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Michael Schaffer
"Where is the
Boardwalk Hotel?"

Posts: 4143
From: Boston, MA
Registered: Apr 2002

posted 04-10-2003 01:15 PM

I too never cease to be amazed by the fact that a lot of people think that films in cinemas are played from video or DVD. OK, not everybody has to be into the details of film like we are on this website, but it is so obvious!
Another amazing observation I often make is that many people don`t realise that there are various aspect ratios and that the image is in some cases wider than in others. Here we always have flat commercials before the feature, so people should really see that the image gets "bigger" for the scope feature. But a lot of them simply don`t. I often wonder what they actually see or hear.

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Michael Gonzalez
Jedi Master Film Handler

Posts: 790
From: Grand Island , NE USA
Registered: Sep 2000

posted 04-10-2003 05:57 PM

Funny thing is that a few years ago, customers expected the projectors to run like a VCR and now they think they run like DVD's. I wonder what the next big format is going to be?

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Joe Redifer
You need a beating today

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From: Denver, Colorado
Registered: May 99

posted 04-11-2003 02:05 AM

Someone asked me if I could start a movie over the other day because they were 2 minutes late for the movie and missed the opening studio logo. I just said "No" with a blank look on my face. She then said "Really? You can't?" Again I just replied with "No."

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