I don't really have an opinion either way about preselling tickets. The problem -I- have is that not standing in line for a week makes me less of a fan than someone who knows half as much about the movies. Lets face it... The people who will be sitting in line for a month are people either not yet old enough for a job, or don't care whether they have a job. The former are Star Wars newbies, who probably hadn't heard about it until the Special Edition was released, and the latter are the kind of people that William Shatner spoofed on his infamous SNL skit. I find it disturbing that I have to put myself through hell to prove that I am a fan. I miss the good old days when it wasn't cool to be a Star Wars geek.
Fortunately.. I procurred a job at a movie theatre running projectors just for this occasion.
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I don't really have an opinion either way about preselling tickets. The problem -I- have is that not standing in line for a week makes me less of a fan than someone who knows half as much about the movies. Lets face it... The people who will be sitting in line for a month are people either not yet old enough for a job, or don't care whether they have a job. The former are Star Wars newbies, who probably hadn't heard about it until the Special Edition was released, and the latter are the kind of people that William Shatner spoofed on his infamous SNL skit. I find it disturbing that I have to put myself through hell to prove that I am a fan. I miss the good old days when it wasn't cool to be a Star Wars geek.
Fortunately.. I procurred a job at a movie theatre running projectors just for this occasion.