I have no problems with 3D as a technique, it's just the implementation sucks. The glasses dim the picture immensely. The best way to view 3D movies is actually in VR though
When properly projected, the non-glasses image is too bright. You know how when you turn off "Best Buy mode" on a new TV and it looks dark by comparison? That's how it's supposed to look.
To be fair you can make a gun that looks like a banana if you wanted to, so while this initially strikes me as a douchey way to ruin informal/spontaneous cosplay for everybody, really we could apply that standard to anything that could conceivably contain a firing mechanism of some kind.
Han Solo's blaster is already build off of a Mauser C96 with some extra stuff added to make it spacey, I just thought it was neat to see a live firing version :P
To be fair you can make a gun that looks like a banana if you wanted to, so while this initially strikes me as a douchey way to ruin informal/spontaneous cosplay for everybody, really we could apply that standard to anything that could conceivably contain a firing mechanism of some kind.
Han Solo's blaster is already build off of a Mauser C96 with some extra stuff added to make it spacey, I just thought it was neat to see a live firing version :P
I made mine out of an airsoft version but made sure to shoot my teenager in the butt with it a couple of times first. :P
I would be much more inclined to wait if theaters hadn't all renovated themselves in the past five years. I basically stopped going to movies because I can't stand dealing with the other people at movies. With the giant leather recliners and large distance between you and other people, it's much less of a bother now.
I would be OK with 70mm coming back, but then they should really hurry up with 140mm or something ridiculous.
I'm glad to see that at least a few people have real-firing Han Solo Blasters. I'd like a real-firing E-11.
I also plan to build a legitimate, fully functioning, firing, MA5B from Halo at some point, whenever I happen to be in a state where such a thing isn't covered by an assault-weapons-ban, and chamber it in some sort of real cartridge.
I also plan to build a legitimate, fully functioning, firing, MA5B from Halo at some point, whenever I happen to be in a state where such a thing isn't covered by an assault-weapons-ban, and chamber it in some sort of real cartridge.
I'm telling you man, a 10/22 stock would probably be the easiest way to go. I'm sure theres plenty of STL files for other 10/22 bullpup stocks or MA5B props you could modify if you could get access to a quality 3D printer. And in some states .22lr isn't as restricted by AWB.
I don't even know or pay attention to the ratings of movies at all anymore. The last time I cared was when I was not 17, and some theaters wouldn't let me see The Matrix, so my friend's dad took us in and then left without buying a ticket.
I saw plenty of R movies in high school but it was never a guarantee. There was that one time where we got turned away from South Park and decided to see Wild Wild West...
I saw R rated movies by myself all the time in high school. The ratings aren't in any way legally binding.
I remember when I was 13, I wanted to see the movie Thunderheart, starring Val Kilmer, and the guy at the ticket booth wouldn't let me in because I was underage. My mom was actually with me and had bought me the ticket and told the guy that she was my mother and was giving me permission to see an "R" rated movie without her and the guy still wouldn't let me in.
In one of the most epic "mom moments" of my life that I still remember to this day, my mom gave the guy a look and told him that "I guess you won't let my son see this movie by himself because in case he pisses himself, you want me in there to clean it up." He just kind of sputtered and my mom and I went back to the ticket office and demanded a refund.
It wasn't until years later that I finally saw Thunderheart and realized that I hadn't missed anything.
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Most 3d is hey-guys-check-it-out-egregious-zooming-bullshit. I guess that's like anything else though. 90% of it is crud.
I got an IMAX 3D showing because, procrastination. At 2am Friday morning. So maybe it'll be light...
They do not.
Will oculus give me the same experience as a 70mm 2D movie? ;^)
I saw Interstellar at the Udvar Hazy Smithsonian Air and Space Museum IMAX and it was in 3D and 70mm.
I'm glad to see that at least a few people have real-firing Han Solo Blasters. I'd like a real-firing E-11.
I also plan to build a legitimate, fully functioning, firing, MA5B from Halo at some point, whenever I happen to be in a state where such a thing isn't covered by an assault-weapons-ban, and chamber it in some sort of real cartridge.
G - Garbage
PG - Regular Movie
PG-13 - Regular Movie
R - Regular movie you watch on Netflix instead of in the theater
In one of the most epic "mom moments" of my life that I still remember to this day, my mom gave the guy a look and told him that "I guess you won't let my son see this movie by himself because in case he pisses himself, you want me in there to clean it up." He just kind of sputtered and my mom and I went back to the ticket office and demanded a refund.
It wasn't until years later that I finally saw Thunderheart and realized that I hadn't missed anything.