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Jedimarine
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11/20/07 8:28am
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Actually, I think this would be a bad idea because it would present the product in what has become a "poor" format.
Perhaps if there were more screens with digital projectors that could provide the quality Lucas seeks...but overall, it would be bad...and when it fails to live up to SW films of the past, what will that say for it's success on TV...a success on TV is not a success in movie theaters...but a failure in theaters can translate swiftly to television...that stigma carries over.
I'm betting it's released on an HD channel...maybe pay-per-view...a week or so before it's general broadcast premiere. They'll also package it as a HD downloadable for purchase from whatever site...and it'll be a huge success.
I could see commercials in theaters...but highly unlikely to see it in theaters...especially in the summer season with so much competition.
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jamesvader
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You know, I was actually thinking that on Sunday, during Beowulf. I am fortunate that our beloved Arligton Theatre has upgraded to Digital Projection in the last year, and further with Real-D upconversion for 3D projection capability. I was thinking that Beowulf would not be near as cool in a regular celluoid, 2-D projection format. I started thinking that maybe a Cinemation release might not be the way to go at this juncture, on a distrubution level. So much gets lost in the transfer. It's really truly dissappointing that the theatre exhibition industry has been so behind with the times. I think I may need to become an industry advocate and salesman for Teaxs Instruments or Sony Corp.
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Master_Starwalker posted:
Didn't Lucasfilm say that Indy IV was their last theatrical release though? I remember GL saying that he thought theaters were going to die before all too long.
Remember, Lucas has said a lot of things ::cough episodes 7-9 cough::
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Darthsuggs
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12/1/07 5:04am
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Hey, I'd see it.
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That's the key thing here, 95% of us would go and see it
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And those 5% who don't will be burned at the stake by the rest of us. 
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I wouldn't be all that surprised if they only allowed digital theaters to play it. I could be totally wrong, but if I remember correctly, Lucasfilm wouldn't let theaters whose sound wasn't up to par show either the SE or Ep I, which basically forced them to step up and improve the sound for future films. I saw Transformers in a DLP theater and the difference was incredible. It's like getting an HD TV- you'll never want to go back to standard def.
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rodan70
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I'll agree with that.
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Well at Celebration IV it was on a big movie screen it was truly incredible!! I was talking to my dad (who I took with me to Celebration IV) and he to this day agrees with me that the only way to watch these episodes is on the big screen, the visuals are so cinematic!
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Yeah, I don't think the show would be harmed by theatrical presentation, even if not in a digital theater. Though that C4 presentation was awesome.
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Jedimarine
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jamesvader posted:
You know, I was actually thinking that on Sunday, during Beowulf. I am fortunate that our beloved Arligton Theatre has upgraded to Digital Projection in the last year, and further with Real-D upconversion for 3D projection capability. I was thinking that Beowulf would not be near as cool in a regular celluoid, 2-D projection format. I started thinking that maybe a Cinemation release might not be the way to go at this juncture, on a distrubution level. So much gets lost in the transfer. It's really truly dissappointing that the theatre exhibition industry has been so behind with the times. I think I may need to become an industry advocate and salesman for Teaxs Instruments or Sony Corp.
The problem is digital projectors and all the surrounding costs for installation and maintenance are more then the value of most theaters themselves at this point...Which is why even the biggest multiplexes only have a couple...and those have money backing from the large chain...If a small house got one...it's pretty much all they've got. And that can be expensive, and in a time when theaters are risking a complete boycott by the public because of high ticket prices already...it makes those decisions EXTREMELY difficult.
There have been a couple suggestions for fixes:
1) That the big studios could subsidize the purchasing of digital projectors for theaters. However the dark side is the demand by those studios to not only get the lions share of ticket revenue until the debt is recovered, but to have complete mastery over what will be played on that machine...which is bad if the movie fails and the house needs to switch out to something new the next week.
2) Digital Alliances of small theater houses into associations that could assemble resources to buy the equipment...but this really is creeping corporate takeover. As it stands, there aren't many private theater interests left.
3) Multiple application...this has been most embraced, even by the big movie houses...using the digital to receive TV shows, sporting events, special events via satellite, etc. But the sticker here is the utility of the projector is great...but the multi-function of the theater itself slags behind...instead on an auditorium, you'd need floor space for tables, perhaps a dance floor, or even an arena like setting with seats and a stage with the screen behind. Golden Era theaters, having survived numerous refits, could do this quite well...the multiplex of the last 30 years is not designed for it...the expense to refit is prohibitive...and the loss of seating and thus ticket revenue would be alarming, especially if a "subsidized projector" program started.
So in the end...the real problem isn't that the the industry is being lazy or fighting anything...it's just a symptom of the decline on the industry...the continued dominance of home theater sales and peoples patience against the massive cost of attending the movies. I went to a matinée the other day...4 people..$25...if I wait 4 months...I buy that DVD at the most expensive store for $25 and watch it repeated on my home theater...you can't defeat that, even with digital projection. Which is why many theaters have stopped trying to pretend they provide the ultimate "movie" experience...and instead tell you that it's cultural to "go to the movies"...It's not about what you are seeing...it's about going somewhere neutral with friends, a date, relatives, business associates...and getting a variety of entertainments and not sitting at home.
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12/18/07 2:58pm
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Well George Lucas is on record as saying the demise of the cinema is imminant.
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I believe claims of cinema's death have been greatly exaggerated
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The2ndQuest posted:
I believe claims of cinema's death have been greatly exaggerated
cinema is not dead...cinema houses are one foot in.
I suspect in 10 years, theaters will be significantly fewer in number, and will be more like restaurants then anything else...there are samplings of what I speak many places now.
Slapping down money to sit in room with 400 strangers (ha...when was the last time you were in a sold out house?) and watch a jumbo TV with audio I guarantee is a decade older then what you or one of your friends has at home, and not nearly as taken care of...yeah...those days are numbered....and not many numbers remain.
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Actually, I see sold out houses pretty often during peak movie seasons, especially during opening weekend- and that's only the ones I've attended. You gotta figure there's probably 12-20 sold out (or near-sold out) showings a week at most theaters on average, depending on their size and what's playing.
And home theater will never replace the movie going experience, since there's a tangible increase in emotion through the shared experience amongst a few hundred other people (or even several dozen during non-peak showings) that can vastly improve the viewing experience that you can never replicate at home, especially since the theater provides an environment free of distractions (talking and cell phones not withstanding) that forces all those people to focus their attention on the events on screen.
And all that adds up to theatergoing experiences making scary movies scarier, comedies funnier, dramas more tense and action movies more thrilling.
Add to that people wanting to go out on weekends and not stay at home, home theater will never replace the real deal, because they can't.
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