Star Wars Virgin Takes the Plunge

Entertainment Weekly is running a short account of one Star Wars virgin who recently sat down to watch all six Star Wars movies in their originally intended order while recording his thoughts. From the article: "So after watching the sun set on all six of the Star Wars (or sun rise, in my case), what do these movies mean to me? I have to be careful where I tread here, because people's love of these movies is passionate to say the least. (Personal note: My friends had a Star Wars-themed wedding.) The cynical and tired side of me wants to say that George wanted Episode I to be shown first because after watching 14 straight hours of Star Wars, my memories of young Anakin and Jar Jar are almost long forgotten. I've tossed them aside along with my package of caffeine pills and bottle of Coke."

Comments

So tiring

[geekoid]

isn't the Virgin Joke been done to death?

Gah, I am a SW fan, and it never stopped me from getting laid.
I've been having sex regularly since about 1980.

Of course, I don't have an attitude and somehow think I am great and all powerfull because I know more trivia about SW then the next fan...which I do, btw.

Star Wars themed wedding

[mobby_6kl]

So, was his friend the bitch, or the butch?

Why watch I, II, or III?

[gosand]

Why even watch the 'first' three episodes? Seriously... Ep I was a waste, but I'll admit I saw it it the theater. Ep II I rented, and watched the whole thing in about 1/2 hour thanks to FFWD. I haven't seen Ep III yet. I really have no desire to, even though I hear it was the best of the first three. Is it just to say I have seen it? WTF is the point of that? I decided a while ago to be a little more selective in my choices of entertainment, and it has worked out quite well. Although I did waste time on the 2nd and 3rd Matrix movies.

Think back for a second if you *wouldn't* have seen Ep I, II, and III, and how much more untainted your view of Star Wars would be... imagine if you had only seen the first Matrix. I am now willing to wait to see movies to get an idea if they are worth my time. I have no desire to see them as soon as possible, I just don't see what the benefit of that is.

Same thing goes for games... I recently just went through another round of playing single-player mods for Half-Life. yes, the first one. Now if I want, I can afford a video card that can play HL2, and I am sure there are many mods out for it as well. And when I do play it, I am sure it will still be extremely fun!

I'll stop now before going further down this rant-hole. :)

Re:we all know

[Fulcrum of Evil]

And when ObiWan lies about Vadar killing Anakin in A New Hope, the audience would naturally assume that he's lying because it would be tought thing to explain, that it was he who killed Anakin.

Wasn't it obvious? Vader did kill Anakin, and Kenobi was simply speaking in the abstract.

Re:order of the films. next generation

[Chandon Seldon]

Wow. What sort of parent is so over-protective that they won't let their kid watch all of Star Wars? Seriously, kids aren't that fragile unless you really isolate them from the world around them - in which case they do a ton of drugs and get 9 venereal diseases as soon as they turn 15.

Re:Anyone...

[Dun Malg]

Who needs to make their own opinions on things when they can all just believe what you believe. And if they don't subscribe to your worldview, they are obviously a 'fag' or 'queer' or 'virgin'. Or any number of other 16-year-old insults.

Further proof that slashdot is the equivalent of six intelligent, interesting adults trying to have a conversation in a room filled with 100 screaming, undisciplined children.

"you're a fag"
"no, you're a fag"
"no, you're a fag"
"shut up, fag"
"no you shut up, fag"

the debate of the century. bravo.