Originally Posted By jmuboy The Disney Parks Blog hints at an EO related announcement next week. An EPCOT return maybe?
Originally Posted By JeffG >> "That means no Disney Digital 3D." << Good. There is no currently available digital projection system that comes close to matching the clarity and resolution of 70mm film, particularly for something that was actually shot in that format. -Jeff
Originally Posted By believe >>>> no currently available digital projection system that comes close to matching the clarity and resolution of 70mm film<<<< Technically, that's true, but I would think 3D Digital Imax gives it a run for the money. However, wasn't HISTA also 70mm? And that looked really awful - dark and muddy. Maybe they just didn't change the film often enough. That's the beauty of digital, it doesn't degrade over repeated playings.
Originally Posted By capteoyes 4K projection system as good as if not better than projection. Also, with film prints, you get dust, scratches, splices that make the prints look ugly after a few passes. I love digital projection! Clean, sharp, great sound, bring it on!
Originally Posted By JeffG Yes, 4K digital (which is still pretty rare) has reached a point where it is arguably comparable in resolution to what you get with 35mm film projection, although it is still open to some debate since direct comparisons between digital and analog are tricky. Current digital projection techniques (even IMAX digital) still fall way short of 70mm from a resolution and clarity standpoint. I do agree that the comparative disadvantages of digital projection compared to film are often masked quite a bit by the pretty much complete elimination of noise from dust, scratches, film warping or breaks, etc. In most cases, I do think these advantages probably justify a conversion to digital. Since "Captain EO" was shot on 65mm film (the extra 5mm on the projected prints is for the soundtrack), I do think it is the right choice for Disney to stick with 70mm projection. At the current level of technology, switching to digital would lose way too much of the recorded content quality. I just hope Disney does the right thing and replaces the print fairly regularly. For future theme park projects, I do think it would likely be wise to film and project in digital, if for no other reason than the durability. Theme park movies tend to have very frequent showings for a very long period of time, so they do tend to be very susceptible to print damage. -Jeff
Originally Posted By Manfried I imagine Disney was trying not to spend too much money on this and wanted to use the existing projectors. Plus, since Captain EO was shot on such a large format, converting it to digital would have been a tremendous expense for both the transfer and the projectors. When the crowd falls off, I hope Disney comes up with something new, and maybe not a 3D film to replace it. And if it is a 3D film, not the same old Fitzgerald formula of something gone wrong.
Originally Posted By oc_dean I thought I read a CM post a while ago that all 3D projection attractions in the DLR have switched to digital. (Muppets, Tough to be a bug, HISTA) Am I wrong?
Originally Posted By Bellella I'm going up there to see it if I have to hitchhike! So it opens on Tuesday, how long is it staying? I don't want to miss this!
Originally Posted By Hista98 oc dean you are wrong im afraid. They still use standered film for all of the atrractions
Originally Posted By Darkbeer Universal uses 4 Digital Projectors to show its 3-D film, Shrek 4-D. <a href="http://www.universalstudioshollywood.com/shrek4d/shrek_flash.html" target="_blank">http://www.universalstudioshol...ash.html</a>
Originally Posted By DBitz2 If I remember correctly, at the Muppets presentation at the D23 Expo, they said that the MuppetVision film would be cleaned up and converted to digital and some other things done to freshen the attraction up.
