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So I don't know how many of you know this but I'm just a little bit of a fan of The Room. Prior to tonight I saw the film 29 times and really wanted the 30th time to be special. So I decided to hit up some of my friends and go to a midnight showing in Detroit. And the best part about this is that TOMMY WISEAU HIMSELF WAS THERE for a meet & greet session beforehand as well as Q&A.

We got there around 11:30 which probably wasn't the best timing for the meet and greet. It was already past midnight when the line got into the theater and just as we were 10 or so people away from getting to meet Tommy they cut us off so they could start the Q&A. I did get to stand up pretty close to Tommy but all I have to prove it is this crappy picture



But when we went into the theater to grab our seats, who was right on the inside of the door but THE LEGEND HIMSELF? I got to tell him I was a big fan and I asked for a picture, but he told me he was done for the time being (understandably so). He told me to come back after the movie but he was gone by the time the showing ended. Fortunately it's there tomorrow night and we're allowed to go to the meet and greet then as well (and we'll get there sooner this time) so I'll still have a chance to get a better picture with my hero, as well as get him to sign my brand new The Room Blu Ray and "YOU ARE TEARING ME APART LISA" shirt. Speaking of which, the merch was surprisingly cheap. The Blu Ray was $12 and shirt was $10 which is fairly reasonable for something like this.

Before the Q&A we got a sneak peek at his new sitcom The Neighbors but the video was barely audible with all the chatter and excitement of everybody there. The Q&A went... interesting. Tommy is by far the most interesting man I've ever come across. He dodged a lot of stupid questions. He started a "USA! USA! USA! USA!" chant which was the most amazing thing ever. Somebody got a little sarcastic with him and he went on a long tangent about mean people (in which he asked the crowd if "I can express myself" to thunderous applause). His favorite sandwich is tuna (though apparently he doesn't eat bread anymore), Claudette does indeed survive her breast cancer, and if anyone other than himself played Johnny in the film, it would have been Brad Pitt or "Mark" Damon. Luckily I was on an aisle seat so when he ran through the crowd giving high fives I got to give him one. I GAVE TOMMY WISEAU A HIGH FIVE, BITCHES

The movie itself might have been the best experience watching The Room I've had yet. It's definitely welcomed on the 30th viewing to have a crowd full of people watching it. Though if you're going to see the film for the first time, see it by yourself or with a smaller group of friends so you can understand what's going on. But the crowd was great. Throwing spoons at the screen, singing along with the sexy slowjams, passing footballs around when Johnny and friends passed the football, and the way the audience that was so loud and excited all of a sudden fell silent for the brilliant flower shop scene was beautiful.

I haven't laughed this much in a long time. Stay tuned tomorrow for hopefully some pictures.

i should've known better than to think that my plans would work out two nights in a row. No Tommy tonight. My dreams are dead.

That's a shame, man. Cheer up; want to play some football?

only if we can wear tuxes

Football? In a tux?

I went to a viewing in a theater once and although the legend himself wasn't present, the football and spoons were and it was fantastic

I don't really get 'The Room'. As a phenomenon, I mean-----the movie is Simon-simple. Just...I don't know.

I mean, I get cult movies. Or maybe I don't. I don't know. Like...I legitimate love your b-grade sci-fi movies, and Troma, Harryhausen, Godzilla and all. I mean, I laugh at them a little, because who wouldn't, but there's way too much left over of dumb little kid me, who used to look at the night sky with binoculars watching for aliens, and play in the sandbox with army men and dinosaurs, and play Ghost in the Graveyard for hours with neighbours and cousins, for me to ever mock those goofy things outright.

I kind of can't see 'The Room' in the same light. Bad sci-fi, bad fantasy, bad horror, they can capture my imagination-----bad mundanity can't.

bad mundanity generally does not work, but I think The Room is a different story because of the Wiseau Factor. Who is this guy and where is he from? How did he get the money to create this movie? How did people let him make this movie? How did this script get past anyone? Seriously - Why the **** is Denny so stupid? What happens to Claudette's breast cancer? Why do they play football so much? Why would anyone ever make this face?

I get why people don't dig it and I've shown just as many people who hated it and thought it was boring as I have shown people who loved it and thought it was brilliant. I just think so many aspects of this movie are just straight up fascinating at just how much they fail that it works.

I was hoping for the "me underwears" face

I was not that far off, luckily

speaking of me underwears one thing i learned during this experience is that tommy wiseau now has his own brand of underwear

why.