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In Line for Episode II

Posted by michael on from the get-a-life-please dept.

Dave_B93 writes: "They're at it already! According to The Force.net, Two Guys have already started lining up for Episode II (To be released May 16, 2002). Updates will be posted at www.SeattleStarWars.com and at their own website www.WaitingForStarWars.com will be up soon."

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  1. Bad Time to release by MontyP · · Score: 2, Insightful

    "To be released May 16, 2002"


    That week in May is the time when college students are cramming last minute for finals and finishing up the semester. bad timing...

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  2. Unbelievable by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Can someone please explain to me how standing in line for a movie three months ahead of time is a good idea? No matter what you weren't the first to see it. Plus, not only does it preclude gainful employment, it brands one's forehead with the words, "Utterly Pathetic Dork."


    You know, the funny thing is, I'm not even trying to flame -- it's just that most of the world looks at people like that with the same sort of expression that they reserve for hare krishnas.


    "Look, Helen, it's one of those Jedi weirdos...I wonder if they know it isn't real."

  3. R.I.P. Star Wars by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Not my cup of tea anymore. I saw Episode 1 and
    did not like. I doubt I will like 2. Star Wars now sucketh and I accept that with great despair but I move on with hopes for other things. LOTR was nice. And there's always hope for a Neuromancer movie that has a Radiohead/Janes Addiction soundtrack to it.

  4. I do not understand all the negativity by gaudior · · Score: 2, Insightful
    I still do not understand why people around here didn't like Phantom Menace, and why they are certain Attack of the Clones will be a bad movie.

    These guys may be a bit extreme in their enthusiasm, but that just shows how good the previous movie was, to inspire such devotion.

  5. From the... by Bocaj · · Score: 2, Insightful

    lets-do-something-outragious-and-get-slashdotted dept.

    Come on. This has to be another one of those "look at me" stunts. Would they do this if they didn't have a web site, and subbmitting it to slashdot? Mike, how many submitions did you get about this?

    Hey I've got a web site. How about I go wait in line for LOTR:TT? At least it will live up to the hype...

  6. The truly sad thing is, though... by Guppy06 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Think about it. They're, what, 20-something? And what they are doing now they will remember as being the best time of their "lives." They didn't cure cancer, they weren't the first on Mars, no, they stood in line for five months for a two-hour movie. They'll be sitting around the "retirement village" and boring those around them with the retelling of what happened on day 37 for the umpteen millionth time.

    It's entertainment. It's not real, it's meant as a temporary escape. If you're willing to spend five months waiting for a two hour escape, forsaking all real human contact for a brief work of fiction, what you should be waiting in line for is a shrink.

    Seriously, how can these people differentiate what they're doing from what the crack whore is doing just a few blocks away?

    1. Re:The truly sad thing is, though... by Guppy06 · · Score: 5, Insightful

      "These are not merely foolishly infatuated fans. This is being done intentionally and thoughtfully as an "art project"."

      From the looks of it, these two aren't exactly sacrificing themselves for this art. They didn't sit around thinking "You know, somebody needs to sit in front of a movie theater for five months, and since nobody else is doing it, we had better be the ones to do it. It's a tough job, but..." This is "We need an excuse to do this, to make it sound legimitate..."

      Just look at the first sentence you quoted. "This project also explores..." not "This project explores..."

      "Living on the street for five months is hardly "forsaking all real human contact". In fact I expect they will have much more interesting human contact than most of us who are chained to our computers for 40+ hours a week."

      But you know, the people I see on Friday are the same people I see on Monday, and there will be a continuing relationship with those people. That's the real human contact I was referring to. These people will have as much contact with people as caged animals in a zoo. And even then that analogy falls short, as the animals at least have care-takers...

  7. Re:Uhhh, how are they paying ffor this? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

    You know what, you're right. You've convinced me -- we should all stop working, and damn it, let the government take care of us! After all, isn't that what the government is for??

    I'm going to immediately go down and register as a Democrat. Then it's good-bye job, baby! I'm gonna start enjoying life!

    Thank you for a life changing post. I was always under the impression that I should contribute to society through hard work, but you've totally changed my outlook. For now on, I'm going to contribute to society through letting my government pay me to contribute! It's all so simple!

    Sheer brilliance, man, sheer brilliance.