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Wednesday May 22nd 2002 11:27 PM PST

Ok, there is no comparison! i just got back from a digital projection of Star Wars at the Mann Chinese theatre in Hollywood, and there is no way i am ever going to be able to watch a movie any other way. First of all this theatre DOES NOT RUN COMMERCIALS!!! Thank the fuckin (insert your favorite diety here)! Just previews. And then i noticed... the matrix preview was followed by a NEW set of logo fly-ins that i HOPE will become as normal as the good ol THX. So... first the THX, same as always, then the digital sound system, AND then TECNICOLOR DIGITAL CINEMA!!! This is one of the first times i have ever heard a crowd CHEER for a logo!!! now for the geek talk. Blackpoint. Perfect. Whitepoint. had to be around 6000+ kelvin. Color. as vibrant as your favorite monitor that you can't afford. But that's not the point. There are something that digital projeciton DOES NOT have. First, NO DUST, NO SCRATCHES!! Every one of us has seen a old shitty print. You can tell. There's shit all over it. SECOND, the reel changes. At the end of each reel film is really bad. it gets all shitty and then BOOM, you hit the next real and it's a shock to your system. Also the audio track drops off and you can hear pops in it if it's old school optical. GOOD FUCKIN BYE!!! The picture is beautiful all the way through. The cigarette burns are gone and even a film snob like me is no longer distracted by the reel changes. Ok, GO SEE STAR WARS AGAIN! Fuck, see any movie again, just see it digital! I don't care if you hate Star Wars. That's your fuckin right, but you have to admit that Lucas is doing something here that is the best thing that's happened to movies since color.