R2-D2 Cake Brings Balance to the Force, Dorkiness to Wedding
Perhaps knowing that a Death Star wedding cake was starting marriage asking for trouble, reader and chef Charlene made an R2-D2 one, bringing balance back to the Force, and restoring dorkiness throughout the Galaxy. There have been others, but her nine-layer version of everyone's favourite astromech is far more realistic and complex, thanks to some DIY tech hacks.
While the R2-D2 wedding cake is not as advanced as the stunningly-accurate Maker Faire R2-D2, Charlene told us that she "bastardised an old camera for the lenses, with blue Halloween lights flashing behind throughout the whole wedding" for added realism.
The cake was the centerpiece in the wedding of two members of a Star Wars fan group in Alabama, which had all the guests dressed up as Star Wars characters, included the minister, who probably was wearing an R2-D2 beanie like mine. I've got to admit that it looks yummy, but seeing people eating R2's dome disturbs the Force out of me. [Thanks Charlene]
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@AJ_Syrinx: FAQ U!!!!!! I WAS JUST GONNA SAY THAT!!!!!!!
Damn, gotta be faster next time
That's amazing, i'n planing on having my wedding cake as a japanese lolita schoogirl with his skirt blowing and showing his panties. Yes, i'm asking for it, xD
And the video, that has to be my favorite anti geeks video ever!!!!!
cjlopez
@Jesus Diaz: the lord giveth and the lord taketh away..
Thank you Jesus...!!!
LOL
Cordfucious
Sure it's a lie, it's not a real droid! Seriously, the legs and the lights were the only parts not edible.
Your comment has a funny ring of truth, tho: a few of the guests left early thinking the ceremony was over and that there was no cake, they thought it was just an R2 centerpiece.
The wedding took place under the space shuttle Pathfinder at the Huntsville Space and Rocket Center. It's how they met, it's a common bond, and it was truly their dream wedding. Grandma needed a little convincing, but she survived!
jedicharlie57
THE CAKE IS A LIE!!
Can't believe no one's said it...
AJ_Syrinx
@apeguero: Yeah, sometimes we highlight readers who have been extremely moronic, but it has been a while.
We have a temporary ban status. But gratuitously calling another reader an "idiot" is reason enough to ban, don't you think? We are all for vigorous debate, but the moment someone just gets nasty for the sake of it, it's the moment there's no need to have a reader like that.
Jesus Diaz
That triumph video has me in tears every time I watch it. I was at the back of line at the Ziegfeld a couple hours before the show but I remember seeing some of those people in the video.
spaceman37
Hey Jesus, instead of using the ban hammer on people, might I suggest creating a box in a corner of the Giz home page and call it the Dunce Corner where Giz temporarily bans certain people that don't necessarily deserve the ban hammer but need to be temporarily banned in some way and lists their names there? Could also be called the Penalty Box. Just a suggestion.
apeguero
awww snap!! homie jus got schooled in grammer by the ESL guy.
sqeakytoy of the apocalypse
@Andy S.:
Actually, she used bastardized correctly:
Cannibalize may also have been used.
However, the word I'm looking now for gratuitously calling another reader an "idiot" is:
banned
Jesus Diaz
Ok, ok, I see who Charlene is now (Mondays!), but to call her idiot seems a little pointless to me. Seems to me that maybe Andy has nothing worthwhile to contribute. Like my Grandma said "If you have nothing nice to say about someone, then say nothing".
(Till they say something to you first, then the gloves are off.)
Curves
UH-oh, Charlene is the Cake maker!!
{wipes cake off face}, {shows embarrasment}...:-(
Faslane
faslane
Cute cake, but at a wedding? c'mon, dumb!
Faslane
@Curves!! LMAO, no sh$t, who is he talking to????
LMAO, hopefully he isn't seeing something we aren't or we'll have cake in our faces, no pun intended.
faslane
pretty impressive cake
and triumph! haha
oopl
Who the hell is Charlene and why is Andy telling her she is an idiot?
Curves
I understand the desire to use big words to make yourself sound intelligent, but really, if you don't know what the word you're using means, you're more likely to come off sounding like a complete idiot.
Charlene, the word you want is "cannibalized", not "bastardized".
Idiot.
Andy S.
oh, and
"you'll need a tray..."
sqeakytoy of the apocalypse
and what, no COD just because its true? lol
sqeakytoy of the apocalypse
@ChromiumSwitch: truth is stranger than fiction... They have a bunch of really cool carvings up there. The artists had a bit more freedom since they were fairly well removed from the public eye.
sqeakytoy of the apocalypse
@sqeakytoy of the apocalypse: I thought you were kidding, and I was all like, "comment of the day." But then I looked it up.
Holy shit.
ChromiumSwitch
I haven't laughed so hard in days man. That video is too funny :)
apeguero
@strider_mt2k: Those kids will have to pay my pension, you know?
That is enough to get me leaky...
Hvedhrungr
@strider_mt2k: Should we tell him about the Darth Vader Gargoyle on the National Cathedral?
sqeakytoy of the apocalypse
Porkins got married? I thought he died in the first assault on the Death Star...
CColdsmoke
@Hvedhrungr: If this is all it takes to get you leaky then I'd hate to see your tissue bill.
strider_mt2k
I weep for the future of humanity...
Hvedhrungr
Oh...sorry! Nice cake!
I..uh..can't recall ever eating a 'droid... :)
Seriously I just got wrapped up in that video that I forgot about the subject entirely.
strider_mt2k
I love the beanie. I wish I could turn it into a yarmulke.
I would go with the Death Star cake. Come on, it is as big as a small moon. Sprinkle in some Alderaan flakes for fun. That would be some yummy times.
jdhuck
The cake is really cool, and I think its great that people are loosening up the formality of weddings to make it more fun and about the couple. May the force be with them.
Curves
Ah...Triumph.
I based my whole life on his teachings...
strider_mt2k
And the father of the bride just shakes his head, partly in disgust, partly in shame.
OMG! Ponies!