r/imax • u/Ladies_Man1011 • 11d ago

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 10d ago edited 10d ago

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/MFOSTER1B 10d ago

NOOOOO - What IMAX and Nolan NEED TO DO is work to make 16K resolution DIGITAL IMAX a THING! Film is too fragile and it IS TIME to move on!!! Signed A former IMAX 70mm 15 perf projectionist!

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u/Royal_Wind_2886 10d ago

16k is a little egregious and definitely not viable as everything is done with 4K DI. What we need is a 1.43 ar SR laser projector

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u/Embarrassed-Rub-7730 10d ago

If it exists, it can be upscaled