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I've Got Sith Syndrome!
The kids are working themselves into a spasm about The Revenge of the Sith, the final Star Wars film, which will start screening tonight, and which apparently will cause more than half a billion dollars worth of lost productivity as fervent fans take a "geek day" to see the flick fresh out of the film cans:
The Dark Side apparently comes at a high price. The Thursday, May 19 premier of George Lucas' final "Star Wars" installment, "Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith," will put a spike in worker absenteeism and costs businesses $626 million in lost productivity, said a recent report.
According to outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas, businesses should expect a wave of sick calls from employees playing hooky Thursday and Friday so that they can take in the movie.
"With opening day falling on a Thursday, instead of the traditional Friday premiere, we are looking at two days of 'Star Wars'-induced absenteeism," John Challenger, the chief executive of the firm, told the New York Post.
I'll definitely be seeing it tomorrow, but then it's not like I have a boss, except for myself, and I've decided to look the other way while I go see the movie. Also, since I'm writing a book on science fiction films, and the Star Wars films are naturally a big part of this book, when I go see Sith tomorrow, technically, I'll be working. Sometimes being a writer is teh HAWTness, as the kids say.
So, uh, how's your throat today? Kind of scratchy? Will you need to "stay home" tomorrow to recouperate? You can tell me.
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I got my ticket in my wallet waiting for tomorrow evening at 7 pm. :)
As Star Wars being a "stupid movie", well...you have the right to spout off, but us SW geeks love Star Wars and we show it!
May be Force be with you! -
I will definitely be seeing this one in the theaters, but I'll be waiting until the possibility of running into someone in a costume is over. I'll tell ya, if I see one guy dressed as Mace Windu, I'm outta there! I figure next weekend is the time to go.
-Paul
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Great! I knew you'd be there! Will the family go?
You picked the BEST one too if me3dia critics are to be believed!
Fantastic John!
Don't tell us everything 'cuz we will be seeing it the following week...
Just tell us how unbelievably great it was to go! -
Ohhh...I feel something coming on... things are getting a bit fuzzy, ringing in my ears, getting kinda dizzy. Oh wait that's just from having a Star Wars Marathon movie blitz with my Star Wars Crazed daughter, the dancer. Well you know John, it WAS a sacrifice but since we can't garden together yet we had to get our family bonding in somewhere!
5/19/05 12:35 AM
No worries :)