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[Euchre]

Titles at the end of a film go back at least as far as Apocalypse Now.

As for the meditation balls, did people not notice that when he changed the direction of rotation, the gravity in the disc arena final stage reverses?

As for the arcade and power situation, note that Alan still holds the keys to the arcade. I'm sure Kevin left that to Sam, and Alan clearly was being steward to as much of Sam's inheritance as Sam was not embracing. I'm sure the money was there to keep the power meter on, and Alan is the kind of guy that would keep the arcade ready to fire back up the moment Sam decided to take it on. In the basement office, there's a lot of equipment - and most of us wouldn't recognize an enterprise grade UPS from a server box from a 'dishwasher' hard drive. (Although by 1985 they were much smaller.)

[thebruce]

[blackfeathers]

about the imax in 3d:
in one advanced screening i've been to, i was sitting on the far left side since all the middle seats were taken or reserved by a local radio station. it took awhile to adjust.

another time, when the movie was released, i managed to get a seat dead-center in the very back(so no one could kick the back of my chair). sitting around the middle area makes a big difference in the 3d viewing.

[demongod]

My first (and so far only viewing) was in IMAX3D glory. My mind was blown via my eyes AND ears. I intend my next viewing to be on an Ultrascreen, alot larger but only in Real3D. I am hoping the immersion with the larger screen will counteract the lesser of the 3D quality. I am also hoping the audio quality will be the same since the soundtrack is absolutely stunning.

[thebruce]

Just to be clear again - RealD 3D is a method for presenting 3D films, using polarized images. IMAX is the projection theater equipment. IMAX 3D is a combination of the two. For 3D film types, there's typically RealD 3D (one projector), IMAX 3D (two projectors), and active shutter (ick).

IMAX 3D is still polarized lenses, just as in a standard theater showing a 3D film may use. The only difference being that IMAX uses two simultaneous polarized projectors and RealD uses one alternating polarized frames.

ie, you may have a local theater that shows any of these types of experiences:
* 2D (film or digital)
* 3D (RealD polarized or active shutter)
* IMAX (film or digital, maybe 'fake' IMAX for theaters with a larger screen)
* IMAX 3D (generally two projectors polarized)

...being a combination of these theatrical elements:
* Film optimized for a certain presentation
* Projection equipment (film, digital, RealD, IMAX, IMAX 3D, etc)
* Theater A/V environment ('standard' theaters, 'fake' IMAX (just a big screen), IMAX (audio/screen/projection equipment all specific to handle full IMAX format))


The best cinematic experience of course is true IMAX 3D (two polarized simultaneous projectors with the proper screen and audio environment), IF the film is itself created and optimized for IMAX presentation. An IMAX film can technically be shown in a non-IMAX equipped theater, but it certainly lacks the full IMAX experience.

IIRC, Tron: Legacy was specifically adjusted to be optimal for each theatrical setup when distributed to theaters.
So, those of us that saw the movie in IMAX 3D got the best experience.

The downgraded experience really is simply either
* moving from an IMAX theater to a standard theater, or
* moving from polarized 3D to active shutter 3D (whether IMAX or standard theater)

A couple o' quick reference links:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RealD_Cinema
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMAX#IMAX_3D

disclaimer: this is my current understanding of 3D technologies =)

[RustyMuffler]

LMAO! Ultra Screen. Oh, Marcus Theaters... you and your gimmicks. (Ultra Screen is basically digital LieMAX without Marcus having to shell out the dough to use the IMAX tag.)

[Euchre]

The big differences in 3D depend on how the images are separated and presented to each eye.

Most common today is polarization. This can be radial as in RealD, where the angle of your head doesn't matter. There is also linear polarization, becoming much less common. Both can be used in IMAX. The other difference in polarized 3D is if the two images are presented in alternating frames or simultaneously. The former is less effective than the latter, as thebruce noted.

Less common is active shutter. This method is the one that often gives people headaches, as it completely blacks out one eye as the other gets an image. It is also necessarily effectively alternating frames.

There are still some instances where anaglyph is used - the old fashioned colored lenses. This is virtually nonexistent in major films now. There is a similar technology involving using specific wavelengths of color, namely the Dobly 3D technology. You are very unlikely to encounter this at this point, largely due to its expense.

Lots more info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3-D_film

[thebruce]

And more detail - a visual guide to linear and circular polarization, how a full selection of light rays can be filtered with different kinds of lenses:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polarized_3D_glasses

[Rogi Ocnorb]

Remember, too... If you're looking for a great IMAX experience you'll want to make sure the theater is using 70 milimeter film. Not all do.

[MrV]

I'm not sure if it was posted here yet, but anyone watch Spoony's review?
http://spoonyexperiment.com/2010/12/19/vlog-12-1910-tron-legacy/

Totally NSFW if you're going to use speakers.

One commentary on his review is that he forgot various parts but then used the lack of his memory to make it sound like the writers did a really bad job.

[Euchre]

Is he on acid or what?
He doesn't know why Alan Bradley would send Sam to the arcade to check out what the page was about, when Alan Bradley leads into telling him about the page by saying that he promised if he got any info about Kevin he'd tell Sam first. These were THE FIRST WORDS SPOKEN IN THE TRAILER!

This guy isn't too swift.

I see how his mind reinvents things based on his own perceptions, because when he describes some of the scenes I certainly wonder if he was seeing the same movie. Maybe it wasn't IMAX 3D because he saw some Asylum ripoff. He seems to be enough of a sucker to see those things, since he cited one of them in his review.

[MrV]

I think it's his heart meds or something.

If the Asylum does make a ripoff, will they hire Bruce Boxleitner since he's been in their movies before?

[IllusionOfLife]

[JCByrdman]

Sorry if this reply is too wordy

[MrV]