Sunday, March 20, 2005

Huge Disappointment or Record Sale!

Last night I went to check out the world premiere of the first ever feature length Star Wars fan film made here in the 'peg. All the money was going to charity, so it was a good cause. After a 10 minute delay in starting, the director came out and said that there were some serious problems and that we wouldn't be able to see the final film. All he could show was one half of a rough cut without all the digital effects in place. Anger rose. He should have just rescheduled the screening for another day, as it was unfair to all the people there to show what he did. In addition to that, the movie wasn't all that good (what I saw). Terrible acting and camera work aside, the script was unoriginal and bland. It had a queen who looked and acted an awful lot like Amidala from Episode 1, a punk rock cantina scene instead of a space jazz one like in episode 4, a jedi council full of horrid actors just like episode 1... I would really like to see someone take the Star Wars universe in strange new places. The same old jedi stories are boring. I suggested a cross between "Rain Man" and Star Wars by having a mentally challenged jedi whose powers go crazy all the time. Either that or "Jedi College" complete with Space Keggers and Space panty raids! Either way, do something DIFFERENT, show some creativity. I do give the guys who made the movie credit for all the hard work they put in, and hope that the final product turns out to be decent.
Today was a record show/sale thingy at the Victoria Inn. Surrounded by some of the hugest nerds and freaks I've ever seen (with the exception of a comic convention) I picked up 8 records for 30$. They include: 2 Cyndi Lauper's, a Fatback Band, a Denis Brown, an Average White Band, a Herbie Hancock, a Bob Newhart, and an O'Jays. There were a lot of albums there I would've liked to pick up, but sellers wanted a premium. I will not pay more than 5$ for a record, period. Other then that, so far so good!

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