rael

The film has its premier in London today which should start the slow fuse of interest in the RX8 outside us early birds.

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MarkW

Going to see it on Thursday.

Looks like being the only way we get to see an RX-8 in the Uk at the moment

jimbobjoe

Yep. Off to see this on thursday as well.

MarkW

Saw it tonight.

Car looked OK but it only really appears once in the film. Looks OK and sounds good (though I guess the sound could be anything.)

I dont think this film will have any significant impact on RX8 sales though as it is a brief appearance and will pass most people by.

I missed the ads at the start so I was wondering if Mazda had taken the opportunity to show an RX8 ad. Anyone else seen it yet?

Oh and by the way, the new Matrix trailer looked awesome.

jimbobjoe

Saw the film as well last night.
Very good movie. Go see it.

The car's brief appearance is not going to inspire anyone to rush on down to the Mazda dealers. But it could be used quite well in advertising, as seen in the US.

There were no adverts in the cinema prior to the movie last night. I haven't heard of a UK compaign kicking off yet (Why Mazda, why?)

lurcher

I found a clip, looks like it was filmed with a video camera in a Korean (?) cinema Hosting it temporarily here:

ftp://rx-8:rx-8@80.192.96.143/x2_rx-8_1.avi

DivX 3 format, about 10 megs.

I don't have much bandwidth though so maybe someone better endowed can grab and host it.

Saw the film last night, the car looks and sounds great, all too fleeting a glimpse tho...

[edit: fixed url d'oh]