We've had some questions about what it's like waiting in line. Well, in-between duct-taping tarps in the rain during storms, we enjoy ourselves quite a bit. We've got a modded X-box and a TV, so we watch a fair amount of shows and movies, as well as play games. A few of us have laptops, from which we work, do schoolwork, and surf the internet (which mainly consists of checking weather reports to know when the rain will return). We've played dominos, go fish, poker, yahtzee, and the Lego Star Wars game. A TV has broken, a Dr. Pepper has exploded, and teenagers and a storm conspired to demolish our first meeting tent. We've been on the local news and radio stations, and a few DFW FanForce members were drawn into a comic in the local newspaper (I'm jealous).
Did I mention the rain? The cold, freezing rain?
But most of the time, we just sit around socializing. Yesterday, a reporter asked me why on earth we would do such a ridiculous thing for a movie. But this isn't, for me, about Revenge of the Sith--okay, it's about 10% about ROTS. About 20% more of that is for the entire Star Wars saga, the larger story and the fantastic universe that Lucas created for our imaginations to roam within. But when you come down to it, I spend time in this line because of these people. We don't just share Star Wars--we share a love of sci-fi in general, of great story-telling, of adventurous films and great villains in capes. We share laughter, blankets, and stories.
And here are some geeks in their natural habitat:
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