Spinlight said:

SUPRMAN said:

When that place opened I was there to see everything. I'd drive over from the EastBay (El Sobrante) just for a movie. After AMC in Emeryville opened, it replaced Metreon.

I really like the IMAX out in Dublin, too. I've never been to the Emeryville theater, though. My one gripe with the Metreon IMAX is that the seats feel like... I dunno, not modern. Its like they were ripped out of an old theater after decades of Rocky Horror showings and plopped into an IMAX. The screen and sound is unparalleled though.

Saw 'The Matrix' in IMAX out in Dublin. Obviously well after the original release.

Dublin is nice, reminds me of the AMC here in SFV.

ZombieKitten said:

sexton said:

We aren't talking about Broadway plays.

So you go to the theater for movies and theatre for plays?

That's how I look at it, for simplicity's sake.

sexton said:

heartbeatocean said:

Ugh. I hate reading my response 100 times for errors before posting and then seeing the typo after I post.

didn't even notice!

heartbeatocean said:

Graycap23 said:

Spinlight said:

I said you can't reproduce the IMAX experience at home. I referenced the Metreon IMAX. Know how much that set up is? Including the car-sized IMAX projector? About 100,000 dollars. Trust, nobody is reproducing an IMAX presentation at home. Especially when the IMAX Metreon screen is taller than the tallest wall in most folks' homes.

Interesting. So the 20 plus people that I KNOW personally with IMAX quality setup don't exist?

A typical IMAX screen is approximately 52 by 72 feet in size. You know 20 plus people with homes that can fit that?

sexton said:

Graycap23 said:

Interesting. So the 20 plus people that I KNOW personally with IMAX quality setup don't exist?

A typical IMAX screen is approximately 52 by 72 feet in size. You know 20 plus people with homes that can fit that?

IMAX quality.................I did not say 72 foot screens.

Graycap23 said:

sexton said:

A typical IMAX screen is approximately 52 by 72 feet in size. You know 20 plus people with homes that can fit that?

IMAX quality.................I did not say 72 foot screens.

Then the IMAX experience is not being reproduced in their homes.

sexton said:

Graycap23 said:

IMAX quality.................I did not say 72 foot screens.

Then the IMAX experience is not being reproduced in their homes.

Lol..................what ever u say.

In recent years IMAX has been transformed from a company focused on special-venue institutional markets to a global brand for the ultimate commercial cinema experience where theatre audiences worldwide enjoy stunning and immersive images and superior sound. The success of IMAX is a result of continuing technology innovations.

[Edited 8/6/12 11:13am]

Graycap23 said:

sexton said:

Then the IMAX experience is not being reproduced in their homes.

Lol..................what ever u say.

In recent years IMAX has been transformed from a company focused on special-venue institutional markets to a global brand for the ultimate commercial cinema experience where theatre audiences worldwide enjoy stunning and immersive images and superior sound. The success of IMAX is a result of continuing technology innovations.

[Edited 8/6/12 11:13am]

yeah yeah yeah - then I guess the 1% of the world population that have this "Imax experience" in their home won't be challenging the box office #s.

Graycap23 said:

sexton said:

Then the IMAX experience is not being reproduced in their homes.

Lol..................what ever u say.

In recent years IMAX has been transformed from a company focused on special-venue institutional markets to a global brand for the ultimate commercial cinema experience where theatre audiences worldwide enjoy stunning and immersive images and superior sound. The success of IMAX is a result of continuing technology innovations.

[Edited 8/6/12 11:13am]

Where's the part that says "in their homes"?

sexton said:

Graycap23 said:

Lol..................what ever u say.

In recent years IMAX has been transformed from a company focused on special-venue institutional markets to a global brand for the ultimate commercial cinema experience where theatre audiences worldwide enjoy stunning and immersive images and superior sound. The success of IMAX is a result of continuing technology innovations.

[Edited 8/6/12 11:13am]

Where's the part that says "in their homes"?

I'll let u figure that out...............

Graycap23 said:

sexton said:

Where's the part that says "in their homes"?

I'll let u figure that out...............

Where did you get that quote because I went to the IMAX website and couldn't find it anywhere.

edit: nevermind, I found it here. Still nowhere in that memo does the word "home" appear.

[Edited 8/6/12 13:31pm]

sexton said:

Graycap23 said:

I'll let u figure that out...............

Where did you get that quote because I went to the IMAX website and couldn't find it anywhere.

edit: nevermind, I found it here. Still nowhere in that memo does the word "home" appear.

[Edited 8/6/12 13:31pm]

I don't get your point. U can buy any and everything under the sun. What point are u trying 2 make?

Graycap23 said:

sexton said:

Where did you get that quote because I went to the IMAX website and couldn't find it anywhere.

edit: nevermind, I found it here. Still nowhere in that memo does the word "home" appear.

[Edited 8/6/12 13:31pm]

I don't get your point. U can buy any and everything under the sun. What point are u trying 2 make?

"I'll let u figure that out..............."

sexton said:

Graycap23 said:

I don't get your point. U can buy any and everything under the sun. What point are u trying 2 make?

"I'll let u figure that out..............."

Wow...............

ZombieKitten said:

heartbeatocean said:

That's how I look at it, for simplicity's sake.

I never knew that! You guys are so weird over there

In the UK its the theatre for plays and musicals, and the cinema for movies....no one ever calls the cinema "the theatre" here in the UK

DaveT said:

ZombieKitten said:

DaveT said:

In the UK its the theatre for plays and musicals, and the cinema for movies....no one ever calls the cinema "the theatre" here in the UK

Exactly same here too

Same here too

thekidsgirl said:

ZombieKitten said:

thekidsgirl said:

Same here too

So who calls it a movie theater?

She does! http://prince.org/msg/7/191332

sexton said:

sexton said:

ZombieKitten said:

So who calls it a movie theater?

She does! http://prince.org/msg/7/191332

That thread doesn't count! I was clearly intoxicated

ZombieKitten said:

thekidsgirl said:

Same here too

So who calls it a movie theater?

Unrefined people!

ZombieKitten said:

thekidsgirl said:

Same here too

So who calls it a movie theater?

everyone I know calls it that

ZombieKitten said:

thekidsgirl said:

Same here too

So who calls it a movie theater?

Americans do. A movie theater is a venue for movies - sayng that you are "going to the theater" means you're going to a play (live performance)

ZombieKitten said:

EmeraldSkies said:

I took my nephews once,and it cost about that much just for the 3 of us!!

[Edited 8/4/12 1:05am]

We got in trouble for smuggling our own snacks so now I tell them we all have coeliac disease

I have done this.

Graycap23 said:

sexton said:

A typical IMAX screen is approximately 52 by 72 feet in size. You know 20 plus people with homes that can fit that?

IMAX quality.................I did not say 72 foot screens.

There is no "IMAX quality" except that provided for filming and projecting onto 72 foot screens.

It is not a viewing standard. It is a method of filming/projecting.

Graycap23 said:

sexton said:

Then the IMAX experience is not being reproduced in their homes.

Lol..................what ever u say.

In recent years IMAX has been transformed from a company focused on special-venue institutional markets to a global brand for the ultimate commercial cinema experience where theatre audiences worldwide enjoy stunning and immersive images and superior sound. The success of IMAX is a result of continuing technology innovations.

[Edited 8/6/12 11:13am]

Where is the link for that?

It doesn't say home theaters. It says, "commercial cinema" experience.

Graycap23 said:

sexton said:

Where did you get that quote because I went to the IMAX website and couldn't find it anywhere.

edit: nevermind, I found it here. Still nowhere in that memo does the word "home" appear.

[Edited 8/6/12 13:31pm]

I don't get your point. U can buy any and everything under the sun. What point are u trying 2 make?

People don't have IMAX as part of their home theater system unless they have a 72 foot screen.

The point is you don't know what IMAX actually is.

SUPRMAN said:

Graycap23 said:

IMAX quality.................I did not say 72 foot screens.

There is no "IMAX quality" except that provided for filming and projecting onto 72 foot screens.

It is not a viewing standard. It is a method of filming/projecting.

My only comment 2 u. It is a SOUND and QUALITY standard.

Size is irrelevent.