Where near Chatt is Avatar still being shown in 3D?

[Guest DeadEye]

Found out that the few Theaters around Chatt are no longer showing Avatar in 3D, since they only have a few 3D screens and thus are showing Alice in Wonderland in 3D and Avatar is no longer being shown in 3D in the Chatt. Area!

If anybody knows of a place between Chatt and Knoxville where it is stil being shown in 3D, please let me know!

Thank's!

[trblmkr13]

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[Il Duce]

carmike northgate still is in hixson

[Guest DeadEye]

carmike northgate still is in hixson

Sorry, but they are not showing it in 3D! Went there and asked!

[Guest jackdm3]

Usually, it's the availability of 3D glasses that determines the shows. When "Alice" wears out its welcome, they may go back to "Avatar" which has been running in 3D in Memphis ever since the start. The glasses we have cost $40 each, supposedly.

[strickj]

You're probably SOL for here.

It's currently only playing at one Carmike theater and that's Northgate 14 and not in 3D.

It is playing in 3d at the Wynnsong 16 in Knoxville though.

http://www.carmike.com/showtimes.aspx?fct=5&tid=47

[Guest DeadEye]

Thank You Folks very much!

[Oh Shoot]

Usually, it's the availability of 3D glasses that determines the shows. When "Alice" wears out its welcome, they may go back to "Avatar" which has been running in 3D in Memphis ever since the start. The glasses we have cost $40 each, supposedly.

The ones "you" have?

What do you mean?

The oppositely polarized ones they give out at the theater cost about or less than the two bucks you pay for them. I did a 3-D show at UT, so I'm pretty familiar with that deal.

- OS

[Guest jackdm3]

They say they cost $40. You have to pay $2 to rent them and must return at the end of the show. Then they put them in racks and into the washing machine. They're thick, black-framed with clear, slightly prismic lenses. There's a detachable panel inside the arms where you'll find one of those magnetic anti-theft decals, which don't work because they don't have sensors at all the 50-odd doors in the building. Oh, my! Did I say that out loud?!

[Oh Shoot]

They say they cost $40. You have to pay $2 to rent them and must return at the end of the show. Then they put them in racks and into the washing machine. They're thick, black-framed with clear, slightly prismic lenses. There's a detachable panel inside the arms where you'll find one of those magnetic anti-theft decals, which don't work because they don't have sensors at all the 50-odd doors in the building. Oh, my! Did I say that out loud?!

I assure you they only cost a buck or three. Maybe $40 per carton of x number or something.

They send them back to the maker, who cleans the ones that aren't messed up and repackages them, the rest recycled.

Maybe they now just recycle them all, probably cheaper to just crank out more.

They are just simply oppositely polarized plastic lenses.

The show I did used exactly the same technique, paid less than a buck a pair for 3 thousand or so of the non-hinged plastic ones. Of course we simply reused them. Had orientation assistant kids take them up at the door after each showing. Couple went through them every day, throwing out any that were really messed up.

There's likely some health code now about reusing them without cleaning; heck, there probably was then, but you know... I know Disney cleaned their own in house.

Here's a quickie search, and these are pretty high compared to buying in a big volume and these are only in the 2-3 buck range. I can't remember the company we used back then, but they were lowest bid and turned out to be Disney's supplier at their Disney World and Epcot 3D shows. I also remember they called and wanted to make sure we only wanted 3 thousand (or so, can't remember exactly), as they would have been much cheaper if we bought more.

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The Imax version required some more special glasses, in some cases the lenses are "warped" to fit the concave screen angle, I read that some actually used some lenticular "shutter" type lenses, not sure.

Anyway, read that the Imaxes actually cleaned their own in theater. Basically a big dishwasher.

But $40 each is somebody's urban legend. A $3.00 pair like some of those above would give you exactly the same quality of viewing, on the standard flat 3D screen. Maybe the Imax ones do cost a lot more, that I don't know, but I certainly wouldn't believe $40 a pop even for those.

- OS

Edited March 29, 2010 by OhShoot

[Guest jackdm3]

I don't believe $40 either, as it was a 16 usher girl that said it. We started out with the cheap ones you're talking about, briefly. But then got upgraded to these HEAVY "3D DIGITAL CINEMA" ones that come in "Dolby." What?!

[Oh Shoot]

I don't believe $40 either, as it was a 16 usher girl that said it. We started out with the cheap ones you're talking about, briefly. But then got upgraded to these HEAVY "3D DIGITAL CINEMA" ones that come in "Dolby." What?!

Now you're confusing me.

Those appear to be red/blue glasses, which of course wouldn't work with most movies, like Avatar, which is a different process entirely.

Where did you get these?

Dolby?

Do they have speakers in them?

- OS

[Guest jackdm3]

No, they'rer shiny clear. With a slight metallic-prism finish. Not red/blue. This is what you see Avatar and Alice with. Don't know why they say Dolby. I handed mine to my wife at the start of credits and went to the WC. She was holding them out in front of her to give them to an usher, but no one took them. Now we know why there are bins at ramps.

[Oh Shoot]

No, they'rer shiny clear. With a slight metallic-prism finish. Not red/blue. This is what you see Avatar and Alice with. Don't know why they say Dolby. I handed mine to my wife at the start of credits and went to the WC. She was holding them out in front of her to give them to an usher, but no one took them. Now we know why there are bins at ramps.

OIC, thanks. Well, it shows that they didn't use the same style or vendor for all of them nationwide, even state wide, then, as mine looked more like this pic, which I found online. I believe they did have the RealD logo on them, best I remember - I didn't save them as souvenir, but could have.

Btw, Avatar was first movie in about 5 years that I've made the effort to go see on big screen, mainly because I had worked in that medium in the past and wanted to see the state of the art. I was not disappointed, that's for sure.

- OS

[Guest jackdm3]

I heard Avatar to be the best in 3D quality for all time. Can't believe I haven't seen it, but if it's like Cameron's Titanic, it'll be in Memphis for 4 or 6 months more. Titanic stayed in Memphis for more than 11 months.

[Oh Shoot]

I heard Avatar to be the best in 3D quality for all time. Can't believe I haven't seen it, but if it's like Cameron's Titanic, it'll be in Memphis for 4 or 6 months more. Titanic stayed in Memphis for more than 11 months.

Maybe maybe not.

Limited to the theaters that can show 3D.

Alice in Wonderland has taken over many of the screens now, and there are several other big 3D productions almost in release.

Seeing Avatar in non 3D would be a very much diminished experience.

- OS

[Guest jackdm3]

It can be agreed that Memphis sorta sucks, but we've got great cinemas. Especially when you include the Orpheum. Go figure.

[strickj]

The glasses don't cost the theater 40 dollars.

If you take them, the theater may charge you 40 dollars, though.

That's because of the perceived income loss for the glasses, based on a 3 dollar per person charge for viewing the 3D movie.

I suppose that theater figures each pair of glasses will be used 13 times before needing to be destroyed.

[Guest DeadEye]

Just got a call from my brother, he and his Gfriend just watched it at Winsong in Knox. $10.50 movie fee, which included $2 or $ 3 fee for the glasses and they said best movie they ever seen!

Each pair of glasses was wrapped in plastic and at end of show they were allowed to keep them or throw in the recycle Bin.

I do remember the glasses for the new 3D TV's do cost about $40.+ and the TV glasses do have a set-up where each lens prism opens at a different time from the other lens.

So i heard on a 3D Tv segment, so the TV glasses i guess do contain a Battery or something and or totally diff from the Movie ones!

Edited March 30, 2010 by DeadEye

[Oh Shoot]

The glasses don't cost the theater 40 dollars.

If you take them, the theater may charge you 40 dollars, though.

That's because of the perceived income loss for the glasses, based on a 3 dollar per person charge for viewing the 3D movie.

I suppose that theater figures each pair of glasses will be used 13 times before needing to be destroyed.

Nah, Strick, they didn't care if the glasses were returned or not. The local theaters do NOT repackage them.

Just got a call from my brother, he and his Gfriend just watched it at Winsong in Knox. $10.50 movie fee and a either $2 or $ 3 fee for the glasses and they said best movie they ever seen!

Each pair of glasses was wrapped in plastic and at end of show they were allowed to keep them or throw in the recycle Bin...

Yeah, I saw it at Winnsong in 'Nooga, nobody cared if you keep the glasses or not...there is no "theft strip" on them. The extra fee you pay covers the cost of each pair. There were kids wearing them, freaking around, after the show, walking out with them, etc. (which will simply give you a headache in the real world, since they are polarized at 45 degree angles to each other).

I assure you, if it were important for them to recover them, they'd have staff stationed at the individual theater exits to make sure you dropped them off.

Because that's what we did at UT, since we couldn't afford to have a new pair for each person for all the shows. Our audiences were 250-300 or so, and we'd have to toss a handful of pairs per show, and replace them. We even had characters in the show mentioning to please turn them in undamaged, etc.

- OS

[Guest jackdm3]

Look for the trend to stay focused on kids. Parents all around the country are promising their kids they take them to see 3D films, at the box office they get sticker shock (a low $2 and highs of $6 each for glasses in the big towns), but they won't tell their kids "no" at the box.

[Oh Shoot]

Look for the trend to stay focused on kids. Parents all around the country are promising their kids they take them to see 3D films, at the box office they get sticker shock (a low $2 and highs of $6 each for glasses in the big towns), but they won't tell their kids "no" at the box.

Will ticket office let you slide on the glasses fee if you have your own?

I could probably Google to find out, but .....

- OS

[Guest jackdm3]

That's the way it should be, but technology needs to stay with one format for awhile so it's worth the initial purchase. I was talking with my wife about our discussion here, and she said, "I think it'll be a passing thing." Mmmm I don't know about that, but I can definately see various levels of improving 3D giong on. She asked what else could there be. I think in the distant future, holographic. But I'm not holding my breath. She wants the 3D craze to die off. Now THAT'S crazy talk!

[Oh Shoot]

That's the way it should be, but technology needs to stay with one format for awhile so it's worth the initial purchase. ...

There's only ever been two theater 3D formats, the crummy red/blue or red/green stuff way back when, or the polarized format like Avatar, et.al., which has been used off and on for 40 years.

The screen/glasses tech has remained the same, just that the cameras and projection equipment tech has improved.

Of course, with Avatar, since 90% of everything was entirely CGI generated, all the double camera technique shifts were handled directly on 'puter, with even finer perspective and distance control possible than directly through double lens systems, and of course more easily viewed and tweaked for final output.

I was merely thinking you could keep a pair of the glasses from a showing and reuse them, if they let you slide on the extra few bucks for the glasses...I know the price was "itemized" at the theater I went to.

- OS