I'm heading to Alamo Drafthouse in SF tonight to take part in a 21 hour marathon viewing of #StarWars movies. That's Star Wars 1 through 9, with live performances of the 501st Legion, and some bits of trivia and games. Rogue One and Solo will not be included.
Ready to begin 21 consecutive hours of #StarWars movies at the #AlamoDrafthouse. I’m wearing my Grand Moff Tarkin pins and my home made Dart Vader sweat shirt. #maythe4thbewithyou
@exkclamation it’s the nine episodes from lowest number to highest. So it started with 1, and we are about to end it with 9. Even though I don’t love all the films,I always wanted to try watching them this way.
My short answer: Viewing them in order didn't change much for me, other than forcing me to watch movies I haven't seen in twenty years, and realizing they weren't as bad as I thought they were.
@docpop great write up! And very interesting conclusions.
I watched the full run years ago—through the eyes of my young son—and while we’ve had many repeat viewings of episodes 4-9 since, rarely has there been a desire to rewatch the prequels more than the first time. But reading your story makes me think we should give the whole batch a go again.
17 hours into the #StarWars marathon. It’s been really enjoyable so far, I even enjoyed the prequels more than I used to, but I’m really dreading episode 8, “The Last Jedi”, which is about to start. #AlamoDrafthouse#maythe4thbewithyou
@deborahyz I’d guess that we are at about 50 people. I think we started with around 300. Episode 8 just ended, so people are stretching their legs and using the restroom before episode 9 begins.
@docpop great writeup! I wanted to go when I first heard they were doing this but then forgot about it until you posted you were going and at that point there were very few tickets (like 5) available all in terrible spots so I didn't go but kinda wanted to. Do you know about 4k77 and all the other original trilogy projects? they are amazing and have the best versions of those movies. Maybe I'll show them in my backyard some time for fun!
@docpop
I'm not sure if you're aware of this (I wasn't) but if you're not, or if someone else isn't, re: your desire for a better transfer of the original trilogy: https://www.thestarwarstrilogy.com/
@docpop There's a fan edit of eps 1-3 called "The Last Turn to the Dark Side" that condenses them to 2:45 and omits most of ep 1. It's... not terrible? It manages to take three movies about... whatever the fuck they were about, accounting and tax irregularities I guess? and redirect them into a movie about an asshole monk with anger-management issues. It also may have actually helped that the torrent I found was approximately VHS quality. Made it feel retro.
@docpop I did not know this was a thing, and would've planned my weekend differently if I had.
I bet Alamo's between-movie fillers will be among the highlights.
@kimbro I love those fillers! I usually get to the theater 40 minutes in advance to watch them all... tonight I'll be aiming to get there right before the show starts.
As far as attendance, if you don't want to do the whole thing, I think they have some sort of system where you can snag a seat from someone who left early. I don’t know how that works exactly, but they say if I leave the building, I lose my seat.
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