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drainer at mpinet.net drainer at mpinet.net
Wed Jan 20 10:06:23 EST 2010


That raises all sorts of questions about simulation and simulacra (a 
foundation for the viewing experience in any case)... see, that's one of the 
most interesting aspects on Avatar's success worthy of discussion I've heard 
about so far. For you it was a source of amusement, but had the majority of 
theaters experienced these glitches I think it would be safe to say that box 
office receipts would be considerably different...

This was my first "serious" 3-D feature (no gimmicky glasses--these were 
solid, "designer" 3-D rubber glasses), so I can't say I've experienced any 
glitches elsewhere, though I still feel it would be better served as a 
Disney attraction. Though I am sure market analysts are already formulating 
projected increases in sales of blu-ray dvd players in the near 
future...(without the 3-D and 1080p it just looks like a cg festival, which 
never looks good off a special screen)

-d


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Aaron Gerow" <aaron.gerow at yale.edu>
To: <KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2010 7:19 AM
Subject: Re: Avatar


> On Jan 20, 2010, at 8:49 PM, <drainer at mpinet.net> wrote:
>
>> By the way did you watch it in 3-D?
>
> I thought I should mention the technical glitches we experienced. We  saw 
> it in Sapporo in 3-D and the first half of the movie was fine.  Then, 
> suddenly, the film stopped and vibrated and gave off a loud  sound. It 
> started again but stopped within 5 or so seconds. That  repeated a couple 
> of times until they seemed to get it started again.  But ten minutes later 
> it happened again. It must have happened about 7  or 8 times during the 
> last half of the film. We asked the manager (who  gave us free 
> tickets--for non 3-D films, by the way) what happened,  and he said the 
> relay device between the hard disk and the projector  was overloading.
>
> Has anyone experienced this with digital 3-D projection? In an ironic 
> way, it reminded me of an old analog record skipping. I kind of liked 
> seeing this technological film about abandoning technology failing in  its 
> technology.
>
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