Hey gang, just wanted to let out a sigh of discouragement...
I'm at work today, all dressed up as Darth Vader (since it's the last workday before Holloween). I've got the mask, the cape, the gloves, the glowing lightsaber, I'm all dressed in black, and I even got an electronic gizmo that produces Vader's notorious breathing sounds.
Nobody knew what I was dressed-up as. And one person asked me if I was Batman.
I hate the government.
lol
Ultradan
Hey gang, just wanted to let out a sigh of discouragement...
I'm at work today, all dressed up as Darth Vader (since it's the last workday before Holloween). I've got the mask, the cape, the gloves, the glowing lightsaber, I'm all dressed in black, and I even got an electronic gizmo that produces Vader's notorious breathing sounds.
Nobody knew what I was dressed-up as. And one person asked me if I was Batman.
I hate the government.
lol
Ultradan
Pics or it didn't happen. I just can't believe this.
Are they all real young?Not sure why that's important. My 4-year-old knows who Darth Vader is.
I've met people who have never seen a single Star Wars movie. I believe it could happen. =(
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I've met people who have never seen a single Star Wars movie. I believe it could happen. =(Are they all real young?Not sure why that's important. My 4-year-old knows who Darth Vader is.
I haven't seen any of the Nightmare on Elm Street movies -- I can still recognize Freddie Kruger (sp?). You'd have to have been living in a cave for the past 30 years to not at least recognize Darth Vader.
I haven't seen any of the Nightmare on Elm Street movies -- I can still recognize Freddie Kruger (sp?). You'd have to have been living in a cave for the past 30 years to not at least recognize Darth Vader.
You should watch the first one. It is available to stream from Netflix, and it's worth it just to see Johnny Depp eaten by his bed -- only to be disgorged as a stream of red sludge... :P
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Are they all real young?Not sure why that's important. My 4-year-old knows who Darth Vader is.
I think that there is a certain age group that has less knowledge of certain aspects of pop culture. They may not have grown up watching what to them are old movies. They might have watched episode 1 or part of it yet not know Vader.
While with the cartoons the younger kids are much more into it.
No, they weren't kidding me.
I work for the Quebec government, so it's mostly old folks (50+) that speak only french, and watch only french TV.
Still, I think like Moff Rimmer... That all of these folks must have lived under a rock to not know who Vader is (even if they happen not to have seen the movie). Ugh.
Ultradan
I've never seen the original Star Wars movies. Were they any good?
BURN HIM!!!
LOL
Huh? Star What?
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No, they weren't kidding me.
I work for the Quebec government, so it's mostly old folks (50+) that speak only french, and watch only french TV.
Still, I think like Moff Rimmer... That all of these folks must have lived under a rock to not know who Vader is (even if they happen not to have seen the movie). Ugh.
Ultradan
I was gonna ask if you lived in the US. While the answer to that is a 'No', I would thing Canada would fall into the group of countries that for this topic it would make little difference. Maybe none of the old dudes have kids?
The inmates at the Arkham Asylum see Batman everywhere. I'm not surprised. ;)
No, they weren't kidding me.
I work for the Quebec government, so it's mostly old folks (50+) that speak only french, and watch only french TV.
Still, I think like Moff Rimmer... That all of these folks must have lived under a rock to not know who Vader is (even if they happen not to have seen the movie). Ugh.
Ultradan
Ahh...the Quebec old folks part might explain it.
I work for the Quebec government, so it's mostly old folks (50+) that speak only french, and watch only french TV.
I was going to ask. I seemed to remember you were in Montreal. I work in a Fed buidling on the South Shore and the demographic is a lot younger and more bi-lingual. You'd have no trouble being recognized here.
Greg
lol,
I just asked a person how was it she didn't know Darth Vader, and she replied that she simply didn't watch Star Trek.
I wanna cry.
Ultradan
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I game with a guy that has NEVER SEEN Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. EVER. He's in his 30s.
o-0
WHAT?!
lol,
I just asked a person how was it she didn't know Darth Vader, and she replied that she simply didn't watch Star Trek.
I wanna cry.
Ultradan
I bet she saw this.
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No, they weren't kidding me.
I work for the Quebec government, so it's mostly old folks (50+) that speak only french, and watch only french TV.
Still, I think like Moff Rimmer... That all of these folks must have lived under a rock to not know who Vader is (even if they happen not to have seen the movie). Ugh.
Ultradan
So they are all what..... Jerry Lewis fans?
So they are all what..... Jerry Lewis fans?No, they weren't kidding me.
I work for the Quebec government, so it's mostly old folks (50+) that speak only french, and watch only french TV.
Still, I think like Moff Rimmer... That all of these folks must have lived under a rock to not know who Vader is (even if they happen not to have seen the movie). Ugh.
Ultradan
You're thinking France-French. Here in Quebec it's likely Elvis Gratton.
Greg
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I haven't seen any of the Nightmare on Elm Street movies -- I can still recognize Freddie Kruger (sp?). You'd have to have been living in a cave for the past 30 years to not at least recognize Darth Vader.You should watch the first one. It is available to stream from Netflix, and it's worth it just to see Johnny Depp eaten by his bed -- only to be disgorged as a stream of red sludge... :P
I felt the need to reply to this but I will spoiler this for being rather off topic...
The funny thing is that Wes Craven got his undergraduate degree where my wife got her's -- at a rather conservative Christian school. We went there a few years ago to visit and their (the school's) library has a "shrine" to any and all published works by anyone who graduated from there. So you have a number of prominent conservative Christian authors right next to "Nightmare on Elm Street". Personally I think that's pretty awesome.
Hey gang, just wanted to let out a sigh of discouragement...
I'm at work today, all dressed up as Darth Vader (since it's the last workday before Holloween). I've got the mask, the cape, the gloves, the glowing lightsaber, I'm all dressed in black, and I even got an electronic gizmo that produces Vader's notorious breathing sounds.
Nobody knew what I was dressed-up as. And one person asked me if I was Batman.
I hate the government.
If it helps, I would have asked if you were "Darth Cheney"
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If it helps, I would have asked if you were "Darth Cheney"Hey gang, just wanted to let out a sigh of discouragement...
I'm at work today, all dressed up as Darth Vader (since it's the last workday before Holloween). I've got the mask, the cape, the gloves, the glowing lightsaber, I'm all dressed in black, and I even got an electronic gizmo that produces Vader's notorious breathing sounds.
Nobody knew what I was dressed-up as. And one person asked me if I was Batman.
I hate the government.
Now that would have been funny.
I may have to do that one year. Half darth vader half dick cheney, no light saber but rather a hunting rifle.
If it helps, I would have asked if you were "Darth Cheney"Hey gang, just wanted to let out a sigh of discouragement...
I'm at work today, all dressed up as Darth Vader (since it's the last workday before Holloween). I've got the mask, the cape, the gloves, the glowing lightsaber, I'm all dressed in black, and I even got an electronic gizmo that produces Vader's notorious breathing sounds.
Nobody knew what I was dressed-up as. And one person asked me if I was Batman.
I hate the government.
Now that would have been funny.
I may have to do that one year. Half darth vader half dick cheney, no light saber but rather a hunting rifle.
Every time you wear that costume I get a royalty check.
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Every time you wear that costume I get a royalty check.If it helps, I would have asked if you were "Darth Cheney"Hey gang, just wanted to let out a sigh of discouragement...
I'm at work today, all dressed up as Darth Vader (since it's the last workday before Holloween). I've got the mask, the cape, the gloves, the glowing lightsaber, I'm all dressed in black, and I even got an electronic gizmo that produces Vader's notorious breathing sounds.
Nobody knew what I was dressed-up as. And one person asked me if I was Batman.
I hate the government.
Now that would have been funny.
I may have to do that one year. Half darth vader half dick cheney, no light saber but rather a hunting rifle.
I knew there was a drawback to it.
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I've never seen the original Star Wars movies. Were they any good?
They had very good special effects when they came out.
The scripts waver from awful to solid.
The acting is usually quite solid but with some glaring lapses into awful ham.
The plotting is tight and engaging.
Overall, I'd give them a 3/5.
There are people who rave about them but you'd have had to have spent the last twenty years away from modern media to not be able to name at least twenty superior films.
I.e. Off the top of my head, Bladerunner is not only a better film but a better sci-fi film.
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I've never seen the original Star Wars movies. Were they any good?They had very good special effects when they came out.
The scripts waver from awful to solid.
The acting is usually quite solid but with some glaring lapses into awful ham.
The plotting is tight and engaging.
Overall, I'd give them a 3/5.
There are people who rave about them but you'd have had to have spent the last twenty years away from modern media to not be able to name at least twenty superior films.
I.e. Off the top of my head, Bladerunner is not only a better film but a better sci-fi film.
I did not initially like Bladerunner. I had to in fact read the book and then go back and watch it again to realize just how good a film it was.