Slashdot Mirror
In Line for Episode II
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."
Come on I would have committed suicide after waiting in line 3 months and finally seeing "Phantom Menace"
They must be some really big 'N SYNC fans!
"I would say that 99 per cent of what my father has written about his own life is false." - L. Ron Hubbard Jr.
One day, this will be something they'll tell someone else's grandchildren about.
By having these guys stand in line, they're effectively removing themselves from society where they cannot be a danger to the rest of us.
I wonder if, while they're waiting, they're listening to N'Sync CDs.
By having these guys stand in line, they're effectively removing themselves from society where they cannot be a danger to the rest of us.
It is extremely likely that these men will never have sex. Thus, they will be unable to procreate. However, there's no telling how frequently they've donated sperm. Luckily, I'm sure it can be tracked and destroyed.
Why bother.
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."
What a scam...if they're standing in line, how are they updating their website?
Are these people youngsters living with their parents still? Or "oldsters" living with said mommy and daddy?
They don't appear to have jobs, but yet are tracking everything with "cameras and journals." Is this some sort of government-sponsored "art" project?
Seriously, where does the part about making a living and contibuting to society come in?
Or do they each have to take an hour a week to run down to the unemployment office for their checks, and let the lady know that they applied for work at "Vandelay Industries..." (They make rubber; I'm going to be a rubber salesman.)
SlashSigTheorem: Humorous, Political, Critical, Constructive- If you have a
I'm gonna sit here at home for 2 years until it comes out on TV!! Top that you posers!
I think their girlfriends will keep the site up to date for them.
Why bother.
This might be the highest moderated goatse.cx post ever.
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?
I mean it's not like the MPAA would ever limit it's opportunities to wring every last possible copper out of moviegoers. That's one reason I refuse to line up for movies...or almost anything else for that matter. I'll give someone money for a good or a service, but I sure as hell don't consider it a privlege to do so and won't waste MY time waiting in line just so I can make them wealthier.
You're using her as bait, Master!
Hire a battlebot to stand in for you, put a web cam on it, remote it from your cubicle, head over once a day to change fuel, and you can keep your job.
That spinning one made by the nice amish-hat guys would do nicely, methinks.
"Win treats sysadmins better than users. Mac treats users better than sysadmins. Linux treats everyone like sysadmins."
We wanna.
It will be captured by time-indexed photographs taken every hour as well as pictures and video of the people we interact with.
We know that the citizens of Seattle will see right thru this ruse and we're armed to the teeth with the Big Book of Geek Snaps and a fart machine. Bring it on, coffee boy.
This project also explores the issue of the pursuit of happiness.
We wanna we wanna we wanna!
It asks how much will a person sacrifice for a temporary acquisition, and questions whether a person can be happy with just food and shelter in pursuit of that acquisition.
Yeah, and peeing. Oh, the peeing. Dude, we sooooo underestimated the peeing thing. So just "food, shelter and a place to pee". The catheters cost way too much and we've never seen a Jedi wearing one.
It also asks, will society as a whole fear or accept people for not desiring the things they desire, or for desiring things they consider frivilous or ridiculous.
It also asks, will scientists be able to detect the altered precession of the earth due to all the spin we're putting on this crapfest.
Finally, as we move into the next millennium, I wonder if our fast-paced society has become unwilling to slow down and wait for the things that bring us the greatest joy.
Oooh! 'Millennium'! Doh! We forgot to use 'paradigm'!
This wait will test my mettle as I attempt to do just that."
It will really test my mettle when children in their parents' arms on this very sidewalk speak their first word - "Feh,"
"Win treats sysadmins better than users. Mac treats users better than sysadmins. Linux treats everyone like sysadmins."
shill (shl) Slang n. One who poses as a satisfied customer or an enthusiastic gambler to dupe bystanders into participating in a swindle. v. shilled, shilling, shills v. intr. To act as a shill. v. tr. To act as a shill for (a deceitful enterprise). To lure (a person) into a swindle. Link
* Stood around on the sidewalk waiting for a movie, called it "art".
* Directed scientific analysis of homeless people urine through unique collection system of personal clothing.
-Legion
Exactly. I saw LotR on opening day at the same theater these guys are camping out at. I bought my tickets a couple of days before via Fandango, showed up at the theater about two hours ahead of time, got great seats, and enjoyed the movie.
The funny thing is, if these guys are actually waiting to buy tickets, they might not get any. They could sell out on Fandango before the box office ever opens. I know that the first few days LotR was showing everything was sold out well in advance. I can see it now, on opening day the crowd files by them to go watch the movie while they stand outside in the Seattle rain because all the smart people bought their tickets on the internet. 4 1/2 months spent waiting for nothing. I'd pay to see that.
-Vercingetorix
"Necessitas non habet legem." -St. Augustine