Beyond My Geeky Life

While I may have only been 2 at the time 40 years ago when the first film hit theaters, the impact of the event on my life is unmistakable. I do not remember a time before Star Wars, it has always been there as far as I am concerned. Out of all my collecting, none has measure up the my Star Wars collection. It has been where my passion has been the most focused. While I kept a handful of pieces from my childhood, I have been actively working on my Star Wars collection since I was 16 and that is where the bulk of my collection has come from. Both  my boys have grown up surrounded by Star Wars and openly embracing it. My oldest's first words were 'R2' and 'Bacca'. They both were swinging lightsabers as soon as they could hold one. Me as a Jedi at the first Star Wars Celebration Next to the X-Wing fighter at the first Star Wars Celebration I have countless Star Wars related memories from various events and conventions. Waiting in line to see Ge

Last night we got out and saw Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2. Really enjoyable, well worth seeing, great sequel.  Very much did what a sequel should do in advancing the over all story line that had been started in the first film. This post is not about Guardians of the Galaxy though. One enjoyable aspect of seeing films in the theater for me is the trailers. Had some good ones and some not so good ones. I was already looking forwards to Spider-Man homecoming, Thor: Ragnarok, Star Wars episode 8. I'm still unsure about Wonder Woman. Have no desire to see The Mummy, mostly becasue of Tom Cruise(Any more his name is something that keeps me away from a film). Saw my first glimpse at the new Kingsmen movie, and it has promise. Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets looks good. Then we got Transformers:The Last Knight. The Transformers movie series was not that good to start with after you get over the flash of it all and what you thought was a coolness of seeing the Tran