|
They were having the
first showing at 12:01am, 12:02am, 12:03am etc. David
asked the lady on the other line if they were any
"fans" lined up to see the movie already. She
laughed and said "Yea, as soon as we opened the box
office people started lining up for the movie
outside!"
So we tried to purchase
our tickets online via "Jump" but they wanted us
to sign up for an account and hey, I really don't want my
name showing up that I purchased some Star Wars tickets
online! Dave and I agreed we should drive to the theatre
to get the tickets. To fit the "nerd" role we
should have gotten our mom to drop us off, but we haven't
been living with our dearest mother for quite a few years.
Doing the
"typical" webmaster thing, I had not yet
showered and was wearing the same pair of sweats for the
past week. My hair was still greasy and off to the side
because I immediately moved from my bedroom to my office
after I woke up. Still, something was missing. Unfortunately
all my clothes are 'semi-cool' and I have some fashion
sense whereas David is stuck in his Retro-80's ensembles.
I am lovingly referring to his collection of Duran Duran
and LOTR T-Shirts.
Anyway, I borrowed a
Duran Duran T-Shirt, threw on some black socks and a pair
of slippers. I walked downstairs and of course, David was
wearing his infamous Lord of the Ring's T-shirt, a pair of
beige shorts, and his Clark Griswald shoes without any
socks. We were 'friggin styling. Definitely looked good
enough to hit up the premiere of the new Star Wars movie.
On the way to the
theatre, I mentioned how embarrassing it would be If I
actually saw anyone I knew. (Ah, is that some
foreshadowing?) We get to the theatre and sure enough,
there is a lineup outside, people camped out, all dressed
in their Star Wars Gear playing Stratego, Magic the
Gathering and of course Risk. We buy our tickets (4 in
total, we convinced our sisters to come with us so we
didn't look like complete idiots), and sadly there were
two uber hotties standing right behind us. No, they
weren't going to Star Wars... they were going to a
matinee! CURSE THE SLIPPERS!
On the way back to the
house I was thinking about my current ensemble. I could
get WAY lamer than this I thought. Sure Duran Duran and
sweats is pretty bad... but I needed some memorabilia,
like a shirt! We headed to local Zeller's and go to the
boys section in search for a lame shirt. The largest in
the Young-Adults section they had was an X-Large Darth
Vader T-shirt. Hey, it barely fits ok! It can be my new
gym shirt. On our way out we see that conveniently there
is Toys 'R Us right next door. We only had one light
saber, and we didn't look quite nerdish enough yet. The
looks from the employees faces were priceless, they didn't
know if we were mentally handicapped or were actual
fans...of course we are neither! For a light saber they
wanted like 30 damn dollars! All this for a joke and an
update, I dont think so! But on sale they had a Mace-Windu
doll for $9.97; clearance. Of course Mace is played by
Samuel L. Jackson and he was on the only doll on
clearance, and yes... he is black.
We go up to pay for the
doll and as the girl is ringing Dave through she turns to
me and asks, "Is your name Andrew?" David bursts
out laughing, and I regretfully reply yes. Turns out she
used to work with my ex-girlfriend where I used to live.
Talk about a small world. Anyway, since it was such a
coincidence I had to take a picture!
The time then was 6:00pm,
only 6 more hours until the movie started. We order some
pizza and sit down and scan through Episode 1 and 2 to get
caught up. I mean, we don't want to look like complete
idiots do we? At around 10:00pm we get our shit together
and head to the movie early. We didn't want to be sitting
the very front corner for 3 hours. We pull up, not exactly
sure what to expect and the line is MASSIVE! Everywhere
you looked you saw young Jedi warriors and padawans, we no
longer felt out of place. This article is getting pretty
long, so I am going to sum it up.
We got there at 10:00pm,
waited outside for roughly an hour. Then they started
filling the theatres and waited inside the theatre for an
hour. The movie was 3 hours long, but It was damn good.
None of us had been to a premiere before, so the shouting
and hollering and cheering at the beginning of the film
and during the fight scenes was a first for all of us.
Was all this necessary
you ask? Well, is it necessary for me to drink my own
urine? Of course not, but it's sterile and I like the
taste! Anyway guys, we had a blast and we 'nerded out for
the day. All I can say is maybe the nerds are onto
something. Wearing slippers and sweats everywhere is
pretty damn comfy. All the time saved from not doing your
hair, or picking out what to wear gives you more time to
play video-games and ask your mom for a ride to the next
LAN game.
Here are some of the
pictures from the night, enjoy, god bless, and may the
force be with you! (Or instead of the force, try penis
enlargement. Hey, it worked for Anakin, and
the princess never complained!)
|
