Re: [photo-3d] IMAX films in the works

[Brian Reynolds <reynolds@xxxxxxxxx>]

Tom Deering wrote:
> This is very interesting.  IMAX movies have steadily been getting 
> better.  These sound like real movies instead of theme park rides.
> 

The Dolphin movie currently at the American Museum of Natural History
(and probably at other museums) was pretty good.  It would have been
great if it was shot stereoscopically, but I guess building a
maneuverable underwater enclosure for one IMAX camera was enough of a
challenge.

Fantasia 2000 was very good.

Unfortunately there seems to be a lot of Hollywood dreck.

> STEPHEN KING'S THE SUN DOG
> Based on the master of horror Stephen King's short story from his #1 
> best seller Four Past Midnight, with an adaptation by Larry Cohen, 
> whose credits include Mr. King's CARRIE and IT. Fifteen-year-old 
> Kevin Delevan wants only one present for his birthday, the Polaroid 
> 2000 Sun camera. From the moment he receives the camera his life 
> becomes effected by this seemingly inanimate object that has a 
> diabolical mind of its own.
> 

I'm not really a Stephen King fan, and definitely not a fan of the
Hollywood versions of his horror stories.

> SPACE STATION 3D
> Experience the future today. NASA, Lockheed Martin and the astronauts 
> present the history-making construction of the world's first space 
> station.
> 

First space station?  What about Salyut, Skylab and Mir?  I realize
this is proabably NASA/Lock-Mart propaganda.

> FLIGHT OF FANCY
> Three youthful explorers accidentally board a time travel machine. As 
> they travel through time and around the world, they meet historical 
> characters and influence the course of history.
> 

Did they get Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter for this?

> URSA MAJOR
> A science reporter for a cable network series experiences strange 
> occurrences while conducting research for a report on 
> extraterrestials, as his wife, an astronomer, searches for the 
> extrasolar planet orbiting URSA MAJOR. He travels to the planet and 
> meets it's inhabitants in this most extraordinary alien encounter.
> 

Argh!  Ursa Major is a constellation.  There are no planets orbiting
it.

> EDDY DECO
> Based on legendary cartoonist Gahan Wilson's novel
> Eddy Deco's Last Caper  with an adaptation by Steven-Charles Jaffe 
> (MOTEL HELL) and Nicholas Meyer (STAR TREK IV: THE VOYAGE HOME, TIME 
> AFTER TIME, SOMMERSBY). A New York City detective finds himself 
> embroiled in a bizarre case involving a beautiful alien princess in 
> this 3D animated film noir.
> 

This one sounds interesting.

> RUMPLESTILTSKIN
> A 3D animated retelling of the classic fairy tale featuring a 
> mischievous boy-sprite and his search to experience human love. Set 
> in Italy.
> 
> NOAH'S ARK
> Join Noah and his family as he builds the legendary ark to save the 
> world's animals and his precious granddaughter from the forces of 
> evil personified by the snake-charming temptress Layla in this 3D 
> animated retelling of the Biblical tale.
> 

These last two (and TWO YEARS BEFORE THE MAST) do not have the 3D
logo.  Perhaps they mean 3D animation and not stereoscopic.

That doesn't sound like the Rumplestiltskin I remember.  Liz has a
copy of the Grimm's Fairy Tales in German.  I'll have to ask here to
check it for me.

I think it's poor timing to redo Noah's Ark (and animated too) so soon
after Fantasia 2000.

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