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Re: The Dark Knight Puts IMAX In The Spotlight

Grant Vuille — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 14:31:15 -0000

I live in Woodbridge, VA, which is 30 minutes south of Washington D.C. and the AMC @ Potomac Mills has the new digital 2K IMAX 2D & 3D projection system in auditorium #9.

I was impressed with IMAX digital 3D, wearing he IMAX 3D polarized glasses watching "Space 3D" and the 2D movie "Kung Fu Panda" in cropped to 2.40:1 wide IMAX digital. Both were very impressive as was the sound, which you could actually feel as it rushes past you.

2K is not supposed to be as good as 4K projection, as 4K is four times sharper, resolution wise, but the digital IMAX 2K looked awesome....

I also saw Real D's "Journey to the Center of the Earth" in 2K 3D at the same AMC theatre. It was on a 1.85:1 screen which didn't quite touch the walls and definately not the floors and ceiling like the IMAX digital projection screen does which has the aspect ratio of 1.9:1. Real D digital 2K was also awesome--so IMAX is going to have very stiff competition with their new Digital IMAX system.

But, all-in-all, I think from what I've seen of digital presentations, digital cinema will soon be replacing film. That makes me sad as I love film and am fascinated with photography and cinematography, and as an archival medium, film will probably always be around, so what-me-worry, it's not such a big deal after all....

By the way--I want to see a digital presentation in IMAX of "Gone With The Wind" for the 2009 70th anniversary of the film. It's original 3-strip camera negatives are preserved in 4K resolution, so a digital IMAX presentation would be very apt indeed.

Grant Vuille

Re: The Dark Knight Puts IMAX In The Spotlight

Jason A Clark — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 20:16:09 -0000

Yeah, this is what I've head too. I don't think we're quite to the 3D movie without glasses yet unless you count the films at the planetarium (which are actually pretty cool these days).

Re: The Dark Knight Puts IMAX In The Spotlight

Cap'n Schwartz — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 11:04:42 -0000

It cant. They are like Kodak glasses like at the Disneyland ride. There is a flashing indicator on the screen that 3d is going to happen and you put on the glasses instead of watch a 2 hour movie with them on...

Re: The Dark Knight Puts IMAX In The Spotlight

Cap'n Schwartz — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 11:02:54 -0000

I dunno... the public has had max for a while... MAX-imum strength asprin, give me the MAX-imum allowable dosage a human can take beofre it kills me.... in the 80's we survived 'to the MAX'...... Omni just seems right around the corner =)

Re: The Dark Knight Puts IMAX In The Spotlight

Mike Olbinski — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 03:00:09 -0000

Nice article Jason...cool images.

But someone told me that IMAX 3D can be done WITHOUT glasses these days...which would make 3D much more appealing to me.

Re: The Dark Knight Puts IMAX In The Spotlight

Jason A Clark — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 02:20:17 -0000

Please, Cap'n. The public can only get used to one MAX at a time. They made the obvious choice and went with the I instead of the longer and harder to write OMNI. Clearly IMAX was the better choice.

Re: The Dark Knight Puts IMAX In The Spotlight

The Kid and I — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 23:37:21 -0000

Instead of Where's Waldo? it's Where's MO?

Re: The Dark Knight Puts IMAX In The Spotlight

Cap'n Schwartz — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 22:00:12 -0000

You should, Rueben H Fleet space museum....its in Balboa park right next to the zoo... I looked for you on G4 TV's 3 hour coverage of Comic-con I didnt see ya there...

Re: The Dark Knight Puts IMAX In The Spotlight

Mike Olbinski — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 19:55:05 -0000

I'm here in San Diego, I'll go check it out...screw the Lost live blog!

Re: The Dark Knight Puts IMAX In The Spotlight

Cap'n Schwartz — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 19:05:05 -0000

IMAX is cool but.... nobody ever talks about OmniMAX. its a 180 degree dome, you sit at a 45 degree and are surrounded entirely by the screen viewon all sides of you. Its at the San Diego Space Museum and its AWESOME!!!