Well, I watched The Plan.
It's... okayish. Nothing to write home about. It does explain the Cylon plan - which was surprisingly simple - offer some surprises, some rather hilarious comedy involving a rather drunk Six and equally wasted Bro Cavil, and demonstrates how cynical and jaded Cavil is. That's about it. Mostly it's rehash, with bits and pieces explaining the Cylon side thrown in.
Now I shall talk about movies for a bit, though. Skip it, if the off-topicky bothers you.
Tod - wait , yesterday actually, I however made an interesting experiment. I went to see Avatar. But not in 3D, not in a big multiplex, not even with a digital sound, much less digital picture. I intentionally went to tiny country theater, that has a projector probably from somewhere around '50s, analog sound - in theory it's Dolby Surround, in practice it's just stereo, as the rears were either off, or too low... that kind of thing.
It even has a real balcony! ...which is off-limits due to insufficient exits in case of a fire, but since I know everyone who works there and have worked for them before, I probably could go there too, if I wanted to. There are no seats there anymore, though. Minor setback. It would be an excellent place for making out, if one were into such teenish hobbies.
Anyway.
I hadn't seen Avatar before, because I couldn't be bothered to drag my ass to a larger city, just for nice visuals. So, I decided to try if there's an actual movie behind all that nice CG and 3D and DD and DTS and whatever acronyms it might have.
Well...
I was entertained. For the entire two and half hours. Didn't feel like walking out. Even though there were some "minor" technical difficulties, namely they could get only the upper and lower thirds of the screen - or the middle third - in focus, but not all of them at the same time.
They chose the top and bottom. Can't say that I was really bothered, this was an experiment, and for that matter, I got the ticket for free, from my old boss.
Few observations; no commercials. Not a single motherfucking commercial before the film. No trailers. No cute 'turn off your phones or you will be shot'-reminders. It had a really cool countdown though, you know like you occasionally see used as an effect, except here it was for real. The sound was very analog, with audible hiss at quiet spots (Cameron movie? Quiet spots? Not very many...), snaps and pops at the reel switches. The image was... somewhat out of focus, as described earlier. I suppose it was 3D - the center third was obviously focused in front or behind of the screen, that is.
The projector exhibited some scratches and such (not the reels though, as they were more or less permanent and semi-static feature). Awesome legroom. It's not really purely a movie theater; it's multifunctional, so the floor is flat, and the seats can be removed, or set as desired. At least now they were set with so much legroom I could just barely reach the seat before me with my foot, if I really stretched. Haven't seen that in any THX-certified theater.
Despite all that, or perhaps because of it, I had lots of fun.
No, the movie is nothing special. It looks real purrty, at least I think it does... darn focus issues.
But the plot, dialogue and such... are quite average. But the entire experience was quite nostalgic and cute, if you ask me.
Digital sound, digital picture, Dolby Digital (that's quite a few digitals, now that I think about it), DTS, SDDS, THX, WTF, BBQ... these are all nice.
But this was something different, this was an
experience.
