I have that song stuck in my head again!
Re:Hand your money to the MPAA (Score:3, Insightful)
Simply put, those who are going to see the movie are not necessarly those who come out and say "the MPAA is evil!"
Re:Hand your money to the MPAA (Score:5, Insightful)
However: if you don't like what the MPAA is doing, don't see the film. That's his message.
Slashdot is full of hypocrisy. People who fawn over Linux while installing Windows XP to play shoot-em-up games. People who preach about intellectual freedom when all they actually care about is downloading media gratuitously. People who demand source code when they've never touched a C compiler, speaking on behalf of the programmers who might actually use said source, and misrepresenting these programmers as zealots.
Enough pointless advocacy!
Region codes legitimized by "artists' rights," which in fact are only meant to better allow monopolistic price discrimination and collusion...the DMCA, meant to protect "intellectual property," which in fact stifles innovation...ridiculous campaign contributions, shredding the integrity of our Constitution...massive globalization, allowing multi-national corporations to dictate the law in Norway...
I've had enough.
I am not going to see this film in any theater. I realize the MPAA doesn't give a shit about my seven dollars, but that's not the point - perhaps when enough people wake up and smell the repugnant hypocrisy, the MPAA will notice, but until then, my choice as to whether to see this film is not motivated pragmatism, or a desire to fight the MPAA. Right now, it's about morality...ethics...integrity. Yes, ethics are not just for doctors, lawyers and politicians, but for everybody, including us engineers.
This message is for every programmer out there that agrees that the MPAA has gone too far. Your disposable seven dollars means nothing to Lucas - don't "boycott" the MPAA because you think they'll notice. Listen to your ethics and avoid this film. While your friends (both the ones who don't care about the MPAA one way or the other and the ones who hate the MPAA but can bury their hypocrisy) are standing in line for Star Wars tickets, stay home and read a book. You'll feel better afterwards.
Re:Hand your money to the MPAA (Score:2)
Overall, I think you might be characterizing the hypocrisy a little harshly. Part of it is from the fact that
Besides that, there may be mitigating circumstances. I'm one of the people who preach Linux endlessly, but still boots to his old Windows 98 partition to play games. Is this hypocritical? No, I don't think so, since I can't afford anything but the bargain bin games. I think Linux is far far superior for me, and probably for more people than actually use it. I believe in the ideas of Free Software and Open Source, but I don't think it's an absolute necessity in all cases, so I use closed software too. Does this make me hypocritical? Or just practical?
I dislike what the RIAA is doing, but I'm still willing to buy the occasional new CD. Does this make me hypocritical? Or just a fan who would sacrifice a little bit to help out a band I really care about, even if it means helping the RIAA too?
My personal motto is that hypocrisy makes the world go 'round, but hypocrisy comes in many flavors and shades. The nature of the world today is that to be anything but a little hypocritical implies that your standards are too low, that you're not aiming high enough. In principle I'd love to say no to things like AOTC. I'd love to be able to not eat meat. I'd love to be able to only use Free Software. I'd love to be able to vote in an informed matter in every election, both national and local. But I don't, and I can't, but that doesn't mean I shouldn't want to, or encourage others to do so as well. It's an ideal, and while it carries some piece of hypocrisy with it, it's something you work towards.
Re:Hand your money to the MPAA (Score:2)
Actually, it is. If you preached the philosophy and freedom of open source "endlessly", but were hooked up to a Windows-based life support system (no lame jokes, these exist) I'd say it's not...but are bargain bin games the most important thing in your life? You can live without them, or use the bargain-bin quality open source games from happypenguin [happypenguin.org]. Or, continue using a Microsoft OS and source-secret games, and use Linux when you feel like it, but don't preach linux. But you choose to continue supporting (financially, or with your actions) proprietary software, and you can't have both...it's like being a vegan who still eats White Castle hamburgers, but only because they're cheap.
The parent made a nice comment, something to the extent of 'it isn't a boycott, just follow your conscience'. Same thing here. Do what you feel is right...but if you find yourself staring at a proprietary OS, which you use because you choose to play proprietary games, you forfeit the right to "preach" (not use, just to preach) free software "endlessly".
In principle I'd love to say no to things like AOTC. I'd love to be able to not eat meat. I'd love to be able to only use Free Software. I'd love to be able to vote in an informed matter in every election, both national and local. But I don't, and I can't, but that doesn't mean I shouldn't want to, or encourage others to do so as well.
I'm sorry, but what a load of horseshit! You can't say no to a star wars movie? Millions of people out there are doing it. who has the gun to your head? You can't stop eating meat if you want? See a therapist, since another million or so have already given up meat, leather, fur, dairy and anything animal-related. You want to only use free software? Then do it.
One of the most annoying things I hear is "I'd like to, but I can't". Yes, you can, and it isn't even that difficult. Put down the games, or whatever, for a few hours and just think about what you really believe in and what is most important to you...once you do that, going through with these things is easy. At the very least, you may decide these various issues aren't right for you, and you can just respect the people who do them without feeling any guilt.
Believe it or not, I mean no disrespect here. But a long time ago I wished that I could confront anyone who says they wish they can do things but don't. I started with me, now it's your turn.
Re:Hand your money to the MPAA (Score:2)
Slashdot is full of hypocrisy.
People who complain about the DMCA and then post on a site which does not license its content under any explicit license at all, let alone one which permits circumvention. Oh, wait a second. That would be you.
Hypocrisy is when you condemn other people for moral choices which you don't hold yourself to. Saying that the RIAA is bad because they enforce the DMCA and then enforcing the DMCA yourself. That's hypocrisy.
Is it hypocrisy to pay social security taxes even though you believe that the government shouldn't be taxing you? No, of course it's not. You're merely accepting the reality of the situation, and deciding that the benefit you derive from earned income is too great a benefit to give up.
Re:Hand your money to the MPAA (Score:5, Funny)
Piracy is a right? Shiver me timbers! It's time for a career change.
Re:Hand your money to the MPAA (Score:2, Funny)
he must have wrote it at work. (Score:2)
He obviously meant, "..privacy and fair use." but the Microsoft Word editor in his Internet Exploder saw a thesaurus based contradiction and auto corrected his submision. I've watched it do similar things to my emails. Thank you Billy G. for Office XP. I'll never be able to offend you again.
There is no hypocrisy here (Score:5, Insightful)
If you buy a ticket for AOTC, you're just helping pay for Episode III, not feeding the beast trying to gut you.
(Of course, I could be wrong, but Lucasfilm IS independent of the usual Hollywood politics.)
Re:There is no hypocrisy here (Score:2, Informative)
Re:There is no hypocrisy here (Score:2)
How soon we forget... (Score:3, Interesting)
George lucas threatened anyone who reviewed Episode I that they'd be blacklisted from Episode II screenings if they leaked anything prior to the date he had set in stone. With laws like the DMCA around now he doesn't just have to threaten, but he can take legal action.
Re:Hand your money to the MPAA (Score:2)
Would it not be more effective to see movies where most of the participants are independent of MPAA control?
To paraphrase a Lewis Black joke: "The founding fathers wanted so many people in Congress in the hopes that at least some of them could read."
If you see AotC, you'll give some money to the MPAA, but more to Lucasfilms. If you want to change the way the industry behaves, bring more independent players to the table by seeing their movies instead. Give people like Kevin Smith [viewaskew.com] your money if you really want to see Hollywood change.
If you feel you have to see an MPAA film, wait atleast two weeks. This does two things: The opening weekend take drops, and the MPAA's cut of your ticket drops. The longer a movie runs at a theatre, the higher the percentage that is retained by the theatre. This can vary depending on the movie, so ask the theatre manager how long it will be before they get most of the ticket.
If you completely boycott the media you find entertaining, you punish yourself way more than them. You can wait for video, but they make a lot from that too. You can wait for broadcast TV, but then the movie will be censored and/or cut; or you can pirate the film and justify what they're doing.
If you want to change what the industry is doing, change the industry. Give the independents a voice.
Slashdot polls? A Jedi craves not these things... (Score:5, Funny)
"Go to AOTC, I will...?"
Re:Slashdot polls? A Jedi craves not these things. (Score:5, Funny)
In keeping with the theme, that question probably should have read:
"Go to AOTC, I will...?"
Keeping which "the theme"? Star Wars (specifically, Yoda's grammar: "When 900 years old you reach, speak English so good you will not") or Slashdot (specifically, the editors' grammar: "Let's verb another noun")?
Thank God (Score:2)
Re:Thank God (Score:2)
Chris
Re:Thank God (Score:2)
Go Opening Night, in case it sucks! (Score:5, Insightful)
I saw Phantom Menace at the opening midnight show (wow, three years already!?) with a group of 72 friends, in a packed theater that holds 600. The fact that it sucked didn't matter. We were all jazzed to be there, jazzed to see it, and even when we were collectively laughing at the movie, it was a communal experience.
Face it, if the movie sucks, seeing it in a sparse theater a month after opening on a Wednesday afternoon would be the worst way to experience it. It would be a sad and pathetic experience.
Seeing it with an emotional crowd, you're guaranteed not to have a sad and pathetic experience, even if that's all the celluloid can provide.
Re:Go Opening Night, in case it sucks! (Score:2)
Well, it still really sucked, but the experience redemned itself after people starting booing at the end. That just made it all worth it
Something to be said for "month later, wednesday" (Score:5, Funny)
SO - I went to the movies. I'd drive through two states to go to a good movie theater. I had money like crazy, and spent at least three days a week watching movies. I got to know EVERYONE who worked at a movie theater within a four hour drive of my house.
One wednesday, when I got to the theater, I realised I had seen EVERYTHING that was showing...everything except Huck Finn. *sigh*.. No sense just hanging out in the Mall or some such, so I bought a ticket from Kim (The cute girl with bad teeth in the ticket booth), got popcorn and a 55 gallon drum of Dr. Pepper from John (pimple faced geek at the concession stand who liked comic books and Roger Zelazny novels and had a crush on Kim) and handed my ticket to Roger (the only person I've ever known who likes both Led Zepplin and Dr. Dre...And has seen them both in concert) and went in to see Huck Finn. I was the only person in the movies. About half an hour into the show, I had to take a piss. So I got up and went to the bathroom, took care of business and came back. When I got back in the theater, the lights were on and the movie was off. Huh? I looked around, bewildered, wondering if I had come to the right screen of the multiplex.
"You ready?" I heard from the projection booth. I looked up, and there was Roger, poking his head out around the projector.
"Yeah man, let's get this torture over," I said back. The lights went out, and Huck Finn started right where I had left.
It's the closest thing I've ever had to a "pause" button in the theater. So yeah - Wednesday afternoon does have it's up-side.
Re:Go Opening Night, in case it sucks! (Score:3, Insightful)
I can't believe that slashdotters, the Ultimate Nerds of the Known Frigging Universe, can be so elitist.
It's STAR WARS, dammit!!! It's a friggin' right of passage and part of the culture of smart people. Even the worst Star Wars movie is better than the dreck that some people in Hollywood try to pull over our eyes and steal your money with. "Spider-Man" was good, but I don't expect people to talk about THOSE movies as icons in 10 years, much less 25.
NOTHING, and I mean NOTHING in SF compares to the power and beauty of a lightsaber duel. My only real beef with "Phantom" was that Darth Maul was just a thug (no character development at all) and that the final duels were too damned short!
All name-calling aside, remember that Star Wars is the only place where you'll find, well, STAR WARS. Enjoy it and criticize and idolize, but don't be a kid and whine like someone stole your candy.
And miss About a Boy? (Score:2, Funny)
Watching bits of Star Wars, Return of the Jedi and Phantom Menace recently on Fox really reminded me how little a fan I've been of the whole series, and how perplexed I am at the whole phenomenon. (No offense to the fans...if you like it, I respect your tastes and fully admit that this is my own personal opinion...I just never understood why it's such a huge phenomenon.)
Re:And miss About a Boy? (Score:2)
AoTC will have irrepressible rogues, and an adorable muppet too! Oh, wait, you mean..
Beware typoes.
Damn! Why couldn't you tell me that before?
A long time from now in a city far far away (Score:2)
Boycott (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:Boycott (Score:2)
Opening night (Score:4, Interesting)
This time around, I went to Consolidated's Raleigh Grande and bought tickets a week in advance...no lines, no hassles, no chess matches. I got the midnight showing, and the trailers look good. I'm going to be there early to get a good seat.
That sucks (Score:2)
Re:That sucks (Score:2)
Reading Minneapolis, 4 screens
AMC Roseville, 11 screens
AMC Edina, 8 screen
AMC Mall of America, 14 screens
AMC Eden Prarie, 18 screens
MegaStar Edina, 16 screens
Kerasotes Inver Grove Heights, 16 screens
Kerasotes Coon Rapids, 16 screens
Mann Saint Paul, 1 screen
Mann Columbia Heights, 6 screens
Mann Eagan, 9 screens
Marcus Apple Valley, 5 screens
Marcus Oaktdale, 14 screens
Marcus Rosemount, 8 screens
Carmike Apple Valley, 15 screens
Muller Lakeville, 18 screens
Muller White Bear Lake, 17 screens
I probably forgot some.
Star-Tribune movie guide (Score:2)
Disclaimer: I work for Nando Media, a McClatchy company. McClatchy also owns Star-Tribune.
Screw people (Score:5, Funny)
Get a big van and a projector, drive up to where people are waiting to buy tickets, and play the last ten minutes of the ripped version.
Re:Screw people (Score:2)
I think I ruptured my spleen laughing after reading this. Fantastic idea!
Re:Screw people (Score:5, Funny)
Naw, better idea (this works for almost any movie):
Coming out of the theatre, walk past the line for the next showing, and exclaim (in a loud voice) "I can't believe they killed the midget! Man, I never saw that coming!"
People will get pissed at you for giving the ending away, then get pissed at you when they finish watching the movie, and realized they wasted the whole time by waiting for the midget to appear.
:o)
Re:Screw people (Score:2)
Re:Screw people (Score:2)
I was dragging a friend to see Independence Day which I hadn't seen and he had. He got so pissed off that he decided to ruin it for me and told me that the president died in the movie. Actually he did that by mistake because he had forgotten that the president didn't die.
So I watched the entire second half of the movie waiting for the president to die. And it all made sense - his wife was dead, he now had the chance to play the martyr, etc. Much to my chagrin I discovered he didn't die.
Network TV (Score:2, Insightful)
These aren't the droids you're looking for (Score:5, Funny)
You don't need to go see AOTC opening day
*waves hand again*
You need to give your tickets to me
*waves hand again*
I should go and enjoy myself opening night with your tickets........
Re:These aren't the droids you're looking for (Score:2, Funny)
Sorry... where am I? Oh... I don't need these tickets. Here you go.
Kazaa (Score:2, Funny)
call me wierd..... (Score:2, Insightful)
then again, Im not a movie fan either. Im sorry, but NO movie is worth spending $8 just to see, not to mention the other $20 the theatre will rape you for in drinks/snacks!
Balance the dark side and the good side. (Score:5, Interesting)
Think thats a jumbo popcorn and soda.
The republic is looking kinda shakey these days, the Jedi council needs all the support it can get.
Fencing and Lightsabers (Score:5, Funny)
"I'm sorry, Darth Vader. I understand that you cut Luke's hand off, but it was his parry-riposte. I am going to have to call it his right of way. The touch goes to young Mr. Skywalker."
Re:Fencing and Lightsabers (Score:3, Funny)
"I'm sorry, Darth Vader. I understand that you cut Luke's hand off, but it was his parry-riposte. I am going to have to call it his right of way. The touch goes to young..." ggrrrrrgasp choke flop dead.
also, normally right of way goes to the guy with the gun, and so does my wallet. clearly that does not apply to Jedi Masters.
I to fence, however seeing sword fighting movie with most fencers is to damn annoying, especially "The Princess Bride"
Re:Fencing and Lightsabers (Score:3, Insightful)
Foil fencing is not real fighting. It was just invented as a practice to learn good form for real fighting. Epee fencing is like real fighting. No target area, no right of way, whoever hits the other guy first is the winner. Foil fencers are just pansies who hide behind rules to cover the fact that they were just stabbed in the heart even though they extended their arm first.
Re:Fencing and Lightsabers (Score:2)
Re:Fencing and Lightsabers (Score:3, Informative)
The Clones can wait (Score:2)
OTOH, the Lord of the Rings opening was fun, what with all the Dark Riders, etc. standing in line for popcorn. Guess that's all one would miss by not seeing the first showing: the obsessed-to-the-point-of-costumery crew...
Star.Wars.AotC.DVDrip.theFrail.avi !!!!!!!! (Score:2, Insightful)
That's all I've got to say.. not wasting money to support Lucas' marketing machine this time! If Jar Jar wasn't present, I could maybe dredge up a little bit of warm, caring love but since that ain't gunna happen...
DVD? (Score:2)
Already seen it :-P (Score:2, Insightful)
I'm not normally a huge fan of piracy, but I've never had much sympathy for the MPAA members either, so when the opportunity presented itself to watch the FTF release of a pilfered telesync in VCD format, I just couldn't pass up the opportunity. VERY good movie, finally a prequel worthy of the Star Wars name (although whoever came up with the subtitle was on crack -- "Attack of the Clones", WTF? Why not "The Clone Wars"?), and without revealing any spoilers look for the awesome FX-powered showdown between Yoda and Darth Tyranus near the end.
ObNataliePortman: No naked Natalie, but teenage Anakin does get frisky with some hot grits a la American Pie, and no carbonite petrification this time around. :-P
Before Opening Day (Score:2)
CowboyNeal: Please don't come opening night (Score:4, Funny)
I'm sure if you called the theater they'd be happy to set up a private screening for you and your
-Every Star Wars fan near you
Never (Score:3, Interesting)
Star Wha? (Score:2, Funny)
This was the option I chose. As fellow Bostoners can probably attest, what should have been here was "Star Wahs?" (Note the dropped 'r')
Still haven't seen TPM... (Score:2, Insightful)
Microsoft pays for me (Score:2, Funny)
Unfortunately, our main MS guy can't go, so the other Linux guy is coming along instead
Good to see them supporting (part of) the Linux community!
Opening DAY! (Score:2)
I'm not looking forward to watching it as much as I'm looking fofrward to making fun of it later.
Favorite Option needs completed... (Score:2)
"Fool Me Once, Shame on You...."
(Futurama's 'Amy') "Fool me two or more times, shame on me!"
Oh boy... (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:Oh boy... (Score:2)
Mision option! (Score:2)
"Gonna download it off the internet, I paid to see Episode 1, I will see a good Star Wars for that money!"
Opening Day... (Score:2)
...but only so I can see the teaser trailer for Bond 20: Die Another Day. I haven't decided whether I'll walk out when the movie starts.
Re:I'll go to it.... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:I'll go to it.... (Score:2)
To me it doesn't seem that the hype has faded out since SWEP1. /. poll and all the fuss that has been made [slashdot.org] lately, and you'll know what I mean !
Consider this
Re:Attempt to punish for EP1. (Score:2, Informative)
I enjoyed 'Phantom' (Score:4, Insightful)
I know a lot of people didn't like Phantom, they said it was childish, they said Jar Jar ruined it, they said it answered nothing etc... Most of which was true. but you know what, I loved it.
Sure it wasn't the same as Star Wars, but really who expected it would be? Those who thought the Lucas was going to deliever another Star Wars from the 70's/80's were only kidding themselves, they brought the hype and paid the price.
I could go on for hours about why Phantom was like it was, but that doesn't need to be dicussed here. It is everyone's right to enjoy or not enjoy a film. I enjoyed Phantom for what it was, a tale of space adventures, battles, heros, villians and so on and so forth. But I understand some people didn't like it, and that's fine, but did they not like the film because it was bad, or did they not like the film because Lucas didn't make it their way?
I for one am looking forward to what Clones holds and what may be revealed in Episode 3.
Re:I enjoyed 'Phantom' (Score:2)
I didn't know Jake Lloyd [imdb.com] had a Slashdot account. Neat. :)
-jdm
Re:Attempt to punish for EP1. (Score:2, Funny)
Re:not in the US (Score:2)
Re:not in the US (Score:2)
Considering that Australia is GMT+10, I'll actually be seeing it before the American public...
Re:Right Away! (Score:2, Funny)
In related news, IggyBung's company files for bankruptcy next week. The CEO stated that he had no clue that renting movie theatres could hurt the company's bottom line..