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CommmentsAccording to Neal Stephenson, in this New York Times piece. (Free registration required. Or BugMeNot.) An excerpt from Stephenson on Revenge of the Sith:
In sum, very little of the new film makes sense, taken as a freestanding narrative. What's interesting about this is how little it matters. Millions of people are happily spending their money to watch a movie they don't understand. What gives?[Link via AfterSlash]Modern English has given us two terms we need to explain this phenomenon: "geeking out" and "vegging out." To geek out on something means to immerse yourself in its details to an extent that is distinctly abnormal - and to have a good time doing it. To veg out, by contrast, means to enter a passive state and allow sounds and images to wash over you without troubling yourself too much about what it all means.
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| Posted by John on Friday June 17, 2005 - 5:57 PM
| Category: Star Wars
| © 2005 SF Signal
It's available elsewhere, without the registration requirement. See, for example...
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/06/17/opinion/edneal.php
Posted by Fred Kiesche on Friday June 17, 2005 at 10:41 PM
Man, nothing makes me want to donate more than a freaking spammer!!
Posted by Peter on Saturday January 06, 2007 at 7:39 AM
Speaking of spam, here's something that I've found on my other favorite site.
Don't you all wish it were that easy to get back at those @$$clowns?
Posted by Peter on Saturday January 06, 2007 at 3:43 PM
