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Midnight Showings

Published Wednesday, May 18, 2005 by Mike A. | E-mail this post

so this week is pretty much the nerd mecca. and while a week can't represent a place, it's still pretty close.

first off, it's E3, as noted below. fans everywhere are up in arms about their nintendo revolutions, playstation 3s, xbox 360s, and atari 26,000,000s. yes i made that up.

it's also, and this is the big one, STAR WARS WEEK. YEAH. STAR WARS. a time for costumes and lightsabers. a time for rabid merchandizing (merchandising?). a time for real nerds and poser nerds who liked episode 2 to forget their differences for two and a half hours. that's counting previews.

so why am i posting today and not tomorrow? because i'm going to a midnight showing. yeah, i know! total nerddom, right! is nerddom even a word?! who cares! star wars! FOCUS, PEOPLE, I'M TALKING ABOUT STAR WARS.

the end of an era, as it were. or, more specifically, the beginning of a new era of spinoffs. i don't even think jar jar dies in the movie anymore. i think he's just not in it. go team! woo! GO TEAM.

so, uh, in closing, expect another post with my impressions of the movie and stuff. yeah. i'll probably do that.

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