zifrony@TAURUS.BITNET (06/11/89)
In his letter, Mike Trout says: >There's a different atmosphere, too; watching a movie at home is just too >constricting and there are too many familiar distractions. Movies in REAL >theatres (not those mall phone booths) are an unmatched romantic experience >that can never be duplicated at home. I second that feeling. I never feel the same experience when watching a film on the television (either from a VCR, or from the air). Something is lost by the lack of a big screen, and maybe, by the lack of the surrounding people. Of course, the fact that you can watch the film whenever you want, on your favorite seat and you can stop it to run to the toilet are a strong point too in favor of watching films at home, but it's not the same. -- Doron Zifrony E-mail: BITNET: zifrony@taurus.bitnet Msc. Student INTERNET: zifrony@Math.Tau.Ac.IL Dept. of CS ARPA: zifrony%taurus.bitnet@cunyvm.cuny.edu Tel Aviv Univ. UUCP: ...!uunet!mcvax!humus!taurus!zifrony Israel CSNET: zifrony%taurus.bitnet%cunyvm.cuny.edu@ csnet-relay -- Disclaimer: I DON'T represent Tel Aviv University. The opinions hereby expressed are solely my own.
gd@geovision.uucp (Gord Deinstadt) (06/12/89)
In article <8906111007.AA04654@sl2.tau.ac.il> <zifrony%math.tau.ac.il@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU> writes: >In his letter, Mike Trout says: >>There's a different atmosphere, too; watching a movie at home is just too >>constricting and there are too many familiar distractions. Movies in REAL >>theatres (not those mall phone booths) are an unmatched romantic experience >>that can never be duplicated at home. > >I second that feeling. I never feel the same experience when watching a film >on the television (either from a VCR, or from the air). Something is lost by >the lack of a big screen, and maybe, by the lack of the surrounding people. Sounds like they haven't started showing *commercials* in the movie theatres where you are. "Gee ma, just like telly-vision but with bigger pitchers!" Gord "I used to like going to the movies, too :-(" Deinstadt Coming soon to a theatre near you: >>Garth Drabinsky - the man who ate the theatres<<
bill@bilver.UUCP (Bill Vermillion) (06/16/89)
In article <8906111007.AA04654@sl2.tau.ac.il> <zifrony%math.tau.ac.il@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU> writes: >In his letter, Mike Trout says: MT-There's a different atmosphere, too; watching a movie at home is just too MT-constricting and there are too many familiar distractions. Movies in REAL MT-theatres (not those mall phone booths) are an unmatched romantic experience MT-that can never be duplicated at home. DZ-I second that feeling. I never feel the same experience when watching a film DZ-on the television (either from a VCR, or from the air). Something is lost by DZ-the lack of a big screen, and maybe, by the lack of the surrounding people. DZ-Of course, the fact that you can watch the film whenever you want, on your DZ-favorite seat and you can stop it to run to the toilet are a strong point too DZ-in favor of watching films at home, but it's not the same. Mike's key word is "too many familiar distractions". Granted that seeing a film in a "good" theatre (and too many I have seen have poor optics/screens compared to what we used to have). Doron's comment about surrounding people doesn't seem as appropriate today as it used to be. Too often I am one of a handful in a theatre. A great audience helps, but even packed audiences of today aren't like the appreciated film audiences of the past. Probably too much exposure to video. (IMHO). But I have found a way that helps "bring you into the film" and not have the distractions. Works only with stereo, and properly done at that. Put a pair of headphones on. The room/house disappears and you are IN the film. The bigger the screen and the better the sound the better the illusion. Laser disks watched this way are a very interesting experience. -- Bill Vermillion - UUCP: {uiucuxc,hoptoad,petsd}!peora!rtmvax!bilver!bill : bill@bilver.UUCP
zifrony@TAURUS.BITNET (07/22/89)
In his article, <leah!rpi!crdgw1!ge-dab!peora!rtmvax!bilver!bill@csd4.milw.wisc. >... Put a pair of headphones on. The room/house disappears and you are IN the > film. The bigger the screen and the better the sound the better the > illusion. Laser disks watched this way are a very interesting experience. maybe with the introduction of flatter TV screens, which may be a yard or more in diameter to the home audience , one may fake the illusion of a movie theatre. This technology is here, or just outside the door. There are also projector screens, connected to videotapes, which are quite large. In fact, our local cinemateque uses them from time to time when projecting video films (which are not available on regular film). The need for a sterophonic headset, may be replaced by a room sealed to outside noise. It may be better for your ears too. -- Doron Zifrony E-mail: BITNET: zifrony@taurus.bitnet Msc. Student INTERNET: zifrony@Math.Tau.Ac.IL Dept. of CS ARPA: zifrony%taurus.bitnet@cunyvm.cuny.edu Tel Aviv Univ. UUCP: ...!uunet!mcvax!humus!taurus!zifrony Israel CSNET: zifrony%taurus.bitnet%cunyvm.cuny.edu@ csnet-relay -- Disclaimer: I DON'T represent Tel Aviv University. The opinions hereby expressed are solely my own.