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Attack of the Clones to Cost Economy $300m

Posted by timothy on from the but-think-of-the-toy-revenues dept.

Audent writes: "Attack of the Clones may make you sick but according to this story, it will cost the US economy $300 million in lost productivity what with all the nerds calling in with a bad case of midiclorianitis. ... Nerds and geeks and propellorheads are singled out as being most at risk. Take your medication now! dammit." A nameless reader also points to a review (looks like two, but only one is up at the time of this writing) up at http://www.pstwo.net/.

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  1. Repeat by eyeball · · Score: 5, Informative

    Let me (hopefully) be the first to announce that SlashDot discussed this when Episode 1 came out. Slash linked to an article that's still there. It talked about the same Chicago company, Challenger, Gray & Christmas, that publicised EP2 estimates. They were almost the same numbers for EP1.

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  2. Re:OT: theaters with digital projection by QuodEratDemonstratum · · Score: 3, Informative

    Yes I do

  3. Re:using that logic... by MSBob · · Score: 3, Informative

    Nonsense! Solitaire is mostly played by managers who don't really add any meaningful value anyway. Geeks are those who get the actual job done. The amount of productivity loss that slashdot has cost the economy is infinitely higher than that caused by Solitaire.

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  4. hometheaterforum.com has a review online. by [amorphis] · · Score: 3, Informative

    Ron Epstein, owner of the Home Theater Forum has a good review online.

    A choice quote:
    I won't waste any time in saying that Attack Of The Clones is the most remarkable Star Wars film to date. It not only breathes new life into the series, but it brings us back to the original magic that made Star Wars a cultural phenomenon. It is ultimately the Empire Strikes Back of this new saga, that takes us to the darkest corners of the Star Wars universe, as we come face-to-face with the master plan of Darth Sidious.

  5. Get the Attack of the Clones Script by totallygeek · · Score: 3, Informative

    Here. There are also all the Star Wars trailers in the download area.

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