Quote from: arogony on May 25, 2012, 05:57:51 AM
I know regular theaters do midnight shows
But what about IMAX theaters? 
I live in L.A. and the IMAX screens were some of the first two have advanced tickets for the midnight show on June 7th.
Quote from: RagingDragon on May 26, 2012, 01:30:30 AM
That's crazy. I think someone else was talking about that as well, the difference between the 'real' IMAX's and the fake ones. Aren't the screens also different, as well as the sizes?
I don't know, IMAX is so damn big... sometimes I worry that the screen is too big to properly take in all of a film, especially the first time you see it. I sometimes feel like my eyes have to dart all over the screen to keep up.
But I haven't really seen many movies in IMAX. When I used to go to them, they were in museums and had specials about polar bears and railroads and shit. 
IMAX DIGITAL is considered "fake" IMAX, and it truly is a scam. The reason is that these major theater chains (AMC and Regal) have simply converted a screen, usually from their largest auditorium, and extended it as high and as wide as possible so that it is technically larger than a traditional movie screen but not by much. The films are then projected digitally using IMAX brand equipment and the logo gets advertised along with a huge increase in ticket prices for a something that isn't even genuine IMAX.
True IMAX is several stories high and is projected from 70mm film, which means superior picture quality and sound. Most mainstream films shown in IMAX are digitally processed and converted frame by frame to 70mm film, allowing for outstanding picture quality that never loses resolution when expaded onto a larger screen. The difference is noticeable. I saw "300" and "The Dark Knight" in true IMAX and they were spectacular, especially the ones that featured scenes that were specifically filmed in that format (those scenes looks sharper and expanded to take up the entire screen, which made for an incredible immersive experience).
Anyway, if you live in the Los Angeles area like I do there are a few theaters that will be showing "Prometheus" in genuine IMAX. The Rave 18 in Culver City, which has assigned seating, and the AMC Universal Citywalk near Universal Studios in Hollywood.
