10 stunning ultra-geeky home cinemas

[Will Turner]

This is from Deputy-Dog.com

please pardon if repost.


as time goes by there seems to be a growing trend amongst those people lucky enough to afford it / mental enough to spend all available cash on it: home cinemas. huge screens, incredible sound systems and luxurious seats are popping up in seemingly spare rooms and basements larger than my entire flat.

however this is also giving a few movie geeks a real chance to shine and it seems they’re not content with a simple in-home movie theatre decent enough to hold a premiere in - they clearly want to be fully immersed in the worlds created by their favourite films.

so, in no particular order, here are 10 of the best themed home cinemas on earth…

1. indiana jones cinema



this amazing indy-themed room was designed by home theatre expert doug charrois for larry and colleen halliday in canada. the room even features ‘replicas of the holy grail, a jacket, hat, whips, torches and more—including the idol from the opening of the original movie’.
more info here.

2. the batcave



more info here.

3. the enterprise ncc-1701d cinema



based on starship enterprise ncc-1701d, this stunner consists of a cinema, bar area and apparently ‘one of the largest kaleidoscope hard-drive based storage systems (..) in a residential installation. at last count, there were eight servers with 3,816 dvds’. there’s even a red alert button which brings on red flashing lights and appropriately tense music. more info here.

4. the bridge



trekkie gary reighn decided to cut out the middle man and design & build his home cinema himself on a relatively small budget of $15′000. his basement was cleared to make way for the creation and from start to finish took 2 years.

5. evergreen ultimate theater



apparently ‘one of the most technically and structurally advanced private theaters in the united states’, this phenomenal star trek home cinema even contains motorised sliding doors, as requested by the unbelievably rich client who paid around $3′000′000 in total for the transformation.
more info here.

6. titanic



the ceiling dome in this titanic themed set-up contains 1′230 fiber optic light strands in order to provide the artificial night sky and entry to the luxurious bar next door can be found behind a motorised bookcase. the whole project was designed by donny hackett of ‘casa cinema design’.

7. the death star



it doesn’t get much cooler than this. the 10-seat death star home cinema was designed for vic wertz and lisa stevens and includes, amongst other things: automatic doors, a twinkling fiber optic star field and a thx sound system. the best fact? the room was designed by doug chiang, lead designer on episodes I & II.

more info here and here:

8. the nautilus



this beauty was built as a result of film geek randy moran’s love of the nautilus submarine from the film 20′000 leagues under the sea. he hired ‘dillon works inc’ to build and fabricate all the trusses, wall panels, screen frames, and portholes and ‘acoustic innovations’ to supply the plush red seating.

more info here.

9. the pirate cove



the pirate cove was created as a result of avs forum user pkonold’s love of the pirates of the carribean disney ride and movies. to make the atmosphere as authentic as possible he and his wife ensured that when seated ‘you feel like you are floating down “the bayou” at night. to accomplish this we have built a star field in the ceiling, complete with real constellations and shooting stars!’.
more info here.

10. the sci-fi cinema



ok, so the screen isn’t the biggest and the seats are slightly lacking but inside dr. david winn’s home cinema can be found: a hydraulic alien bursting through the wall, a talking robbie the robot and both the predator and the creature from the black lagoon behind bars. the cinema, including all collectibles, cost approximately $100′000.

more info here.

[Riff Magnum]

Out of those, i'd say the Batcave is the coolest. The rest seem a little gaudy.

[Will Turner]

Of course I'm partial to the pirate cove.

[kaliraver]

I would love to have the Batcave in my house, that is just too sick!

[Cisco in HD]

I'm diggin' the Pirate Cove theater

[Fors*]

I'm at work and the IT guys have blocked the pics!!!!!

[Rovic]

agreed, the batcave is awesome!

[Steve]

Originally Posted by Riff Magnum

Out of those, i'd say the Batcave is the coolest. The rest seem a little gaudy.

I think the batcave would be the coolest by far for watching almost any horror movie. Especially films like The Descent and The Cave come to mind.

[guitarist155]

honestly the pirate cove seems a bit just like a normal theater with some decor. from my other hobby of home haunting and haunted house props, I have seen people build scale POTC shipwrecks in their front yard in less than a month or so. so I say that theater would be cooler if you were in a ship wreck.

[vega2K]

When I saw the Batcave I felt like crying it was so beautiful. But imagine having a life-size Predator behind bars in your HT! Now that would be awesome!

[dgator783]

my top 3:
1. Batcave
2. Titanic (absolutley the most beatiful)
3. Indiana Jones

[guitarist155]

Originally Posted by vega2K

When I saw the Batcave I felt like crying it was so beautiful. But imagine having a life-size Predator behind bars in your HT! Now that would be awesome!

a few hydraulic cylinders and you could also scare the ____ out of guests

[Arcam_or_bust]

I like Star Trek, I think the "The Bridge" set up is really cool, the others though... not so much.

[Grevlin]

Bat cave is wicked cool- they are all amazing. I LOVE the bar section of the Star Trek theater (check out the star scene through the window)

"Yeah, so here is the kitchen, here is the living room, and through here... the bridge of the Enterprise."

"Out of vodka!" RED ALERT

[statikcat]

That Bat Cave would get a little distracting while watching a movie! lol

[Riff Magnum]

Originally Posted by statikcat

That Bat Cave would get a little distracting while watching a movie! lol

LOL!! And the others wouldn't? I think you'd just have to dim the lights to solve that problem.

[cathexist]

Love the bat cave and the next generation star trek bridge

[Grevlin]

I wonder if the trek theaters come with "turbulence," sparks, and female crew members wondering around??

[guitarist155]

Originally Posted by Grevlin

I wonder if the trek theaters come with "turbulence," sparks, and female crew members wondering around??

hydraulics, spfx, and that costs extra

[Grevlin]

Originally Posted by guitarist155

hydraulics, spfx, and that costs extra