Re: UKHA meet pics...

["Mark McCall" <mark@xxxxxxx>]

Same here. Some of the screens in our local multiplex look like someones
front room.

Remember seeing the original "Die Hard" in a _proper_ cinema -
the Odeon in
London.  My Dad still talks about it!

M.


----- Original Message -----
From: Phil Harris <phillip.harris1@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, May 27, 2001 8:53 PM
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] UKHA meet pics...


>
> 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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