RE: UKHA meet pics...

["Phil Harris" <phillip.harris1@xxxxxxx>]

Unfortunately (fortunately?) I'm not in London...

...I know what you mean though ... there are some great movie theatres out
there but just not really around us.

Phil

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Gordon [mailto:paul_gordon@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 27 May 2001 20:45
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] UKHA meet pics...
>
>
> I don't have a projector (yet), - well, not exactly anyway, - I
> have a 43"
> rear-projection TV....
>
> Without meaning to sound smug, (well not >too< much!) - there is
no
> comparison to some of the top movie-houses we have in London. -
typically
> this means Leicester Sq. - (Odeon and Empire are both fabulous!)
> - Phil, the
> Empire has bloody great plush armchairs that even Luciano
> Pavarotti would be
> comfortable in, and the Odeon has recently been restored to it's
> former 60's
> art deco glory, complete with (fake) leopard-skin seats, and a rising
> organ... (ooo-err!)
> But there are other notable ones as well... The Odeon at Marble
> Arch has the
> largest* screen in the country. (*largest "normal" one...)
then
> there is the
> new IMAX cinema, (which I haven't visited yet), but aparrently the new
> version of Fantasia has been transferred to IMAX format, so I'll make
the
> effort when that comes around.
>
> All of the places I have mentioned above are air-conditioned,
regularly
> refitted, so always have a high quality of decor, nice
> (non-sticky) carpets,
> big comfortable clean seats, and are generally thoroughly nice
> places to go.
> (shame that it typically costs £10 a seat though... but you do
> get what you
> pay for...) - the Empire has a pretty impressive laser show that
> accompanies
> the THX trailer...
>
> Of course, there are some pretty horrible dives in London as well, but
> that's a story for another day!!....
>
> Paul G.
>
>
> >
> >
> >
> > > As a question for you projector'ed guys... Do you still go
> the pictures?
> >
> >No ... we have a five year old who cannot sit through a film
without
> >constantly querying everything that happens. This tends to annoy
> >cinemagoers.
> >
> > > The sound was flat and uninspired. The speakers were the
same
> JBLs that
> >my
> > > mate has in his living room, and the screen had poor
> contrast. the video
> > > jumped and had *horrible* quality problems of floating dust
etc...
> > >
> > > It's reaching the stage where I find the "big
screen" experience
> >terrible,
> > > anywhere except "screen 1"
> > >
> > > Can you guys sit through a movie at the cinema without
screaming?
> >
> >I'm 6'3" tall and probably about 220lbs ... cinema seats are
not made for
> >people my size. I hate sticky carpets, sweets stuck to seats and
> people who
> >think it's OK to chat away while the film is on or decide that
> it's a hoot
> >to throw popcorn at each other.
> >
> >At home I have a 72inch wide screen, I can watch what I want,
> when I want.
> >I
> >could have a beer while I watch, can stop the movie part way
through if I
> >want a pee/drink/snack. It even sounds better than my local
fleapit!
> >
> >Phil
> >
>
>
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