Nearly a year after posting the trailer of the film to Reddit.com and through a series of connections, we had a pre-screening at MIT, thanks to their lecture series committee. Though the screening was not without one or two technical hurdles, hilarity still ensued… And though I expect Mike will also chime in on our time up there, I just want to outline a few personal favorite highlights:
•MIT’s campus (and the nearby areas of Cambridge and Boston) was breathtaking. In addition to the architecture and courtyards, there were rooms stocked full of gadgetry at MIT – I imagine it’s what’s space camp would have been like. I was careful not to touch any big red buttons for fear of creating a black hole and ending the world as we know it.
•During the screening, we could not have chosen a better spot in the auditorium to sit. The students in front of us laughed hard and gasped hard at all the right times and it felt great to experience such palpable reactions from complete strangers… especially considering they could have just as easily made harsh criticisms, not knowing the creators of the movie were seated directly behind them.
•The post-screening Q&A went very well… MIT students are some of the most brilliant minds in the world, and it showed in their questions.
•Back at our hotel, after a night of celebratory whiskey and beer, Mike clocked me in the face with an orange. The jury is still out on whether or not this was on purpose, but I still plan on getting revenge in some way.
Special shout-outs to Eric for showing us a couple good pubs in Cambridge after the screening, and to Cody for sharing his bottle of whiskey up on the roof of the MIT dorms in the wee hours of the morning.
This makes me really excited for our Philly screening in a few weeks!
