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Star Wars TV Commercials
Boy its Star Wars Hype Monday here as
Jim Hall writes "I
found the Star Wars Ep. 1 TV commercials
They are spoiler-free! But they are very cool. " VH1 is
supposedly gonna air Duel of the Fates (the Star Wars video)
6 consecutive times at 6pm EST, so get your VCR ready. I'ce
heard the track already- its not the best track on the
soundtrack, but its pretty sweet.
With these movies coming out so much time after the originals, they're coming out when many of us who saw it as kids now have kids of our own to take to it. (My boy is just a little young for it right now, but by the time Eps 2 & 3 roll around, I should be able to take him.) So while I hate the overhyping, I've got to admit, there's a certain amount of hope that he'll find it enjoyable enough that it will be sort of a vicarious shared experience between us.
As is, it feels kind of strange realizing I'm part of the last generation of first world humanity (barring catastrophe) not to grow up with computers -- at least, not until I was 15 or 16 -- VCRs, cable TV, etc. Heck, I probably would have had a younger sibling if medical technology had been just a couple of years more advanced. (My dad was RH+, my mom RH-.)
Ooh, a sarcasm detector. Oh, that's a real useful invention.
Everybody hates how starwars.com embeds the movs into their pages. Well, here's direct links to all 16 of 'em. Fetch.
8 0_qt4/amidala_480_qt4.mov 4 0_qt4/amidala_240_qt4.mov 8 0_qt3/amidala_480_qt3.mov 4 0_qt3/amidala_240_qt3.mov
8 0_qt4/qui-gon_480_qt4.mov 4 0_qt4/qui-gon_240_qt4.mov 8 0_qt3/qui-gon_480_qt3.mov 4 0_qt3/qui-gon_240_qt3.mov
8 0_qt4/anakin_480_qt4.mov 4 0_qt4/anakin_240_qt4.mov 8 0_qt3/anakin_480_qt3.mov 4 0_qt3/anakin_240_qt3.mov
8 0_qt4/shmi_480_qt4.mov 4 0_qt4/shmi_240_qt4.mov 8 0_qt3/shmi_480_qt3.mov 4 0_qt3/shmi_240_qt3.mov
Queen Amidala: One Will
QT4, 480x260, stereo - http://www.apple.com/main/media/lucasfilm/poems/4
QT4, 240x132, stereo - http://www.apple.com/main/media/lucasfilm/poems/2
QT3, 480x260, stereo - http://www.apple.com/main/media/lucasfilm/poems/4
QT4, 240x132, mono - http://www.apple.com/main/media/lucasfilm/poems/2
Qui-Gon Jinn: One Destiny
QT4, 480x260, stereo - http://www.apple.com/main/media/lucasfilm/poems/4
QT4, 240x132, stereo - http://www.apple.com/main/media/lucasfilm/poems/2
QT3, 480x260, stereo - http://www.apple.com/main/media/lucasfilm/poems/4
QT4, 240x132, mono - http://www.apple.com/main/media/lucasfilm/poems/2
Anakin Skywalker: One Dream
QT4, 480x260, stereo - http://www.apple.com/main/media/lucasfilm/poems/4
QT4, 240x132, stereo - http://www.apple.com/main/media/lucasfilm/poems/2
QT3, 480x260, stereo - http://www.apple.com/main/media/lucasfilm/poems/4
QT4, 240x132, mono - http://www.apple.com/main/media/lucasfilm/poems/2
Shmi Skywalker: One Love
QT4, 480x260, stereo - http://www.apple.com/main/media/lucasfilm/poems/4
QT4, 240x132, stereo - http://www.apple.com/main/media/lucasfilm/poems/2
QT3, 480x260, stereo - http://www.apple.com/main/media/lucasfilm/poems/4
QT4, 240x132, mono - http://www.apple.com/main/media/lucasfilm/poems/2
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A slight update for you people who are going to Linux expo:
The Raleigh Grand Cinema has said it's going to start selling tickets 3pm May 12th for the shows on the 19th. They are listed at moviefone, so I would try that a little before then.
Of course, you're competing with the IBMers and Redhaters in the Triangle, who are on their home turf and are more organized. Best of luck. I'll be home, in Mississippi, by then, for better or for worse.
It seems like a bad idea to go this overboard with the hype.
I know nobody wants to think of Star Wars and Waterworld in the same sentence, but I can't help but compare them.
Because of all the hype, it will be extremely difficult not to judge Episode:1 very harshly. No matter how decent it is, there are going to be many people who come out of the theater complaining about it until they run out of breath.
If there wasn't so much of a hooplah about it, we'd all go in expecting to have a good time, and probably be satisfied. Marketing it as the Second Coming: A Messianic Experience for All Ages, is just asking for scrutiny and criticism.