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Showerthoughts

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[–] pjwestin@lemmy.world 14 points 4 weeks ago (5 children)

In the lead up to the release of Episode 1, the Sci-Fi channel ran some bumpers of fans waiting in line arguing with each other. One of them said something to the effect of, "Given that this is a prequel, and that we know the universe is expanding, shouldn't the crawler read, 'A slightly less long time ago in a Galaxy slight less far away...'" 25 years later and that still pops into my head sometimes.

[–] Halosheep@lemm.ee 1 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

Wouldn't it be slightly further away?

[–] Thebular@lemmy.world 4 points 4 weeks ago

Should be "a slightly longer time ago" though I believe

[–] pjwestin@lemmy.world 2 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Slightly further away in the sequel trilogies, but slightly closer because it was a prequel.

[–] Halosheep@lemm.ee 1 points 4 weeks ago

Oh shoot, right. I was thinking real life time not story time.

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