[ubuntu-us-ma] These are the voyages...

[Mark J. Dulcey]

felicia wichrowski wrote:
> Ok then ,
> City kids,  does anyone know of  an Imax theate near Boston?, I am 
> assuming that would be the best way to see the film.
> Also, are we closer to finding a place to meet at the end of the month? 
> FeliciaW

The Aquarium has one. Mostly they show informational films there; they 
have been known to do the occasional booking of a Hollywood film for 
evening showings, but seem to be doing less of it recently. There are 
two Imax theaters in the 'burbs, both attached to Jordan's Furniture 
stores, in Reading and Natick. They regularly screen Imax versions of 
Hollywood films; both will be showing Star Trek, and you can already 
order tickets at http://www.jordansimax.live.terabyte.co.nz/ (don't ask 
me why they have a web site in a New Zealand domain!)

Whether you actually get much extra value by seeing a film in Imax 
depends on the film. Some are just 35mm films blown up to the bigger 
screen; there you gain size but no extra picture information. Others are 
at least partially filmed in higher-resolution formats such as 70mm 
and/or have the CGI effects rendered at higher resolution. The 
informational/scientific films shown at the Aquarium (and the Omnimax 
films at the Museum of Science, a variant that uses a dome screen 
instead of a flat or nearly flat one) are actually filmed in Imax and 
generally look very impressive.