flash mob – noun: A group of people who appear from out of nowhere, to perfom predetermined actions, designed to amuse and confuse surrounding people. The group performs these actions for a short amount of time before quickly dispersing. Flash mobs are often organised through email and/or newsgroup postings. — UrbanDictionary.com
Houston Flashmob is heading to the movies to celebrate The Day the Earth Stood Still by freezing (watch the video) in the Edwards IMAX theater lobby. The showtime has yet to be chosen. But, the plan is to meet up in the parking lot behind Cafe Adobe to strategize before entering the theater.
Inspired by the title of the film “The Day the Earth Stood Still” We froze in place at the exact same moment in the lobby of the Edwards Marq*E 23 for five minutes.
Around 7pm a about 20+ of us had gathered on the corner next to Todai. [simage=1,320,y,center]
After some brief instructions we headed over to the theater for our freeze. [simage=22,320,y,center]
When 7:30 someone let out a loud cough and we all froze for five minutes. I don’t know if you’ve held still for five minutes on purpose lately, but it’s tough stuff!
A BIG thank you to everyone who came out and made this possible. Be sure to check out our other sites for further updates:
If you haven’t seen a “freeze” performed before, check this out first:
To celebrate the release of the film “The Day the Earth Stood Still” We are going to freeze in place at the exact same moment in the lobby of the movie theater located here: http://tinyurl.com/554xuj (Edwards Imax).
We will meet in the small parking lot behind Cafe Adobe and next to Todai at 7:15. To get there, park in the parking garage and go to the first floor. You’ll see Todai. Look for the small parking lot by it.
So again:
Where: http://tinyurl.com/554xuj (Edwards Imax) at the Todai parking lot by the parking garage behind Cafe Adobe.
We had a GREAT time at the Zombies VS Humans event on August 30th. We had approximately 30 people come to event in full zombie and defending human gear. The zombie makeup that some of the flashmobbers showed up was amazing. This is how the zombie attack went down:
We started about halfway between the Sam Houston statue and water fountains. There were two groups, one on each side. Each group was chased by the zombies and defended themselves with their fierce water guns. We all ended up at the fountains at the end of the pond. The zombies surrounded the humans and almost over took us. After a brief truce was called and the humans realized the zombies just wanted hugs, we all hugged than sang “Why Can’t We Be Friends”. At which time the zombies quickly turned upon the singing humans and tore them to shreds in an act of total backstabbery.
All in all we had a really good time and the people hanging out in the parked seemed really confused and enamored at the same time. It was fantastic.
I hope you enjoy the pictures. I want to thank James (Http://www.Twitter.com/crossmage) for taking photos. We’ll be editing a video as well and have it up soon. Be sure to check out the t-shirts that were inspired by the event below as well.
Today we held our Zombies VS Humans event! We will be adding photos, video and a full description in the next few days so check back often. In the mean time, we’ve created some shirts to commemorate the event. Check it out!
If you are going to be a “human” for this event you need to know this up front: Put a strip of duct tape on the front and back of your shirt if you are ok with the Zombies tearing your clothing apart. Oh yes, I said tearing your clothing apart. We do not mess around here, folks. Also, humans should bring one or two squirt guns. The longer the squirt gun lasts, the better. Your life may depend on it!
We also encourage those of you who are going to be “Zombies” to do your makeup, hair, clothes etc to become as zombie like as you can!
At 12:00pm tomorrow (Friday, April 11th) walk into Starbucks on the corner of Westpark Dr and Buffalo Speedway (http://tinyurl.com/6eyjow) and order whatever you want. Tell them your name is “Henry the 8th”, if they don’t ask for your name then give it to them and ask them to use it.
Whenever we hear someone being announced as “Henry the 8th” we’ll yell out “I am I am!”
This month’s meeting will focus on dreaming up ideas for events and getting to know each other. The location is yet to be determined. Please suggest meeting spots. Check back often for updates.
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