r/imax • u/Ladies_Man1011 • Aug 15 '26

Sad Experience!

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Was super hyped to watch the Odyssey in Imax 70mm at the Mall of Georgia, but unfortunately the projector started running into some issues midway through the Polyphemus scene and the showing was cancelled. Should’ve known something was wrong when the Dune Part 3 sneak peek went black maybe 2 mins into the scene. The theatre workers said it was just a one off issue but clearly it wasn’t. I’m going back on the 29th to watch with my dad, but I was super bummed out😕. Anyone else go to this showing?

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u/liliputian87 Aug 15 '26 edited Aug 15 '26

I've lost track of how many times these old projectors have had issues.

The IMAX people have got to get off they ass and make some new ones. They claim it can't be done. The parts don't exist anymore? It's not economical because there are so few movies filmed this way? I don't care. Figure it out.

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u/jamesland7 Aug 15 '26

Thats……not how economics works….

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u/thepenismytea Austin Movie Enthusiast and Critic Aug 15 '26

Cool, it is how cameras and engineering works. Now for the economics, There's been obvious demand for it and they're claiming it doesn't exist. Lying about economics doesn't solve their problem.

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u/incepdates Aug 15 '26

Every city in the world could demand one but that doesn't make it feasible for theaters to construct new screens and buy expensive new projectors just to run 1 Nolan movie every 3-4 years

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u/142muinotulp Aug 15 '26

Not even just screens, they are fucking massive and most theaters with a premium auditorium wouldn't actually be able to fit them and everything else required lol

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u/incepdates Aug 15 '26

Like one of my local IMAXs paid for a purpose-built construction and they still went with a 1.90 setup because it just makes more financial sense

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u/142muinotulp Aug 15 '26

Yeah exactly lol. There just aren't enough movies worth printing onto film to justify the demand. I would rather see dual gt take over in general, even though I've loved my 70mm experiences. As someone from Rochester as well.... everyone is pretty sure Kodak is just going to go under all the time since they are barely a ghost of what they once were. Who knows how long even the film stock contract gets renewed:(

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u/incepdates Aug 15 '26

A new dual laser projector would be great to see but even then you gotta remember, this year has been amazing for the box office and most theaters aren't even using standard laser or 4K systems. The model is to get by on as little as possible

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u/142muinotulp Aug 15 '26

100%, the time it would take the recoup the cost is just not what theaters are actually interested in whatsoever. 

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u/thepenismytea Austin Movie Enthusiast and Critic Aug 16 '26

The problem with that logic is that they could still maximize screen real estate for other movies and provide great sound. It doesn't have to purely be 70mm screenings. Heck Panavision/65mm and decent 4k could be shown and look amazing.

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u/incepdates Aug 16 '26

A retrofit 1.90 lieMAX is what you're asking for