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Me to 16 for his journey this summer- "Do you wanna watch Star Wars tonight?"
16- "--- You mean the first one, don't you?"
"Yes indeed because that's the one called Star Wars."
"Sure!"


Making movie popcorn on the stove with coconut oil colored with turmeric, Flavacol popcorn salt, and popcorn kernels.

Tip-
Use a stainless steel pot with no other materials. Heat your oven to 185. When popcorn is done popping move the pot without the lid into the oven to stay hot until movie time.

That butter liquid crap they pump onto popcorn has always made me feel sick since I was a kid so I don't bother with it at all.
Also why would anyone want to soggy their popcorn?

I actually got a job as the assistant manager at a movie theater a month before The Phantom Menace opened and I had to quit beforehand because I couldn't see in the pitch dark driving home.
Theater was closed for renovations and the manager pulled me aside after I cleaned the popcorn machines and said, "Holy crap what did you clean them with?" And I said, "A new toothbrush. They were filthy."
That was probably the last time they were clean.

This is what you need to make theater popcorn on the stove or in an oil popper.
This combination right here.
Market Pantry from Target is actually an excellent brand for kernels.

The coconut oil is Snappy brand.
It comes in smaller containers.

Speaking of Star Wars I am 52 years old and to this day every time I hear the 20th Century Fox fanfare I am disappointed if it doesn't automatically shift to A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away and then John Williams.
Brains are wicked cool.

I just told 16 to watch Mark Hamill's eyes when he finds Owen and Beru dead, and 16 said, "Holy fuck."
I said that people entirely underestimate Hamill as an actor.
16, still disturbed- "Holy fuck."
I said, "And that single expression is why Luke could go Dark Side."

My kid just roared laughing over the deliveries of Aren't you a little short for a stormtrooper? And Huh? Oh.

And that's why we're here tonight.
Fun.

Me- "So. Empire tomorrow night?"
Kid- "Yes."

The three films are Star Wars, Empire, and Jedi.
All y'all young people can use the episodes.
But this was our shorthand.
These were our comfort food.

Tonight I said, "Do you know why this movie didn't suck? Marcia Lucas. She saved-"
"Raiders I know you told me."
"Yes well George needed Marcia and that's obvious."
"I know that you said."
Marcia Lucas, people.
And yes my kid knows it's Raiders, Temple, and Last Crusade.

I then pointed out the Marcia edits to Star Wars, and my kid was like Oh.
The film series that guys who hate women love was only good from the start because a woman was editing.
And making suggestions.

@Shelter Yeah, I don't get it either!

I like salt and sometimes pepper or maybe a little olive oil and Old Bay.

@Shelter Got hollared at by Anthony Daniels once at a con. He was playing the fanfare as a sound setup in an empty room, and I heard it, stuck my head in and intoned "A LONG TIME AGO...." He yelled "OUT!!" and I ran lol

@Shelter i thought that star wars the first time was good, then they showed the updated version in a movie theater that i saw with my mother. Oh SHIT

@Shelter I've seen those films a total of over 400 times. I walked into Sears when I was 14 (1979 or '80) and they had a living room suite set up immediately as you walked in, with "Star Wars" playing on the TV. I sat down in a recliner to watch and a salesman brought me a bowl of popcorn! πŸ˜‹ He said stay, because, by making the setup look lived in, I was helping to sell it. Seeing me, customers could more easily envision themselves there. πŸ˜ƒπŸ‘

@Shelter Mine automatically supplies the Star Wars Theme, regardless of what movie is actually starting on the screen.

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