That's pretty deep stuff. Too bad marketers use it as a weapon to mug us for our money. But then again, we wouldn't all be figure collectors without that old carousel time machine wound, would we?
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Wake
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Very true. Ultimately we collect the things we do because they remind us of how we felt the first time we witnessed tham. With sheer joy of discovery and awe like when Indy approached the idol chamber. Or with a rush of just plain "cool" the first time Neo goes into bullet time. Or the profound fear and confusion when our favorite smuggler is cast into carbonite and the movie just ends?! Or the revelatory backwards reassessment when Vader says "I'm am your father." Powerful stuff...
I often lament when I consider I'll never see any of these movies for the first time again.
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That's why I'm as excited as I am amazed when I run into someone who has never seen a movie that I consider classic. I make it a personal mission to personally sit down and watch it with them. I feel like I get to experience a tiny bit of that initial awe, vicariously through that person.
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I know exactly what you mean.
So true on both counts. One of the best things about having a new girlfriend was indoctrinating her all things coolness. It wasn't easy with my wife, but she's not only into it now, but helps me do this for a living.
So true. I remember back in '01, when Fellowship of the Ring was still in theaters, I dragged a buddy of mine to see it. I was a Tolkien kid from birth, so it was a huge deal for me that they were making the movies and I'd already seen that one in the theater a half dozen times. He was a Marvel kid -- never read Tolkien, never saw any of the animated movies, nothing. Zero awareness.
About halfway through the movie, when Gandalf falls after his run-in with the Balrog, I notice out of the corner of my eye that he's crying. Hard.
And it hit me ... he doesn't know about Gandalf the White. He doesn't know what's going to happen next. The story was so ingrained in me for so long that I couldn't remember or imagine not knowing what was going to happen next.
But watching him experience the story for the first time ... for a second I was incredibly jealous (but in a good way) ... and then I was actually quite moved.
It was a beautiful moment.
Though if I mention it to him these days, he swears up and down that he didn't cry!
Wake
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MAN WTH!!!! Spoiler tags please!
jk jk.
I guess I shouldn't tell my story about taking him to see The Sixth Sense, then.
Wake
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Nathan, we're dying for an update here!
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Just finished painting them a minute ago, but I have to spend the rest of the night packing for my 5th wedding aniversary trip to Vegas (and watching Faceoff). So pics will have to wait until late Friday or Saturday.
Sorry guys. I thought I'd be done earlier today, but I didn't want to rush these. They came out really well.
Sorry guys. I thought I'd be done earlier today, but I didn't want to rush these. They came out really well.
turbo.VS.ozone
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Congrats to you and yours on the Wedding Anniversary Nathan! 
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Congrats man! Enjoy the trip!
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Happy Anniversary to you and The Missus, good sir!
(I think five is the polystone anniversary. I could be wrong, though!)
(I think five is the polystone anniversary. I could be wrong, though!)
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Congrats, Nathan, and have fun on your trip! 
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Have a nice anniversary Nathan. Does Igor know about you and your wife?
Igor knows all. 
I'm back, but visiting friends in Menefee today. Hopefully I'll be back in the paint and post pic seat tomorrow.
Just as we were leaving Vegas yesterday, a client with a massive project called and asked if they could bring me out to Vegas on Sunday. They literally called a minute after we left our last lunch in Vegas and were on the freeway overpass to get on the 15 home. I told them they were in crazy luck cause I was already there. I went to their shop and spent 8 hours helping them with paint tips to solve a problem they were having on a 1:1 video game display that was coming to deadline. I gave them what they needed to know, but they may need more man power to get it done on time, and I may be back out there right away again.
I'm back, but visiting friends in Menefee today. Hopefully I'll be back in the paint and post pic seat tomorrow.
Just as we were leaving Vegas yesterday, a client with a massive project called and asked if they could bring me out to Vegas on Sunday. They literally called a minute after we left our last lunch in Vegas and were on the freeway overpass to get on the 15 home. I told them they were in crazy luck cause I was already there. I went to their shop and spent 8 hours helping them with paint tips to solve a problem they were having on a 1:1 video game display that was coming to deadline. I gave them what they needed to know, but they may need more man power to get it done on time, and I may be back out there right away again.
turbo.VS.ozone
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Money never sleeps Nathan! Your skill and expertise are worth it weight in Gold! Congrats!
Thanks. Yep, it's official. I'll be headed back out to Vegas for up to four more days tomorrow. I'm about to hate driving for a long time.
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