Some Star Wars fans flunk IQ test
The Cat-Tribe
07-04-2005, 05:42
These 11 idiots have started camping out in front of Grauman's Chinese Theater for the sixth installment of the popular George Lucas movie series seven weeks before its release.
But, the movie will not be released in that theatre !
And the idiots have been told about this -- but won't move. :headbang: :D
The Force is not with them. :D
'Star Wars' fans wait at wrong theater (http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Movies/04/06/starwars.fanatics.ap/index.html)
Andaluciae
07-04-2005, 05:45
Once again, why my life policy will always be NEVER EVER REVOLVE MY LIFE AROUND A FILM.
Secluded Islands
07-04-2005, 05:48
Thats sad...
Lacadaemon
07-04-2005, 05:49
I think the test was flunked when they started camping out, nevermind whether or not the movie was actually going to play there.
The same goes for rabid sports fans.
Cannot think of a name
07-04-2005, 05:50
When I got into Phantom Menace (which is before we all realised Lucas had lost touch a bit) on the first day by showing up a half hour before the show and got in and got a good seat the ship sailed on the whole 'camping out' thing. Which, actually, is kinda too bad. I was 6 when Star Wars came out and didn't really get to take part in that whole thing-and those movies where an important part of my life-at least as far as films go (and with what I do now, that is pretty big) and it would have been nice to take part in all that. Ah well. I think the new trailer is pretty cool. (yay, Alec Guiness)
Bodies Without Organs
07-04-2005, 06:02
'Star Wars' fans wait at wrong theater (http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Movies/04/06/starwars.fanatics.ap/index.html)
"This is still the epicenter for 'Star Wars' fans. For the big iconic pictures of the 1970s, people lining up were here. They weren't at the Cinerama Dome (at the ArcLight)," Sprague said.
They aren't the only idiots involved here - 'epicentre' means 'above the centre'.
Lacadaemon
07-04-2005, 06:19
They aren't the only idiots involved here - 'epicentre' means 'above the centre'.
In the unlikely event the focus was at or near the earths suface, the epicentre would be co-incident with the centre.
Given that Grauman's is actually on the earths surface, the the metaphor is not inapt. Though I doubt there was that much thought put into it.
Edit: Yay for engineering geology. I've never used anything I learned from that class before, ever. :)
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Well, look at it this way. They probably waited in line for weeks before the abysmal Episode II was released. Why the hell would they wait for another terrible film?
Evil Arch Conservative
07-04-2005, 06:28
They aren't the only idiots involved here - 'epicentre' means 'above the centre'.
It also means 'the focal point'.
German Kingdoms
07-04-2005, 06:58
Wow... and people were telling me I was obessed with Amityville.
Lacadaemon
07-04-2005, 07:10
Wow... and people were telling me I was obessed with Amityville.
They faked the haunting in order to get out of buying a house they couldn't afford. There, now you need no longer be obsessed.
Maybe they couldn't afford a campground? *is so trying to give the benefit of the doubt here, but tis hard*
Isanyonehome
07-04-2005, 07:34
These 11 idiots have started camping out in front of Grauman's Chinese Theater for the sixth installment of the popular George Lucas movie series seven weeks before its release.
But, the movie will not be released in that theatre !
And the idiots have been told about this -- but won't move. :headbang: :D
The Force is not with them. :D
'Star Wars' fans wait at wrong theater (http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Movies/04/06/starwars.fanatics.ap/index.html)
This is why capitalism rox and socialism sux
socialism = someone will make sure they are fed
capitalism = someone will sell them food at 4 am at crazy prices until they starve to death and are removed from the gene pool.
socialism = they have the chance(slim though it might be) to reproduce
capitalism = the society gets to take their stuff(for the betterment of all,well junk food vendors anyway) and they dont get to polute the gene pool
Patra Caesar
07-04-2005, 07:47
Perhaps it's not really about the movie, but rather the experience of camping out with friends...
I don't see how people can dedicate their life to a movie. All these start wars geeks really are pathetic, i mean fine if you like it, i don't mind the star wars movies myself but come one, it's just a movie. People who devote themselves to 'becoming one with the force' need top be put down.
No one tell them it's the wrong cinema. They deserve what they get.
Fascist Squirrels
07-04-2005, 08:11
I've never seen Star Wars... v.v
*sob*
I've never seen Star Wars... v.v
*sob*
You really should. Well, only the original Trilogy. The new Trilogy is shit.
Patra Caesar
07-04-2005, 08:24
You really should. Well, only the original Trilogy. The new Trilogy is shit.
The new trilogy seems to be made for children, although I have to admit I loved Yoda's sabre fight at the end of episode two! :)
The new trilogy seems to be made for children, although I have to admit I loved Yoda's sabre fight at the end of episode two! :)
It was amazing and funny at the same time. My favorite part of Episode II was the arena scene they ripped straight from Gladiator. Well, favorite for laughter, anyway :D.
Fascist Squirrels
07-04-2005, 08:26
You really should. Well, only the original Trilogy. The new Trilogy is shit.
Yeah... my parents are too cheap to just freaking rent it from the video store. I have to wait until it's my turn on the 20 person waiting list at the library. rawr. :mad:
Those, along with Dr. Strangelove, The Shining, A Clockwork Orange, and Eyes Wide Shut. None of which I've seen except for Dr. Strangelove, which I saw when I was five and didn't get any of the jokes. :headbang:
Yeah... my parents are too cheap to just freaking rent it from the video store. I have to wait until it's my turn on the 20 person waiting list at the library. rawr. :mad:
Those, along with Dr. Strangelove, The Shining, A Clockwork Orange, and Eyes Wide Shut. None of which I've seen except for Dr. Strangelove, which I saw when I was five and didn't get any of the jokes. :headbang:
Your parents are geezers.
Fascist Squirrels
07-04-2005, 08:33
Your parents are geezers.
Yip. Hate the bastards. ^_^
But enough teenage whiny crap. Time to see if I can hack my way into the Seattle Public Library database... with no hacking skills. :rolleyes:
Yip. Hate the bastards. ^_^
But enough teenage whiny crap. Time to see if I can hack my way into the Seattle Public Library database... with no hacking skills. :rolleyes:
I'd say just wait for it to turn up on Cable, but then I remember that your parents are probably too cheap to get anything but Antenna TV...
Fascist Squirrels
07-04-2005, 08:39
I'd say just wait for it to turn up on Cable, but then I remember that your parents are probably too cheap to get anything but Antenna TV...
You assume correctly.
I also have super-speedy dial-up, which makes my forum experience a true delight.
They really need to add a glare emoticon to this site. *inserts imaginary glare emoticon*
You assume correctly.
I also have super-speedy dial-up, which makes my forum experience a true delight.
They really need to add a glare emoticon to this site. *inserts imaginary glare emoticon*
That sucks. Immensly. And so does the new Star Wars Trilogy.
Fascist Squirrels
07-04-2005, 08:53
That sucks. Immensly. And so does the new Star Wars Trilogy.
*watches as Pot tries desperately to loop this back to the topic heading*
Well, I've heard from practically everyone I know that they're just as great as the first, but I've heard that about the Matrix before, too, and practically everyone I know=teenagers that like half-wit movies like Kung-Pow; Enter the Fist or whatever it was... so I'll believe you. :D
Foxxopia
07-04-2005, 08:55
I don't see how people can dedicate their life to a movie. All these start wars geeks really are pathetic, i mean fine if you like it, i don't mind the star wars movies myself but come one, it's just a movie. People who devote themselves to 'becoming one with the force' need top be put down.
Did you know that there are more people in the city of Vancouver, Canada, who consider their religion 'Jedi' than there are Jews? Just a fun fact :rolleyes:
Kung Pow was... Something.
And don't listen to those retards. The new Trilogy is awful. Episode I was a special effects showcase with very little involved in plot and story. Episode II was even more of a special effects showcase, but it had a deep plot and story. However, the direction was HORRIBLE (had the split-second action scenes like Top Gun), the acting was even worse (from the two main characters), and the battle between Yoda and Dooku was... Different.
If you're gonna watch Star Wars, do yourself a favor and see the original Trilogy. Don't torture yourself!
Bodies Without Organs
07-04-2005, 08:57
It also means 'the focal point'.
If you intend to mean 'focal point' then 'centre' is surely the prefered option: why go to the bother of adding an extra syllable and misusing a technical term?
Fascist Squirrels
07-04-2005, 09:00
Haha.
Okies. *nods head furiously*
Gah, the movies they like, for christ's sake. And then the excuses. "It was so stupid it was hilarious! Har har har! XP OMG."