In case anyone’s wondering: No, I’m not going to see that new Star Wars movie yet. Not tonight, not tomorrow, not this weekend. Hell, it may be June before I see it.

I want to take in the pretty special effects on the big screen, but I’m not braving the insane lines or participating in the opening-weekend hype machine. Forget it. Not this little grey duck. I’m sure it’ll be fun to look at but as ultimately meaningless as the last two. So what?

I’ll probably end up seeing the Fantastic Four movie when it comes out, too, and it has just as much chance of being pretty-but-stupid. (I leave it to folks more keenly perceptive than I to figure out why I’ll watch movies that are pretty but stupid, but won’t date women who are the same way. Hmm.)