- 5:51 PM, Friday,
November 28th, 2014:
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- I still remember
the very first sentence I said after seeing the
Star Trek reboot: "Why the hell couldn't Star Wars
have a reboot like that." I was never a Star
Trek fan and I loved the reboot (probably because
I was never a Star Trek fan judging from people
online). It was fun, it had energy and I was
attracted to the characters enough to want to see what
happens next. Seems simple, right? Well as the Star
Wars prequels showed us, it isn't simple. So when
I heard JJ was doin' Episode 7 I kinda
flipped out. I have complete faith that he gets
what was wrong with the prequels and will do this
justice. And of course? The original cast. Holy shit.
Luke, Leia, Han - AHHHHHHHHHHH. I couldn't possibly be
more excited and I've already told Talya and her
mother - there was only one thing I wanted for my
39th & 40th birthdays: to see Star Wars on it's
opening night. Though, my ass is old enough
I will probably go the following morning because
a midnight showing is never happening with our sleep
schedule... even in a year.
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- So when they
announced that 100 theaters were showing the Star Wars
Teaser on black Friday, yeah I kinda flipped. I
immediately spent $20 a ticket for me and Talya (Jimmy
jumped in too) to go to the first showing at the El
Capitan to see it - and also see Big Hero 6 - in 3D on
the BIG SCREEN and holy shit was it exciting. Of
course I recorded it so you can all feel that
buzz...
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- For the sake of
continuity, the audio from that was the first showing
in 2D. They then showed it in 3D. They showed it a
final time after the movie and THAT is when
I recorded the video (which is why the curtain is
coming down). And yes at the end I did indeed say
"DAMNIT. I wanted to see how they looked!". I was
utterly disappointed that they didn't show the 3
original cast members, though I appreciate the need to
not rely on them for the initial excitement. This is a
new generation... but for crying out loud.
ONE STILL BITCHES. A 2 second shot would've
sufficed... AHHHHH. Clearly though, the choice was
made to hold off until the first trailer. And we are
13 months away for crying out loud.
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- Though it did
anyone ever consider that it could very well be that
absolutely NOTHING in that trailer is in the actual
film? I wouldn't be surprised if they just produced
all of that for the teaser - and only the teaser -
just to fake people out. How easy would it have been
to do that! Time will tell.
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- Was it worth it to
arrange all that and see it in the theater? Of course
not. But I sure loved the build-up. I think
next time I'm gonna download it and watch it on my big
screen (man, I did that after we got home and it
actually looked better - is that possible?) and film
me & Jimmy's reaction. I love the pomp and
circumstance of the whole thing. A year of goofy
rumors and trailers and glimpses - I will have so
much more fun with the peripherals of this than the
actual movie. The mystery is so much fun.
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- Alright! The big
game tomorrow (and also the tree, we ran out of time
today). Expect an entry on Sunday and, well - that
leaves freaking 10 entries I have to pull off in
December. Hopefully I hear about the radio show
soon as that'll take up a couple
entries...
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- ...oops, that was
a secret. :-)
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- Adam
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