Star Wars and sick kitties
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diello wrote a post about never having seen Star Wars before, and her first time watching it. I've only seen it once, and I was so young and it was so long ago (its original release?) that I've as good as never seen it either. However, being part of the geek/nerd culture, of course I've picked up a ton about it.I intended to rewatch it this weekend, but unfortunately it won't run smoothly with FFXIV running, so it's something of an issue. I watched the first 15 minutes or so. Initial impression:
1) Wow, Space Balls really hit it on the nose.
2) Why in the world do they wear such big helmets? It's so silly looking.
3) Why does Darth Vader wears a mask? Especially one that looks plastic? (The first part of that is likely answered somewhere in the series, I know.)
(Edit: Another 15 minutes tonight before bed, total of 30 minutes in. Can't say I like Luke much, dislike C-3P0 a lot. Love the settings, and the effects are quite amazing for a movie that's going on 40 years old.)
All in all, it looks quite watchable, based on that first bit. I'm going to try to get offline tomorrow enough to watch the rest of it. I'd hate to get my Geek Card taken away if there's ever a pop quiz on it...
Poor Ellie New Cat has ear infections. Both ears. She's been shaking her head for a while, and I finally got to look into one, and it was full of wet, brown gunk. I figured it was ear mites, so took her to the vet. Nope, infections in both ears.
Unfortunately the treatment for it is ear drops twice a day, and ear cleaning every other day, for 10 days. This is only day one, and she's so traumatized. Grabbing/carrying/holding her against her will sends her into such fear, it breaks my heart to have to do it. Even though this is only the first day, she's already running and hiding when I take the medicine out of the fridge.
This is going to be a long ten days for us...
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Date: 2014-09-01 05:48 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2014-09-01 09:28 am (UTC)C3PO spends a lot of time being rather perfuntual and annoying. I like him much better later!
Aww, poor kitty. Long ten days indeed!
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Date: 2014-09-01 10:05 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-09-01 12:22 pm (UTC)Wait for Han...
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Date: 2014-09-01 05:08 pm (UTC)Poor kitty. Hope she feels better soon!
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Date: 2014-09-01 10:07 pm (UTC)And thanks. :)
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Date: 2014-09-01 06:48 pm (UTC)2.) Because the seventies. BIG SHOES, BIG HAIR, BIG HELMET.
3.) Spoilers: he really, really loves Daft Punk.
My poor brother. His name is John Luke. He usually goes by Luke. But pretty much as soon as it was long enough gone by that the Star Wars jokes faded, Star Trek: TNG came out. He's gotten from both sends of things that begin with Star.
Poor Ellie. :( My girl Moon is like that. I pretty much have to dose her with anything when she eats, otherwise I can't catch her to do it.
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Date: 2014-09-01 10:09 pm (UTC)Haaaa I think you hit it right on the head! That's probably exactly why.
And thanks. Sometimes it's not so bad, but sometimes she's convinced that OH MY GOD NO WHY DO YOU WANT TO KILL ME? I THOUGHT YOU LOOOOOVED ME NOOOO!
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Date: 2014-09-01 10:39 pm (UTC)I was fifteen or sixteen when SW first hit the theaters. That was the first real hit of SFX. When the ship appeared at the beginning of the film, in a theater, it went on forever and rumbled the whole place. SW never made it onto any of my fandoms, but I did enjoy the look.
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Date: 2014-09-02 02:52 am (UTC)I remember that mumble! I think SW is one of those movies that is a whole lot better on the big screen.
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Date: 2014-09-02 02:28 am (UTC)btw - Lucas messed with the special effects like a million times, added scenes etc. so you're not actually watching the same Star Wars that most of us grew up talking about. I mean, Luke is still whiny and 3P0 is a bit prissy, that's the same, but the stupid random CGI creatures, not so much. (Someday I will download the DeSpecialized Edition but it's like 16 GB and I need a blu-ray burner).
Poor kitty :( Cats are the worst when it comes to being sick, I swear. They are even more whiny than boys :P
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Date: 2014-09-02 02:57 am (UTC)Arg! That explains why the effects are so good! I kept saying to myself "This wouldn't be out of place in a movie made today...". I guess that's why. Arg. I'd rather have seen the true original.
Haha and cats so totally are.
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Date: 2014-09-04 04:24 pm (UTC)The stuff they did decades ago is still better than a lot of the stuff done today, due to a combination of amazing effects and knowing how to shoot and edit them. It is like watching Jurassic Park today. Lots and lots of movies still don't do as good a job as a fully 20 year old movie.
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Date: 2014-09-04 04:26 pm (UTC)You're so right about Jurassic Park. It's still an amazing movie.
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Date: 2014-09-02 01:51 pm (UTC)It is good but the sound is a little weird. Music is considerably louder than dialog. Good 5.1 system and it sounds very theatric but almost painful to me (wife thought it sounded fine - but she has asymmetric 35% hearing loss).
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Date: 2014-09-02 03:10 pm (UTC)Big helmets and Vader's mask: I didn't realize going in that his mask was so tiny in comparison with his head. I think merchandising and illustrations have steered me wrong there.
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Date: 2014-09-02 08:18 pm (UTC)I haven't seen more than a couple seconds of Leia yet, but I'm looking forward to seeing more!
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Date: 2014-09-04 04:25 pm (UTC)Luke certainly isn't the coolest, but his character changes and has the most arc. He is annoying and brash in the first one, but he is supposed to be, he is like 16 or something and don't know nothing, he is lead by his emotions. He changes through the next two movies, becomes more mature.
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Date: 2014-09-04 04:28 pm (UTC)Yep, exactly. That's why I don't hate Luke. He's a teenager, he's acting how he's supposed to be.
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