I was there last night for the event, and I have to admit that I was a little underwhelmed. First, I was told Main Street was going to be shut down. One lane was blocked off. DART buses and cars kept driving past. As we stood waiting for the show to begin, a man told us that the speakers in front of us would flood the street with music. I could hear my husband’s snarky whispers the entire time. And I thought it was going to last an hour. As you see from the video, it lasted nine minutes. I will admit this video looks pretty impressive. But while I was standing there, I couldn’t help but think some of it looked like a screensaver.
I do think it’s great that new things are being tried out downtown and people are coming out for it. The interactive touch-board wall screen is pretty sweet. And, I learned that in 1909, people paid 50 cents to ride an elevator to the top of the Praetorian Building (which the trailer was projected on to). So there’s that.
