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Post by stoner on Jan 25, 2006 23:39:07 GMT -5
Hi all.
Just got back from a sneak preview of the new IMAX movie called Roving Mars. If you are interested in NASA type stuff I highly recommend it. And if you've never been to an IMAX movie before, all I can say is wow! That was the first time I had seen one and is really cool.
It opens on Friday.
Ed
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Post by driftwood on Jan 26, 2006 0:47:48 GMT -5
Hi Ed, I am going on friday if I am feeling better. I have been guled to the rovers website since they landed on mars. I have been looking at the recent pictures from spirit and there is a house sized rock in the distance. I hope they dont bypass this one as it would be really cool too see it up close. Here is a photo of it.  Tony |
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Post by rockds on Jan 26, 2006 0:54:42 GMT -5
wounder if they tumble?
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Post by stoner on Jan 26, 2006 1:35:50 GMT -5
Hey Tony.
If you've been glued to the website, then you NEED to see this movie. Get there early so you can get a seat near the top. We were in the second row down in front and although it was still good viewing, the upper rows are much better. Hope you can make it.
Ed
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Post by LCARS on Jan 26, 2006 2:25:41 GMT -5
I JUST saw a promo for it on UPN, looks shweeeet  |
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Post by LCARS on Jan 26, 2006 2:27:31 GMT -5
I follow the rovers pretty religiously too. I bet most of us would kill for one of those R.A.T.'s  |
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Post by stoner on Jan 26, 2006 11:55:40 GMT -5
The R.A.T. makes short order of getting through the surface of the rocks. And I don't even think it was a diamond instrument, they didn't really say. But yea, it looked pretty impressive.
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Post by rollingstone on Jan 26, 2006 15:12:13 GMT -5
Hey Stoner, Neph, and LCARS, I'm in the club too! I must have single-handedly accounted for about 1 million of those hits on the rover websites. I only check them out every week or so now because they don't update the info. very often anymore, but in the first couple months I'd logon dozens of times per day... I even got so impatient about the info not being updated more often that I wrote a nasty letter to NASA... whew, I need to relax! (they never replied  . Anyway, there are two IMAX theatres in town here, so I will definitely have to check the schedules and see the movie. Thanks for the tip! |
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Post by thehawke on Jan 27, 2006 10:57:02 GMT -5
yeah we loved it too. I think we'll have to check out when it is playing here. Maybe call the niece and nephews and make it an IMAX weekend.
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Post by Tweetiepy on Jan 27, 2006 11:26:35 GMT -5
My kids are going with Gramma to see the IMAX Killamanjero - I woulda loved to see the roller coaster one - I'm a thrill seeker what can I say
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Post by thehawke on Jan 27, 2006 15:46:09 GMT -5
I think the roller coaster one would prolly make me puke.
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Post by stoner on Jan 27, 2006 16:33:03 GMT -5
When it comes to roller coasters, I've always said, "If I wanna get sick, I'll drink a 5th of whiskey".
There are times in the Rover movie when I felt like the seats were moving.
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Post by thehawke on Jan 27, 2006 16:45:44 GMT -5
I have a weird reaction to seeing movies anyway. Wife has a theory that it has to do with my brain trying to fill in the extra FPS that I am used to seeing watching tv. On tv, you get many more frames per second than you do seeing a movie. So when we go to movies, I almost always end up with a killer headache. It doesn't matter where we sit or what kind of movie it is. I get a headache. We saw the Cirque Show at IMAX (history of man?) and it made me ill.
On another note, have you gotten 3-D glasses and visited the site that has 3-D images of the mars stuff? THAT is TRIPPY!
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Post by krazydiamond on Jan 27, 2006 19:00:26 GMT -5
the first IMAX i ever saw was in Arizona at the Grand Canyon, hubby, me and father-in-law were SO impressed with the production and awe inspiring experience that we booked the evening show (was a space shuttle one). we had dinner with a few glasses of wine while waiting for the show....bad move! i got "space sick" hovering weightlessly over the globe.....almost lost it...
didn't stop us from watching IMAX whereever we find one, tho, the Air and Space Museum in DC has a good selection. can't wait for the Mars one! there is an IMAX about an hour west of us! good to know there are some other space nuts out there!
KD
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Post by Original Admin on Jan 28, 2006 21:02:42 GMT -5
Hmmm - I get the feeling Im missing out on something good here - theres one near "ish" us but Im not sure they do the space rover type films.
I'll check it out if I can. Thanks for the info.
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. Anyway, there are two IMAX theatres in town here, so I will definitely have to check the schedules and see the movie. Thanks for the tip!
