Another good one is "BLUE PLANET" although it too has several scenes that was not photographed in the large film format. If you want to see a great movie about the space shuttle either in actual IMAX or on DVD, I consider "THE DREAM IS ALIVE", the best! I have seen this film at least five times in IMAX here in Hawaii and the first time at the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida. This IMAX movie was made in 1981 according to the credits. The biggest concern on the first mission seemed to be how well those tiles would hold up that protect the shuttle during reentry. ![]() It was interesting to hear the talk about the tiles in the movie. It was a really big deal then that quickly became routine. They even brought a TV and VCR into the science classrooms to show us the launch and landing. I remember being in the 8th grade when the first shuttle launch and landing were done. ![]() The information about the shuttle was interesting. I say if you're going to make an IMAX movie, film it all in IMAX. Even in an IMAX theatre, I didn't like those types of scenes, but IMAX films consisting mostly of these "tiny square" images do not translate well to TV at all. Too much of the movie consisted of images from 35mm or some other source put into a tiny square in the lower center of the image, or occasionally two or three of these squares placed at the bottom of the image. I was a bit disappointed by Hail Columbia, and the main reason was that there weren't many scenes in it that were filmed in IMAX. I haven't seen many IMAX films, and most of the ones I've seen have been the newer ones. ![]() My friends and I have been in a "space" mode for our movie get-togethers since the recent shuttle disaster, so this past Saturday night, one of them brought a DVD of the IMAX film "Hail Columbia". My profile | my password | search | faq & rules | forum home Home Products Store Forum Warehouse Contact Us
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