It seemed right that this Burger King meal, which I despised but ate out of dementia, be some sort of celebratory affair. This very night, he would stroll past the barrier erected for to keep Geekdom in place. Once past it, there's no going back. He's seen all there is to see of Star Wars. This is it.
As if he knew of our situation, Jim Morrison started singing The End over the in-store sound system. "This is the end / My only friend, the end / Something about fucking mothers."
Thank God someone saw sense and put on some Libertines instead. Another second of Morrison's pretentious "oh, I'm a shaman" banter and I'd have cut the heads off of the staff with a hatchet.
Jim Morrison was the David Blaine of rock n' roll.
"I'm a shaman. Oooh."
Fuck you. The only Shamen I give a rats wank about are the ones who sang about E'zer Goode and I Can Move, Move, Move Any Mountain.
Comin' on like a seventh sense, motherfucker.
Episode III - Thoughts From The Back Seat
On my way to the Friday night screening of Star Wars Episode III - Revenge Of The Sith, and I can't help but feel horrendously under-prepared. I had intended to watch every single Star Wars flick this past week, in anticipation of this grand finale, but I just kept looking at that cover of Phantom Menace and thinking about no amount of Jedi carnage is worth this shit.
It felt right to have Don't Stand Me Down by Dexy's Midnight Runners playing on the iPod. It felt right to have Kevin Rowland yacking about "This is what she's like…" in his curious half-man / half-wookie yelp.
What's she like then, Kevin?
"She's got a cute nose, JIMMY!! AIEEE! She has this brilliant, hallucinogenic wit that fries my skull and makes me smile PLAN BUH-EE!! HUUWOOOO!!!!"
Where is she then, you yelping psychopathic?
"She cuuuuulllldn't come, JIMMAH!! Huruggghhhhh!!! She had to study an SOOCH-A. PLAN BAYEEE!"
An so it's just me an Kevin and thoughts about some nuns I saw earlier, and how come nuns don't wear black anymore? Where did all these navy nuns come from all a damn sudden?
Whoopie Goldberg, man, fuckin up every damn thing.
I managed to avoid almost every spoiler and every review of Revenge Of The Sith, something I never managed with the last two instalments, and something that has, inevitably, left me a tad less hyped about it all than I was when settling down for Attack Of The Clones.
Article comments
1 - Bennett
Stunned silence, like at the end of a great Cyrano.
"Skinny arsehole I see. Bumping around, it is. Not long it took."
:-]
Thanks, for all of it, Duke.
2 - Aaron, Duke De Mondo
heh, thanks Bennet. god, this is very long-winded.
3 - Bennett
Yeah, you really let the fingers fly, hell, they damn near migrated south!
Did you catch my post on Simple Tasteful Nudes? I ask because, even in your abruptly single state of mind, a bit more torture won't kill you.
A gal they had up three days ago damn near broke my heart, so pretty she was.
Enjoy!
4 - Eric Olsen
Duker, a novel in "review" form, a walk through our very civilization at the near-beginning of the 21st century; a series of guffaws, chortles, belly-laughs, and snickers, interspersed a with slight welling of moisture in empathy with the profound sadness and death-grief without the satisfaction of death to support it.
I swear to God you will get over this woman, and she never appreciated you anyway.
I think I WILL go see the flick this weekend.
5 - Aaron, Duke De Mondo
EO, thank you. I'm glad you dug it. I was a bit unsure about posting it to be honest, it is really very long-winded and self-absorbed.
And you MUST go see it this weekend. Society would stand for nothing less, i'd wager.
And Bennett, i can scarsely thank you enough for alerting me to said post. Excellently written, it was, too. And obviously welcome in these trying times...
6 - Mark Saleski
i will balance out society by not seeing this movie this weekend.
or ever.
oh, and duke, we count on you to be long-winded and self-absorbed.
7 - Mat
My lord, Duke, the length. The Length!
I've had sex in less time than it took me to read that.
I've read Tolstoy in less time.
Ok, so there were a good number of chuckles, a lot of big smiles, and a couple of hearty guffaws too.
Truth be known I just skimmed the cliff notes on Tolstoy. And I've had sex in less time than it takes to read a haiku.
8 - Eric Berlin
Duke, I've been holding off on reading this sure masterpiece as I've not yet seen the latest S Wars. I actually sat through the entirety of Attack of the Clones on network TV, no less, in prep... but it looks like it will be at least several days.
Anyway, just glancing through the comments makes me want to see the damned thing so I can get to the main course right here at the old BC stomping grounds...
9 - Temple Stark
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