Star Trek Beyond' for Cinerama-Like Barco Escape

[heisenberg]

What the fuck?

Moviegoers will get a panoramic view of the Enterprise this summer on Cinerama-like Barco Escape theatrical screens.

This is what it will look like for those who don't know this tech. For me this looks really messed up

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/behind-screen/star-trek-beyond-will-be-882334

 

[Overmind One]

What the fuck?

This is what it will look like for those who don't know this tech. For me this looks really messed up

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/behind-screen/star-trek-beyond-will-be-882334

Is somebody reminiscing about Disneyland's Grand Canyon panorama experience? . WHY would anyone want to be forced to follow three screens? I don't want this at all, or 4D active seats. Is this desperation on the theater level? I want to know how they manage to make a billion on a movie when I no longer see lines outside of theaters and the theaters often show to empty seats?

 

[heisenberg]

Is somebody reminiscing about Disneyland's Grand Canyon panorama experience? . WHY would anyone want to be forced to follow three screens? I don't want this at all, or 4D active seats. Is this desperation on the theater level? I want to know how they manage to make a billion on a movie when I no longer see lines outside of theaters and the theaters often show to empty seats?

Well, here people still queue up to see movies

 

[Bluce Ree]

Why not use a curved screen? The latest screens are paper thin and can be literally rolled up.

https://www.yahoo.com/tech/lg-s-see-through-rollable-1337718221365302.html

That is just idiotic.

 

[Overmind One]

Well, here people still queue up to see movies

How many theaters do you guys have in your particular town?

 

[Overmind One]

Why not use a curved screen? The latest screens are paper thin and can be literally rolled up.

https://www.yahoo.com/tech/lg-s-see-through-rollable-1337718221365302.html

That is just idiotic.

It seems like the theaters are trying to get a jump on some sort of "immersive" experience to distinguish the theater experience from the home theater/movie theater experience. It is not working and it will not work. The 4D active seats is in the same category of gimmick that this ridiculous idea is.

 

[Bluce Ree]

It seems like the theaters are trying to get a jump on some sort of "immersive" experience to distinguish the theater experience from the home theater/movie theater experience. It is not working and it will not work. The 4D active seats is in the same category of gimmick that this ridiculous idea is.

When I was a kid back in the 80s, the local amusement park was putting on display this new rocket ride in the parking lot at the mall. It was a rocket mounted onto hydraulics with seats inside and a screen at the front. When the hatch closed, a video would display at the front which looked like the outside parking lot and the rocket would take off.

The hydraulics would move and tilt the rocket synchronously to the video and it felt so realistic at the time. You really felt like you were leaving the Earth and exploring some strange worlds, sometimes battling aliens, sometimes with monsters. The ride would last anywhere from 20 to 40 minutes, depending on the adventure being played.

Damn I miss that ride!

 

[Overmind One]

When I was a kid back in the 80s, the local amusement park was putting on display this new rocket ride in the parking lot at the mall. It was a rocket mounted onto hydraulics with seats inside and a screen at the front. When the hatch closed, a video would display at the front which looked like the outside parking lot and the rocket would take off.

The hydraulics would move and tilt the rocket synchronously to the video and it felt so realistic at the time. You really felt like you were leaving the Earth and exploring some strange worlds, sometimes battling aliens, sometimes with monsters. The ride would last anywhere from 20 to 40 minutes, depending on the adventure being played.

Damn I miss that ride!

LOL! Out here, Disney had several versions of this concept starting first with The Grand Canyon. It was a huge room and about 100 people could fit in there. There were curved screens which went around the entire room, and it showed a panorama of the Grand Canyon...that was the 1960s. Then they closed the thing and made it into Mission to Mars where you are inside of a "shuttle" room and the whole room would gyrate, move and lurch as you "flew" over Mars and hit turbulence, etc. This ride is still running at Epcot Center in Fla. Yeah it did feel real! But it was a ride, not a movie.

Perhaps the theaters should convert to mini amusement parks and just have one or two rides in there?

 

[heisenberg]

How many theaters do you guys have in your particular town?

hundreds. There are small ones,large ones as well as outdoor ones.

 

[Overmind One]

hundreds. There are small ones,large ones as well as outdoor ones.

Wow. And you still get lines? I forgot...pirating is just about impossible in Australia. Here, many home setups rival actual theaters (in experience).

 

[heisenberg]

Wow. And you still get lines? I forgot...pirating is just about impossible in Australia. Here, many home setups rival actual theaters (in experience).

Well, there are a few people who think that we are the worst pirates ever but I don't resort to such things. I either watch it or don't watch it or wait for it to comeout on dvd/bluray. Though, if you see how backwards things are here, there is no surprise that people are driven to that, however, we still spend an awful amount on movies - it's crazy.