I gotta give the showrunners credit. "Dinner Party" was both the most cringe-inducing episode as well as one of the best of the series. That's really hard to achieve.
It’s the IMAX aspect ratio 1.43:1 to be precise. He just wants to fill the entire screen for the immersion. They still frame the shot as if it’s a 1.85:1 or 2.39:1, for non IMAX theaters, but in IMAX it just doesn’t show black bars on the top and bottom and you get more information and your entire peripheral vision is filled. Most of the on screen action still happens within that framing in the center.
Watching the Odyssey on the smallest TV you could find on the set Backrooms is really the only way to truly see the film exactly how Nolan originally intended. Unfortunately many of us will have to settle for the profoundly worse experience of going to our local theater or streaming it in our living room.
Yeah but the camera lens captures a different view than your eyes. So directors watch "dailies" . It's the print of filming done earlier in the day that the director reviews.
Notice he's not looking at the actors but at a tiny tablet that is tied to an inline digital camera attached to the imax film camera so he can see the framing from the point of view of the camera.
You do realize this is a joke? Op posted a tiny screen and I compared it to the tiny monitor that Nolan used during filming to see that it looked the way he intended.
Time travel to the future, get an Acme Mynd-Reeder Helmet, and then go back and listen to Homer recite it while peeping into his mind and experiencing it as he's imagining it.
And don't cheap out and get the Mynd-Reeder Model 17. Go all out and get the 23.
Following a negotiation between Nolan and Warner Bros. executives, the studio arranged for the film to be released in seventy countries, with a run time of 150 minutes, on August 26,[105][106][107] following preview screenings in Australia and South Korea on August 22 and 23.[108][109] The film opened in select cities in the United States on September 3, gradually expanding in the ensuing weeks.[105] On September 4, it was released in China.[110] The lack of available movies afforded it more screens per multiplex than would otherwise have been possible.[111]
I mean, fair, but he's not "head of multiple mega corporations with massive political sway" wealthy, he's just "very successful film director for many years" wealthy.
Looking it up, he's worth $250 million, or about 1/3200 the worth of Elon Musk.
He still controlled (heavily influenced) how the film was released. That sort of influence in your own industry is control.
It not only affected the safety of everyone employed own chain (eg. theater workers), is put public safety at risk. The attitude of "well it was not illegal, so it's governments fault, not his." Is part of the problem.
Normally I would agree, but if this is a bedroom and they’re lying down, I think the angle works. I actually want to raise my living room TV a bit (it’s on an entertainment stand, not the wall) because when I fully recline my recliner to stretch my legs, I’m looking down too much to be comfortable.
I think I've watched the entire thing once, but it was a struggle to get through it. So boring.
I think these movies are hyped by the media and people are just following what's popular. But yeah, I have seen many who say this movie is the best they have ever seen. I'm actually shocked by that, but sure. They also liked Oppenheimer which I still haven't been able to get through.
And they also liked Gravity, which was absolutely ridiculous. George Clooney was a clown in that one.
Different strokes for different folks. I actually liked Oppenheimer and have watched it once or twice at home after seeing the Barbenheimer double feature in the cinema. At the same time, I could see how you might find it boring. I just really like slow burn movies and shows
It doesn't stand up to other Nolan films and the casting is shit, my opinion is to watch Project Hail Mary if you haven't and rewatch if you did saw it
I'm in a similar boat in I don't think it was Nolan's best work (at least, not my favorite of his works), but I don't see where you're coming from about the casting. Care to elaborate?
I know you're not making those arguments, you're just relaying what you've seen elsewhere, but I sure do hate to see them being made because they're always in bad faith. On the one hand, they claim to want 'historical accuracy' as if the movie was trying to be a documentary or something, while simultaneously ignoring the historical fact that different peoples have been moving around and intermingling with other peoples since the dawn of civilization. They want to have their (racist) cake and eat it too all under the disguise of "just trying to be accurate". Also, let's be real here, as much as celebrity culture can be (and is) a problem in some cases, they are all professional actors, this is their job and most of them are pretty good at it. And if Nolan was forced to cast only native Greek people, not only would that create its own discrimination, but far fewer people would see the movie because there simply aren't as many familiar faces. Sorry for the rant, I know you personally weren't making any of those points, I just needed to vent
My nephew only watches movies in a small window on his laptop. I said "wow, you're a real cinephile, huh?". He replied with "yeah if that's a portmanteau of cinema and defile."
First off theres like 4 different versions of IMAX I'm not gonna get into the nitty gritty of each one and just talk about the relevant one. "True" IMAX is a proprietary film standard that needs a specific projector, screen, film, and theater size to be properly displayed. The projectors are no longer manufactured and there are an extremely limited amount of true IMAX theaters in the world like double digits limited. The big draw for IMAX for someone like Nolan and viewers is how much detail on a massive screen you can get. As to why they dont make a new standard theres a meme you can search for that summarizes when you make a new "better" standard it just becomes a standard. 16:9 is afaik a middle ground standard that most industries have settled on. Aspect ratios are a complicated topic with a lot of subjective expression especially in the world of cinema. In my opinion the outrage is a nothing burger cinema is art if Nolan wants to display it a certain way its his prerogative if someone feels that it diminishes the experience for them imo just dont watch it. They can also complain its none of my business what people do I just find it a bit ridiculous to complain about.
the most common type of IMAX nowadays is "just" running two 4k laser digital projectors, overlapping eachother so you get double the pixel density, at a much better contrast, and at 60fps.
Unfortunatly, that's still less than half the resolution of the "old" 70mm horizontal film projector. But it gets rid of the absurd arc-lamp they have in the film projectors, which would be the envy of ww2 searchlight operators.
It is cropped to fit specific screens. Went to pull a graphic showing it and found they actually have a page on the Odyssey movie page showing how the film looks in different aspects
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ptz@dubvee.org · 109 pts · 56d
negativenull@piefed.world · 32 pts · 56d
I came to post an image from this scene as well. I see that's been taken care of.
ptz@dubvee.org · 26 pts · 56d
I gotta give the showrunners credit. "Dinner Party" was both the most cringe-inducing episode as well as one of the best of the series. That's really hard to achieve.
jaybone@lemmy.zip · 10 pts · 56d
Snip snap snip snap
rustydrd@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 56d
You have no idea the physical toll, that three vasectomies have on a person.
rustydrd@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 56d
This image triggers my PTSD.
fartographer@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 55d
A lot of people in the room? You need more space? *moves TV 2 inches* Voila. Right into the wall.
gigastasio@sh.itjust.works · 50 pts · 56d
Blackmist@feddit.uk · 40 pts · 56d
Got my IMAX ratio TV all ready for it.
Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 56d
Nolan could have filmed in any ratio he wanted. Choosing 4:3 is not a technical constraint. He basically chose the opposite of cinemascope.
OtakuAllTheWay@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 55d
It’s the IMAX aspect ratio 1.43:1 to be precise. He just wants to fill the entire screen for the immersion. They still frame the shot as if it’s a 1.85:1 or 2.39:1, for non IMAX theaters, but in IMAX it just doesn’t show black bars on the top and bottom and you get more information and your entire peripheral vision is filled. Most of the on screen action still happens within that framing in the center.
slaacaa@lemmy.world · 39 pts · 56d
Hobo@lemmy.world · 30 pts · 56d
Watching the Odyssey on the smallest TV you could find on the set Backrooms is really the only way to truly see the film exactly how Nolan originally intended. Unfortunately many of us will have to settle for the profoundly worse experience of going to our local theater or streaming it in our living room.
Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 56d
And isn't a tiny screen how Nolan watched the dailies while filming? He certainly didn't have a 50' screen in his trailer on the beach in Greece.
You are watching it exactly how Nolan watched it.
Glemek@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 56d
Since it was shot in film he probably watched it on a projector in a theater.
Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 56d
A daily is a print done the same day as shooting for review. Here's a film editing station that would be used to review dailies.
couldhavebeenyou@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 56d
Wasn't he there? Like, live?
Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 56d
Yeah but the camera lens captures a different view than your eyes. So directors watch "dailies" . It's the print of filming done earlier in the day that the director reviews.
DagwoodIII@piefed.social · 1 pts · 55d
You do realize he watched the dailies after seeing the filming live, right?
Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 55d
Here's a behind the scenes shot.
Notice he's not looking at the actors but at a tiny tablet that is tied to an inline digital camera attached to the imax film camera so he can see the framing from the point of view of the camera.
DagwoodIII@piefed.social · 1 pts · 55d
You do realize that you've shown one picture out of a process that took over three months?
It's like getting a picture of a driver looking in their rearview mirror and claiming it proves they never looked at the road.
Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 55d
You do realize this is a joke? Op posted a tiny screen and I compared it to the tiny monitor that Nolan used during filming to see that it looked the way he intended.
DagwoodIII@piefed.social · 1 pts · 55d
It's 2026 and that joke isn't the dumbest thing I've seen posted.
Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 55d
Did you mean to say "is the dumbest" ?
SailorMoss@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 54d
Real film heads know the only true way to experience Nolan's vision for The Odyssey is to watch him film it live.
DagwoodIII@piefed.social · 2 pts · 54d
Nope.
Time travel to the future, get an Acme Mynd-Reeder Helmet, and then go back and listen to Homer recite it while peeping into his mind and experiencing it as he's imagining it.
And don't cheap out and get the Mynd-Reeder Model 17. Go all out and get the 23.
SailorMoss@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 54d
I guess this is the closest thing to experiencing Nolan's vision for now.
DagwoodIII@piefed.social · 1 pts · 54d
Why does he have a Welsh accent?
Skullgrid@lemmy.world · 30 pts · 56d
Reminder that he didn't give a fuck about controlling outbreaks of pre vaccine COVID and that he wanted to force people to see Tenet in cinemas.
You know, jam hundreds of people into a closed room for two and a half hours so that you can have super spreader events multiple times a day.
I watched that shit on my phone while sick in bed. Thank you for reminding me that all his films deserve the same treatment.
BananaIsABerry@lemmy.zip · 8 pts · 56d
Brother he's a film director not a politician.
Skullgrid@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 56d
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenet#Theatrical
them dates are before the vaccine became available. He drove a bargin as hard as he could, to get as many people to see the film as he could.
Yeah, he's not a politican, but neither was Typhoid Mary.
zarathustrad@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 55d
Yea, the wealthy have no power, and therefore, no responsibility.
BananaIsABerry@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 54d
I mean, fair, but he's not "head of multiple mega corporations with massive political sway" wealthy, he's just "very successful film director for many years" wealthy.
Looking it up, he's worth $250 million, or about 1/3200 the worth of Elon Musk.
zarathustrad@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 54d
He still controlled (heavily influenced) how the film was released. That sort of influence in your own industry is control.
It not only affected the safety of everyone employed own chain (eg. theater workers), is put public safety at risk. The attitude of "well it was not illegal, so it's governments fault, not his." Is part of the problem.
BananaIsABerry@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 54d
I still think you're over blowing the level the issue.
nullspace@lemmy.world · -2 pts · 56d
Eh, still better than AI-riddled CG slop.
Polisheocket@lemmy.zip · -21 pts · 56d
Covid was just an offshoot of a cold.
ayyy@sh.itjust.works · 16 pts · 56d
And shit is just an offshoot of food. Why don’t you eat that?
M137@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 55d
How to show everyone, for not reason, that you're incredibly dumb and ignorant. Well done.
icelimit@lemmy.ml · 24 pts · 56d
/r/thetvistoodamnhigh
cannedtuna@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 56d
Would be even better if it was mounted above a fireplace
icelimit@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 56d
I know someone that's done it like so.
scytale@piefed.zip · 6 pts · 56d
Normally I would agree, but if this is a bedroom and they’re lying down, I think the angle works. I actually want to raise my living room TV a bit (it’s on an entertainment stand, not the wall) because when I fully recline my recliner to stretch my legs, I’m looking down too much to be comfortable.
testaccount789@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 56d
Needs a projector that can be rotated to project onto the ceiling.
icelimit@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 56d
Time to mount the TV on orbital rails.
crank0271@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 56d
What's the opposite of IMAX?
some_designer_dude@lemmy.world · 26 pts · 56d
ISQUINT
blackbelt352@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 56d
UMIN?
Curiousfur@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 56d
IMIN? I CRY?
gergolippai@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 55d
ah, i see you watch it on IMIN
cannedtuna@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 55d
Solid joke. Took me a second to
starman2112@sh.itjust.works · 14 pts · 56d
Nolan would strangle this person with a strip of 70mm film if he saw this poat
yopyop@sh.itjust.works · 13 pts · 56d
The sound better be mono.
cannedtuna@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 56d
2.5” cones in that tv make it sound amazing. Like listening to it through a tin can I imagine
ivanafterall@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 56d
I've been working my way through it via YouTube Shorts. It honestly doesn't feel as epic as everyone says, to me.
1984@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 56d
I think I've watched the entire thing once, but it was a struggle to get through it. So boring.
I think these movies are hyped by the media and people are just following what's popular. But yeah, I have seen many who say this movie is the best they have ever seen. I'm actually shocked by that, but sure. They also liked Oppenheimer which I still haven't been able to get through.
And they also liked Gravity, which was absolutely ridiculous. George Clooney was a clown in that one.
boonhet@sopuli.xyz · 3 pts · 55d
Different strokes for different folks. I actually liked Oppenheimer and have watched it once or twice at home after seeing the Barbenheimer double feature in the cinema. At the same time, I could see how you might find it boring. I just really like slow burn movies and shows
Hiro8811@lemmy.world · -3 pts · 55d
It doesn't stand up to other Nolan films and the casting is shit, my opinion is to watch Project Hail Mary if you haven't and rewatch if you did saw it
TargaryenTKE@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 55d
I'm in a similar boat in I don't think it was Nolan's best work (at least, not my favorite of his works), but I don't see where you're coming from about the casting. Care to elaborate?
666dollarfootlong@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 55d
The extreme ends of the casting are "too many black people" and "too many white people" so I guess it boils down to not enough Greek people
TargaryenTKE@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 55d
I know you're not making those arguments, you're just relaying what you've seen elsewhere, but I sure do hate to see them being made because they're always in bad faith. On the one hand, they claim to want 'historical accuracy' as if the movie was trying to be a documentary or something, while simultaneously ignoring the historical fact that different peoples have been moving around and intermingling with other peoples since the dawn of civilization. They want to have their (racist) cake and eat it too all under the disguise of "just trying to be accurate". Also, let's be real here, as much as celebrity culture can be (and is) a problem in some cases, they are all professional actors, this is their job and most of them are pretty good at it. And if Nolan was forced to cast only native Greek people, not only would that create its own discrimination, but far fewer people would see the movie because there simply aren't as many familiar faces. Sorry for the rant, I know you personally weren't making any of those points, I just needed to vent
DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 56d
The shadow.
NoForwadSlashS@piefed.social · 3 pts · 56d
Perfect room to find the hat man
ggtdbz@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 56d
Boomer horror: the monster in the lake ate the campers
Zoomer horror: you invited your friend into your house
Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 56d
CREEEEPY
Rentlar@lemmy.ca · 10 pts · 56d
Not good enough, he demands people watch this film on a 70mm screen. So get out your GBA SP.
MidsizedSedan@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 55d
I heard the saying "Watching Interstellar on an Apple Watch". I almost want to get an Apple watch JUST to try it
electric_nan@lemmy.ml · 9 pts · 55d
My nephew only watches movies in a small window on his laptop. I said "wow, you're a real cinephile, huh?". He replied with "yeah if that's a portmanteau of cinema and defile."
nuko147@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 55d
What is this shit with IMAX in The Odyssey etc? Can an American explain us?
If they need a new ratio why they don't make it a new standard?
My CRT TV back then was 4:3 but for some reason it was too square for the modern industry..
RogueAozame@programming.dev · 9 pts · 55d
First off theres like 4 different versions of IMAX I'm not gonna get into the nitty gritty of each one and just talk about the relevant one. "True" IMAX is a proprietary film standard that needs a specific projector, screen, film, and theater size to be properly displayed. The projectors are no longer manufactured and there are an extremely limited amount of true IMAX theaters in the world like double digits limited. The big draw for IMAX for someone like Nolan and viewers is how much detail on a massive screen you can get. As to why they dont make a new standard theres a meme you can search for that summarizes when you make a new "better" standard it just becomes a standard. 16:9 is afaik a middle ground standard that most industries have settled on. Aspect ratios are a complicated topic with a lot of subjective expression especially in the world of cinema. In my opinion the outrage is a nothing burger cinema is art if Nolan wants to display it a certain way its his prerogative if someone feels that it diminishes the experience for them imo just dont watch it. They can also complain its none of my business what people do I just find it a bit ridiculous to complain about.
boonhet@sopuli.xyz · 7 pts · 55d
The XKCD comic about standards in question
Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 55d
the most common type of IMAX nowadays is "just" running two 4k laser digital projectors, overlapping eachother so you get double the pixel density, at a much better contrast, and at 60fps.
Unfortunatly, that's still less than half the resolution of the "old" 70mm horizontal film projector. But it gets rid of the absurd arc-lamp they have in the film projectors, which would be the envy of ww2 searchlight operators.
wander1236@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 56d
Fake, the scene is well lit
ThrowawayPermanente@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 55d
Good afternoon Sir, we're with r/hometheater and we have a warrant for your arrest
cannedtuna@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 55d
ahem c/hometheater here
muzzle@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 55d
You should watch it in vhs.
blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 56d
Too high to be a Travelodge TV surely
sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 56d
David Lynch is going to haunt you.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=DV9AUSHXWF8
Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 pts · 56d
Calling a little computer that does everything ever a “telephone” is such an incredible move.
slaacaa@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 56d
IMAX 70mmLCD 70cmJackbyDev@programming.dev · 3 pts · 56d
As Nolan intended
tetris11@feddit.uk · 3 pts · 56d
what's the Nolan meme here, OOTL
cannedtuna@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 56d
The Odyssey is the first film shot entirely in IMAX film. (1.43:1 aspect ratio)
tetris11@feddit.uk · 1 pts · 56d
Ohhh.... I see why cinemas might find that hard. Though why didn't he just crop it?
cannedtuna@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 56d
It is cropped to fit specific screens. Went to pull a graphic showing it and found they actually have a page on the Odyssey movie page showing how the film looks in different aspects
Polisheocket@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 56d
You know they make bigger TVs right?
picnic@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 55d
So I wanted to see Odyssey on IMAX, but apparently its out in Japan on 11.9.
Like two months from now! Why?
justlemmyin@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 56d
The nuclear explosion in the movie better be shot in imax full frame unlike his previous one.