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Topic: Bournemouth Imax Closure
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Andy Summers
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From: Bournemouth Dorset United kingdom
Registered: Jun 2005
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posted 07-12-2005 07:58 PM
Hallo there to you all.
I’ve been out of the game for a few years now, but doesn’t say I have forgotten about this technical medium.
Anyway I’ve been wondering myself about the very same question, is the IMAX ever going to reopen its doors the negative Bournemouth folks, as it was so far behind schedule before it did open.
And the simple fact that I know is there is no refurbishments going on within the IMAX cinema I’ve gone by it in the day and in the late of night and there is no crews there at all.
It’s true what Ben says about admissions falling, the simple fact is if there manager had kept to there promise and got some regular 70mm Dolby films in like “Blade Runner” for the late night shows this may have made some remarkable comeback, as well as IMAX 70mm versions of Star Wars Episode 2” “The Matrix Reloaded” “Space Station.”
But this was not going to happen, and they where putting a noose around there own necks, basically going down like the titanic and there manager doesn’t know how to spell SOS … --- … with no new films coming in they where doomed, there was however this young lady, who was doing her best at trying to get this place going for the best and all her hard work was in vane, with the ship close to sinking and no life line, nor do the people of Bournemouth care for that which blocks the sea front view off as you walk down Bath Road.
Anyway I’m saddened it will go if there is any cinema in the Bournemouth area in need of refurbishments that will be the Odeon and the ABC of Westover Road with a rugged and sticky carpet that sticks to your shoes, as if you where Spiderman him self, it’s not funny it smells as well, and I don’t think its had a carpet wash in many years.
And the sound system which is Altec A4 behind the screen, no I’m not kidding there is so much bass distortion within 20Hz and 40Hz at the high SPL levels due to the narrow venting of those old voice of the theatre loudspeakers from the 1960’s there hay days are long past, and the need for the classic THX approved 4675-A or there newer JBL 5674 with today’s films the mixers are using the dynamic range to its fullest potential, given what is on the screen the sound must be true to the images with fierce conviction.
Well I’ll leave it there for now, “I’ll be back”
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Andy Summers
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From: Bournemouth Dorset United kingdom
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posted 07-27-2005 04:57 PM
This has been highlighted from the news paper the Daily Echo today Wednesday 27th of July 2005.
AN AMBITIOUS bid to change Bournemouth's much-maligned IMAX building into an attraction the whole town can be proud of has got off to an encouraging start.
Tobias Ellwood, MP for Bournemouth East, said he enjoyed a "very productive" meeting with bosses responsible for the site, at which he aired concerns the building was too big and had the wrong sort of facilities.
And he is hopeful the preliminary discussions mark the start of a radical re-think on the IMAX's future.
Mr Ellwood favours reducing the building in height and transforming it into an open-air swimming pool, an idea he raised with Sheridan boss Peter Holmes and Jim Burgess, property adviser for the Northern Ireland Local Government Officers Superannua-tion Committee, the site landlord.
"We didn't discuss technicalities or costings but just floated some ideas about," he said. "I wanted to make it clear to them that residents are concerned about the building, the loss of the view and the facilities inside.
"They acknowledged that and are very keen to have discussions as to what can be done to heed residents' concerns.
"Nothing was decided, it was just to test the water and see whether there was scope for further discussions.
Clearly there is, they are very amicable to further discussion and we have agreed to have a site meeting in August."
Mr Ellwood said both men were aware of the Daily Echo's IMAX Watch campaign and were mindful of residents' criticism.
"The building lends itself to be restructured," he said. "The outside structure is separate from the facilities inside, which means the inside can be stripped out and replaced quite easily.
"I pressed the point that we would need to take some layers off it for it to be acceptable. I also pressed the point that the idea of a swimming pool would be most welcome considering we have lost the facility at the BIC.
"I want to bring ideas forward and see if we can come up with an idea that's acceptable to the businesses inside and the residents.
"It's a prime site and we want to turn it from something of a carbuncle into something we can be proud of."
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Ben Wales
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From: Southampton. England
Registered: Jul 99
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posted 03-23-2006 03:31 PM
This was reported in Today's Bournemouth Daily Echo.
GET your act together - that's the council's message to IMAX bosses one year after the attraction inexplicably shut down.
Bournemouth council leader Richard Smith said he was "sick and tired" of the delays in reopening the IMAX or providing an alternative facility.
And he has accused NILGOS, owners of the Waterfront building, and Sheridan, the original operator of the IMAX, of "ducking their responsibilities" to the town.
In a bid to end the stalemate, tourism bosses, hoteliers, traders and other attraction owners are getting together to press NILGOS for a meeting to discuss the way forward.
Cllr Smith said: "This joint action is good news for Bournemouth. While the council unfortunately has no control over this legal dispute between independent parties, the closure of the IMAX is a setback that our town just doesn't need.
"I am sick and tired of the companies involved ducking their responsibilities on the Waterfront building.
"It is staggering, given the levels of publicity and public outcry, that no efforts appear to have been made by NILGOS to reopen a major attraction in this building."
He said the council had taken every opportunity to champion the views of local people and said the failure of the IMAX had "let down" the other businesses operating successfully from the Waterfront.
Bournemouth East MP Tobias Ellwood is due to hold another meeting with NILGOS's property adviser Jim Burgess in the next month.
But he warned that the legal wranglings between Sheridan and NILGOS were complex and a quick solution was unlikely.
"It's clear that we're all singing from the same song sheet but it's a commercial premises, therefore, they're simply not going to hand the building over or make any fast decisions," he said. "It's frustrating because it's in a prime location to promote Bournemouth as a family seaside resort and it's a waste to have such a building going unused."
Jim Burgess said a legal challenge by Sheridan was due to be heard in June. "For the council to say we are doing nothing is ludicrous. The council's statement is rubbish," he said.
"The council officers are fully aware of the position, that the court case is pending. Until that is decided there's nothing we can do about it."
Mark Haslingden, of Forestdale Hotels and the Bournemouth Area Hospitality Association, said: "Either the IMAX needs to be reopened and run properly or they get out and we start afresh and do something else."
Nobody from Sheridan was available for comment.
First published: March 23, 2006
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