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Star Wars Fans in Line... at the Wrong Theater
Rollie Hawk writes "More than a month before the premiere of Revenge of the Sith, fans are already lining up. Outside Grauman's Chinese Theater, eleven diehard Star Wars fans (i.e. lifelong virgins) are waiting for tickets to go on sale. Unfortunately, it appears that the guys with girlfriends will have the last laugh as the Chinese Theater isn't even premiering the film."
I can only imagine what Triumph the Insult Comic Dog would to have to say about this group.
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Take that for not having a girl friend!
You are confusing Star Wars fans with Slashdot posters. I know quite a few female SW fans. Many of them even have kids.
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In other news, 600,000 Catholics are in line at the wrong basillica....
Hilarious.
... so wait, are they still waiting?
Not only does he have a bit of a geeky tag, the reason he's waiting isn't to see the films but, well, to wait.
if I feel a little better about myself after reading that?
If they don't have internet access, and no one tells them... how long will they sit out there?
And then what type of a fit will they throw when they go to the correct theatre and there's already a line.
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"And may your days be long upon the earth."
Maybe they are doing this just for the sheer enjoyment of it?
I saw Episodes 1/2 on opening day and waited in line about 6 minutes combined. So it's not like they NEED to camp out to get tickets. Which come to think of it makes the whole idea of them standing in line for tickets anywhere, let alone a theatre that isn't even showing the movie... downright sad.
What I'm looking forward to more than the movie is the comedy bit where Triumph the Insult Comic Dog shows up and tells the line camping nerds how nice they are... FOR HIM TO POOP ON!
... in a way. I just played the PS2 game Star Wars: Lego, which lets you play a very accurate game based on episodes 1-3. Episodes 1 & 2 were very accurate, so I'm assuming that Episode 3 was accurate, too. If that was the case, then Obi-Wan follows Annakin to some volcanic planet, where they have a fight, and Annakin ends up losing and falling into lava. Obi-Wan thinks that he's dead. The Emperor finds him, and restores him as Darth Vader. Darth Vader gets pissed as soon as he wakes up with his new body, and smashes all of the machines. There was quite a bit more, too. All in this game that was released some time back. I thought it was one hell of a slip on somebody's part.
I don't respond to AC's.
The best place to be when one of Lucas's abortions is released is in a cinema showing something else.
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When we're mocking stupid Star Wars fans while we all wait on bated breath for the next story to appear, so we can karma whore.
Thats not very appropriate.
Hrrm... I usually just sign my name.
This will be the first SW Movie since they started the re-releases I won't be in line for. Though that's more due to work than a lack of desire to be out there camped in front of the theater. Though my stays (2 days 1 night) were never as long as these guys out in CA, they were long enough to get the most enjoyment out of the experience.
The line is more fun than the movie, by far. Everyone out there is there because they're dorks, nerds, geeks. They enjoy Star Wars, and a film premier is likely one of the few times they get to gather with other fans and geek out about their hobby. It's always a good time with people sitting around playing cards, eating pizza, drinking soda, playing board games (video games one year when the theater owner rolled out a TV on a cart for us to use) etc. Essentially the line ends up being a day or two long party.
So many here love to mock the line goers, but how many of those people have been to a Linux, gaming or hacker convention? How many have gone to some sort of industry conference? It's the same thing. Lots of geeks gathering in one place to talk about the stuff they enjoy.
The line is more fun than the movies ever are. By the time the opening crawl starts on the screen, I've been awake for 2-3 days and soon I'm nodding off. I don't care though cause I know I'm not missing anything, I already experienced the most fun part.
While I won't be in line this year, I will be thinking of my friends back home who will be.
Cheers,
Ian
Speaking of call...
(323)462-9609
This is the number to the payphone outside of Grauman's Chinese Theater.
Enjoy.
Where does the school board find them and why do they keep sending them to ME?
...Is the plastic, lifeless acting about the same? ;)
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I got through :)
It was pretty funny. Basically the guy was just telling me that they're not losers and that they have an organization for this kind of thing. They have a system of signing in and signing out and the amount of hours they accumulate indicates their position in line.
I still think they're a bit freaky, but whatever you find fun, you gotta do.
They could actually end up seeing a decent movie.
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Enjoy. This guy was insane.
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This is really a sad commentary on the position of slashdot readers in the social order, and I'll illustrate why with a anecdote from middle school: At recess I often used to watch the field behind the soccer goals, because it's where the social outcasts would go to pick on each other. Day after day they would battle to determine the pecking order of the bottom 5th percentile. Fights like those didn't go on in the upper levels, where looks, money, and prestige determined social rank. It was fascinating, and tragic. In the end, the winners gained nothing, and the stuggle only served to make their lives that much more miserable.
Now for those that didn't understand the moral, here it is; If you pick on the weakest people you can find, it is because you are yourself weak. If you are actually important or noteworthy in some way, you wouldn't have to point out failings in others to try and aggrandize yourself. Hugh Hefner doesn't need to scoff at other's sexual exploits, because he is legendary in that regard. If you do, you are obviously not.
So for everyone out there who felt the need to say, "har dee har, at least I'm not those guys", congratulations, but recess is over. So point your eyes back down at the floor and don't bump into anyone in the hall, because to everyone else, you're still at the bottom.
I'm very interested in bible translation issues. And since this is a new testament concept, how does hebrew play into this? And was the error caused when going from aramaic to greek or greek to english?
Disconnect your television. Do your own research. Draw your own conclusions. They're probably lying. Don't be a sheep.
Still, I don't understand why people find it so strange that a small amount of hardcore fans dress each two years like their favorite hero but then, never make fun of the thousands of stupid jocks that paint their faces and go dressed in a clown looking way to their favorite football game every Sunday.
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