BOTTOM LINE: How Will YOU Prepare for Trilogy Tuesday?

Personal anticipated need | 12/9/2003 | Daniel J. Phillips (BibChr)

[BibChr]

This inquiry is addressed only to two kinds of people:

1. Those who have experienced having to sit for upwards of 10-12 hours; and/or
2. Those who plan to attend Trilogy Tuesday on December 16, 2003.

Yes, FRiends and neighbors, the long-awaited day is coming. Next Tuesday, some of us are planning to see back-to-back theatrical showings of the Extended Editions of Fellowship of the Rings and The Two Towers, followed by the premier of the third and last installment: The Return of the King!

This promises to be a lot of fun.

It also promises to be, well... painful.

Particularly if your nether region has been in place for upwards of forty years.

So I am inviting advice, pointers, tips, and any other displays of sagacity.

Particularly, I am interested in what has in fact worked for you in the past. If you have clinical data and double-blind studies to back it up, all the better. It is one thing to say, "Maybe a pillow will help," and another to be able to testify, "I had a forty-seven hour flight from Albuquerque to Mbtitsubweebwee, and a Walmart 2.75" medium foam magenta cushion from aisle 12 saved my butt!"

So, please, share. The specificker, the better.

[BibChr]

PLEASE, if what impels you is a burning need to tell us all how trivial you see this as being, from your lofty perch, or how uninterested you are in (or how contemptible you find) the Lord of the Rings movies... take your gay and festive person elsewhere, start your own thread, and see who wants to join in the laughter and frolic. Thanks.

Dan

[BibChr]

If you would please do the honors?

Thanks!

Dan

[sphinx]

Having recently spent 13 hours on a trans-Pacific flight wedged into a tiny seat with a sleeping kid sprawled over me and carry-on luggage claiming most of the foot room ...

... I think you will rise to the occasion easily.:)

[Lil'freeper]

Flex your legs a fair bit while you sit. Don't want any blood clots forming. Be sure to walk around at intermission.

I envy you terribly.

[Capriole]

I wish I had your problem. I don't even know how I'm going to procure tickets to ROTK, considering how other people are willing to fight and kill to get them. I have a regular job and regular household responsibilities, plus young kids, and can't spend whole days camping out in line. [whine!] I'm probably going to have to wait until JANUARY to see the movie of the century. The very trailer made me writhe around with excitement. (Saw it the other night before watching Master and Commander for the second time--also a wonderful movie though not in the same league as LOTR.)

[AppyPappy]

ping

[Xthe17th]

I suggest you hold off til next year so you can start by watching the theatrical release of The Hobbit (you just know Jackson already has most of it in the can) and then go home and watch all three extended editions of TFOTR, TTT, and TROTK. That would make for something like only fifteen (15) straight hours of viewing.

[BibChr]

....hold off til next year....

Not going to happen.

(c;

[Notforprophet]

Jackson's not doing The Hobbit

NFP

[Frank_Discussion]

Take a lot of lembas! :-)

For me and mine, a DVD and a flagon of ale awaits in the future...

[ZGuy]

Take sandwiches and sodas. That's what helped most when I sat through a 12 hour showing of all the Planet of the Apes movies back to back to back to back to back. . . .
Here's something that might encourage you -- The first movie seemed 2 hours long, the next one one hour, and the rest flew by. Hopefully after the first couple of hours you'll find that the rest pass very quickly.

[Lil'freeper]

He may, after all!

[The South Texan]

Catheters and urinary drain bags might be good item to sell in front of movie theaters on that day. LOL!

[BibChr]

I'm sorry, I didn't want to stir up the pain. |)c8

My wife and I have those things too... that's why we had to ask for days off and arrange child care WEEKS (months?) ago.

Dan

[discostu]

Rent Semi-Tough, Burt has a great plan in there perfectly outlined.

[Paradox]

I would take some aspirin with me. Take two as the first movie starts, then midway between the showing, take another two. Try to get up and move around during the short intermission (if any) between films. Blood clots and all. As for your a$$, you are probably going to want to shift around a bit, and yes, I would try a not too fluffy pillow.

[VRWCmember]

Is it ok to rag on you for posting this in News instead of Chat? What's the over/under for # of posts before one of the mods moves this thread to chat?

btw, where is this theatrical release of both extended editions and preview of ROTK? How did you score tickets?

[BibChr]

Hmmmm so this could be a cultural experience AND a money-making opportunity?

I like the way you think!

Dan

[Petronski]

If I were you, I would make sure you've been taking your B vitamins, as B vitamin deficiencies can make back pain or spasms worse. Also, I would probably just assume there will be pain and begin taking aspirin at showtime and every four hours.

[discostu]

The crazies all get tickets for the first two days, by friday it'll be like buying tickets for a normal movie.