On Thu, 2008-05-22 at 17:50 -0400, David Mansfield wrote:
On Thu, 2008-05-22 at 16:46 -0400, seth vidal wrote:
> On Thu, 2008-05-22 at 12:40 -0800, Jeff Spaleta wrote:
> > On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 12:29 PM, Yaakov Nemoy <loupgaroublond(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
> > > A flickering NEON overlay on top of a SteamPunk-ish blueprint for
> > > Fedora? There's something almost incongruous here that it's
almost
> > > sexy.
> >
> >
> > It's like walking into a store that is currently undergoing
> > renovations for expansion but are still open for business.
> > It's striking the balance between staying inviting and but keeping the
> > construction moving.
> >
>
> Remember the movie Brazil?
>
> Remember the computers? - very steampunk-y
>
> Remember the logo for the movie? neon.
>
But does Brazil go to 11?
How about like this:
"Neon" is a memorable image from the movie Brazil;
"Ours go to 11" is a memorable image from the movie Spinal Tap.
Although "ducts" is the most memorable image from Brazil. Don't quite
see how to get from "sulpher" to "duct", though...
David
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