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Author Topic: King Arthur in DLP -- but not really! Thomas Procyk Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1842 From: Royal Palm Beach, FL, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 07-09-2004 11:16 AM                     Went to see King Arthur this past Wednesday at the AMC Pleasure Island 24, advertized in the newspaper, on the internet, at the box office, and on the sign above the theater as being in DLP. The AMC Preshow concluded, and we all sat there for about 5 minutes after the scheduled start time. Finally the film started. Wait... Film? YEP! I looked up to see a Century whirring away, playing the trailers, while the DLP projector sat dark. Okay, I thought, maybe they didn't get all the right trailers on the DLP version, so we'll watch the trailers on film and the feature on DLP. Interesting. But wait! Here comes the AMC Feature tag and... the feature!! ON FILM!! I went out to find a manager, and there they were, right outside the auditroium doors discussing how they had to run the backup print. How convenient! I asked why it wasn't in DLP, and one of them got this smile on his face like, "Uh oh, they noticed." I said I knew it was film because the picture was brighter and there were no pixels. The manager explained that for some reason Disney decided at the last minute that there was to be no DLP presentation of King Arthur due to "digital watermarking problems." I shrugged and went back into the movie. Now I must say that the feature film presentation was TOP NOTCH! One of the trailers was a bit dusty, but once the feature started, we were treated to a BRIGHT, SHARP, and ROCK STEADY image. If it wasn't for the cue marks, I would have never noticed the reel changes. Splices were invisible. I thought it may even be ultrasonic splices, but I've seen tape on every show I've watched at this theater. Maybe they save the "best of the best" for the 35mm Digital Backup? The ONLY flaw that probably tipped off the audience was a lab splice in one of the latter reels. As I was leaving, the box office was changed and no longer showed "DLP" as part of the title. =TMP=  |  IP: Logged Frank Angel Film God Posts: 5305 From: Brooklyn NY USA Registered: Dec 1999 posted 07-09-2004 12:29 PM                        quote: Thomas Procyk "Uh oh, they noticed." I said I knew it was film because the picture was brighter and there were no pixels. Perfect answer, Tom. You should have told him that they needn't apologize for giving you a superior presentation. quote: Thomas Procyk The manager explained that for some reason Disney decided at the last minute that there was to be no DLP presentation of King Arthur due to "digital watermarking problems." I shrugged and went back into the movie. Yah, that might be the official Disney cover story, but I bet this might be a more likely scenario....BV arranges for a press screening or a "launch party" for the top brass in some theatre downtown with DLP and the producers, who are sitting in the audience, are so embarrassed at how crappy it looks that they tell Buena Vista, "no way we want all those millions we spent on this thing to wind up looking like this crap. You've got a lawsuit on you hands if you release it on anything but film." Yah....that'ed be my take. BTW, who's idea was it that we need yet another telling of Camelot? Or the Stepford Wives for that matter?  |  IP: Logged Steve Scott Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1300 From: Minneapolis, MN Registered: Sep 2000 posted 07-09-2004 01:28 PM                     quote: Thomas Procyk The ONLY flaw that probably tipped off the audience was a lab splice in one of the latter reels. No, as some of our patrons conclude, that must be the tracking on our VCR or we bumped the DVD player.  |  IP: Logged Bruce Hansen Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 847 From: Stone Mountain, GA, USA Registered: Dec 1999 posted 07-09-2004 06:59 PM                     I wonder if the cost to release in digital, for such a small number of theaters, and the extra delays involved, make it "not worth it".  |  IP: Logged Paul Konen Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 981 From: Frisco, TX. (North of Dallas) Registered: Jun 99 posted 07-09-2004 11:59 PM                     I'm playing mine just fine.  |  IP: Logged Ethan Harper E-dawggg!!! Posts: 325 From: Plano, TX, USA Registered: May 2000 posted 07-11-2004 02:33 AM                     I watched King Arthur in DLP.  |  IP: Logged Mike Olpin Chop Chop! Posts: 1852 From: Dallas, TX Registered: Jan 2002 posted 07-11-2004 04:24 AM                     All of our digital equipt theatres in San Diego are listed as still playing it in DLP.  |  IP: Logged Brian Michael Weidemann Expert cat molester Posts: 944 From: Costa Mesa, CA United States Registered: Feb 2004 posted 07-11-2004 04:36 AM                        We're playing Arthur in our DLP auditorium ... and in DLP, too! At least it's not Day After Tomorrow in DLP anymore!  |  IP: Logged Thomas Procyk Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1842 From: Royal Palm Beach, FL, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 07-11-2004 11:43 AM                     Hmmm. Then I wonder why the "Disney" theater (read: on Disney property, part of the Disney experience) would not be showing a Disney (touchstone) film in DLP (Disney's Light Projection) Maybe the DLP broke down? Last show I saw there (home on the range) the screen was so dim, the whites looked light-grey. Like they were projecting with a flashlight. Maybe they figured you never had to change the bulb because Digital is perfect -- and when they went to run King Arthur, the bulb didn't strike, so they called the DLP tech. That's my guess anyway. =TMP=  |  IP: Logged Nicole Halper Film Handler Posts: 47 From: Plano, Texas, USA Registered: Mar 2004 posted 07-14-2004 01:59 PM                        Correct me if I'm wrong, but last I checked DLP stands for Digital Light Processing-- Not Disney's Light Projection  |  IP: Logged Mike Olpin Chop Chop! Posts: 1852 From: Dallas, TX Registered: Jan 2002 posted 07-14-2004 02:02 PM                     Yes, but Disney releases a lot of product in DLP - twice that of any other studio I believe.  |  IP: Logged Nicole Halper Film Handler Posts: 47 From: Plano, Texas, USA Registered: Mar 2004 posted 07-14-2004 02:19 PM                        I understand that- just pointing out the mistake~  |  IP: Logged Manny Knowles "What are these things and WHY are they BLUE???" Posts: 4247 From: Bloomington, IN, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 07-14-2004 04:12 PM                     More likely, they would opt for referring to it as Disney DLP. You know...like Disney DVD. (What exactly is that, anyway?)  |  IP: Logged Thomas Procyk Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1842 From: Royal Palm Beach, FL, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 07-14-2004 04:16 PM                     It wasn't a mistake, nitpicker. It was a pun. =TMP=  |  IP: Logged Nicole Halper Film Handler Posts: 47 From: Plano, Texas, USA Registered: Mar 2004 posted 07-14-2004 10:30 PM                        "HAHAHA" - is that better?  |  IP: Logged

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