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Just
for Fun. . .
Watch out for knock-off movies
Don Burleson
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Last week a friend suggested that we go get a
video of the latest Star Wars movie, "Revenge of the Sith".
Now, I'm no great science-fiction fan, but I
did know that the movie had not yet been released except for
one of those "special screenings" where you wait in line for days.
"But it's not in the theaters yet", I
replied, hoping to get off-the-hook.
"Don't you computer guys know anything?"
he said? "You can get movies before they are released if
you know where to find them. Let's go".
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So, off we trudged into Chinatown
where, right off of Mott and Canal there was a vendor with
Revenge of the Sith for-sale.
"Amazing", I replied, impressed
at his scrounging skills. He paid $20 cash for the
tape and off we went to his apartment to screen the latest
epic.
When he started the tape, Janet and I
almost wet our pants! The screen was wavy and we saw
the outlines of heads at the bottom of the screen . . . like
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That's when the Sith hit the fan.
"What the heck?" Janet laughed,
"It looks like somebody taped it in the theater!"
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As the movie progressed, we howled when the cameraman
sneezed and the screen shook, and we got a
play-by-play of every sniffle and cough inside the crowded
theater. Quality aside, I couldn't put my finger on-it, but here was
something not quite right about this flick. |
| The movie had the same-old cast of
characters, but Princess Leia was definitely showing her
age. I also wondered about the quality of the new
productions as the characters looks strangely familiar to
me. That's what happens when they go 20 years between
sequels.
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It was just more of the same old-stuff, and the
same old villains. I knew it was a knock-off, but there was
still something suspicious about the movie and I can't put my finger
on it, but I'm sure that it will come to me. . .
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