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[dolari]

It seems the Mission Drive In isn't going to be showing Star Wars. I know Lucas is a bitch about who gets his movies, but come on....this is the ultimate Drive In movie.

::grumble::

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[hurricane-amy.livejournal.com]

that is such a very cool drive in!

[jenndolari.livejournal.com]

IT is, isnt' it? Mom and Dad used to take me to the Mission all the time, and I realy dig Drive-ins. Come to find out that drive-ins are an endangered species! The closest Drive-in to San Antonio is a new one they just built in Shiner, TX and another which has been around forever in Gatesville. Both of those are a good 150 miles away! AND there are only four drive-ins in the whole state!

Iused to think they were pretty common.

[amw.livejournal.com]

Dude, FM stereo ain't a match for full Dolby Digital surround. And, like, TIE fighters don't just fly left to right. They fly all around. Yeah. Funny i saw Star Wars 1 at a "real" theater and was rather underwhelmed by the sound effects.

[nathan-r.livejournal.com]

I saw Episode I at a drive-in, and it was a disaster (socially as well as technologically, but that's a completely different story). Maybe Texas just has better drive-ins than Maryland. As for me, I'll be seeing Attack of the Clones at the good old historic Senator Theatre.
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[jenndolari.livejournal.com]

I know that the Mission Drive-in was a lot nicer than the Starlite Drive-in in State College, where I saw Episode I. The Starlite was nice, but it simply was a big gravel pit in front of a screen, with a really small concession stand. But it was the only drive-in winside of 70 miles, and while it's not the Mission 4, it was stil a really fun time.

The Mission 4 in San Antonio is a four screen drive-in with paved lots, your choice of window speaker or FM sound, a HUGE concession stand with a playground (the playground is divided into four parts, each with a speaker playing the movie you're facing) and a HUGE screen, roughly double the size of the Starlite's. The only problem I have with the mission is that it's in downtown, so sometimes, if you're watching a really dark movie, the glare from traffic can bleach out the screen.

I do plan on seeing Episode II in a rel theater, prolly the Northwest 10 (Which is no where near me, but has lots of nostalgic memories...I've seen 99% of my movies (in Texas) there).

[jenndolari.livejournal.com]

THX Sound isn't a match for FM, true, but the theater just doesn't have the same atmosphere as watching a movie under the stars. Drive-ins ROCK.

[(Anonymous)]

Are they equipped to play pure digital movies? Remember, there are no prints of Star Wars II right now -- it's all data (which means that in 100 years only i and IV-VI may survive if Lucas gets too paranoidi about bootlegging).


SL

[jenndolari.livejournal.com]

Okay, time to dispel this myth:

Episode II was FILMED digitally, but will not be projected digitally everywhere. Lucas made a big stink about how only digital projectors will show Star Wars II. If he did that, only about ten screens in the whole US would be showing it. He's decided to save that ultimatum for Episode III, and Episode II will be on celluloid in 95% of the US. Most screens with digital sound (Which the Mission has (grumble) will be getting Episode II.

[(Anonymous)]

Oh good. This means that maybe it will be trouncing Spider-Man's numbers after all.


SL