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Post by xyrn on Oct 8, 2013 9:07:02 GMT -5
Fp, if you don't see it in 3D, it won't be as good. Pony up the extra few dollars and it will be a much better experience. I saw it in 2D and was very impressed; if you can handle 3D I'm sure that that's better but 2D was certainly amazing. Since I can't see 3D I guess i can wait for it on TV. Besides, there aren't any theaters here let alone 3D theaters. Please don't wait until it's on DVD/TV. No home screen (even some 72 inch flat screen) can come close to the in-theater experience on this one. The opening shot alone makes the big screen worth it.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 8, 2013 9:24:35 GMT -5
Yeah, I'm as much as a cheapskate as the next guy and I'm generally averse to theaters and crowds, but this is definitely one movie worth springing for to see on a big screen. And if you have the opportunity to see it in 3D, or 3D IMAX, do it. You will not be disappointed.
I think the last 3D movie I saw was some horror flick in the '70s. I figured the technology had advanced, but I wasn't aware of just how much it had advanced.
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Post by Fingerplucked on Oct 8, 2013 9:28:17 GMT -5
It's not the money, I'd gladly spend a few extra bucks to get 3D. The problem is wearing 3D glasses over my prescription glasses. I don't know if that will work. Or I could skip the prescription glasses and miss a little detail.
How about blurry 3D? Is it good in blurry 3D?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 8, 2013 9:53:36 GMT -5
The 3D glasses I had fit right over my eyeglasses without any problem. Saw perfectly. Saw so good, in fact, I actually ducked a time or two when a bolt or piece of debris came tumbling at me.
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Post by Fingerplucked on Oct 8, 2013 9:55:55 GMT -5
Okay, 3D it is.
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Post by Doug on Oct 8, 2013 17:59:40 GMT -5
Being a small town theater we only had the 2D choice.
I've listened to everyone rave about this. Both Chris and I thought it was a waste of some very good acting on a poor movie.
I'm a big fan of Sandra Bullock and I think she did a great job. I'm not so much a fan of Clooney but he is a good actor and did a good job.
So on the 5 scale I rate it 3.5 because of the great acting. But they should have spent some of the money they saved by only having 2 actors on a good script writer.
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Post by godotwaits on Oct 9, 2013 7:35:02 GMT -5
I'm trying to get my nerve up. We got the 3D Imax nearby..
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Post by Deleted on Oct 9, 2013 7:45:00 GMT -5
Doug, didn't her character strike you as a little too high strung for an astronaut?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 9, 2013 7:45:39 GMT -5
Also I really doubt NASA would sanction laps in a jet pack.
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Post by Doug on Oct 9, 2013 7:48:35 GMT -5
Doug, didn't her character strike you as a little too high strung for an astronaut? Mission specialist. Minimum astronaut training.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 9, 2013 11:33:23 GMT -5
The actual Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU) was only flown on three shuttle missions in '84. I forget how far it flew from the Orbiter, but I do recall one of the astronauts took a great photo of Challenger while he was flying above it.
My big problem with flying an MMU in close proximity to Hubble is that even with the instrument's aperture door closed, flight rules barred any type of exhaust plume (as you might get from an MMU) anywhere near the instrument. On the HST repair missions, shuttle flight crews weren't allowed to use the Orbiters' Reaction Control System (thrusters) anywhere near the telescope, even after the aperture door was closed. My memory is hazy, but I seem to recall that after the servicing missions, HST's scientists would usually wait days until they re-opened the door.
THE FOLLOWING CONTAINS SPOILERS: Bullock played a Mission Specialist and, as Doug correctly notes, her astronaut training would cover the basics. My beef is that even with truncated training, when she was zipping through ISS and noticed the equipment sparking in the Kibo module, she would have stopped to deal with it. Even with MS training, she would've known that any type of open fire or spark must be dealt with immediately.
And of course when she took off her EVA suit, she would've been wearing the rather unsexy Liquid Cooling and Ventilation Garment (LCVG), which are basically long-johns covered with flexible tubes that carry water for cooling. And beneath the LCVG, she would've been wearing the ultra-unsexy Maximum Absorbancy Garment (MAG), AKA "astronaut diapers."
The other beef I have is that while I am not an expert, I doubt Soyuz's onboard tool manifest includes a zero-G power wrench with a socket that fits the bolt securing the Descent Module's parachute risers. And she would've known enough to look around and grab a first-aid kit when she scrambled out of the Shenzhou.
But again, I was able to forget about all this stuff and I got lost in a very riveting story and stunning special effects. I'd see it again.
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Post by Hobson on Oct 12, 2013 12:14:37 GMT -5
Saw it in 3D with Mr. H on Thursday. He didn't puke. I had no problem with the 3D glasses over my prescription glasses.
We both loved it. He, having spent his career working on things that he can't talk about, mentioned a few technical flaws, including some that made the plot impossible. I pointed out the flaws that Colonel Paul mentioned.
With the small number of characters that you would normally find in a stage play, I though Sandra Bullock did a great acting job.
I did compare it to a soap opera because of the endless stream of bad luck.
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Post by xyrn on Oct 12, 2013 15:22:29 GMT -5
........ With the small number of characters that you would normally find in a stage play, I though Sandra Bullock did a great acting job. I did compare it to a soap opera because of the endless stream of bad luck. Yep, as she was clinging to the wet sand back on Earth I half-expected her to look up into the eyes of some heavily armed local unfriendlies or get konked on the head by some falling debris. After we left the theater my wife was talking about being surprised by the ending, how it just, well, ended. But in talking, we both agreed that further scenes back on Earth, like debriefing at Mission Command or her re-integrating with life on Earth would have just been anti-climactic and the ending was fine just the way it was.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 13, 2013 16:40:18 GMT -5
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