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The Trilogy as One
jmays writes "New Line is re-releasing 'The Fellowship of the Ring' and 'The Two Towers' except this time, in their respective extended versions. When? Once each week for the two weeks prior to the opening of 'The Return of the King.'"
Can you image the effects of having an entire nerd populace sitting on its backside for 9 straight hours of LOTR?
- Viruses go rampant as sysadmins fail to respond to urgent system messages
- Patches, code deadlines missed
- Executives everywhere are paralyzed as their IT depts leave for a whole day and they can't figure out what to do when that Blue Screen with the white letters appears (in case you're reading this: reboot)
- More importantly, the obesity % of the American populace has a massive spike
-- "We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars" [Oscar Wilde]
Reminds me of an old Foxtrot cartoon....
The sister asks her kid brother and his friend where they are going. They say they're going to watch 3 Star Wars movies. She says, "All three? back-to-back?" They reply, "No, all three...three times in a row."
My only... my precious...
How about the effect on the theatre? Bring your gas masks boys.
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and what exactly would the cat herders be doing?
Will every ticket to these special engagements come with a free catheter so we won't have to get up in the exact middle of all three movies to avoid reaching bladder critical-mass? What about a caffeine IV-drip?
I agree. I saw Titan A.E. while tripping on LSD, and I thought it was the greatest movie I've ever seen. I even cried at the end. I haven't watched it again since, so that I don't spoil the wonderful memory. ;)