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Topic: IMAX at the Regal Colorado Center 9 is the worst I have ever seen
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Tony L. Hernandez
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From: Windsor, CO, USA
Registered: Dec 2005
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posted 08-08-2012 04:55 AM
We took a trip down to the theater mentioned in the title on 8/07 for the 10:45pm and all things considered, found the presentation to fall somewhere between "good" and "very good". I was also quite pleased to find the the print has remained extremely clean and in perfect condition. We had a great time and witnessed something truly amazing!
On a more critical note, I must agree with Joe about there being several illumination issues and quite frankly, it was abysmal. I would not, however, call any part of the picture dim; my problem was with the almost blinding hot spot in the center that gradually faded out more evenly. Perhaps this was an extremely botched remedy to the dim picture Joe spoke of. The flicker he mentioned was present.
I did notice some travel ghost durring the credits but did not notice it elsewhere.
There were also about 20 random, loud "pops" in the sound that occurred about 25 isolated times throughout the screening. Subs seemed great.
The plates certainly were not good but far from the worst i've ever seen. "Acceptable" is how I will rate them.
I must disclose that my review should perhaps be taken with a half-grain of salt. I am sure I saw the presentation thru rose-colored glasses as I have never before seen an actual 15/70 IMAX presentation (barring a handful of nature shorts at the Denver Museum of Nautre and Science which went digital itself about 1 1/2 years ago) and have long feared I never would. Given the fact that I am a full-time theater operator myself with very few nights off and no time for significant ammount of time for travel, this was most likely my last and only chance to cross viewing a 15/70 feature off my bucket list. For this alone, I am eternally thankful and alas, much more forgiving and less critical that I would be of any other presentation. Needless to say, I also have nothing else to compare it to ![[Wink]](wink.gif)
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Dave Macaulay
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From: Toronto, Canada
Registered: Apr 2001
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posted 08-10-2012 09:34 AM
"We Are Born Of Stars" was made for Fujitsu to show at their pavilion at a Japanese Expo in Tsukuba, 1985. It followed a test reel of Omnimax computer animated material for SIGGRAPH which proved the concept worked. Transforming flat animation into a hemispherical dome image gives a different possible projected 3D space compared to flat: the "3D window" effect is reduced even more than with flat IMAX and there is greater freedom in object placement within the auditorium space.
Anaglyph was used because there was no real alternative. An over/under polarized system would reduce image resolution and require silver screens (no solver domes existed) plus the linear polarized glasses cause issues in a dome theatre: you do a lot of looking around at images and tilting your head ruins the image separation. Circular polarizer material has gotten a lot more efficient since 1985 but today's best still lose more light than current linear polarizers.
This film was released to Omnimax and Imax theatres, at the time there were no silver IMAX screens so a polarized system would be useless. The image distortion on a flat screen is distracting but the story and most of the 3D effect are intact.
The IMAX Dome 3D system ("Solido") with active shutter glasses did not premiere until 5 years later at Expo 90 (Fujitsu again). Because of the head tilt problem, simple polarizer 3D was not acceptable so the LC shutter glasses were developed.
IMAX 3D on a silver screen premiered at Expo 86 in Vancouver, with polarized glasses. The Suntory pavilion had this 3D system at Expo 90. Producing a decent silver screen in IMAX size was a major hassle. Probably it still is.
Some other developments came and went. Using the shutter glasses along with polarizers gave reduced ghosting with almost no brightness loss, and this was used at the New York Lincoln Square IMAX and possibly other venues. It may have even had a name, "Crystal 3D" or something.
So, yes, there was "Imax" 3D content in 15/70 anaglyph. And yes, currently all Imax 3D screens are silver with their resulting and unavoidable hotspot.
I don't know if there is any 3D Dome system operating today, but these use a matte screen and shutter glasses.
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