Really?

I'm not quite sure why it was so profoundly weird.

First of all, I was there.

And then I saw the promotional puff piece.

The promo had interviews with those involved, and I'm glad of the chance to get to know more about what they intended to do.  The intention was good, I think.  There is always a difference between aspiration and execution, and, in this case, the gap was a lot wider than normal.

I also know some of the people involved in the promo, and, generally, they are a bit more grounded in reality.  In this case, there was a lot of video that had absolutely nothing to do with the event.  Or, as far as I could tell, even the idea of the event.  Lovely video, yes, but completely orthogonal to either what was planned or what actually happened.

So, it was weird ...