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<blockquote data-quote="Man in the Funny Hat" data-source="post: 3066485" data-attributes="member: 32740">Kept trying to think of D&amp;D-related geekness until I started to read responses and mention was made of Phantom Menace.I paid $500 to be at the premier/charity showing in Seattle at the newly refurbished Cinerama theater.&nbsp; Yeah, I was in the same theater with famous and important people like Paul Allen and Sen. John McCain, but it has taken over a decade to come to have any real tolerance of the DISAPPOINTMENT that was The Phantom Menace.&nbsp; I can ONLY console myself to this day by knowing that the money went to charity.I didn't even get a marginally decent seat.Edit #1:&nbsp; I have just remembered even more geekiness.&nbsp; Also Star Wars related.&nbsp; I lost count of the number of times I saw the original Star Wars - IN THE THEATER.&nbsp; When it hit 60 I lost accurate count and stopped really trying.&nbsp; It's definitely over 150 though.&nbsp; 120+ in the first run alone.&nbsp; There used to be two theaters in downtown Seattle right across the street from each other.&nbsp; After school let out we would drive down to a cheap parking lot nearby, catch a matinee of Star Wars, go across the street and catch the last matinee of Close Encounters of the Third Kind that started about 10 minutes after Star Wars let out.&nbsp; Total cost each time was probably about $5 each.&nbsp; I'm fairly sure I saw CE3K over 20 times that way.Edit #2:&nbsp; I took this picture: <a href="http://home.earthlink.net/~duanevp/miniatures.htm" target="_blank">http://home.earthlink.net/~duanevp/miniatures.htm</a>Edit #3:&nbsp; Last year I OCR'd my copy of Heroes of Legend, then fixed the spelling and table errors.&nbsp; I had last used that book... 10 years ago?&nbsp; I am not in danger of actually using it in the future.&nbsp; But I was wearing it out...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Man in the Funny Hat, post: 3066485, member: 32740"] Kept trying to think of D&D-related geekness until I started to read responses and mention was made of Phantom Menace. I paid $500 to be at the premier/charity showing in Seattle at the newly refurbished Cinerama theater. Yeah, I was in the same theater with famous and important people like Paul Allen and Sen. John McCain, but it has taken over [I]a decade[/I] to come to have any real tolerance of the DISAPPOINTMENT that was The Phantom Menace. I can ONLY console myself to this day by knowing that the money went to charity. I didn't even get a marginally decent seat. Edit #1: I have just remembered even more geekiness. Also Star Wars related. I lost count of the number of times I saw the original Star Wars - IN THE THEATER. When it hit 60 I lost accurate count and stopped really trying. It's definitely over 150 though. 120+ in the first run alone. There used to be two theaters in downtown Seattle right across the street from each other. After school let out we would drive down to a cheap parking lot nearby, catch a matinee of Star Wars, [I]go across the street[/I] and catch the last matinee of Close Encounters of the Third Kind that started about 10 minutes after Star Wars let out. Total cost each time was probably about $5 each. I'm fairly sure I saw CE3K over 20 times that way. Edit #2: I took this picture: [url]http://home.earthlink.net/~duanevp/miniatures.htm[/url] Edit #3: Last year I OCR'd my copy of Heroes of Legend, then fixed the spelling and table errors. I had last used that book... 10 years ago? I am not in danger of actually using it in the future. But I was wearing it out... [/QUOTE]

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