The Radio Dan Show: Panda Envy

China is upset over the success of Kung Fu Panda.  Dan and Jess find this fairly amusing.

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The Radio Dan Show: Panda Envy

Sex and the Nerds

I love movies.  I think this is a pretty established fact based on this blog and my radio show.  I’ve seen all kinds, go to the theater on a regular basis, read stories about movies, and I even watch movies about movies!  Now with all that said one thing I’ve never done in all my days as a huge movie fan one thing I have never done and would never, ever do: dress up for one.

You know the kind of dressing up I’m talking about.  Say some big deal sequel comes out and you see those photos.  Grown men dressed up like Vulcans or Wookies or a Quidditch player or some other lame thing.  I’m certainly not saying that these people shouldn’t excited about seeing these movies.  Not at all, but when you see those short cuts on the evening news or pics in the paper of a bunch of otherwise respectable citizens all lined up in ridiculous costumes waiting to see the newest sci-fi epic, well it’s just kind of sad.

I’m sure you’ve all seen that Truimph the Insult Comic Dog bit where he goes to the Star Wars premiere and just rips those people for about 10 minutes.  There’s a reason why that’s funny.  Those people are really asking for it.

Now this isn’t any kind of news flash I’m bringing you here but there is something that was going this very weekend that falls into the same category yet I’ve heard nor seen anyone mention it.  Sex and the City: The Movie opened up to huge box office on Friday.  And huge nerds were in costume to see it!

Oh sure there were no stormtrooper helmuts in sight and no one was in a full fur body suit, but it was the same thing.  Ladies all around decided to dress up the big show, wearing cocktail dressed and downing glasses of champagne in some oddball style of grown ups playing grown up.

I’m not saying that you ladies out there shouldn’t go out and see Sex and the City: The Movie, not at all.  Go ahead, all you would be Carrie’s.  Round up your best Charlotte’s, Miranda’s, and Samantha’s and head on over to the theater.  Sure go ahead, knock yourself out.  I’m not even complaining that this movie’s ad campaign has pretty much said “Men Not Invited” (Dig the pink font of the title in the ads).  But please let’s remember that you are going to the muliplex, not the nightclub.

Dignity is a wonderful thing to have.  Losing it over a movie opening is just kinda silly.