Our trusty projector started going by the name HAL 9000 not too long after our website came on line, but even before the moniker, we loved and trusted our mechanical cyclops with our Movienight mission. But during the screening of ‘Léon,’ our HAL started behaving almost as badly as the homicidal star of ‘2001.’ So with heavy hearts and high hopes, HAL was shipped off for repairs, and the Crew awaits his return so that Movienight can travel onwards to Jupiter and beyond.
The first hints of HAL’s illness began with odd little glitches in the presentation of ‘Yojimbo,’ and he began acting stranger still with the chick flick ‘Bull Durham*.’ But ‘Léon’ was the moment he finally said “I’m sorry Dave, I can’t do that.” Cutting out completely three full times and forcing a full scale projector triage. Though we were able to get HAL up and running, ‘Léon’ would mark the last film projected by him until repairs are complete.
Such is the Crew’s dedication to Movienight that JaJa finagled a projector from her bosses at Honda for the screening of ‘Breaking Away,’ and we will no doubt continue improvising for the Wednesday nights ahead.
The whole Movienight Crew’s thoughts are with HAL and we expect a full and welcome recovery.
*‘Bull Durham’s’ status as a chick flick had not been confirmed.
