Webster.com defines "blather" as...

Main Entry: blath·er Pronunciation: 'bla-[th]&r Function: intransitive verb Inflected Form(s): blath·ered; blath·er·ing /-[th](&-)ri[ng]/ Etymology: Old Norse blathra; akin to Middle High German blOdern to chatter Date: 1524 : to talk foolishly at length

Let's look at that again - "to talk foolishly" That is this page in a nutshell. This is going to be the spot where Megan or I will post our admittedly non-important views and opinions and generally just whatever happens to be on our mind at any given moment.

Well - it's done. The movie has been viewed, the leviathan has been faced with a grim determination.

Actually, I was sitting here thinking, "Hey - maybe the theater up the street is playing Attack of the Clones" A few mouse clicks later I learned that it was and the next showing was at noon. So I hustled my keister on up the street and bought my ticket. The theater was about half empty and composed mostly of guys my age. Some with a buddy and some like me - buddyless and alone. A smattering of kids here and there as well.

So my verdict? It was ...... painless. No, I take that back. It was good. Enjoyable. Nothing horrible that I can point at and say, "EVIL!" a'la JarJar Binks. Anakin is becoming sufficiently dark and forboding. Amidala is all action now - no sitting in the Senate for her, no sir. Maceo Windu is ultra cool of course. Ewan MacGregor is great as ObiWan - what a difficult role that must be to basically be told, "Here. Watch this movie. That's Sir Alec Guiness. Be him." JarJar is kept to the sidelines except for the one moment where he basically dooms the entire Republic and paves the way for the Empire. Smooth move J.J. And Yoda? Yoda KICKS ASS. Must be seen to believed.

Bad points? They're not really bad as they are just korny. Stupid puns. Silly foreshadowing that was done for a laugh. And here's a point that stuck in my craw - C-3PO winds up with Anakin's mom on Tattooine. She marries Owen Lars' father and brings Threepio with her. So how come at the beginning of A New Hope when Luke brings home Artoo and Threepio and Uncle Owen sees them he doesn't say, "Hey! Threepio! I remember you!"

I don't know. It was pretty good. The Jedi battle was super cool. Jango Fett was cool. But for someone like me who grew up with Star Wars and who occupied so much of his time as a child and an adult with Star Wars and everything remotely involved with it - well you can't help but think about what could have been.

And what should have been.