Star Trek and other stuff

[selenay]

I have a dilemma. Star Trek is showing at 6.30pm or 9.50pm at my local cinema. Or there is 7pm, but that's a digital projection. Two questions:

1. What the heck does this digital projection thing do? Is it better than normal? Is this the showing everyone would recommend?

2. If I don't go to that one, is 6.30 or 9.50 the better option? Earlier doesn't give me a huge amount of time to go home, get food and get back to the cinema. Later might result in accidental sleeping. Third option is earlier showing and grab some food at a restaurant near the theatre, which I'm leaning towards heavily.

Ack, decisions! Plus, I've only once been to a cinema on my own so this is all new territory for me. But I'm doing it for Star Trek. There is no one I know who will watch it with me (without me driving 45 minutes through rush hour traffic, anyway) and going on my own guarantees that I'll actually see it.

And, er, leaves me room to go for a repeat viewing later if it's good enough :-)

OMG, need to book tickets tonight! Make decision!

I'm going to see Star Trek!

In more boring news...

The knuckle joint of my little finger is aching. I suspect that this is muscle ache due to the angle that I must hold it in at this desk to type. My new keyboard tray and other OT-prescribed gadgets cannot arrive soon enough.

However, the new monitors have arrived. Yay! I've got a 22" widescreen monitor. It is blindingly bright and I haven't yet figured out how to adjust it to a reasonable comfort level. It's also washing out a lot of colours so I don't think it's just me! Or possibly this is how things are supposed to look and it's been so long since I had a correctly calibrated monitor that I've forgotten what it looks like. Suspect that it's the monitor because Ravelry doens't normally look that washed out at home.

The monster headache that I've had since Friday is still here, so that's definitely not monitor-induced. I think that's tiredness induced. I very nearly didn't get up for work this morning. Ick.

Comments

[catseatsocks.livejournal.com]

I am going to see it tomorrow night, 7pm at Parklane with the boy. Not my idea!

[selenay]

You'll love it! The trailers look fab and I've heard lots of great things about it. If anything, I'm inclined to be suspicious of new Star Trek films after the mess that was the last one. I'm a fan willing admit that my thing has faults :-)

I've been reading up and I'm leaning towards the digital projection option right now...

Hmm, I guess this means no knit night for you? Imagine, missing knitting to go on a date. What are you thinking? ;-)

[catseatsocks.livejournal.com]

LOL Well, I haven't been to knitting in a while anyway. I suck.

[selenay]

You do not suck. You're just been a bit busy with other things lately {{{hugs}}}

[catseatsocks.livejournal.com]

Aw hugs to you too! I dunno, I kind of abandoned you guys. I haven't been on rav much lately either. Will be out for Knit in Public Day though, and still looking forward to watching rugby!

[selenay]

Hey, you've got things going on in your life so it's cool. I sadly won't be at WWKIP Day - that's the weekend my best friend is getting married so I'll be a bridesmaid to her while you're all having fun :-( I'm thinking of sneaking a sock into the reception and knitting anyway :-)

Summer tests should be starting in a month or two - British Lions touring down under and playing the southern hemisphere teams. They're some of the best players in the world, so the matches could be excellent. I'm thinking barbeque and rugby could make a fun afternoon :-)

[catseatsocks.livejournal.com]

Sounds like a plan!

[fahrenheit-f430.livejournal.com]

Haven't the foggiest. Mine appears to be in standard BUT with a froopy incomprehensible soundsystem.

My advice - grab the earliest and most convenient you can!

I have just booked my dinner and am going to see it at midnight (EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!)... Are you on deduct 5, 6 or 8 for GMT?

[selenay]

The digital presentation seems to be superior - no scratches, no stupid out of focuses, no nasty marks in the middle of scenes. It's also a better time. The restaurants out there are usually packed on Friday night so 7pm gives me a little more time if it takes ages to get food and I don't think they take table reservations.

So, 7pm Friday night. Shall be booking tickets as soon as I get home. Eeee!

OMG, you must be bouncing from excitement now. Less than six hours for you!

I'm on deduct 4 - Atlantic time :-)

[gaspodex.livejournal.com]

Go for digital.
:)

And its such a cool movie ... well IMHO anyway ... Seeing it again on Friday - In IMAX :)

[selenay]

I figured you'd be the one to know which was best :-) Thank you!

Oooh, it should be excellent on IMAX!

[fahrenheit-f430.livejournal.com]

... I thought all films were like that now? <-- last time a film broke on me was on 1st & 2nd UK viewings of American Beauty (ended up with 8 free cinema tickets).

I like your restaurant logic. I had a very confused reservation taker 'cause I booked for ONE (but dear god, I've been hanging around in that place for 2hrs waiting for a 2-seater to become available - and that's midweek!). X-D

5.5hrs (SQUEEEEEEE!) and I'm going to take my time. Res isn't 'til 9. I'm going to have a very long dinner WITH a large Manhattan and wander my way over for 10:30pm at the earliest. I promise - a FULL REPORT as soon as I get back!

Deduct 4?? My god, that's practically Ireland!!

[selenay]

The Bond movie that I saw last year didn't break, but there were a lot of hideous scratches on the film so that's why I'm leaning towards digital if available.

My restaurant logic comes from the last time I tried to do work->food->cinema and they were only just serving us fifteen minutes before the film was supposed to start. Cue gulping, irritability at the slowness of their payments system and barely getting there before the credits finished. Grrr. I want to saunter at my leisure to the film and have time to enjoy all the trailers. Plus I want to eat my food in dignity :-)

Four hours! Eeee! I shall read your full report, but spoiler markers would be good for anything really cool :-)

I'm nearly in Ireland....except for the six hour plane ride :-) The province next door has their own private time zone. That is all you need to know about Newfies.

[fahrenheit-f430.livejournal.com]

I haven't been in a cinema since PotC#1... (This is from someone who spent a fortnight during the '91 Summer holidays, every afternoon, watching Robin Hood Prince of Thieves) Because I worked out cinema & snacks = 1x DVD. I'm sure mine was in digital - the trailers/adverts weren't but the film definitely was.

After all the booking this and that and everything. I walked in and the place was empty. X-D I did have 2hrs to savour a gorgeous meal and still don't feel inclined to nibble 7hrs later. :-D

I've cut EVERYTHING except 'OMG EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!' though after seeing the trailer, I'm probably going to have to see Transformers 2 in the cinema too... Unless I fancy seeing Star Trek again first. In which case, Michael Bay's shit outta luck! :-D

Dude, on the National Express I'm 6hrs from LONDON. First time I went to NYC I was like '8hrs? Meh. That's a bus ride to Devon.' :-D

[selenay]

This will actually be my third trip to the cinema since last summer - something of a record for me lately! I used to get to the cinema for all the big films, but then my back went wonky and I couldn't sit through a film so there were a ton of movies that I didn't see. The odd ones that I did see were, er, uncomfortable. My back has improved enough that I've actually been able to sit through the last three films I saw without problems. With a lot of films there isn't much added by seeing them in the cinema so I'm quite content to see them in the comfort of my living room with a big bowl of popcorn.

Something like Star Trek? Totally needs the big screen :-)

Glad you got to savour your meal and enjoy the experience :-) Gorgeous meal plus fab movie plus leisurely experience is totally the way to go. I've got my ticket booked (7pm tomorrow) and a rough game plan that should hopefully be leisurely and sauntering with enough contingency time to counter-act any problems with getting a table at the restaurant.

My one big concern is how long the line will be at the screen. I hate sitting in the front row - prefer to be in the middle or towards the back so that I don't have to crane my neck to see the screen and I can see the entire screen without turning my head all the time. Can't book actual seats at my cinema so I've got to hope that people won't be too crazy about it. Half an hour before the movie starts should be early enough if there is a line, surely?

Heh, I used to live thirty minutes from London so for me a six hour ride anywhere seems like a loooooong way. When you put it that way, I live positively next door to you!

[fahrenheit-f430.livejournal.com]

Wow, that is a record! And a GOOD ONE! Congrats!

Something like Star Trek? Totally needs the big screen :-)

Hopefully I'll have my projector up n' running by the time the DVD's out (expect it'll be an Xmas release) and ASDA are currently doing BluRay players for £170. My living room is going to be THE place to be for this annnnnnnd Transformers 2.

I hope you have an AWESOME night tonight and all the food and queues fall in your favour. *snugs*

I currently live 45mins from Liverpool, 30 from Chester and ANY chance of getting to anywhere else in less than a day is non-existent. We DO live next door - you're in Canada's Devon! :-D