Geek Force Utterz #028 - In-Flight Entertainment?

By E. Christopher Clark | Tuesday, October 21, 2008

I finally got the chance to see Iron Man over the weekend, and it was great. Today the whole experience gets even greater with the release of the second interconnected Marvel Comics movie, The Incredible Hulk, and you can be damned sure that I’ll be downloading it from iTunes as soon as I get home tonight.

But this got me wondering about when I’ll have time to watch it. I have flights back and forth to Philadelphia coming up this week, but I’m pretty sure that they won’t be long enough to allow for the viewing of a whole movie.

What do you do for in-flight entertainment, Geek Forcers? In this age when we can watch movies, play video games, or even go old-school and read ourselves a book, what is the best way to pass the time on an airplane? How do you keep yourselves from constantly dwelling on the fact that it could turn into a fiery wreck at any given moment? Let me know in the comments.

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Bethany says:

This is when I write! If the plane ride is long enough. I wrote a short story on the way to Dallas once. It’s one of the few times when I am distraction-free enough to really concentrate on my writing. (Except, of course, when I’m thinking about the inevitable fiery crash - hopefully onto a mysterious island with Sawyer.) Too bad I don’t fly more often!

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ChrisClark says:

Hey, that’s a good suggestion. But I’m always a little too stressed out to write while commuting. And it’s just not comfortable, most of the time. I’ve gotten so used to writing at my spiffy rolltop desk that it’s become kind of a crutch.

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