If you enjoy Sci-Fi and/or Star Trek, go see the new movie, it's excellent . Imax is even better.

Orly? I was going to watch it in Imax, glad to know it is good

I echo what Patch said, it rocked in IMAX.

I'll go see it in 2 weeks when IMAX isn't packed

It is awesome. Only normal cinema for me though =/

Never really been interested in Star Trek, actually i don't think ive ever seen an episode or a movie of star trek, anyone got any suggestions of one to watch for a first-timer?

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anyone got any suggestions of one to watch for a first-timer?

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You won't have a problem watching this movie, you'll probably just miss a couple of referenes and wonder why some people chuckle in the cinema sometimes. Still, my gf doesn't know much about Star Trek and she liked the movie as well.

Loved the movie, saw it the other night

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http://home.kairo.at/blog/2009-05/excellent_movie_trouble_for_canon
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I just went to see it tonight... Not a Star Trek watcher, but I have to say, the movie was AWESOME.

I totally didn't expect Zachary Quinto to play Spock, I saw the image in the Heroes thread of him playing Spock, but I thought it was photoshop'd with relevance to him wanting to leave the series and break into movies, so it was a lol moment when he first came on.

Still, yeah, awesome movie, highly recommended.

If only it was released in India...

Releases on the 26th... might go watch it on my birthday .

Am going to see it this thursday at my intel conference.

I remember hearing years ago how Patchou loves Star Trek I'll probably watch it once it comes out on DVD. Less expensive (I'm too poor )

I wish I could go see it now.. wretched exams ruin everything

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I remember hearing years ago how Patchou loves Star Trek I'll probably watch it once it comes out on DVD. Less expensive (I'm too poor )

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Since when is a DVD less expensive than going to the movies (which is like $6)?

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Since when is a DVD less expensive than going to the movies (which is like $6)?

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Am going to see it this thursday at my intel conference.

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or *cough*download*cough* it?

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Since when is a DVD less expensive than going to the movies (which is like $6)?

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Yeah but going to the movies also means you get to see the movie on a screen that's 50 times bigger while getting the satisfaction of eating loudly to annoy people around you.

Patchou doesn't have a theater yet in his house? For shame, and I thought you were rich

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Yeah but going to the movies also means you get to see the movie on a screen that's 50 times bigger while getting the satisfaction of eating loudly to annoy people around you.

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I watched it today, good film no doubt. Loads of special effects etc, this is one of those films which is indeed better on the big screen. Go watch!

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Yeah but going to the movies also means you get to see the movie on a screen that's 50 times bigger while getting the satisfaction of eating loudly to annoy people around you.

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are you saying that you're willing to buy me a movie ticket?

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But what will pouic-pouic think!? Taking other girls out to the movies. Hm.

Just got back. I liked it .

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But what will pouic-pouic think!? Taking other girls out to the movies. Hm.

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But what will pouic-pouic think!? Taking other girls out to the movies. Hm.

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Patchou's a player and no matter what he does, he will always be able to get out of  trouble with his ridiculously good looks and his smooth talking.

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Yeah but going to the movies also means you get to see the movie on a screen that's 50 times bigger while getting the satisfaction of eating loudly to annoy people around you.

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are you saying that you're willing to buy me a movie ticket?

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To a nice girl: always

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Patchou's a player and no matter what he does, he will always be able to get out of  trouble with his ridiculously good looks and his smooth talking.

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Patchou's a player and no matter what he does, he will always be able to get out of  trouble with his ridiculously good looks and his smooth talking.

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My first Star Trek experience was a pretty good one...enjoyed the film, decent enough storyline, nothing too complex..nice one.

Although I couldn't shake this nagging feeling that Spock was gonna slice open Kirk's head to steal his personality power

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Although I couldn't shake this nagging feeling that Spock was gonna slice open Kirk's head to steal his personality power

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My first Star Wars experience was a pretty good one...enjoyed the film, decent enough storyline, nothing too complex..nice one.)

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Patchou's a player and no matter what he does, he will always be able to get out of  trouble with his ridiculously good looks and his smooth talking.

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Although I couldn't shake this nagging feeling that Spock was gonna slice open Kirk's head to steal his personality power

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Well, it may have been true if only blue-matter had not been floating around at the same moment in space. How lucky was that... it's a well known fact one cancels the effects of the other.

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If you enjoy Sci-Fi and/or Star Trek, go see the new movie, it's excellent . Imax is even better.

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Have any of you read this? http://www.neowin.net/news/software/09/05/23/soph...ti-virus-seriously

Its pure rofl so go have a read
Credits go to Chris for tweeting this to me

* CookieRevised is certainly going to see it.
Too bad we don't have an IMAX in Belgium (last one closed several yeasr ago iirc). Nevertheless, the 'normal' screens in the big movie theaters here are already way large enough...


PS: without telling a spoiler, is it canon with the rest of ST?
(I so hate it when directors don't make stuff canon, and usually the only reason is that they think it is "better for thetheir plot").

PSS: Whenever we go to see a movie again on some meeting, remind me to never sit next to Patchou

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Nevertheless, the 'normal' screens in the big movie theaters here are already way large enough...

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They're not REAL IMAX, the screens are still small (for Canada that is). The screens are the same size as a regular screen, the only difference is the IMAX projector and the gigantic sound system. And even then, the movie is then interwhatever it's called because the film goes into the projector like 10000 times faster then what it was filmed as

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&ie=UTF8&msa=...469b6d72410c230bbd

IMAX vs LIEMAX ^

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yeah, but the film is only 1/10th as big

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nope it isn't.

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How is 35mm 1/10th of 70mm?

Film size is only one part of the story... screen size is another... viewing distance yet another... If you have a bigger resolution, you can have a bigger screen, but you also sit further away from it.

The point of IMAX is so you can have really big screen sizes with one projector and a lot more people can watch the movie at the same time. For that you must have a bigger resolution. But if the screen size doesn't go above those extra large screens there is no point in having a bigger resolution either.

A standard IMAX screen is 'only' like 15m high but you sit a lot further away than from a 'normal' screen of 8m high (unless you want to do some gymnastics while watching or miss half of the movie). The viewing experience, including the viewing angle, is in the end almost exactly the same.

PS: The entire official point of IMAX _IS_ screen size. That's the only reason why it was 'invented' already several decades ago. Image Maxima, maximum screensize...


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*sigh*
I am very obviously not talking about projecting a 35mm on a 25m high imax screen.
Neither am I talking about projecting a 70mm film on a 8m high normal screen.


For each size there is an 'optimum' resolution. A 35mm on a 8m high screen is just as good as a 70mm on a 25m high screen so to speak, provided you sit at the optimum distance for 'normal' movies.

And with a normal action movie there is not much point in sitting 30m away from a 15m high screen with a big resolution than sitting 15m away from a 8m high screen with a lower resolution.... You would see exactly the same stuff flashing by, equally big in size.

Imax isn't inferiour, I said it isn't _that_ much better compared to the big screens we have here in _our_ cinames for normal action movies. I also said it is another story for still images and stuff especially made for Imax to show its benefits.

If the movie is a non-action movie with lots of scenes which are almost static and not much movement then you would notice a bigger difference way more quickly.

But there is probably not a single blockbuster movie which is exclusivly made for Imax. Which makes that there isn't any blockbuster movie which actually takes 100% advantage of the Imax system and which 100% benefits from its resolution. Which means you wont miss that much when you see the movie in 35mm on a big screen (and I mean a big screen, not a crappy 4x3m screen) compared to seeing it on an Imax screen with a 70mm reel.

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For each size there is an 'optimum' resolution. A 35mm on a 8m high screen is just as good as a 70mm on a 25m high screen so to speak, provided you sit at the optimum distance.

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How about you geeks stop talking about screen sizes and go back to talk about Star Trek?

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They're not REAL IMAX, the screens are still small (for Canada that is). The screens are the same size as a regular screen, the only difference is the IMAX projector and the gigantic sound system. And even then, the movie is then interwhatever it's called because the film goes into the projector like 10000 times faster then what it was filmed as

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&ie=UTF8&msa=...469b6d72410c230bbd

IMAX vs LIEMAX ^

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Having the biggest IMAX dome on the planet near your house is total win

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But there is probably not a single blockbuster movie which is exclusivly made for Imax.

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