Epic Know Not

I don't know were I have been the past twenty five years or so, I really don't. How I have managed to grow up and never see a Star Wars film, or Lord of the Rings movie, or is beyond most people. Maybe I've just been busy.

I knew new sequels of both films were coming out a while back, so when I took my kids in to see The Ring Two, I was expecting a little light saber or hobbit action. As were were sitting in the local theater, settled in nicely with a vat of popcorn, the opening sceen of the story include a teenager and a whole lot of blood. "This ain't right", I say out loud, loud enough for my oldest son who was sitting a couple rows ahead of me to hear. I look around confused and no one else in the darkened theather is upset at what has to be a mistake. Ok, maybe I am just in the wrong showing room I deduct. I get up and leave the room to check the sign over the door. It does indeed read The Ring Two, but in smaller letters, "The evil returns". Damn, this is a horror flick. Squeamish chicken that I am, I march right back in to get my kids out of there. They would not budge. For the next two hours I sat with my eyes covered screaming like a little girl until K1 told me to shut up, I was embaressing him, and K2 sat on my lap to block the screen from view. Sorry Mr. movie theater manager, pee happens. Maybe vinyl seat covers when showing scary flicks eh?

Saturday we went to see The return of the Sith. I knew it was the right movie before it started by the quantity of geeks in costume. I know I once again irritated fellow movie goers by this time asking my kids about the plot line. "Who's father? Real or robot?" But it was not a waste of time. I actually enjoyed myself.

I recently finished reading the boys, JRR Tolkien's "The Hobbit", and we seen the play at The Institute of Art. I even watched twenty minutes of our Lord of the Rings DVD and might be able to sit through it in it's entirety. Maybe, just maybe, at this ripe old age I will turn into a sci-fi fanatic. But I doubt I will ever cross over to that dark side anytime soon.