Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (USE SPOILER TAGS!)

[The Fallen Deity]

Exactly a week to go.

YEEAAAHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[dobyblue]

Looks like there are now 12 locations in the US (with 1 in Canada, 1 in the UK and 1 in Australia) showing 70mm prints.

Can't believe the Toronto screen which showed Interstellar in 15/70 is doing 3D instead of 70mm, while freaking Saskatchewan has the only Canadian 70mm print screening!!

Alabama
McWane Center IMAX Dome Theatre – Birmingham
IMAX, U.S. Space & Rocket Center – Huntsville

California
Hackworth IMAX Dome, The Tech Museum – San Jose

Florida
Museum of Discovery & Science AutoNation IMAX – Ft. Lauderdale
IMAX Dome, Museum of Science & Industry – Tampa

Indiana
IMAX, Indiana State Museum - Indianapolis

Iowa
Blank IMAX Dome, Science Center of Iowa – Des Moines

Missouri
Branson’s IMAX, Entertainment Complex – Branson
St. Louis Science Center OMNIMAX Theatre – St. Louis

Pennsylvania
Tuttleman IMAX, The Franklin Institute– Philadelphia

Saskatchewan
Kramer IMAX, Saskatchewan Science Centre - Regina

Washington, DC
Lockheed Martin IMAX, National Air & Space Museum

Texas
Omni, Fort Worth Museum of Science & History – Fort Worth

International
LG IMAX, Darling Harbour – Sydney, Australia
The Science Museum - London, England

http://www.imax.com/community/blog/s...s-on-sale-now/

Guess I'm going D-BOX with Atmos.

[Riddler The Slag]

Holy Shit that Chinese trailer was outstanding!!!

Goosebumps!!

One week from tonight, I will be sitting in a theater watching a NEW STAR WARS film!!!!!!

If you had told me this 5 years ago, I would have just laughed at you!

[The Fallen Deity]

Originally Posted by Riddler The Slag

Holy Shit that Chinese trailer was outstanding!!!

Goosebumps!!

One week from tonight, I will be sitting in a theater watching a NEW STAR WARS film!!!!!!

If you had told me this 5 years ago, I would have just laughed at you!

I know right.

It'll be the first Star Wars film that I've seen in the cinema.

I'm so friggin' excited.

[Riddler The Slag]

Originally Posted by The Fallen Deity

I know right.

It'll be the first Star Wars film that I've seen in the cinema.

I'm so friggin' excited.

To be honest, I wish you could record your reaction to seeing that Title Screen for the first time. I was very young when I saw Empire on the big screen for the first time in the 80's.

[italy12]

Originally Posted by MechaGodzilla

That Chinese trailer is awesome, I have goosebumps in places I didn't know were possible.

On your arms?

[imsounoriginal]

Originally Posted by dobyblue

Looks like there are now 12 locations in the US (with 1 in Canada, 1 in the UK and 1 in Australia) showing 70mm prints.

Can't believe the Toronto screen which showed Interstellar in 15/70 is doing 3D instead of 70mm, while freaking Saskatchewan has the only Canadian 70mm print screening!!

http://www.imax.com/community/blog/s...s-on-sale-now/

Guess I'm going D-BOX with Atmos.

Happily I'm seeing it at one of those locations on the 18th

[NARMAK]

Originally Posted by dobyblue

Looks like there are now 12 locations in the US (with 1 in Canada, 1 in the UK and 1 in Australia) showing 70mm prints.

Can't believe the Toronto screen which showed Interstellar in 15/70 is doing 3D instead of 70mm, while freaking Saskatchewan has the only Canadian 70mm print screening!!



http://www.imax.com/community/blog/s...s-on-sale-now/

Guess I'm going D-BOX with Atmos.

I live in a location that had the first IMAX 70mm in Europe and they're showing it, but the fact it's not listed either means they completely did away with the 70mm and went digital which would suck ass.

Can't believe they would do that. They are showing it in 3D and expect you to bring your own glasses.

[jayman3]

Originally Posted by MechaGodzilla

That Chinese trailer is awesome, I have goosebumps in places I didn't know were possible.

I do too. On my balls.

[Quake1028]

I finally purchased my tickets!

Saturday 9AM - IMAX 3D (this is a liemax screen)
Sunday 1015PM - IMAX Dome 2D (this is a 15/70 true IMAX Dome screen )

[ZoetMB]

Originally Posted by Megalith

Sorry, but these new trailers have confirmed that Kylo sounds autistic.

I didn't know that autistic people had a particular vocal pattern. Can you please describe it?

[Dotpattern]

Originally Posted by chip75

Episode II and II were shot at Fox's Sydney studios if I remember. They left England after Episode I.

And they were shot at Elstree Studios as well. They don't shoot these movies at one single location.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0121766/locations

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...ming_locations

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Star_...ge_of_the_Sith

[Gamma_Winstead]

Originally Posted by chip75

I'm just curious where the idea came from, we seem to have gotten to a point where the Jedi have once again fallen into legend, so it's odd that they make a weapon to counter an attack. I'm wonder if it has any other uses, maybe it's used for crowd control or something similar?

If I remember weren't the original Stormtroopers going to have laser-swords? I'm not sure if Ralph McQuarrie's artwork had them or not ...

The action figure is called "riot control stormtrooper" so I'd say... Yeah. Other purpose. Lol

[MechaGodzilla]

Originally Posted by italy12

On your arms?

Wherever you want to imagine.

Originally Posted by jayman3

I do too. On my balls.

That's... blunt.

Originally Posted by ZoetMB

I didn't know that autistic people had a particular vocal pattern. Can you please describe it?

Apparently they have really, really deep voices.

[sandman slim]

Originally Posted by Leonidas_King

When I went to see Krampus over the weekend I saw this sign in Customer Service where no one is allowed to dress up or have any masks or what not on the day of the premiere (or through the entire theatrical run). I think this is a good measurement for the safety of everyone. With so many tragedies taking place in theaters lately they do need to do things like this. There is always that one nut out there.

You have a much better chance of getting killed in a car wreck on the way to the theater than being shot while in the theater.

[chip75]

Originally Posted by imsounoriginal

aren't they supposed to the same things Grievous' droid guards were using?

They might be similar, they made a weird buzzing noise if I remember.

Originally Posted by Gamma_Winstead

The action figure is called "riot control stormtrooper" so I'd say... Yeah. Other purpose. Lol

That's awesome, I was imagining them as cattle prods zapping people do get back in line.

[ZoetMB]

Originally Posted by NARMAK

I live in a location that had the first IMAX 70mm in Europe and they're showing it, but the fact it's not listed either means they completely did away with the 70mm and went digital which would suck ass.

Can't believe they would do that. They are showing it in 3D and expect you to bring your own glasses.

Although they've claimed this for Interstellar as well, SW is most likely the last 70mm IMAX film. If they expect you to bring your own 3D glasses (how can they do that?), they must be using RealD 3D and not the active system that IMAX 70mm used.

We're getting screwed in NYC as well. The Loews Lincoln Square, supposedly one of the flagship original IMAX theatres outside a museum, is not getting a 70mm print, even though they showed Interstellar in 70mm. I think they must have pulled out the 70mm projector. But they don't have the new Laser projectors either, so it's LIEMAX but on a much larger screen. I saw Gravity there in 3D and it was passable, but dim. Instead, I'm going to see it at an AMC Prime Dolby Vision theatre in 2D.

I can still remember the days when NYC was first to get any new projection and sound technology (except perhaps for THX, which was far stronger on the West Coast).

But at least we're getting a 70mm Ultra-Pan print of "The Hateful Eight", which I assume is going to play on the Lincoln Square's largest non-IMAX screen in the screen they call "The Loews". Two other theatres are getting 70mm of the H8 as well, but probably not on their largest screens because of Star Wars.

[imsounoriginal]

Poster that I ordered yesterday via DMR already shipped, didn't expect to get it for a couple of weeks

[jayman3]

I can't believe a week from now I'll be seeing Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Who would think that would even be possible? It's a surreal feeling knowing the last time I saw a Star Wars film in theaters was ten years ago.

[CouncilSpectre]

Originally Posted by Riddler The Slag

If you had told me this 5 years ago, I would have just laughed at you!

I remember when the news first broke. I remember it quite well as I nearly choked on whatever it was I was drinking at the time! I honestly thought that we'd never see another SW movie.

The next seven days, every one of them is going to be like Christmas Eve when you're five!