More Reasons To Go To The Movies: Next Iron Man In IMAX And 3D
from the can't-get-that-at-home dept
We've been pointing out how the movie industry appears to finally be realizing that they need to give people a reason to go out to the movies, now that they're competing with home theaters, and many are doing that by making use of things like IMAX technology that simply can't be reproduced in the home yet. Now, Parker Mason notes that the next version of the movie Iron Man is supposedly going to be in both 3D and IMAX -- again, trying to give people real reasons to actually go out and see the movie as a social experience. It's nice to see the industry recognizing this, though it would be better if the rest of the industry stopped freaking out about piracy and DRM and put more resources into giving people reasons to pay.Thank you for reading this Techdirt post. With so many things competing for everyone’s attention these days, we really appreciate you giving us your time. We work hard every day to put quality content out there for our community.
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Awesomeness
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it's just that now that going to the theatre is so expensive, and an average drink there costing 5 dollars, we just do without. It's just a luxury, not a necessity, and it's one most people can do without given the prices.
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And crap movies can be in 4D and projected onto a crowd of naked centerfolds, people still ain't gonna go.
All Hollywood has to do to keep people in the theater is MAKE GOOD MOVIES.
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confused
I didn't know sequels were versions... What exactly are we talking about here?
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Still a band-aid
Some displays:
4D-vision (Dynamic Digital Depth)
Philips WOWvx
Dresden D4D
Lightspace Depthcube
NewSight
A search for "autostereoscopic display" will find more.
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Still not interested
Not to mention the over-reliance of computer graphics; they still look fake. Sorry, but no amount of rendering can make a spaceship look like a physical object. Compare the original Star Wars with the prequels. Personally, I like the original trilogy because they used models; they "looked" real on the screen, even if you could tell they were models. The prequels just looked fake.
So, long story short, I'm boycotting Hollywood until they make original movies and stop relying on special effects.
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The other theatres
NB
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it seems to me the best drm the industry can use is the good old safe method abstinence. they only let you see it in theaters, then they lock it away for like 3 years and bring it back out, never releasing it onto dvd or any other media. so the best copy you can get is telesync riped from the theater it whould boost movie theater ticket sales.
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Besides, what a silly philosophy. "We can't make as much money as we want to because people are pirating our DVD, so let's not sell the movie at all, and then we can make NO MONEY!" Brilliant!
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Big atraction now
I wonder if the theater asscociation will pitch a fit about hollywood cutting into their profits by forcing them to switch over?
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That is why I'm happy to stay at home in front of my large screen, laying on my nice couch, drinking a drink that didn't cost me $5.00 and not having to put up with people. You know who you are.
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Awesome! Love IMAX!!
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