I work in a book store and 2 libraries. We have been innundated with Revenge of the Sith paraphenalia lately. It’s mid-April & the damn thing isn’t out til mid-May.
Now, I have never posted in the Pit before. And though I am not a Star Wars fan, in the past I have tried to be tolerant (since Lord knows I am a LOTR obsessive). We all have different tastes, blah blah blah.
But no more.: All this Star Wars stuff I’m shelving seems juvenile, stupid, dumb, stupid and I HATE IT!!!
There. I said it and I feel better.
And I don’t care if not one of you out there hates it also or flames me for it.
I agree with the OP, but in a more general way, not limited to just Star Wars. Usually these over the top marketing campaigns make me want to move to the Yukon for a few months.
First there’s the trailer hype. We’re already pretty much through that. But really, you do have to wonder - what kind of world do we live in when a TV network tries to increase audience for one of its shows by promoting a specific commercial that will appear during the broadcast? I mean, we’re now advertising the ads! Just how sick is that?
Next come the line-standers. Many of these are the same people who complained about how awful the last two were and how they were complete betrayals of everything they built their childhoods on. They’re camped out at the multiplex again. Many in costume. They will see the movie eight times on opening night, go back to their parents’ basement, log on, and post in every forum they can find about how awful the film was. But if Star Wars Episode VII is ever made, they’ll be there. Again.
Then, inevitably, someone will find the racism angle. But these aren’t people like Kevin Smith, who came up with a racial spin on Star Wars for the sole purpose of mocking revolutionary rhetoric and contemporary analysis of popular culture. No, these people will be quite serious. And the fact that an actor’s complexion and features may be because of his Maori heritage rather than because of some attempt to promote fear of Middle Easterners or Latinos will not stand in the way of their thesis!
Finally, a new movie will take over the top spot and everyone will forget about Star Wars, except for those who lurk message boards. I predict that this will happen no later than June 17, the release date of Batman Begins.
Me, I thought it was an utter travesty to have Greedo be tempted by the Ring into shooting Han first with his organic (not mechanical) webshooters. And did you notice, there were elves at the battle of Endor!
I was at Sam’s Club during lunch today. I picked up a couple things and saw their Star Wars display rack with a Calendar for 2006 (?!??!?) and the **Revenge of the Sith ** book. I picked it up and skimmed the last chapter. It turns out Anakin did it.
Heh. I don’t watch TV, so I haven’t seen a single Star Wars trailer. I don’t eat fast food, so I haven’t seen any cups, throwaway toys, or other gizmoids. I actually had to look up the release date because I wasn’t sure when it was. Just one of the benefits of being oblivious to pop culture.
If you’re this annoyed about the Star Wars stuff in a bookstore, what are you going to do in a few weeks when the Harry Potter stuff starts going up? And then you have the big midnight release party with all the kids in costume.
AWWWW!!! Come on!!! At least put these things in SPOILER tags and save the rest of us. Now you’ve ruined the whole thing. And to think I’ve been waiting almost 30 years for this and its ruined!!! Man, the nerve of some people.
It’s times like this that make me praise my own wise decision to do away with any television service whatsoever. I still have a physical tv, but it’s plugged into my playstation and xbox, and gets no reception from the outside world whatsoever.
Sure, thanks to the internet and newspapers I am aware of this new upcoming crapfest by George Lucas, but, I can oh so blissfully choose to ignore it almost entirely :>
I don’t watch much non-recorded TV anymore and I have to stay away from the bookstores until I have some extra cash, so I don’t see this hyped-up hype. I do, however, work with two raging Star Wars fans who have been talking Ep III ever since January. Last week, thanks to them, I had a dream about how Anakin became Vader.
I will be cursing their names until the middle of June.
I have to admit… Last night while my wife and I were at the book store, I picked up one of those hundred-dollar light sabers that they had on display, hefted it, turned it on, and was pleased with its quality.
I told her that there were about ten zillion things that were higher on the list of “stuff to buy with a hundred bux”, but besides that, it was pretty cool.
It felt like toys should, very high quality, good weight, good fit and finish.
