So, would you be pissed if you paid for IMAX and got Little IMAX

[Santrega]

http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/aziz-ansari-imax.html

This comedian bought a ticket to see the new star trek movie on IMAX, paying the extra money, and walked in to find out it wasn't that much bigger than a regular theater. However, he paid the price they charge for the big IMAX theater.

I like how the CEO tries to use an analogy that makes very little sense, check it out:


The theaters however, are charging the same price for "fake" digital IMAX as they do for "real" film-based IMAX.

IMAX co-CEO Richard Gelfond argued that such a distinction is unnecessary because, "People don't say 'The 3 isn't a real BMW because it's smaller.'"

lol... seriously, we wont be mad if we pay for real IMAX tickets, and get fake IMAX? WTF?

[Edfishy]

Uh... well, "real" IMAX is recorded on 70 mm film, while Star Trek was filmed on 35 mm film. They just use the DRM (Digital Re-Mastering) process to blow the 35mm film up to the size of the theater's screen.

So you still got an overall large screen and some pumped-up sound, for what its worth (double the standard ticket price?).

If you see IMAX and DRM together, you ain't getting IMAX.