It's almost marathon time again! Finally!

[lumy12]

Exactly one week from now I will be in Star Wars fangirl bliss! Here are the rules I'm abiding by. They're written as if someone else would be watching with me.

I only tweaked these slightly. The boldinated stuff is my commentary, which changes from marathon to marathon.

1) Don't watch ANY of the movies for at least one month prior to the marathon, if not longer.
Got that covered. It's been about two.

2) The first movie (The Phantom Menace) starts at 7:00am, possibly can be delayed 'til 7:30 but NO LATER THAN THAT. Just because.
I don't think I've actually ever started as late as 7. I don't know what I'm gonna do when we have the new Clone Wars stuff out on dvd. O.o Not enough hours in the day!

3) Bathroom breaks between movies only. Yes, I realize there's a pause button, or that you might be willing to miss a few minutes to go relieve yourself, but still. Shouldn't have to do that.

4) Snacking/eating during the movies is fine, but no stopping in between movies to go get food. Just easy, microwave stuff.
Yes, you can see the TV from my kitchen, so this is quite do-able.

5) No phone calls/texts. Cell phones turned off, ringer turned off on house phone. No returning messages between movies either. No one is going to die if you don't talk to them.
I should probably revise this rule because I'm possibly tempting fate here? But I do have a very drama-free life, free of family emergencies and the like. *knock on wood*

6) Petting cats is okay. They get whiny sometimes if they want attention and you ignore them. But you should try to get the cat to watch the movie with you rather than play.
At least twice now, Anakin has left the room during RotS. LOL

7) Moving around during the movies is okay. I can't sit still for so many hours myself!
And actually, last time I remember I dozed through a bit of Empire. FOR SHAME. Must move around more.

8) No talking during the emo parts, including the pre-emo or buildup-to-emo parts. Only crying is allowed.

9) No interwebz. Full attention paid to the movies.

~

A more personal post may be coming later, though I think perhaps not, as I've already commented enough about this on other people's journals (where it, oddly enough, was appropriate to what they were talking about) and I'm sorta "talked out" even though I never really posted about it. O.o No, nothing bad, just musings on a RL friendship.

If I don't get around to that... Happy Easter, f-list, and may the Easter bunny bring you loads of chocolate!

Comments

[emavalexis.livejournal.com]

NOW YOU'RE MAKING *ME* WANT TO DO A SW MARATHON, DAMMIT. :)

[lumy12.livejournal.com]

BWAHAHAHA! You totally should!

Heh, fialleril's icons are getting a lot of use between the two of us :)

[queen-meep.livejournal.com]

The last time we did the marathon thing- my sister and I anyway- she fell asleep during Empire. Actually, I think she also missed half of RotJ. But Empire... all those long minutes without talking... LOL

[lumy12.livejournal.com]

It's still inexcusable!
*says the girl who fell asleep at the midnight premiere of TPM... whoops*
Missing HALF of a movie would be cause for major backtracking. I woke up fast enough that I could snap myself out of it and walk around a bit :)

[queen-meep.livejournal.com]

She doesn't like the original trilogy much, anyway.

I stayed up for the whole thing... but then again, you know me and staying up for way too long.

[lumy12.livejournal.com]

Hehe, yeah you're conditioned for it! I think I get more sleep than most people 'round here. >.>

[queen-meep.livejournal.com]

When I go to bed on Saturdays, I sleep for literally like fourteen-twenty hours at a time, depending on how long I've stayed up. It's insane. o.O;

[lumy12.livejournal.com]

Sooooooooooo not healthy! Ah, you younguns. You can get away with abusing your bodies so!

[queen-meep.livejournal.com]

One of these days my body's going to mutiny and team up with my heart to do something incredibly devious against my mind. ;)

I actually envy you healthy people. LOL

[gizzi1213.livejournal.com]

You've got WAY to many rules for something that is supposed to be FUN!!

[lumy12.livejournal.com]

It IS fun! The rules exist to enhance the obtainment of pleasure to its full potential!

[lumy12.livejournal.com]

Hehe - now you know exactly what I'll be doing next Friday. I'm 3 hours behind you so I'll probably be starting around 9:30 your time, you can just imagine me in heaven all day. :)

[zigsternenstaub.livejournal.com]

Awww. I wish I had someone to marathon with!

Also, Anakin leaving the room during RotS was completely confusing...until I read the line above and figured he must be a cat...

[lumy12.livejournal.com]

Hehehe, I almost said "my Anicat" but then I figured since it was with the cat part, anyone not in the know would figure it out - like you did! This icon is what he does to my TP if I'm not careful. He's a black cat too.

[lookonherface.livejournal.com]

But what about the curious people you haven't commented to about it?

[lumy12.livejournal.com]

Hmmm. Maybe I'll tell you when you answer the last 5 questions of that meme. Hee! No, actually it's just bound to come up at some point when I get in a babbly mood anyway :)

[moowithme113.livejournal.com]

Wow. I so can't abide by all those rules. Mostly because our marathon won't be starting until around noon. Are we insane? I think so. Well, really it's just because I have to wait until I'm done with class for the day. Hee hee.

I am one of those people who talk through the ENTIRE movie. Seriously. "Hey look at that extra in the background." "Did you know they didn't use real food for this scene?" "That was such a corny line." "So next week I'm thinking of painting my toenails." Luckily the person I'm watching it with does the same thing.

I will actually be able to do the food thing, because we're gonna have pizza delivered. Yum!

[lumy12.livejournal.com]

Noon?!? I'd never make it to the end if I started that late!

Ha ha, you're SO not invited here then :P I don't mind some talking, I did talk to the one friend who's ever done this with me :) but she was good and shut it during the emo parts, and we both cried. It's impossible to get into it enough to cry if you're yammering away about nail polish! ;)

Oooo pizza. Me want!

[azurien.livejournal.com]

i dont know how you do that. yo must be a bigger star wars fan than me!! i still have never even watched them in order!! maybe i'll try it but i will just watch like an hour a day.

[lumy12.livejournal.com]

You could get through a whole movie, dearie! Jeez you could skip AotC since you've got that memorized!

[azurien.livejournal.com]

but that's my favorite!! idk you just started with sw a couple years ago right! i think i get to weasel my way out of marathons since ive wathed the OT like 1000 times since i was a kid

[lumy12.livejournal.com]

I started doing marathons late 2005 when RotS came out on dvd, but I've been watching the movies since I was little, like you :)

[lumy12.livejournal.com]

Nerd!

Won't you be happy to have the extra time to yourself? Where your boobs won't be falling out into people's leering faces? Hee!

It's important to a point. Should not disturb the emo, however.

[islagurl.livejournal.com]

Dude, I love your rules. I think I shall follow them as well. Well once the marathon for Star Wars starts for me. Spike tv will have a marathon on April 4th. Well they better. If it's just a tease Spike tv shall pay. But I'm thinking of following your marathon rules. I haven't done a Star Wars marathon since watching episode 1, 2, 3. I hope they show all of the Star Wars movie. I shall be really happy if they do. I miss it. Anyways, enough of my rambling, props to the rules. Peace.

[lumy12.livejournal.com]

Yay I hope you get to have your own marathon then! I've heard that they're doing it so I don't think it's a tease. Unless the schedules are different in the U.S.

[islagurl.livejournal.com]

Well since I'm like a day ahead of the US then I'm guessing it'll be a week after it'll show for you. So I'm guessing once it's April 4 it won't show for me til next week, whatever day April 4 is. But I'll check on it anyways. But yay! It'll actually show. So is that where you'll be watching it then? Spike tv I mean?

[lumy12.livejournal.com]

Oh no, I'll be watching my dvds! That way I can start them when I want to :)

[islagurl.livejournal.com]

Aahhh, I see. Cheater :P If I owned ALL of the Star Wars movie on dvd I'd watch it like all the time, lol. Alas, I haven't started on my collection. I can only watch it online or wait til it shows on tv *sighs*

[nelliedrum.livejournal.com]

I thought I tried to make this an annual thing for me. But I don't think I did it last year!!!! Damn, we'll have to do it twice this year!

Those rules are freaking hillarious, I don't think I could follow most of them.

[lumy12.livejournal.com]

ONLY ONE DAY TO GO, WOOHOO!!!!

You should do it and make your own silly rules to follow :)