So Did the Hordes Really Skip out for Episode 2?

gabec asks: "A few days ago Slashdot reported that thousands of people were going to call in sick so they could go check out the new Star Wars movie. Virtually the entirety of the computer services department at my university is taking the day off in unison to go see the show. I expect the whole school to implode that day. So my question is, how many Slashdot readers really did skip out of work for Star Wars Episode 2?" Those wacky geeks over at General Protection Fault probably said it the best. I think a high truancy rate was only to be expected. Funny thing to note: timothy and I went to see Spider-Man, yesterday and we were the only two people in that theatre. Three guesses where everyone else went, and the first two don't count.

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that's it?

[Frac]

timothy and I went to see Spider-Man, yesterday and we were the only two people in that theatre

Nice yo! Last time that happened to me and my girlfriend we had sex for the entire movie, and didn't even watch one bit of it.

and you and timothy do anything... oh wait a minute, nevermind.

Re:that's it?

[Anonymous Coward]

me and my girlfriend we had [intimate relations] for the entire movie

Happens even when the movie theater is packed. Just find your way to the back row, the sex only section.

Poll?

[QuodEratDemonstratum]

Wouldn't this be better as a poll?

Did you miss work to see starwars
O Yes.
O No.
O Cowboy Neal went and told me what happened when he got back.

My vote is "No"

Re:Poll?

[tswinzig]

That's horrible wording in the poll... I skipped work to see the movie, but I sure didn't "miss" work!

Re:Poll?

[Phroggy]

"I wouldn't say I've been missing it, Bob."

I had an important meeting

[Wateshay]

I would have skipped out of work to go see Episode II, but I had an important companywide meeting that I had to be at.

Of course, the companywide meeting just happened to located in the theater that was showing AotC, and lasted exactly the length of the movie.

This Could Only HELP the Economy

[dmomo]

I don't know why everyone was so worried that the whole IT world would skip out to go watch Episode II.

How can this hurt the economy? The largest pool of unemployed labor is out spending money!

Yes, I am a CS guy. Yes, I am unemployed. Yes, I spent $8.50 to see AOTC. Yes, I payed to much for refreshments.

Calling in Sick, Calling in Sleepy

[CheeseburgerBlue]

Many people I know went on Wednesday night, and then called in sick the next day in order to catch up on their sleep. Slightly less than half of the people I personally spoke to had been honest with their bosses, saying things like: "Face it -- it's Star Wars day. It is my desssssstiny to miss work."

I work freelance, so I was able to go both on Wednesday night and then wake up Thursday afternoon and go again. Both theatres were about 80-95% full, but not sold out.

A few friends who made sure to be there on Day One for TPM told me they would be waiting a few weeks to see AotC, partly to avoid the crowds but mostly because they feared that the movie would violently suck.

Judging from the very vocal audiences I was a part of, it looks like AotC has made a pretty favourable impression, and seems to suck very little. Canadian audiences are often reluctant to make noise during movies, but the final climatic light-sabre battle in the movie drew many involuntary gasps and cheers from even the most stoic viewers.

"Die, Jedi dogs!" -C3P0

too late

[ComSon0]

Well, I tried...
- called the boss saying I had to go to the doc
- got the Jedi outfit
- went to the movies looking like a retard
- tickets sold-out five guys in front of me in line.
- went back home and contenplated suicide
- girlfriend came over and felt kinda hot for the jedi outfit

happy happy end :)

Re:too late

[sg3000]

There were four or five guys dressed up like Jedi apprentices (they all seemed to have the little braided pony tail), but it seemed kind of geeky.

Before movie started, they all ran down to the front of the theater to smack their plastic light sabres together in a mock battle. They did that for a few minutes, and then slunk back to their seats to the sardonic applause of the audience.

It was a good movie, though.

You think thats funny?

[emkman]

Whats even funnier is that the projector operator was getting paid to watch you and your girlfriend have sex from his own private skybox.

Re:You think thats funny?

[bugg]

To make a projector operator watch the average slashdot reader have sex is indeed a task they deserve to be paid for. If you disagree, you probably haven't met the average slashdot reader- count your blessings.

Re:You think thats funny?

[emkman]

I disagree

me and my girlfriend we had sex for the entire movie

girlfriend? hes no average slashdot reader

Re:I skipped school!!!!!!!

[Anonymous Coward]

you're either canadian or retarded. Not that those are mutually exclusive.

Re:blech.

[Anonymous Coward]

You sir, are a nerd, not a geek.

One more Poll choice

[DaHat]

* I am unemployed so took the day off from job hunting to see the movie.

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Re:VCD power

[ocbwilg]

I didnt, i saw the telesync VCD on my computer (With TV-out) many days before.

Ooooh, you are 1337!!! The rest of us saw it in THX sound on a 65 foot-high concave projection screen with zero pixellation. Sucks to be you I guess.

Don't be too mad

[Slur]

Those guys driving by and yelling were the cast of American Grafitti.

Re:I skipped school!!!!!!!

[lamont116]

Last year I represented a guy who sold 0.034 slugs of heroin. He was in a peck of trouble, and got 97 months in prison.

Re:I skipped school!!!!!!!

[Majik Sznak]

I'd rather have a temperature systems designed around my living conditions than the physical state of fucking water.

Yeah! Stick it to those darn Canadians! God Bless America! And screw Water! Screw Physics too!

:)