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At 01:05 PM 1/11/2006 -0500, you wrote:
>In general I would agree with you regarding theater layouts. Having said
>that, I was at an Imax theater north of Boston this past November and I
>swear that they had a device like this hooked up to the seats. I've been in
>Imax theaters before but never felt the seats shake the way I did during the
>trailer for Polar Express.
>
>Just my two cents, I could be wrong.
Anthony,
I'm not doubting that you were in a theater where such devices are
used for special effect. I've been in similar places and the effect
was quite amazing. My point was that bass shakers is not the normal
theatrical experience and I didn't mean to suggest that a person
shouldn't install these devices if that's their pleasure. Different
strokes for different folks (no pun intended).
I'm actually old enough to remember attending a performance of "The
Tingler" in 1959 - a William Castle "shocker" where they rigged the
theater seats with buzzers that vibrated the seats at appropriate
scary moments. As I recall, they called this special effect
"Percepto" and rumor has it that the theaters hired shills to scream
loudly at the "shocking" moments. William Castle had a lot of fun
with the audiences! <g>
-- RAF
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At 01:05 PM 1/11/2006 -0500, you wrote:
>In general I would agree with you regarding theater layouts. Having said
>that, I was at an Imax theater north of Boston this past November and I
>swear that they had a device like this hooked up to the seats. I've been in
>Imax theaters before but never felt the seats shake the way I did during the
>trailer for Polar Express.
>
>Just my two cents, I could be wrong.
Anthony,
I'm not doubting that you were in a theater where such devices are
used for special effect. I've been in similar places and the effect
was quite amazing. My point was that bass shakers is not the normal
theatrical experience and I didn't mean to suggest that a person
shouldn't install these devices if that's their pleasure. Different
strokes for different folks (no pun intended).
I'm actually old enough to remember attending a performance of "The
Tingler" in 1959 - a William Castle "shocker" where they rigged the
theater seats with buzzers that vibrated the seats at appropriate
scary moments. As I recall, they called this special effect
"Percepto" and rumor has it that the theaters hired shills to scream
loudly at the "shocking" moments. William Castle had a lot of fun
with the audiences! <g>
-- RAF
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