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BigmanPigman

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6. I did trip to this and it was extra great since it was at

Reply to yallerdawg (Reply #2)

Wed Apr 25, 2018, 05:19 PM

Apr 2018

a science center with a dome screen and the only seats available were in the front row. It was beyond "trippy". I have it on DVD and have seen it a zillion times since but nothing could ever come close to that experience.

I showed it to my 6th graders and they had no idea what was going on with the monolith...it was over their heads. I remember Rock Hudson said after he saw the Hollywood premiere, "What the Hell was that supposed to be about?".

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