r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/NoWork215 • Jul 16 '26

Video The Odyssey IMAX 70mm Setup

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u/sik_dik Jul 16 '26

That’s supposed to be almost 400 miles of film?

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u/im_just_thinking Jul 16 '26

And that's what every IMAX theater gets?

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u/Vesper_0481 Jul 16 '26

True IMAX theaters.

Some market themselves as IMAX, but aren't really, around the world.

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u/Newone1255 Jul 16 '26

There are only 41 of them in the world as well

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u/scottjeffreys Jul 16 '26

And somehow my city of Grand Rapids has one of them.

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u/endlessfight85 Jul 16 '26

My museum has one but they only show documentaries.

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u/Assassin4Hire13 Jul 16 '26

Right?! Imagine my surprise when I googled if there even was a 70mm imax in MI and saw GR of all places had one of the 41 nationally.

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u/Monsieur_Krabs Jul 16 '26

...how did I not know this? That's not too far away from me

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u/Small_Insect_8275 Jul 16 '26

Well this has ruined my day, just checked the one I’m going to on Sunday and it appears to be a liemax

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u/tankerkiller125real Jul 16 '26

The only real IMAX in my region is a science center. They do sometimes show new movies, but Oddesey apparently isn't one of them. Oppenheimer was though.

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u/Eightball007 Jul 16 '26

I learned about "LieMax" the hard way recently. It was so disappointing.

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u/Lentle26 Jul 16 '26

No, each True 70mm IMAX theater only gets 10 miles of film.

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u/Galumpadump Jul 16 '26

Its crazy how many people still think there local AMC or Regal has true IMAX. I live in the Portland Metro I tell all my buddies that that have to go to Seattle or SF to get to the closet real IMAX screens. The lieMAX screens are better than nothing but not the same massive screen experience.

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u/Doomsayer189 Jul 16 '26

Its crazy how many people still think there local AMC or Regal has true IMAX

I mean, that's because theaters and imax itself purposefully distort what it means in order to cash in on the brand name. Like, I'm not gonna blame audiences for thinking a theater is imax when imax is telling them it is.

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u/Galumpadump Jul 16 '26

My comment wasn’t to shame people. I totally get that. It’s more to highlight the lack of education around it. I totally understand how someone culd be confused by the messaging and branding

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u/sync-centre Jul 16 '26

How many Imax films these days are shown using film VS digital?