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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. 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...