Monday 4 June 2012

Brave New Venture

I need a boiler suit - eBay, check. I need to pick a vocation - ore surveyor, check. I need to bring a crystal, check. I need to get to London, Euston for 6pm and follow someone in a white boiler suit to an abandoned petrol station and warehouse. I am at secret cinema. FYI, a bolier suit is not a flattering piece of clothing.
Ore Surveyor
The warehouse was massive, the whole experience was very interactive, just on the edge of being outside my comfort zone. Seb and I had to carry in a crate to the loading dock, exchange money for tokens, once inside walk around aimlessly trying to catch up with Annette. We gravitated to the basement where we were waiting for a expedition tour to the outside world, everyone had to put on another boiler suit and a mask. Outside it was pitch black with things hanging from the ceiling, a video of slime on the wall. Back in the loading dock there were massive vehicles, and everyone was being ferried down to witness a little scene. From where I was watching, the view was being lit up by people recording on their phones and tablets.
Field Analyst department

The movie - Prometheus 3D, with an introduction from Ridley Scott. I am not a fan of Alien, I remember watching it when I was younger and it completely freaked me out. I had Annette there who is as much of a hater of all things scary on screen as I am, to cling on to. Saying that, I did enjoy this movie, it was entertaining and held my attention for the duration, and the 3D was actually pretty good.

Reading up about the movie on IMBD, it's not officially a prequel, although I'm sure there were a lot of nods to Alien and the franchise that even I recognised a few. Good review of this secret cinema on Wired. It is an expensive way to go to the cinema, I do enjoy it now and then.

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