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Topic: Disney/IMAX "Roving Mars"
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Moonpaws
Member Posts: 685
From: Lee's summit, MO
Registered: Jan 2005
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posted February 19, 2006 11:39 AM
   
Roving Mars was absolutely spectacular. This is a must see production. |
Fra Mauro
Member Posts: 782
From: Maspeth, NY
Registered: Jul 2002
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posted February 19, 2006 10:15 PM
I just saw the Rover IMAX at the Cradle of avaiton Museum on Long Island. It was incredible and I highly recommend it to all |
Ben
Member Posts: 1817
From: Daytona Beach, FL
Registered: May 2000
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posted February 19, 2006 10:51 PM
And I just saw it on my visit to NYC for the weekend.I thought it was very good. I wish the launch scene (particularly the actual footage) did not go so fast so I could soak it in more. But overall it was very enjoyable and well done. Beautiful camera work inside the cleanroom. |
Astro Bill
Member Posts: 1329
From: New York, NY
Registered: Feb 2005
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posted March 12, 2006 08:56 PM
Tonight I was treated to a viewing of Roving Mars as a birthday present from my son. He knows of my interest in the space program.The movie is very impressive and interesting. This is particularly true of the launch sequence. I did not know that the launch sequence was so complicated with so many different rockets turning on and off. After cruising to Mars for seven months the lander plummeted through the atmosphere and bounced to a landing surrounded by large balloons. I had seen these animations on TV before, but seeing them on IMAX made a big difference. The complexity of both Spirit and Opportunity was apparent as was the endurance capability of these golf-cart size craft, that have functioned years beyond their life expectancy. Even today they are both working on Mars surveying the terrain and sampling the rocks and minerals. At times, the angle of the special-effects camera made the spacecraft appear to be much larger than their actual size. Actual images from the spacecraft were mixed with recreations of the movements of both Spirit and Opportunity produced by the Disney studios. At the end of the 35-minute film I was left with two impressions: 1) that the film was too short. I have seen longer reports on Spirit and Opportunity on the Discovery/Science Channel. and 2) that MAN will some day land on the Red Planet. The film gave me the impression that the mission, while extremely complicated, was a manageable situation for a human crew. I realize that a manned mission will be many times more complicated and many times more expensive. But now it appears to be a possibility. Mars did not appear to be an "alien planet." I recommend the film, in spite of its brevity. You will have plenty of time left after the film to go to your favorite restaurant for dinner as we did. Another review of this film is shown here:
http://www.comingsoon.net/news/reviewsnews.php?id=12908 |
tegwilym
Member Posts: 2229
From: Renton, WA USA
Registered: Jan 2000
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posted March 13, 2006 12:08 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Astro Bill:
At the end of the 35-minute film I was left with two impressions: 1) that the film was too short.
Good IMAX movies on space stuff are always too short!  Tom |
FFrench
Member Posts: 3002
From: San Diego
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted October 13, 2006 06:16 PM
Some footage of the Roving Mars movie can be watched on this page:
http://www.kpbs.org/tv/programs/full_focus?id=6200 as part of a TV interview clip. |
Dwayne Day
Member Posts: 532
From:
Registered: Feb 2004
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posted October 16, 2006 11:57 AM
quote:
Originally posted by tegwilym:
Good Imax movies on space stuff are always too short!
There's a reason--Imax uses a big film and when that is all wound up, it is really large. This creates a limit of how long they can run a single film strip. I don't know how they solve this when they show popular movies in Imax format. I sort of suspect that they are not true Imax.
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