Comment Re:It's sad, in a way (Score 2, Interesting) 379
I myself was one of the freaks waiting in line for the movie for the past 6 weeks out front of Graumanns Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. (Yes it didn't play at that theatre, but thats a whole other political mumbo jumbo) This is about extreme as it gets. I wasn't there for 6 weeks straight as we all would come and go, but it was basically a 24/7 party with a group of people with like interests. Plus we raised 30K for a worthy charity
The thing I don't get is there are plenty of people that get at least this crazy about sports or other things every damn day and thats considered normal. Us as fans don't have events that happen every Monday night for weeks and weeks every year. So it all gets crammed into this time period that is relevant to something we enjoy. Its not like all every star wars fan does is watch and talk about star wars for our whole life. This was just an excuse to do that for a short period.
Anybody who has ever had any passion for anything in there life should have some understanding of what goes through the minds of a person who would wait in line for a movie. And such a big part of the whole thing is doing with other people and having fun together. In my opinion being passionate about a movie means you are probably also passionate about other things as well ( career, family, or even sports. )and passion about something put into positive use is what drives us as humans ( If I can get 'deep for a moment')
The thing I don't get is there are plenty of people that get at least this crazy about sports or other things every damn day and thats considered normal. Us as fans don't have events that happen every Monday night for weeks and weeks every year. So it all gets crammed into this time period that is relevant to something we enjoy. Its not like all every star wars fan does is watch and talk about star wars for our whole life. This was just an excuse to do that for a short period.
Anybody who has ever had any passion for anything in there life should have some understanding of what goes through the minds of a person who would wait in line for a movie. And such a big part of the whole thing is doing with other people and having fun together. In my opinion being passionate about a movie means you are probably also passionate about other things as well ( career, family, or even sports. )and passion about something put into positive use is what drives us as humans ( If I can get 'deep for a moment')
