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--- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, Zak Ray <zaksforummail@...> wrote:
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> I've gotten consistently mixed results with AMC. Sometimes it's a good experience, but others I've had to deal with audio pops, scratched prints, or leaving the house lights on for half the film (!).
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> Zak Ray
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> On Dec 7, 2010, at 4:33 PM, Roger Shufflebottom wrote:
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> > Like the one at my local multiplex who ran Slumdog Millionaire in the wrong aspect ratio until I ran out into the foyer and tracked him down?
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> > On 7 Dec 2010, at 16:56, Eric J. Gleske wrote:
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> >> In a somewhat related note is this article from Slate.com: "In an age
> >> when studios claim that box-office salvation will be found in new
> >> projection technology like Imax and 3-D, projectionists themselves are
> >> facing complete and total annihilation."
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> >> <http://www.slate.com/id/2266654/>
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> >> Eric Gleske
> >> Somewhere in Oregon
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> >> On Dec 5, 2010, at 1:20 PM, David Dodson wrote:
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> >>> What this whole thing smacks of is unabashed desperation by
> >>> exhibitors. They simply have no idea WHAT to do, and so are trying
> >>> anything, even patently fraudulent and feckless marketing to get
> >>> people to come in.
> >>>
> >>> Stunning that the exhibitors don't see the fundamentals of clean
> >>> theaters, bright projection and clear sound as being the cornerstone
> >>> of their business. After that, it's the Industry making movies that
> >>> people actually want to see, rather than tired retreads and a
> >>> bizarre, almost fetishistic obsession with super heroes.
> >>>
> >>> See, was that so hard?
> >>>
> >>> David
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> >>> On Dec 5, 2010, at 1:10 PM, Benjamin Hershleder wrote:
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> >>>> I got this surprise a while ago too Terry (at the AMC 16 in
> >>>> Burbank) and it was for the big-screen, enhanced-sound worthy, film
> >>>> epic "Get Him to the Greek"!
> >>>> It made no sense that that movie was shown in that space.
> >>>> Cheers,
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> >>>> B
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> >>>> Benjamin Hershleder
> >>>> http://ContactBen.com
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> >>>> On Dec 5, 2010, at 11:39 AM, Terence Curren wrote:
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> >>>>> Took the family to AMC to see a movie yesterday and was introduced
> >>>>> to the AMC theater chain's new money grabbing scheme. They have
> >>>>> what they call the "Enhanced Theater Experience" which actually
> >>>>> means they are charging you 4 dollars more per ticket. What do you
> >>>>> get for that? According to their press release:
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> >>>>> "ETX includes a 20-percent larger screen, 3D technology, digital
> >>>>> projection and an upgraded sound system. "
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Okay, this movie was not in 3D, and a bigger screen should mean
> >>>>> you sit farther away, but these are existing cracker box theaters
> >>>>> so that isn't going to happen. And the "upgraded sound system" is
> >>>>> twice as many speakers with higher wattage. In other words, either
> >>>>> their sound systems were already sub par, or they will now make
> >>>>> sure you leave the theater deaf.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> This blatant rip-off is just another reason that they are going to
> >>>>> kill themselves by ensuring folks stay home to watch movies.
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> >>>>> And yes, I refused to pay the extortion fee and went to another
> >>>>> theater chain to see the movie.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Terence Curren
> >>>>> Burbank, CA
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