December 17, 2003

Dude, where's my ring?

We all know that the 'Lord of the Rings' movies are quite long. After watching one in a movie theater, your butt gets quite sore, you really have to pee, and it takes a long time for your eyes to adjust to sunlight.

But, scientificly speaking, exactly how long are these movies?

We could use 'crazy units' of measurement like hours and minutes, but I don't think we really learn anything from that. Instead, I propose a new unit of measurement for movie length: the "Dude unit". This unit is, of course, based the glorious movie, "Dude, Where's My Car?".

Using this new unit, we find the following:

Fellowship of the Ring: 2.1 Dude units
Fellowship of the Ring (extended DVD): 2.5 Dude units
Two Towers: 2.2 Dude units
Two Towers (extended DVD): 2.7 Dude units
Return of the King: 2.4 Dude units

I can only hope that the Return of the King (extended DVD) will break the 3-Dude-unit barrier. Perhaps we should write to Peter Jackson to make sure that this happens.

Finally, if you were one of the lucky people who got to see the 'Lord of the Rings' marathon in the theaters, you should know that is worth a whopping 7.6 Dude units.

Sweet.

posted by captbeer at 11:14 AM

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