This isn’t new technology. This is totally inept minimum wage non-union “projectionists” that also make the popcorn — where you must now buy a ticket with cash; and, bonhead managers who wouldn’t even know what is a clutch pedal, let alone what is chroma subsampling.
For Top Gun 2, Regal lied about triple Screen-X , when is it actually 1 screen, plus two perpendicular gray cloth walls, with misaligned out-of-focus lenses.
If you have Regal technical complaints, send them to Kermit Wilkerson.
But don’t expect any quality improvement, since the market targeted by the major chains is juveniles who think that watching Avatar-2 on their cell phone is just fine — like 64Kbs audio was fine on an iPod. Now look at what is the most popular music. A theater is now a social hangout, not a quality theatrical experience.
REALITY CHECK: If quality was a concern of the studio, then they would list the theaters that provided 3-D HFR screenings. Instead, they conceal the information, just like LieMax previously concealed which theaters used IMAX film projectors for a movie. (A movie is not a “film” when it is displayed from a video playback signal). For many years, LieMax video was a fraud, because the IMAX trademark pertained exclusively to film, and NOT video projection.
But again, the point is that the bulk of studio profit comes from people who couldn’t care less about quality. The rest of us are screwed, unless you work at the studio, or live near the studio’s “reference theater” where they pre-release screen to major market reviewers.
We just left the theater in Tyler, Texas. For me, the experience was worth the money; I just didn’t like the theater. Bathroom handicap still hadn’t been repaired; slightly rude concession worker, no heat and ear deafening sound
Comments for ‘Avatar 2’ Opening Experience Not “Family-Friendly” Due to Movie Error
BongoMike
Did this only happen at Regal Cinemas as there is Zero info on this glitch when I Googled it…
Tomer
This isn’t new technology. This is totally inept minimum wage non-union “projectionists” that also make the popcorn — where you must now buy a ticket with cash; and, bonhead managers who wouldn’t even know what is a clutch pedal, let alone what is chroma subsampling.
For Top Gun 2, Regal lied about triple Screen-X , when is it actually 1 screen, plus two perpendicular gray cloth walls, with misaligned out-of-focus lenses.
If you have Regal technical complaints, send them to Kermit Wilkerson.
But don’t expect any quality improvement, since the market targeted by the major chains is juveniles who think that watching Avatar-2 on their cell phone is just fine — like 64Kbs audio was fine on an iPod. Now look at what is the most popular music. A theater is now a social hangout, not a quality theatrical experience.
REALITY CHECK: If quality was a concern of the studio, then they would list the theaters that provided 3-D HFR screenings. Instead, they conceal the information, just like LieMax previously concealed which theaters used IMAX film projectors for a movie. (A movie is not a “film” when it is displayed from a video playback signal). For many years, LieMax video was a fraud, because the IMAX trademark pertained exclusively to film, and NOT video projection.
But again, the point is that the bulk of studio profit comes from people who couldn’t care less about quality. The rest of us are screwed, unless you work at the studio, or live near the studio’s “reference theater” where they pre-release screen to major market reviewers.
Virginia
We just left the theater in Tyler, Texas. For me, the experience was worth the money; I just didn’t like the theater. Bathroom handicap still hadn’t been repaired; slightly rude concession worker, no heat and ear deafening sound
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