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    Tron 2 Will Be Officially Be Big

    Avatar IMAX Tickets Already Available

    Imax Transformers Screening Will Have Additional Robot Fights To Confuse You With

    Holy Crap, There's a Giant Blue Man Behind All of You! RUN!

    Get Ready For Gigantic IMAX Terminators

    Iron Man 2 To Be In 3D And Imax And Maybe Give Back Rub, Too

    The Dark Knight To Become An Annual Event?

    In The Battle Between 3D And IMAX, We All Lose

    The Dark Knight Will Walk Tall In IMAX
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    Image of Cory Gross Cory Gross
    09/18/09

    In reply to Tron 2 Will Be Officially Be Big
    BUT I WANT TRON NOOOOOOWWWWWW!!!!!! *stamps his feet*
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    Image of reddingofish reddingofish
    09/18/09

    In reply to Tron 2 Will Be Officially Be Big
    December 2010? With all the hype I thought it was coming out in the spring.
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    Image of Pinkhamster Pinkhamster
    09/18/09

    In reply to Tron 2 Will Be Officially Be Big
    I've only gone to one IMAX screen (to see Cloverfield and Watchmen) and it seemed underwhelming compared to they hype I'd heard for years about stunning IMAX imagery. Maybe this is just a small example of the technology. According to their website, the screen is 50-foot high and 30-foot wide, but in person it seems small compared to the big theaters I would routinely see movies in in my younger days.
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    Image of goldfarb goldfarb
    09/18/09

    @Pinkhamster: two things could be the case here....
    1 - it was a smaller IMAX theater:
    [www.slashfilm.com]
    2 - neither of those film was shot in IMAX, so what you are seeing is just an enlarged version of the 35mm
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    Image of Pinkhamster Pinkhamster
    09/18/09

    @goldfarb: Thank you for the tip and informative link! We do have a much larger IMAX screen in town at a museum but they only show nature/travelogue documentaries and have never shown any of the IMAX versions of Hollywood films. Maybe it has to do with their tax status.
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    Edited by Pinkhamster at 09/18/09 10:36 AM Pinkhamster was starred Pinkhamster was unstarred
    Image of burlybax burlybax
    09/18/09

    @goldfarb: So how do you know before hand if the movie was shot in IMAX? Google?
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    goldfarb promoted this comment Edited by burlybax at 09/18/09 10:38 AM burlybax was starred burlybax was unstarred
    Image of goldfarb goldfarb
    09/18/09

    @burlybax: IMDB usually has info on the specifications, look down the left side for Other Info technical specs
    eg - [www.imdb.com]
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    Image of goldfarb goldfarb
    09/18/09

    In reply to Tron 2 Will Be Officially Be Big
    the real question - is it being shot in IMAX?
    if not then it's just an upres like Harry Potter etc...
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    Edited by goldfarb at 09/18/09 9:32 AM goldfarb was starred goldfarb was unstarred
    Image of lazlopink lazlopink
    09/18/09

    In reply to Tron 2 Will Be Officially Be Big
    "giving us just over a year to prepare for the experience"

    it shouldn't take that long to kill off a sufficiency of brain cells. yarm sucks, no matter how big the screen, no matter how violent the epilepsy inducing flashes. i can't wait to sit through the months of endless posts about how awesome teh lightcycles am ohmigawd squee!!!

    punctuated of course by a few dozen threads hating on megan fox and a few daft polls to keep charlie's byline alive. yes, yes... i'm having a bitter morning.
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    CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard) promoted this comment lazlopink was starred lazlopink was unstarred
    Image of CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard) CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard)
    09/18/09

    @lazlopink: Im going to go and get you a cupcake to cheer you up. It will be in the form of a Lightcycle!!
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    Image of Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.
    09/18/09

    @lazlopink: how exactly is it YARM?
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    Image of CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard) CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard)
    09/18/09

    In reply to Tron 2 Will Be Officially Be Big
    Sounds good. But doesnt Hollywood realise that not everyone has an IMAX cinema just sitting on their doorstep and not everyone can get to one. It beggars belief that this and Avatar are being done on such a scale, but will (unfortunatly) alienate so many viewers. Sure i'll catch them both on the local cinema, and im sure they'll rock. But im also sure they would rock just that little bit more on IMAX!! Like Spinal Tap once said..it goes up to eleven and im sure the films would too!!!
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    Edited by CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard) at 09/18/09 9:12 AM CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard) was starred CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard) was unstarred
    Image of Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.
    09/18/09

    In reply to Tron 2 Will Be Officially Be Big
    Great. there is nothing more I love than planning weeks in advance to trudge through a Science Museum to see a movie. Grrumble.

    You know, when something is touted as the "Future of ***" they usually bother to build a bunch of them.

    TDK sure did look amazing though.
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    Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. was starred Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. was unstarred
    Image of atrus123 atrus123
    09/18/09

    @Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.: Yes... for me, this means at least 45 minutes in travel, between driving to the metro and taking it into the city, or (suckier still) needing to drive across the city to the other IMAX.

    But I'll do it. Tron is one of the few movies that's actually worth it.
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    Image of Lassus Lassus
    09/18/09

    @Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.: How on EARTH do you manage to exist on such a troublesome and backward planet, Garrison? Is it like being in hell?
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    Image of Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.
    09/18/09

    @Lassus: IT'S AWFUL! I don't know how I can go on. But, I'm a trooper, I persevere and put up with less than optimal viewing conditions.

    Like at home... I have to settle for the sound that comes out of my 52" Flat panel TV for my Blu-Ray Movies because I can't afford a new sound system yet thanks to a shitty economy. I should just walk off a bridge... but I carry on.
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    Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. was starred Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. was unstarred
    Image of NerD: Blattella NerD: Blattella
    08/28/09

    In reply to Avatar IMAX Tickets Already Available
    I'll be seeing this in Irvine IMAX. Actually I might go up to see it in the IMAX theater in SF. Hmm so many choices.
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    Image of Darklighter Darklighter
    08/28/09

    @NerD!!! - R.O.A.C.H.: That's my plan. Alas, I do not see tickets on sale there yet.
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    Image of redqueenmeg redqueenmeg
    08/28/09

    In reply to Avatar IMAX Tickets Already Available
    Here in Orlando we only have fake IMAX, which I believe has been covered here before. [www.techdirt.com]

    Therefore, I boycott. I will likely see this film, but I am not paying extra to see it in pretend IMAX.
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    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    08/28/09

    @redqueenmeg: fortunately in washington we have real imax downtown in the smithsoniams but irritatingly they're not listed on most movie ticketing sites that do list the fake imax in the suburbs.
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    Image of redqueenmeg redqueenmeg
    08/28/09

    @tetracycloide: We used to have real IMAX; I saw the first X-Men movie on the IMAX here, but they shut it down, and I am not driving to freaking Tampa.
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    06/08/09

    In reply to Imax Transformers Screening Will Have Additional Robot Fights To Confuse You With
    I would not slip into a coma from this.

    My head would asplode as if it were a vehicle in a Bay movie, instead.

    There's my $20 saved.
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    Image of GreyHammer GreyHammer
    06/08/09

    In reply to Imax Transformers Screening Will Have Additional Robot Fights To Confuse You With
    what about megan fox? do they have extended bend over things and give me tight pants scenes?!
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    Image of dsmeek36 dsmeek36
    06/08/09

    @GreyHammer: i'll pay an extra $3 for that! maybe a shower scene? giant robots aren't the only things that get dirty when fighting the bad guys!
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    Image of twophrasebark twophrasebark
    06/08/09

    @GreyHammer:


    Yes, her boobs transform.

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    Image of jajbowler jajbowler
    02/03/09

    In reply to Holy Crap, There's a Giant Blue Man Behind All of You! RUN!
    I would have liked to have seen the posters perhaps showing the film's images of some of the more memorable frames from the novel.


    That said, is it true they have changed the ending? If they have, I'm guessing they made it a political killing: someone was displeased the Comedian was smoking Cubans in the alternate 85 political climate.

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    Image of NerD: Blattella NerD: Blattella
    02/03/09

    In reply to Holy Crap, There's a Giant Blue Man Behind All of You! RUN!
    Hmm, So I guess this means there will be a midnight IMAX show....
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    01/19/09

    In reply to Get Ready For Gigantic IMAX Terminators
    I call "Gizmodo/io9 NYC MeetUp" at the Lincoln Square IMAX. Dark Knight was phenomenal and there is something to be said for taking up an entire row.
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    Image of Hotscot Hotscot
    01/19/09

    In reply to Get Ready For Gigantic IMAX Terminators
    How do you make an older movie into 3D anyway..if it wasn't shot that way?

    (I am a techie but just too lazy to do my own research this morning.)
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    Image of goldfarb goldfarb
    01/19/09

    @Hotscot: there are a couple of different techniques...

    but the method I've hear of the most is one where they seperate elements of the original plate then build proxy geometry and then project the original image onto it, then render that with two cameras resulting in the right amount of parallax.
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