Monday, January 10, 2011
Shenanigans 'Hothlanta' concept gets taken to beautiful extremes
Posted by Thomas Wheatley @thomaswheatley on Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 12:37 PM
Sci-fi enthusiasts know Hoth was the snow-covered planet featured in The Empire Strikes Back. Atlantans know "Hotlanta" is a worn-out, cringeworthy nickname for our fair city. "Hothlanta" is a clever hashtag on Twitter some people prefer to "snowpocalypse."
Some folks don't just tweet about Hothlanta. They live it by reenacting the epic battle in which the Rebel Alliance was crushed by the Galactic Empire.
Via @lukifurcub, with the caption "This is what geeks do on a snow day." (He's uploading more photos soon.)
- lukifurcub
UPDATE, 1:15 p.m.: He's posted a link to a Facebook album filled with close-up shots of the battle reenactment. A sampling:
After the jump, a clever video.
Others make videos with Legos much different from the simple blocks many of us knew as children:
UPDATE, 2:01 p.m. Rascally shutterbug Photognome spots R2-D2 surveying the snowy terrain in Doraville:
- Photognome
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Those are fantastic photos. We had our own little Battle of Hothlanta today as well.
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=3635…
http://www.flickr.com/photos/siliconchef/5…
"Darth Vader's search for the rebel base on Hoth encountered some delays due to his failure to check the weather report and an unfortunate sinkhole."
http://www.flickr.com/photos/photognome/53…
After a long day on Tauntaun patrol, Han comes back to HQ to find Leia relaxing in the base hot tub with a bottle of "Mandalorian 20/20"...
And a little snowspeeder montage with a surprise twist at the end from #chapelhoth in Chapel Hill, NC, where it really is an icy planet today! http://twitpic.com/3p60la http://twitpic.com/3p60ka and http://twitpic.com/3p60ue
That's nothing! The Imperials have invaded our street!
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=158…
Nice Stuff! I had my friend investigate Hothlanta as well:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYVuZnBGmI8
Enjoy!
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