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Author Topic: Carmike opens New Imax today ? Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 12-07-2015 01:51 PM                     quote: Martin McCaffery I hope those stairs don't really light up like that. There's lots of blue LEDs all over the place inside those rooms, but thankfully most are turned off or turned down really low during the feature.  |  IP: Logged Scott Jentsch Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1061 From: New Berlin, WI, USA Registered: Apr 2003 posted 12-08-2015 05:13 PM                        Based upon the 2.4:1 trailer that is on YouTube, it doesn't look like the image in the photo that the Billings Gazette took is cropped. YouTube Video - linked to that frame of the trailer Using that 2.4:1 image as a basis, I estimate that screen to be approximately 2:1. It looks to be about 48' if I'm counting ceiling tiles well enough, which would make the projected image 20' high and the total screen height about 24'. Oddly enough, when the BigD auditorium opened in 2011, they said that it was 62' wide. Did they make shrink it? To twist that knife a little more, they are charging more for the IMAX screen than the BigD screen, according to Fandango. I think the ticket pricing on Carmike's page for the BigD is still from before the IMAX opening (no IMAX pricing is there), and they list the BigD evening show as being $12.75, and the IMAX shows as being $15.50 for a Tuesday evening show. They are looking for even more on the weekend, and a Friday 11:10pm show of Star Wars is $20.25!  |  IP: Logged Buck Wilson Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 894 From: St. Joseph MO, USA Registered: Sep 2010 posted 12-08-2015 06:20 PM                     Why is everyone asking questions? There's nothing wrong with exhibition and IMAX is always the best.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 12-08-2015 06:27 PM                        I'm sure after Star Wars opens we will get comments such as "I saw it in Billings...it was cool but holy crap, the prices!" We get that kind of comments even now, pre-Imax. My biggest pet peeve is they are hyping it like it's something really special when it's really nothing more than we already offer here, except a bigger screen -- which you can get the same effect by sitting closer here -- at triple the price (for snacks too). I will concede that their 3-D probably looks better due to the two-projector setup but even so, with the larger picture maybe it's a wash. Their sound might be impressive but we still have the wood floor, so let's see them top that! Someday I will see a movie there so I'll withhold further comments till then, I guess.  |  IP: Logged Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 12-08-2015 06:44 PM                     If that Billings IMAX screen even measures 50' wide I would be surprised. The screen may be a floor to ceiling and wall to wall design (with no masking of course), but the screen's size and scale doesn't look any more impressive than a modest sized theater screen. quote: I think the ticket pricing on Carmike's page for the BigD is still from before the IMAX opening (no IMAX pricing is there), and they list the BigD evening show as being $12.75, and the IMAX shows as being $15.50 for a Tuesday evening show. They are looking for even more on the weekend, and a Friday 11:10pm show of Star Wars is $20.25! I'm wondering if Fandango is including some of their own extra surcharges with those prices. Still, it looks like the Billings theater is charging at least a buck or two more than the Lawton IMAX theater even though it's a much smaller theater. Here in Lawton the IMAX pricing is as follows Adult matinee: $11.50 - $14.50 with 3D Adult evening: $14.50 - $17.50 with 3D $1 off for senior $2 off for military  |  IP: Logged

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