Pain

Today is sunday, August 5th, 2007. Says my calendar. So i am in pain now for ten days. Why? Does 7/27/07 mean anything to you? No? I'll give you a hint:

If that wasn't clear enough, here it comes in plain words: The Simpsons Movie has finally been released! Eighteen years in the making etc. I've watched the Simpsons ever since they were on TV, since i was about ten. I still got some newspaper articles in a box from back then. Even got the first Simpsons sticker album back in '90 or '91, complete collection with all stickers. Try that when you're eleven. And i've read the comic books since '97... not to forget, San Diego Comic Con 2004 where i met Matt Groening and all the other guys you so far had only known from the DVD audio commentaries (and various other interesting people like Stan Lee or Will Eisner, and was part of the 6500 people present when the title of Episode III was officially announced to the world...). So, yes, i was waiting for this movies from long before the first rumors were circulating that it'd finally be done - when Matt Groening stopped saying they would only make a movie once the series stopps being produced for TV. It got kinda official when Fox registered the simpsonsmovie.com URL. And sooner or later Simpsons people started talking about it and then the first teaser,...

Anyways, why pain? Because i am in a country without cinemas! And don't give me that "just download it" or "you can watch it later on DVD" bullshit. Of course i will purchase the DVD once it's here, but it's The Simpsons MOVIE, for fuck's sake! We've had the Simpsons on TV screens for almost two decades but this is meant to be seen on the silver screen. Noone who says watching a movie on a laptop is just as good will ever understand me... oh my, this forsaken country.
The only thing i could do on the 27th was head over to the official page and take a look around. I don't want no spoilers, but i had to get something. So i watched all the trailers again, even if they give away some of the good jokes. I also created myself as a Simpson character, quite a funny feature. The link they sent me didn't work but i took a screenshot in a familiar environment:

Familiar yes, even though i've never been to that place right down the block, where you can drink your misery away... but now i have. Gotta admit, i might have a bit less hair now and i'm no longer so slim, but the yellow recreation of myself is accurate enough. Try it out, it's a fun feature.

So i'm left with the hope that the movie will still be playing in cinemas once i get back to cinemas.

Cheers
CGA

• "How did the pig tracks get onto the ceiling?"
• See Our Family. And Feel Better About Yours.
• A Hard Place.

...all i got here is the two seasons (got only the first episode of Who Shot Mr.Burns?, luckily i know the adorable person whodunit...) i found on DVD on my last visit to Madrid - hence i can watch them in English original version or in Spanish - and the background of the angry mob that i have on my laptop now...