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IMAX eye candy
One of the best ways for scientists to reach out to the general public is through video. This past Friday, I got a chance to experience this firsthand at the IMAX theater at Boston’s New England Aquarium. A while back, I had caught the trailer for Hubble 3D at an IMAX movie and, given my love for all things Hubble, I had wanted to catch a showing. Seeing that the Hubble special was only ~40 minutes long, I decided to also buy a ticket for Under the Sea 3D as well.
And, as my Tweets that day pointed out, I was blown away:
There are some today who think high-def/3D is usually a gimmick by movie studios and digital display sellers, but that was definitely not true for either of these films. The 3D really enhanced the impact of the visuals. It let the audience, many of whom are unlikely to ever conduct spacewalks or scuba-dive where the Under the Sea 3D crew went to really feel what it was like to see undersea life. And, in the case of some of the deep space Hubble 3D shots, it gave the audience a very cool new look at objects so far away that its almost inconceivable that human beings will ever actually get to visit them.
Couple that with strong performances on interesting material by Leonardo DiCaprio in Hubble 3D and Jim Carrey in Under the Sea 3D and you get a strong combination which, if I’m any judge, not only gives the audience a juicy taste of why science is cool, but why its important to continue to study it.
I have definitely been sold on these, and I not only plan to check out more of these as they come out (I’ve got my eye on Sea Rex 3D), but would recommend this to anyone who has an hour to spend or would like to check out a visually stunning way to learn something new.