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I want to start by acknowledging that I am everything that's wrong with modern cinemagoers. Give me excitement, give me escapism, give me explosions.

Part of this moral failing includes an enjoyment of silly cinema gimmicks. Give me 3D nonsense or IMAX and I will at least try it. I am the audience William Castle aimed for.

Of the nonsense cinema versions, I like IMAX best because the films normally look good despite the technology. As one of my eyes is stronger than the other I get a slight green shift with most 3D films and I can normally tell when a film's been converted to 3D rather than made for it because the background goes all diffuse.

So when I see the adverts for 4DX, I am tempted. I know it won't be as good as advertised, I suspect it won't even be good, but I just have to give it a go.

But, in case it's terrible, I don't want to ruin a good film by distracting myself with the 4DX nonsense.

Then Dark Phoenix came out in the cinema and I thought, "that's it, that is my solution, because it is going to be terrible so it will not be ruined."

And I was right, Dark Phoenix turned out to be a good choice to try out 4DX (my review of that here).

4DX wasn't as distracting as it could have been - the biggest physical jolt was in the demo at the start, and any other movement was roughly equivalent to an unruly seven year old hitting your chair about three hours into a flight.

The smells were done with the usual sugar powder so there was no smell at all. It's noticable that the 4DX trailer used coffee, toast and orange juice. Because they're strong smells. Most films do not include strong smells (and those that do are mostly smells that no-one would want to smell).

I do not regret doing it just once, but it was a damp squib, especially for the price. It strikes me as the sort of thing I might do every 5 years for giggles, not because it's good.

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Jan. 16th, 2022 11:34 am
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Film Industry:

Exploring the casting couch culture of LA - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41614221

Miscellaneous:

Five charts about the fortunes of the Chinese family - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-41424041

The fateful life of history's most famous female spy - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-41595828

I Listened to Every Country’s Speech at the United Nations General Assembly….(so you didn’t have to) - https://medium.com/@joydibenedetto/i-listened-to-every-countrys-speech-at-the-united-nations-general-assembly-so-9d624af16f5

There was one particularly depressing weekend in 2017

Sean Hughes: Comedian, actor and writer dies aged 51 - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41632761

Kevin Cadle: Basketball coach and NFL TV presenter dies at 62 - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/basketball/41633903

Music:

Mick Fleetwood on the early days of Fleetwood Mac and why he's a terrible drummer - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41597857

Photography:

In pictures: British Press Photographer Awards - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-41608761

Sport:
Cricket:
Jonny Bairstow on his dad, Cape Town, Geoffrey Boycott and Jonny Wilkinson - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/41523011

American cricket gets ready for take-off - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41590142

Football:

Inter Milan v AC Milan: The decline of two of European football's superpowers - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41558125 From 2017, but still mostly true

Motorbikes:

TUNNEL VISION: HOW SHAKEY BYRNE WAS BUILT FOR BIKES - https://www.eurosport.co.uk/british-superbikes/tunnel-vision-how-shakey-byrne-was-built-for-bikes_sto6111602/story.shtml

Technology:

How the humble S-bend made modern toilets possible - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41188465

Can we teach robots ethics? - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-41504285

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