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sybeman

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10-Apr-2005
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#190637
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Lucas: Big pics are doomed
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The best movie experiences I've had at theatres have been on preview nights, to tell you the truth, and not just because it's free. It's one thing to be at a movie with a few friends in a packed theatre, but it's a whole other experience to sit in an every-seat-taken theatre full of people that lined up for hours just so they could be the first to watch this movie. A few announcements from the sponsors (usually just a guy at the front talking about this radio station and that newspaper), maybe a draw for a prize or two, and then the movie starts. No commercials, no previews, just four hundred people all dying to see the movie.

I went to about half a dozen last year (I had time and connections), and they were far and away better than anything. Even ROTS on opening weekend didn't compare (though it was close). The only missing was free popcorn.
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#190630
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Jesus Cartoon controversy
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Just an update. I know everyone here seems to agree that it's just a comic, and nothing to be worried about, and, for the most part, I agree with them. But that hasn't stopped it from being big here. The issue was on the local news yesterday, provincial news yesterday, the newspaper today, local conservative talk radio yesterday and today, and the former editor has been interviewed by the CBC for a national story.

And that's just mainstream media. Countless bloggers have quipped about it, and blogs have sprung up both in defense of the comic and calling for the boycott of the Sheaf and all its advertisers. It's crazy. Many of those blogs were mentioned on the radio this morning by a caller (after the host, John Gormley had to explain to listeners what a "blog" was).
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#189916
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Oscar Night...
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Originally posted by: Warbler


Last and lest, when are men going to realize that they need stick with the bow tie tuxedo at these things? When a man tries to wear somthing other than a bow tie and tuxedo at formal events, he usually looks silly, ridiculous, and stupid.


But then you all look like penguins!