Dec 12, 2008 I saw “The day the Earth stood still” at Imax in Manhattan. Because interested in how different than original movie in 1951 by Robert Wise which is my birth year.

Story is some different but nice movie.

Classic UFO movie “The day the Earth stood still” 1951, was re cleated and start to show Dec 12, 2008.

Playing in 3,560 theaters domestically including more than 120 Imax theaters.

third highest opening day  $11.6 million one day, after 2003’s “The Matrix Reloaded” and “The Matrix Revolutions”

Same day Friday 12, Dec 2008,

Ice storm makes 1.25 million powerless in Northeast.

Massachusetts, New York, Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire,

Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, South Carolina,

New England, Portland,

Same day Friday 12, Dec 2008,

“super moon” since 1994

full moon size looks like 14 % larger and 30 % brighter.

the distance from its center to the center of the Earth averages about 239,000 miles (384,600 kilometers). Friday evening the distance will be about 222,000 miles (357,300 kilometers).

2, Dec 2008,

Original BW “The day the Earth stood still” Blu ray disk ship.

Photo from my AP : Oct 31, 2008