The Ziggurat of Doom

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A friend of mine, who will remain nameless… Ok, he goes by Big Bad Bizzy, is having a Star Wars party the day of Ep 3. Not necessarily because he’s super super hyped for it, but just because going to the midnight showing of 1 and 2 where such a big deal, he couldn’t pass up outdoing himself for ep 3.

We’ll be watching all the movies before the midnight showing, and I figured, eh, why not live blog it? I’ve got a blog. I’m alive. It sounds like a good mix.

So this is me announcing I’ll be live blogging a Star Wars marathon. I expect my updates will be using the following format:

Time: (what time it is)
At: (where I’m at in the movies/real life)
Observation: (duh)
Eyes: (how my eyes feel after this much flickering blinky goodness)
Butt: (how my butt feels after this much sitting goodness)
Brain: (How mad my brain is at me for watching Ep 1 and 2)

We’re kicking around two schedules, from the coordinating email:

This is Schedule Version 1.0 This will be Strictly adhered to:
I will begin the Day at 9:45 SHARP
Episode IV: A New Hope 9:45-11:50
Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back 11:50-2:00
Lunch 2:00
Episode VI: Return of the Jedi 2:05-4:20
Episode I: The Phantom Menace 4:20-6:35
Dinner 6:30
Episode II: Attack of the Clones 6:35-9:00
Clone Wars: Volume 1 9:00-10:10
Clone Wars: Volume 2 10:10-11:15
Leave BBB’s House and get to Movie Theater for 12:15 Showing of Episode III: Revenge of the Sith

(Probability of watching Volume 2 of the Clone Wars is currently at 75%, i have a discussion to have first, so this “Strict Schedule” is still tentative)

(PS: The reason for including the Clone Wars is it fills in the gaps between episode 2 and 3. They pick up where episode 2 stops and drop us off at the very start of Episode 3 without skipping a beat. If i get an overwhelming response as to not show the cartoons, we can stick to just the movies.)

Or we have Schedule Version 2.0. This will be strictly adhered to:

I will begin the Day at 11:30 SHARP
Episode IV: A New Hope 11:30-1:35
Lunch 1:35
Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back 1:40-3:50
Episode VI: Return of the Jedi 3:50-6:05
Dinner 6:05
Episode I: The Phantom Menace 6:15-8:30
Episode II: Attack of the Clones 8:30-10:55
Leave Ben’s House and get to Movie Theater for 12:15 Showing of Episode III: Revenge of the Sith