Sunday, May 22, 2005

Paul got to the theater early yesterday, and Mollie got out of work ontime, so we didn't have to rush or fight the crowds at the theater. I don't think the theater was sold out, which sucks because Jennifer could have come with us, but it might be nice to see it with her & Mark later this week. I don't really love going to the theater, because I don't like dealing with all the other people there; I hate people that talk loudly during the movie, people who make a lot of noise or make it impossilbe to see the screen; I don't like people who bring their children and then shout at them to be quiet, when they should just not have brought them... I hate it when cell phones ring, or people check their cell phones for the time, because the lights distract me from what I'm actually there for: the movie. That said, the audience we were with, were mostly well behaved; one cell phone rang, and a few people checked the time, but the kids that were there were quiet, and that's probably the best I could hope for.

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I was mostly bored for the first 40 minutes or so. The space battles blah blah blah, were just...fancy window dressing, I guess; though R2 was amusing. Once the movie really got going though it pretty much kicked ass. It was nice to see the Millennium Falcon, Chewbacca, Luke & Leia, Owen & Beru, and all the other things that tied the saga together. After that first 40 minutes or so, the only things that bothered me were... well, that lizard thing that Obi-Wan rides around just seemed silly, and everytime it was onscreen I had trouble taking the movie seriously. The other thing... I wish they had showed Qui-Gon Jin; I had heard rumors long ago that he might put in an appearance, and when he was mentioned as being back near the end of the film, I just assumed we would see him, maybe with Obi-Wan on Tattooine, but he never arrived. The guess they just through in that reference to explain why we are able to see Obi-Wan after he dies, and later see Yoda & Anakin. Something I loved, was the insinuation by Palpatine, that he was Anakin's creator; it was very subtle, but it helped ease the annoyance of Anakin's immaculate conception.

Episode III really did do an amazing job of setting up Episode IV. I thought Episode II did this fairly well to some degree as well, which is why I maybe enjoyed it so much more than Episode I, which didn't really seem connected to the Classic Trilogy. Enough about this though. I'l probably see it once more in theaters (I saw episodes I & II twice), and I look forward to the DVD (along with Clone Wars Season 2, and the two upcoming Star Wars television projects).

After the movie, Paul & Mollie were exhausted so we went our seperate ways; I was feeling pretty tired as well. I stopped by work to get my schedule and then went home. I'd told Mark that it was possible that Jennifer & Tracy, Paul & Mollie might come over after the movie, so he might want to be ready. When everyone had ruled that option out, Mark was a bit bummed, and while I really wanted to go to bed, I knew that Mark wanted some company, so I went with him to MediaPlay & Meijer; I bougth Xena Season 6 at MediaPlay as it was on sale, and I had $10's in gift certificates.

When we got home, Mark went to get food, and I downloaded the new JLU, which I watched with Mark while he ate. It kicked ass, and proved to be part 1 of the final 5 episodes of the season, which was written to be the final season of the series, except that the show has been getting such amazing ratings, that more episodes were ordered by Cartoon Network. So this season ending story (that has been buliding over the last two seasons, and has since been tied into random episodes across the course of several series) is epic in the extreme. I hope it turns out as well as the rest of the season.

After JLU we watched the 3rd episode of the 4th Season of Queer as Folk; I think this is my favorite season so far, which I guess really isn't saying much, because I've never loved it. I thought the 1st Season was pretty good, but the 2nd was mostly horrible; the 3rd Season was an improvement, and the 4th is proving to be even better. I'm sure most people disagree with me, and that's fine; I don't really see myself as the target audience.

After QAF I read. I wrote some stuff. I played a game. I watched 3 episodes of Xena, and the crew interviews; I jacked off, showered, and went to bed. I slept fairly well, and I've just been relaxing today, which is nice. I work tonight from 7pm-close, and the increased hours of last week have vanished; I don't work again until Friday. That's fine too though. I'm gonna get some food.

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