Ok, so this is going to sound rather inconsequential, but I found the original teaser trailer for the entire LOTR trilogy. Yep, inconsequential. But I remember, as an 8th grader, arriving at the theatre to see Star Wars Episode 1 with my dad. We rarely ever went to the movie theatre back then but being avid Star Wars fans we actually went during opening weekend (and I saw it a whole day before Sarah D, which thrilled me to no end when I found out at school on Monday). I was so psyched because I couldn't believe that I would actually be able to tell my children that I saw Star Wars in the theatre; thrilled that my generation was getting it's own awesome trilogy (of course, this was before every single movie that did well at the box office turned into a trilogy).
And then, we were settled into those gloriously dirty chairs, our feet firmly glued to the floor by drying Coca-Cola....and the previews began. There it was. The fellowship calmly climbing over the top of a mountain on their journey, with the names of the three movies and their release dates. It overshadowed my entire Star Wars experience. I was only 13 and the thought of movies being planned to be released over 4 years later was astounding. I'm not even sure I realized that by the time the last one came to theatres I'd be in college.
It was overwhelmingly odd. And wonderful.
And I am weird.
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