>> Oh, wait - I thought you meant you *actually* run a marathon one a year.
>> o_O
>
> Um, no.  I don't have that kind of energy or ambition.

Hahaha. :-D

>> I want stories as a /escape/ from reality. :-P
>
> Some people like stories that are more like reality.  I like when good/
> evil is not clear cut.

I've noticed that a huge number of films have an evil guy who is evil 
JUST TO BE EVIL. The real world doesn't work like that. Nobody does evil 
things just because they want to be as evil as possible. They do it for 
a *reason*. Even Hitler had reasons for doing what he did. I mean, 
really poor reasons, but reasons none the less.

>>> Empire Strikes Back ends
>>> with the rebels getting their asses handed to them.  Not exactly a
>>> cheerful ending, but most consider it the best of the 6 films.
>>
>> Um... it ends with the rebels describing the AWESOME PLAN they've
>> hatched to epically overthrow the Empire. Which worked, by the way.
>> Sounds like a pretty up-beat ending to me...
>
> Seems like you saw a different film than I did.  The rebels lost Hoth,
> Luke lost his hand, Cloud City was in the hands of the Empire, Han Solo
> was encased in Carbonite and needed to be rescued, and the rebels were
> scattered across the galaxy.
>
> Yeah, a *lot* to be happy about there.

Sheesh, and people call *me* a pessimist...

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