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Author Topic: Sneak Preview Thomas Procyk Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1842 From: Royal Palm Beach, FL, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 03-27-2003 09:41 PM                     In that THX booth video, WTF is wrong with Josh Jones's hair? It's obviously imparing him in doing the tone well. =TMP=  |  IP: Logged Aaron Sisemore Flaming Ribs beat Reeses Peanut Butter Cups any day! Posts: 3061 From: Rockwall TX USA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 03-28-2003 02:22 AM                     Josh wore his hair 'spiked' thru all of ShoWest. -Aaron  |  IP: Logged Scott Norwood Film God Posts: 8146 From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas) Registered: Jun 99 posted 03-31-2003 11:00 AM                        In the Fox Theatre pics, what kind of lamphouses are those? It looks like they use rotating, non-copper-coated positive carbons, correct? How are those different from Peerless or Enarc lamps (the only arc lamps that I have worked with)? Is it just a different system which provides similar on-screen results or is one method superior to the other? In any case, the Fox looks like a great theatre; hopefully the restoration work will continue.  |  IP: Logged Aaron Sisemore Flaming Ribs beat Reeses Peanut Butter Cups any day! Posts: 3061 From: Rockwall TX USA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 03-31-2003 12:11 PM                     The lamphouses in the Fox pics are Strong Futura II's. The positive carbons are 13mm and are joinable and do rotate. The positive is clamped into the bracket (the positive jaws are water cooled as well) with conical rollers that rotate and feed the carbon, the little dial on the bottom front of the lamphouse is the feed rate control, and the cranks are the manual trim adjusters. I ran a pair of these lamps when I worked at the Sonomarin D/I, and preferred these lamps to Peerless and Brenkert. -Aaron  |  IP: Logged Thomas Procyk Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1842 From: Royal Palm Beach, FL, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 04-03-2003 09:23 AM                     There is an error with the captions/titles of the cinema in Amsterdam. The sign on the building clearly states plain as day that it is a Theater yet, the title of the pictures section and several captions refer to it as a Theatre. Who could overlook such a glaring error? At the Broadway cinema section, I noticed one of the projectors has that ugly orange "STOP!" notice on the lamphouse. I have seen these before all over the booth at other Carmikes. The funny thing about this one is that the sign says, "STOP! It is VERY important to thread your Century projector in frame!!" (you can see it's a picture of a century head.) Isn't this place an All-Christie package? Oh well. Christie, Century, they both start with C... =TMP=  |  IP: Logged Scott Norwood Film God Posts: 8146 From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas) Registered: Jun 99 posted 04-03-2003 12:03 PM                        Maybe they're just trying to make their employees feel better about having to work with Christie projectors by showing them a picture of a _good_ machine? (And does anyone think that notes like this actually do any good? Either the employees know/care enough to do the job properly or they don't; signage isn't likely to change that, unless it says something like "anyone who does not thread this machine in frame will be fired immediately.") Anyway, the Broadway looks like a really nice theatre. Is it typical of the newer Carmike houses? The only examples that I have seen from that chain are of the shoebox-plex vintage (late '70s/early '80s) and are abysmal places to watch a film. And what is/was the now-closed Butterfly Pavilion?  |  IP: Logged Jason Black Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1723 From: Myrtle Beach, SC, USA Registered: Nov 2000 posted 04-03-2003 03:52 PM                        I finally made it!!! Scott, The Broadway typifies the standard Carmike desgin since 1995+. They have done away with the "Italian Marble" in the main lobby, as well as the main concession stand when you go in. The lobby flooring is now tile style layout and the concession stand has been replaced with a decent size game room. Thomas, I forgot that the signs were for Century projectors. I have always trained my guys to thread in frame and the importance of not having to stop a show after the initial start for any threading error(s). The Butterfly Pavilion was just that. Without too much detail, a group rec'd a federal rural subsidy low interest loan (what's rural about http://www.Broadwayatthebeach.com ?) to build this million+ dollar facility housing butterflies. I think the initial desire was to build on the success of Ripley's Aquarium (see previous link) but my feeling was that, from the inception, it was destined to fail. I was correct in my assumption. BATB is a nice outdoor retail shopping/dining/entertainment complex situated on what was wooded swamp 10 years ago. BATB has received the governors award for Outstanding Tourist Destination for a few years now. Any other questions?  |  IP: Logged Thomas Procyk Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1842 From: Royal Palm Beach, FL, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 04-04-2003 01:35 AM                     When the Butterfly Pavilion closed, did they just leave the butterflies in there, (They're just dumb insects) take them away, or just set them free? Just curious... =TMP=  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 04-04-2003 02:36 AM                        Thomas- They set the hunters loose and they were all shot. --Joe  |  IP: Logged Daryl C. W. O'Shea Film God Posts: 3977 From: Midland Ontario Canada (where Panavision & IMAX lenses come from) Registered: Jun 2002 posted 04-04-2003 02:52 AM                        The hunters were shot!?  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 04-04-2003 10:13 AM                        Yes. Right after the butterflies were shot.  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 04-04-2003 08:37 PM                     Hmmmm, interesting no one said anything about there not being an update today. Well, the day isn't over yet.  |  IP: Logged Dan Lyons Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 698 From: Seal Beach, CA Registered: Sep 2002 posted 04-09-2003 04:04 PM                     Regarding todays new IMAX pictures: In the last picture of the set, large metal shipping cases are shown. One is stenciled with the words "stained glass". Was this the title of an IMAX show? I love original Tiffany windows, but I can't imagine making an IMAX film about them.... Danny  |  IP: Logged Adam Martin I'm not even gonna point out the irony. Posts: 3686 From: Dallas, TX Registered: Nov 2000 posted 04-09-2003 09:30 PM                     Disney has code-worded the titles of their large format films. Fantasia 2000 = Stained Glass Beauty and the Beast = Stained Glass II Ultimate X = Stained Glass III Treasure Planet = Stained Glass IV The Lion King = Stained Glass V The prints of Ghosts of the Abyss arrived in the old Fantasia cases.  |  IP: Logged Thomas Procyk Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1842 From: Royal Palm Beach, FL, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 04-09-2003 11:00 PM                     Maybe so shippers will think the boxes contain stained glass and not an IMAX print? Driver: "Wow. This theater sure does order a lot of Stained Glass!" =TMP=  |  IP: Logged

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