thanks Coate posting the 1991 70mm fest – I remember seeing ‘Ben-Hur’ and ‘Alien’ – the latter in particular since my first time I saw the movie was on a small 13 inch TV (in no way to see or experience it) – the 70mm version was far and out the best way to see and hear it – the airduct scene I was digging my fingers into the arm rests.
regarding tix pricing here’s what the Smithsonian recently stated:
“… if you bring in a ticket stub from a past #SciFiSundays film you can get your next film for just $10.”
as to ‘Star Trek II’ I’m assuming they are showing the theatrical DCP of this – unless Paramount created new DCP’s from the recent HDR’d 4K remastering
SciFi Sundays screenings:
May 1: Spaceballs
May 8: The Fifth Element
May 15: Men in Black
May 22: Spaceballs (repeat, due to popular / sell out screening at the beginning of the month)
May 29: Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice
June 5: Star Trek (2009)
June 12: Star Trek: Into Darkness
June 18: Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
June 25: Inception
auditorium three finally reopened – oh the leather seats put Bethesda’s to shame – very very comfortable (haven’t been over to Atlantic Plumbing to compare) – it’s very intimate I don’t think it can sit more than twenty five people.
both auditoriums have the new seats and a quick look into auditorium two, the spacing also looks resolved.
I personally don’t think that light red haze on the screen is ever going to go away (due to safety regulations). but on the positive side the presentation of ‘Captain America: Civil War’ on the Dolby Cinema screen was stellar. On the flip side the Atmos mix wasn’t really that much to write home about, not the fault of the system, but more on the overall sound design/mixing – ceiling sourced sound cues are kept to a minimum.
in it’s new incarnation – it’s called The Miracle Theater is serves as a multi-use facility equipped to host “gala events, live theatrical productions, private film screenings, concerts, meetings and weddings”
the theater has reopened as of last week (April 22nd). Seating which includes a balcony sits 370 people and features 2K digital projector and 5.1 sound.
from the theater’s Facebook page:
“We are officially OPEN! Celebrate with us for our GRAND OPENING WEEKEND! We’ll be adding more to the movie lineup- stay tuned!
Thursday, May 5
Many Beautiful Things Film Screening & After Party
7pm
Friday, May 6
Princess Bride || 10pm
Saturday, May 7
Open House || 1 pm || FREE (During Taste of 8th 2016)
Kids music by Rainbow Rock Band from 1-2pm || FREE
finally checked out the new laser upgrade today and I have some mixed feelings about it, more so about what and how IMAX remastered ‘To Fly!’.
The beginning which is a small section of the screen, looks hideous, it looks like blown up VHS quality (it never looked like this in it’s 15/70 print) – but when it expands to full screen, the difference is immediate and stunning. A couple of instances there is judder as the camera pans across tree shots. Very minor speckles appear, but in no way hinder the picture. It’s just odd that the remastering process didn’t digitally erase them. The scene with the skydiver, the skydiver is double imaged – that had me equally bewildered. It’s the type of anomaly you’d see in a 3D presentation when ghosting occurs, here it defies description as to why it’s present, at all (I never noticed it in 15/70 form).
The huge difference is the sound, it sounds glorious and even though the overhead sound cues are subtle and more atuned to in keeping and retaining it’s original 6-track sound configurement – the panning and placement of the music to the new side wall channels is astounding. It gave more appreciation and fondness to Bernardo Segall’s music score.
the plus for IMAX here at Tysons is that IMAX is 3D, Dolby Cinema is not – which for the price seems like a rip off. Oddly ‘The Jungle Book’ is the first Dolby Cinema release in actual 3D, yet it’s not presented here as such. Until they fix that ‘light bouncing back onto the screen’ flaw, I’m not really all that gun-ho on going back here.
interestingly I was here yesterday to see the French movie: ‘Marguerite’ the soundmix comprised of classical / Opera music was just beautiful in 5.1 – but in auditorium #1 the seats actually fold up and down, thus getting around the seats A LOT much more easier. Screen 5 though the image seems dark to me, ‘Xanadu’ (as well as last year’s showing of ‘Mary Poppins’) the luminance is lacking.
I saw ‘Batman V Superman’ here on the AMC Prime / Dolby Cinema screen this morning and I have mixed feelings about the conversion.
The flaws:
One) The light from the floors immediate to the screen, it casts a red light onto it, and for the many dark scenes in this movie it is VERY noticeable, there’s no way to remove them, but there should be a way to reduce the brightness during the movie. From an IndieWire.com article:
“The interior design is purposeful, and meant to virtually eliminate any light or color interference. The designers have even utilized new low ambient LED lighting for the aisles and stairs, which still comply with safety, but greatly reduce the amount of light that could interfere with the projection experience.”
this isn’t the case here.
Two) I guess I forgot about the rumbling seats, but in this case, it was downright annoying (to me) – other’s may get a kick out of it, I just want to enjoy the movie without the physical interruptions.
On the plus side, I like the seats, they don’t go far back as the IPic “Bethesda” seats. Since now there are walls in between the rows, it’s nice not to see the patrons in front of you (or even behind you).
Sound seems the same to me, as it should, there was nothing wrong with it in the first place (outside of some of the action movies being a tad too loud sometimes).
There are new surround speakers on the walls with red lights behind them, they look like the mini versions of what you’d see at a music venue/club. Lights also illuminate the ceiling speakers.
Screen is also larger and slightly curved.
Unfortunately due to limited space and zoning, Dolby couldn’t install their curved ‘video wall’ entrance
I never noticed this but with the laser changeover – trailers are presented before the feature … and the theater does have concessions: sodas, popcorn; two things the description of this theater states otherwise.
while this is my favourite newer theater in the DC metro area – I do have to say they are the worst when it comes to the number of 3D movies shown as such during the day.
I’m surprised ‘The Jungle Book’ advance tix aren’t up for the Dolby Cinema screen, but ‘Captain America: Civil War’ is; for it’s May 5th 7:30pm and 11pm screenings.
While I’m sure the seat number was reduced, looking at the seating chart for ‘Civil War’ what was done doesn’t look as severe.
looks like Landmark is closing the theater until April – “We’re renovating to enhance your experience! With New Screens, Supple Leather seats, & more!”
I was over here for the Oscar Doc Shorts showcase on screen 1, and personally it didn’t look like they did anything to the screen or the seats
it helps tremendously BobbyS, that 70mm can also sound great with the five channels of sound behind the screen – something that DCP applications has yet to achieve, Dolby Atmos can do it, but no one has hard encoded five front sound since the release of 8-channel SDDS movies.
waterguy56 – I’ll be very curious what your thoughts are on IMAX’s new 12-channel sound system (if and when the system debuts with the conversion to laser), while it’s not as great as Dolby Atmos, it’s a definite improvement in terms of competing with Atmos and standard 7.1 surround sound.
apparently my comments made on April 25th of last year – was sort of pointless – thankfully OGTDan’s comments on February 6th of this year here on Cinema Treasures and on Facebook corrected and described ‘Phase 2’ – I’m curious what the “upgrading … of the screen” actually means – larger?
thanks Coate posting the 1991 70mm fest – I remember seeing ‘Ben-Hur’ and ‘Alien’ – the latter in particular since my first time I saw the movie was on a small 13 inch TV (in no way to see or experience it) – the 70mm version was far and out the best way to see and hear it – the airduct scene I was digging my fingers into the arm rests.
^ Elizabeth Olsen as Scarlet Witch?
^ sad
I think the theater you are thinking of JodarMovieFan is Portland’s Hollywood Theater
regarding tix pricing here’s what the Smithsonian recently stated:
“… if you bring in a ticket stub from a past #SciFiSundays film you can get your next film for just $10.”
as to ‘Star Trek II’ I’m assuming they are showing the theatrical DCP of this – unless Paramount created new DCP’s from the recent HDR’d 4K remastering
SciFi Sundays screenings: May 1: Spaceballs May 8: The Fifth Element May 15: Men in Black May 22: Spaceballs (repeat, due to popular / sell out screening at the beginning of the month) May 29: Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice June 5: Star Trek (2009) June 12: Star Trek: Into Darkness June 18: Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan June 25: Inception
auditorium three finally reopened – oh the leather seats put Bethesda’s to shame – very very comfortable (haven’t been over to Atlantic Plumbing to compare) – it’s very intimate I don’t think it can sit more than twenty five people.
both auditoriums have the new seats and a quick look into auditorium two, the spacing also looks resolved.
recent news stated one of the auditoriums will be upgraded to DTS' new “immersive audio” DTS-X systems.
I personally don’t think that light red haze on the screen is ever going to go away (due to safety regulations). but on the positive side the presentation of ‘Captain America: Civil War’ on the Dolby Cinema screen was stellar. On the flip side the Atmos mix wasn’t really that much to write home about, not the fault of the system, but more on the overall sound design/mixing – ceiling sourced sound cues are kept to a minimum.
in it’s new incarnation – it’s called The Miracle Theater is serves as a multi-use facility equipped to host “gala events, live theatrical productions, private film screenings, concerts, meetings and weddings”
the theater has reopened as of last week (April 22nd). Seating which includes a balcony sits 370 people and features 2K digital projector and 5.1 sound.
from the theater’s Facebook page:
“We are officially OPEN! Celebrate with us for our GRAND OPENING WEEKEND! We’ll be adding more to the movie lineup- stay tuned!
Thursday, May 5 Many Beautiful Things Film Screening & After Party 7pm
Friday, May 6 Princess Bride || 10pm
Saturday, May 7 Open House || 1 pm || FREE (During Taste of 8th 2016) Kids music by Rainbow Rock Band from 1-2pm || FREE
Sunday, May 8 Princess Bride || 4pm
finally checked out the new laser upgrade today and I have some mixed feelings about it, more so about what and how IMAX remastered ‘To Fly!’.
The beginning which is a small section of the screen, looks hideous, it looks like blown up VHS quality (it never looked like this in it’s 15/70 print) – but when it expands to full screen, the difference is immediate and stunning. A couple of instances there is judder as the camera pans across tree shots. Very minor speckles appear, but in no way hinder the picture. It’s just odd that the remastering process didn’t digitally erase them. The scene with the skydiver, the skydiver is double imaged – that had me equally bewildered. It’s the type of anomaly you’d see in a 3D presentation when ghosting occurs, here it defies description as to why it’s present, at all (I never noticed it in 15/70 form).
The huge difference is the sound, it sounds glorious and even though the overhead sound cues are subtle and more atuned to in keeping and retaining it’s original 6-track sound configurement – the panning and placement of the music to the new side wall channels is astounding. It gave more appreciation and fondness to Bernardo Segall’s music score.
the plus for IMAX here at Tysons is that IMAX is 3D, Dolby Cinema is not – which for the price seems like a rip off. Oddly ‘The Jungle Book’ is the first Dolby Cinema release in actual 3D, yet it’s not presented here as such. Until they fix that ‘light bouncing back onto the screen’ flaw, I’m not really all that gun-ho on going back here.
interestingly I was here yesterday to see the French movie: ‘Marguerite’ the soundmix comprised of classical / Opera music was just beautiful in 5.1 – but in auditorium #1 the seats actually fold up and down, thus getting around the seats A LOT much more easier. Screen 5 though the image seems dark to me, ‘Xanadu’ (as well as last year’s showing of ‘Mary Poppins’) the luminance is lacking.
I saw ‘Batman V Superman’ here on the AMC Prime / Dolby Cinema screen this morning and I have mixed feelings about the conversion.
The flaws:
One) The light from the floors immediate to the screen, it casts a red light onto it, and for the many dark scenes in this movie it is VERY noticeable, there’s no way to remove them, but there should be a way to reduce the brightness during the movie. From an IndieWire.com article: “The interior design is purposeful, and meant to virtually eliminate any light or color interference. The designers have even utilized new low ambient LED lighting for the aisles and stairs, which still comply with safety, but greatly reduce the amount of light that could interfere with the projection experience.”
this isn’t the case here.
Two) I guess I forgot about the rumbling seats, but in this case, it was downright annoying (to me) – other’s may get a kick out of it, I just want to enjoy the movie without the physical interruptions.
On the plus side, I like the seats, they don’t go far back as the IPic “Bethesda” seats. Since now there are walls in between the rows, it’s nice not to see the patrons in front of you (or even behind you).
Sound seems the same to me, as it should, there was nothing wrong with it in the first place (outside of some of the action movies being a tad too loud sometimes). There are new surround speakers on the walls with red lights behind them, they look like the mini versions of what you’d see at a music venue/club. Lights also illuminate the ceiling speakers.
Screen is also larger and slightly curved.
Unfortunately due to limited space and zoning, Dolby couldn’t install their curved ‘video wall’ entrance
does 4DX incorporate Dolby Atmos sound?
I never noticed this but with the laser changeover – trailers are presented before the feature … and the theater does have concessions: sodas, popcorn; two things the description of this theater states otherwise.
re(re)opening tomorrow April 1st – showtimes are up on the theater’s website.
while this is my favourite newer theater in the DC metro area – I do have to say they are the worst when it comes to the number of 3D movies shown as such during the day.
it’s on the top banner of AMC Tyson’s webpage
https://www.amctheatres.com/movie-theatres/washington-d-c/amc-tysons-corner-16
“Dolby Cinema at AMC Prime – Opening Soon”
I actually stopped by the theater last week and noted that auditorium 11 is boarded up, obviously for the construction going on behind it.
the manager on hand though was the least helpful that I’ve talked to in the past – he really was clueless and monosyllabic.
in terms of the seating I assume they will look something like this:
http://cdn.highdefdigest.com/uploads/2015/10/08/660/Dolby_Cinema_at_AMC_Prime_Interior_.JPG
question – so what are the technical aspects of this theater – can it show 35mm? what projector’s are being used (brand, 4K? or standard 2K?)
I’m surprised ‘The Jungle Book’ advance tix aren’t up for the Dolby Cinema screen, but ‘Captain America: Civil War’ is; for it’s May 5th 7:30pm and 11pm screenings.
While I’m sure the seat number was reduced, looking at the seating chart for ‘Civil War’ what was done doesn’t look as severe.
Prime time ticket price is $20.19
looks like Landmark is closing the theater until April – “We’re renovating to enhance your experience! With New Screens, Supple Leather seats, & more!”
I was over here for the Oscar Doc Shorts showcase on screen 1, and personally it didn’t look like they did anything to the screen or the seats
it helps tremendously BobbyS, that 70mm can also sound great with the five channels of sound behind the screen – something that DCP applications has yet to achieve, Dolby Atmos can do it, but no one has hard encoded five front sound since the release of 8-channel SDDS movies.
waterguy56 – I’ll be very curious what your thoughts are on IMAX’s new 12-channel sound system (if and when the system debuts with the conversion to laser), while it’s not as great as Dolby Atmos, it’s a definite improvement in terms of competing with Atmos and standard 7.1 surround sound.
apparently my comments made on April 25th of last year – was sort of pointless – thankfully OGTDan’s comments on February 6th of this year here on Cinema Treasures and on Facebook corrected and described ‘Phase 2’ – I’m curious what the “upgrading … of the screen” actually means – larger?