Saturday, August 19, 2006

Wasting Away in Korea

Another day in Korea, twiddling my thumbs while I wait out my sentence during this training exercise. The count-down has already begun in the barracks. "11 days and a wake up," is what some of the veterans to this thing have started saying. That's really twelve days left, but you don't count the last one as a whole day because you'll be back in your own bed that night.

I didn't get any replies to my request for "Snakes on a Plane" reviews in my last post, but Brizmo made a comment that brought back some memories of an idea that I had kicked around back in high school. It's the "20 Year Movie". A quick Google search shows that, so far, no one else has concocted this idea across all known civilization. Here's the run-down:

Through some Deus Ex Machina mechanism, Earth is provided with a 20 Year Movie. It could come from some alien race, time travelers, Jesus, it really doesn't matter. What does matter is that this movie takes 20 years of solid, dedicated viewing to watch all of it. We're talking 2-3 hours of daily viewing, 7 days a week. It's enough so that it requires a serious time commitment on your part. The good news is that this will be, definitively, the best movie of all time. Assume that the otherworldly mechanism that introduced the movie also has a supernatural talent for plot and storyline. It'll be better than Citizen Kane, the Godfather, Star Wars, etc. It's really good. The down side is that you can't miss a day of watching. You have to be committed; all in or out. If you miss a day, you can't "catch back up" on the story. You will not be allowed to view any more of the 20 Year Movie under any circumstances.

So the question is: would you watch the 20 Year Movie?

Drop a comment and let me know your stance. Happy viewing.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Joel,

As your friend, I urge you to lay off the wacky weed! Where on earth did you come up with this stuff?? Are you an alien?