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it's one of the best looking cause it's a 70mm film scanned at 8K, downrezzed to 2K - it's still impressive though.

have you seen a 70mm feature film Blu Man? it blows DLP and 35mm out of the water.

They better, I'd love to see 4K hit Vegas in a specific few theaters.

Sony's 4K website mentions that a specific theater in Vegas has 4K digital projection (the Texas Station), but I haven't heard anyone specifically comment on it outside of that website.

I didn't see it, but the recent presentation of Ghostbusters at the AFI Silver Theatre (for it's 'Totally Awesome 3' showcase) was a new 35mm print.

even though Star Trek II was far from being a pristine print, the color saturation though was quite remarkable. The appreciative crowd for the film though was a lot of fun.

I won't pay to see a DVD projected if I know that's what it is ahead of time. I've got a nice home thater, so it's a waste of my money. I'd rather see a shitty 35mm print in a dilapidated theater than see a DVD projected.

Just IMAX stuff. And it does blow 35mm and DLP out of the water, but not when its on Blu Ray.

true.

well 'The Wall' starts at 11:30. if you see an asian dude with glasses, with a dark side of the moon shirt smoking, that'll be me, say hi or what up if you want.

If I go to a theater I expect to see film. If not then why bother going out and shelling out for admission and food?

Check out Baraka on its original 70mm format.

I just got back from a screening of Speed. DVD you can tell immediately cause they were using the zoom feature and stretch which make me wonder if they were using a full screen version. It really pissed me off since every classic I've seen at that theater used actual film. Even last week the Professional was film. Hopefully next week will use the actual film.

^what theater?

You must be referring to the Louisville Palace. We went last year and saw The Wizard of Oz, and even though they only charged $5.00 a ticket and we managed to find street parking for free, I was still disappointed when I saw the blue screen word "Play" appear. I can't speak for every DVD projection, but this lush film just looked flat. Maybe white noise is distracting when it pops across the screen randomly, but it's not as frustrating as the pixelation of a projected DVD. It's like seeing pores on the screen, and they're present from start to finish everywhere you look.

Fortunately, us Louisvillians get the bi-weekly midnight screenings at Baxter Avenue Theaters, where they only screen actual prints of popular cult faves. It might cost $8.00 a ticket to get in and it might be later than I'd like on a Saturday night, but it's hard not to enjoy seeing things like Batman, Dick Tracy and Ferris Beuller's Day Off the way they were meant to be seen.

well for the DC peeps

this is at the Landmark E Street theater in DC
See Live Shadow Cast Sonic Transducers with
the cult classic The Rocky Horror Picture Show • Aug 14 & 15
Wear your flair! Mike Judge's Office Space • Aug 21 & 22
Quentin Tarantino's debut feature! Reservoir Dogs • Aug 28 & 29
Joss Whedon's "Firefly" on the big screen! Serenity • Sep 4 & 5
See Live Shadow Cast Sonic Transducers with
the cult classic The Rocky Horror Picture Show • Sep 11 & 12
Dustin Hoffman & Anne Bancroft in The Graduate • Sep 18 & 19
Tom Cruise & Val Kilmer in Top Gun • Sep 25 & 26
In 3D! Creature From the Black Lagoon • Oct 2 & 3
See Live Shadow Cast Sonic Transducers with
the cult classic The Rocky Horror Picture Show • Oct 9 & 10

^ so you're saying all those at E Street are DVD projected films?

I'm sooo there for 'Creature' and it falls in the time of the Horror Challenge

I was peeved that the AFI Silver showing of 'Pink Floyd The Wall' was projected DVD, I posted my disappointment on their Facebook page, their response was that they TRIED to get a 35mm print, but couldn't, but not to post on the box office window that it wasn't 35mm was tacky.

They should have made sure they could get a 35mm print before they went ahead and programmed it. That's how it works.

yes, that's how it's usually done.

why the AFI couldn't track down a 70mm print, which incidently HAS been making the international rounds would have made more sense.

actually, giles, the E street shows prints. I just decided to post it here instead of created a new thread. The one midnight movie i've seen there (the shining) was a print

Seeing Reservoir Dogs tonight at the E street. Should be alot of fun. Also, question for those that saw this when it was originally in theaters. Does the movie open with the Miramax logo, and second, the famous slow motion side shot with the characters against the wall, were you able to see above the wall?

Orland park theater illinois

just got back. Print all the way. Oh and the slow mo shot against the red wall looks like the original dvd ie you can't see over the wall like on both ananmorphic dvd's. Print looked surpsingly strong, outside of a few scratches here and there (mainly before the reel changes)

Here's the question though: are they using an upconverting DVD player connected to a high-definition projector that accepts HDMI connections? I've seen conventional widescreen DVD movies played through an upconverting player connected to a big Samsung UN55B7000 55" flat panel and while you can see the loss of resolution because of the DVD source, it's not that bad and the color and brightness quality are actually quite good.

^ I know for the AFI Silver they project the DVD through their DLP unit.

Of the couple DVD's I've seen at the Avalon they've looked surprisingly good - animation looked impressive - I have no idea how they project it since they don't have a digital projector.

I paid $20 to see Moonwalker this weekend as it was advertised as a "RARE 35 MM PRINT."

It ended up being a copy of the R2 DVD. Yeah, not so cool.

Just saw a trailer yesterday for a one time showing (sometime in Sept) for the Wizard of OZ. They made a point of stating (in the VO and a onscreen graphic) that it was going to be shown in high definition. Blu-ray, I presume.

Just sad.

in this case, it will be a digital projection from an HD DirecTV feed.