anyone see it in digital?
we went today to see it but it was sold out. we're gonna go this week.

Yeah, saw it first time non-digital second time digital. SO MUCH better digital.

care to explain why?

There's nowhere near me that's showing it in digital.

Well, the whole experience was just so much better. During the opening crawl for the non-digital version the text shook a tiny bit, and it felt like I was watching the OT. And there were all those little artifacts that flash around on the screen. During the digital showing the video was flawless.

Sound was WAY better too. Everything sounded a lot more crisp.

oh ok so it depends on the quality of your local non digital theater if its better or not? i was thinking they added stuff or something.

The digital version will always be better than the non-digital version. I'm going to see the digital version on wednesday at the Metreon in San Francisco. For those of you who have seen the digital version, can you confirm whether or not you see Yoda landing on Dagobah?

I think theaters should show more digital films. I mean, is it expensive to get digital equipment to replace the clunky system they use now?

Yes.

there is no difference between digital and non-digital as far as the content is concerned.
as far as clarity is concerned, film will always have dust and splicing.
the theatre we're going to is dlp. that means more than a trillion colours.

Maybe it's just me, but seeing all the littl artifacts and dust on the film is one reason why I love going to the movies.

Well I'm seeing it digital purely for the fact that I thought AotC looked crap at my local (non-digital) cinema, also the main reason why I haven't seen the film yet.

I saw Digital opening night. It was swankkkkk....

Ditto.

i love the movie/theatre experience so much so that i usually go alone (because the person i go with, it doesn't matter who, will ruin it for me). but if i can see any movie, especially this one, without the dust and flicker of film, i'm there.

Agreed.

i think there is a certain childhood type emotion about going to the movies and how it feels so different from watching it at home. That's great but its more of a sentimental emotion for its unique quality.

When you to a digital viewing, the first thing you really notice how tighter everything is, it looks as if you looking through right at them. Its more of a breath taking experience as apposed to the more laid back feel I get while watching them since its just not that visually flaring and dosn't invoke your senses as much.

Anyways this is just an opinion of a 'convert' if you will, since I saw the majority of you defending your 'shaky feel' theatrics didn't seem like they ever got the chance to see it digitally.. or not who knows?

there is nowhere near me that shows anything in digital.

I know exactly what you mean, but if the film was actually shot in digital... it tends to look more than a bit wank.

So far, Ive seen it three times. Two in digital theatre's, and yes, the digital version is EXACTLY the same as the non-digital version. There are no extra scenes/dialogue.

Digital cinema? So what, No projector? If it loses the dusts, odd blur and oval splodge that appears every so often in the corner, its not cinema.

It still uses a projector, but the image being projected is generated digitally instead of from a film reel.

If you're serious, that's the most ignorant thing I've ever heard. That's like saying a DVD isn't home video.

Me too. It makes me feel like I'm watching a movie on the big screen.

The little black ovals tell the projector to switch reels. I read that somewhere, a newspaper probably.

All the theaters in the Loews near me are digitally projected. Sound was pretty good...not surround though for some reason. The picture is why I like digital showings, just the higher resolution and less artifacts and fewer focusing issues usually (well, maybe not an equipment issue but an employee issue).

As for sound. All sound is analog. There is no such thing as digital sound. The signal that hits your speakers or headphones is analog. Always. No exceptions. That's how speakers work, with an analog signal. This means if you're seeing a film whose audio is stored digitally, like most probably are these days, they're run through the theater's DAC (Digital to Analog Converter) and through amps and other equipment they have. The quality of the DAC will vary, but any decent theater should have some pretty top notch gear.

My point is that if sound is better in a digital theater, it's just because the sound equipment is better, not because it's "ooh digital, fancy".

<3 emon

Fight Club?



Isn't the audio stored digitally though? Kind of like CD to tape?

It's stored digitally, but it's played analogally. Is that a word?

I have no idea what you are talking about >.>
I read it in a newspaper.

in fight club, 'tyler durden' was a projectionist at a movie theatre and when it came to change reels which were signaled to him by a 'cigarette burn' oval shape in the top right he cut a frame of nudity and spliced it into the film. that was all he was referring to when he said fight club...

All I was saying is if it loses the traditional inperfections, it just doesn't feel right.

Yes, AK, it's stored digitally, played analogically.

Also, the splatter IS a notice to change reels - that's been somewhat common knowledge long before Fight Club came out.

So, wouldn't that mean the sound would be better in like comparing a CD to a cassette?

Not quite, since casettes are garbage, high end video/audio tapes aren't. Infact, casettes sound very good if you have a really good player and a high quality casette.