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Understood -- to be clear, in my post, I wasn't asking for an usher or projectionist or supervisor to be in every auditorium at every showtime. I'm saying, if you have one theater out of 15 where you charge audience members an extra $5-10 just to see a movie on that one screen compared to all...

Wayne, glad to hear they were able to fix it quickly. Amazing, though, that even though they charge about $20 a ticket, that they don't have someone assigned to sit in the theater until the first few minutes of the movie play, to make sure that it all is playing properly. I realize it's too...

I've seen DCPs of several of the Bond films, and they're all made from the same master used for the Ultimate Edition DVDs/Blu-rays, and unfortunately, all of the compromises baked into those masters for the home video format have carried over to theatrical. I understand -- though I completely...

I've yet to go to one of those dine-in theaters -- surprisingly, we don't really have them in NYC. There's one in Brooklyn that opened a couple years ago, and I think one in Yonkers that opened in the fall, but nothing in Manhattan or around the mid-town area where I work. The one in Brooklyn...

Todd, I'm just guessing here -- could be the digital print was watermarked in some way for copy protection, they were doing that for a while with film prints where each was marked in a unique way so the studio could tell exactly where a pirated copy of the movie was filmed based on the type and...

I agree, unfortunately they're the ones pushing them out. IMAX has some very good customer service, with some very weird blindspots or quirks built in. I love that at the end of any of their movies, there's a title card with an email address to contact them about the presentation, and I love...

Bobby, I think we're gonna have to agree to disagree on some of this in terms of actual vs percieved value. I do see value to IMAX Digital where I don't see the same value to "premium large format" digital (especially if that doesn't include Atmos), and to my eyes, it genuinely does look...

I'd say brighter use through dual 3D projectors is a huge advantage -- again, I'm only speaking my personal preference here, but I notice a huge difference in light output at a digital IMAX 3D presentation over a Regal RPX or AMC ETX of the same. There is an almost night-and-day difference in...

I disagree that IMAX digital is a joke, although I feel that way about the other so-called "premium large format" auditoriums. When you see something at an RPX or an ETX or whathaveyou, you're seeing the same digital copy of the movie that they're showing in the non-premium auditorium...

Agreed. I remember in November seeing the Thor marathon at the AMC Empire 25 in NYC, on their ETX screen - so in theory, it should have been the best auditorium in the building, and with it being a special event, a little bit of care should have been taken. The first movie, "Thor" was slightly...

I loved reading how (non-Hollywood) people always get all bent out of shape over "This director did 20 takes!", etc., when I agree, the film stock is probably the cheapest thing. Renting a studio (or location), building sets, renting camera, lighting and sound equipment, paying a cast and crew...

This movie was only playing at Empire 25 or at the Regal Union, and Empire was closer and better timed that day… otherwise I agree. When I go to see something at Empire, if I use the Fandango app on my iPhone and go to buy tickets, it always says which number theater it's showing in right...

While this isn't a digital glitch, per say -- I did see a movie last night at AMC Empire 25 in Times Square NYC, and after the credits finished rolling, a new, loud, animated AMC tag came on which said in big letters and a louder voice "TIME TO LEAVE". The music in the end credits had been...

Hi cineMANIAC, I feel your pain - theaters transitioned to digital projectors, and we were all told that they would eliminate many of the problems that had to do with improperly handled film - and unfortunately for every good thing digital projection has done, I think it's also encouraged a lot...