Originally Posted By Rebekah I'll include this in tomorrow's headlines but since it is a bit old anyway I figured I go ahead and post a link here: <a href="http://go.to/AnimatedMovies/" target="_blank">http://go.to/AnimatedMovies/</a> In their section dated 12/14 they cite other sources as saying that Lion King and Little Mermaid may make their way to IMAX screen, too.
Originally Posted By tmonee11 Makes perfect sense....though a sluggish response to the Beauty release would stop the other releases in their tracks. I for one would go see Lion King and Aladdin on the IMAX. Beauty and the Beast? Great movie but I doubt I will go for the IMAX version.
Originally Posted By JenniBarra Late last week, I was fortunate to be able to attend a preview of IMAX "Beauty and the Beast." Afterward, we talked about the potential for other movies to "go IMAX" as well and "The Lion King" and "The Little Mermaid" were specifically brought up as potential contenders...
Originally Posted By Luna My daughter and I are really excited to see beauty on Imax, it's one of Disneys best films. I can't think of anymore I'd like to see in large format though, but Lion King would definately be at the bottom of my list.
Originally Posted By electra I just hope they consider the later Disney films as Imax releases. Imagine Mulan's Hun attack, Hunchbacks Cathedral, Tarzan vinesurfing or Hercules Hydra fight on a big Imax screesn!!! It would be awesome, but they might not bother with it b/c these films supposdedly arent as popular as the earlier ones. Sigh!
Originally Posted By Disneybrad Little mermaid is the only one of the new releases that I truly would doubt they could release on IMAX. Being the last of the features which was hand painted, and all the one since were Ink and Painted digitally, the film would suffer the same problem as The Sorcerers Aprentice in Fantasia 2000, it would just appear to grainy, blown up to that size. Any film since would probably work on IMAX, since they all are painted on the computer, there was no film invloved.
Originally Posted By JeffG I've heard before that "Little Mermaid" was a test case for CAPS, but had always assumed that it was only used for a small number of test scenes. With the recent reports that it is being considered for an IMAX release, I wonder if they colored the whole film both digitally and manually, using whichever version looked better for each portion of the film. It is possible that the whole film could still exist in the digital domain, which would allow them to use current technology to create a presentable IMAX version of the film. This is pure speculation, though. It could be that people are throwing out the title as a suggestion just because of its popularity, without thinking through the technical issues. -Jeff
Originally Posted By Doobie I didn't realize drawing by hand as opposed to computer made a difference in bringing something to IMAX. Thanks for pointing this out guys. Doobie.
Originally Posted By CuriosWolfSo Don't you remember when in "Fantasia 2000's 'The Sorcerer's Apprentice'" was shown, it was grainy but the other stuff wasn't? That's because that was pen-and-inked by hand and is from the original Fantasia. So I guess anything that is pen-and-inked would be grainy in IMAX and large-screen theatres. So I doubt "The Little Mermaid" will be seen in IMAX-style.
Originally Posted By CuriosWolfSo Don't you remember when in "Fantasia 2000's 'The Sorcerer's Apprentice'" was shown, it was grainy but the other stuff wasn't? That's because that was pen-and-inked by hand and is from the original Fantasia. So I guess anything that is pen-and-inked would be grainy in IMAX and large-screen theatres. So I doubt "The Little Mermaid" will be seen in IMAX-style.
Originally Posted By Jim in Pasadena CA Watching an Animated Feature on an IMAX screen doesn't make sense to me. IMAX is neat when you're watching large scale things (the old 'Horizons' loop, especially the DNA helix), and big, vast, scenes. But watching 'Beauty and the Beast' on a huge screen? -- yikes. I'm not sure I want to see Belle's mug that big.
Originally Posted By AladdinAZ Jim, I would agree with you. Imax does work better for large scale things, like they did with Soarin' over California. Some new AMC theaters near my house, have adapted similar IMAX seating. They have the stadium style seating in the whole theater. (I haven't been in the DD AMC theaters, so I don't know if they are similar, but would think so) So with somewhat similar theater seating, IMAX becomes practically obsolete, unless you want to seat a bazillion people, or if you need to move the seats around like in Soarin' or Back to the future.
Originally Posted By Great Stone Dragon I don't know, I loved seeing Fantasia 2000 on Imax. It was crazy. The screen was so big that you had to keep moving your head to see everything off to the sides. We're planning on taking my father in law to see the Lord of the Rings on Imax this Saturday, and then my sisters in law to Beauty and the Beast on Imax next week. I guess I'll get my Imax quota for the year in, huh?
Originally Posted By JeffG Be prepared that "Lord of the Rings" won't use the full screen. When they show 35mm films on an IMAX screen, you basically get a letterboxed image. Essentially, the image size is equivalent to the largest of regular movie screens. Usually, the biggest advantage of seeing a 35mm film in an IMAX theater is actually with the audio. IMAX theaters typically have better quality sound systems than regular theaters. Just as a note of clarification, this information does >not< apply to "Beauty and the Beast". That film has been converted to true IMAX format and will be shown using IMAX prints (70mm film printed sidewise). -Jeff
Originally Posted By JeffG "The Lion King" will be released in IMAX on January 1, 2003. There is a trailer for it (actually the full "Circle of Life" sequence) preceding showings of "Beauty and the Beast". -Jeff
Originally Posted By Doobie It wasn't preceeding our showing I had no idea and now I'm very sad. That would've been awesome to see! Doobie.
Originally Posted By BeccasMommy Doobie&Kevin...it was amazing, I got chills when the opening music played, they showed the opening up until when Rafiki presents Simba to the animals and the music comes to that grand close... I cannot wait to see it on the huge screen...
