FARK.com: (7202835) A new advance in motion picture technology begs the question: do I really want to know what Capt. Jack Sparrow smells like?

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		A new advance in motion picture technology begs the question: do I really want to know what Capt. Jack Sparrow smells like? (thecelebritycafe.com)		67
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MadSkillz		2012-07-09 12:46:57 AM

Oh hell no.

Angry Drunk Bureaucrat		2012-07-09 12:59:53 AM

Rum, Sodomy, and the Lash, I'm assuming.

Makh		2012-07-09 01:23:56 AM

I'll buy that for a dollar.

TommyymmoT		2012-07-09 02:21:24 AM

Makeup I'd imagine.

Sudo_Make_Me_A_Sandwich		2012-07-09 02:26:07 AM

Unless you're staring at a single frame of a 3-d movie for 90 minutes, the movie is, in fact, 4-d.

AverageAmericanGuy		2012-07-09 02:36:21 AM

It might be pretty awesome, actually.

Link

irving47		2012-07-09 02:38:35 AM

Someone is going to come in and say they want to smell Captain Jack HARKNESS...
I just wonder if the first will be male or female.

wildsnowllama		2012-07-09 02:43:40 AM

New?

tzzhc4		2012-07-09 02:43:43 AM

Feel-Around?

Smeggy Smurf		2012-07-09 02:45:10 AM

This will go great with the next movie filled with fart jokes

Umeraken Ideut		2012-07-09 02:48:07 AM

They have one of those D-Box theaters at the Mall of America, which I visit frequently (the ex-wife lives right behind it). I've never sat through a whole movie in that theater, but they do have a "try the experience" module with a few seats, where they show the movie trailer with the effects. It's HORRIBLE. Nothing syncs up, the effects are jarring and totally take you OUT of the experience, and it's just generally uncomfortable.

Iczer		2012-07-09 02:58:27 AM

Smeggy Smurf: This will go great with the next movie filled with fart jokes

Wait, that might actually get people to stop seeing Adam Sandler movies...

/for the love of god give them as much money as they need!

Summer Glau's Love Slave		2012-07-09 03:06:46 AM

/Do not want.

Apos		2012-07-09 03:13:38 AM

All the gimmicks in the world won't make a difference if the quality of movies offered are abysmal. Why is that so hard for Tinseltown to understand?

Gwyrddu		2012-07-09 03:13:45 AM

"Begging the question" is a form of logical fallacy in which a statement or claim is assumed to be true without evidence other than the statement or claim itself. When one begs the question, the initial assumption of a statement is treated as already proven without any logic to show why the statement is true in the first place.

A simple example would be "I think he is unattractive because he is ugly." The adjective "ugly" does not explain why the subject is "unattractive" -- they virtually amount to the same subjective meaning, and the proof is merely a restatement of the premise. The sentence has begged the question.

To beg the question does not mean "to raise the question." (e.g. "It begs the question, why is he so dumb?") This is a common error of usage made by those who mistake the word "question" in the phrase to refer to a literal question.

With that said, I really don't really want to know what anybody smells like for that matter.

Skr		2012-07-09 03:16:06 AM

Unless they have interactive light guns I can fire at the screen, I don't want anything to do with this.

divx88		2012-07-09 03:17:56 AM

tzzhc4: Feel-Around?

[www.hapi-project.com image 550x310]

bastard beat me to it.

Serial		2012-07-09 03:29:48 AM

irving47: Someone is going to come in and say they want to smell Captain Jack HARKNESS...
I just wonder if the first will be male or female.

Heh, I came in here expecting to see the same thing.

doglover		2012-07-09 03:34:59 AM

Skr: Unless they have interactive light guns I can fire at the screen, I don't want anything to do with this.

OMG They used to make those videos with the battle station playset that blew up at key points in the film if you didn't hit the right buttons.

I always wanted them to make something like that for video games, but the closest they ever came was that crazy expensive Mech Warrior control pannel that didn't even blow up.

CSM101		2012-07-09 03:52:56 AM

Angry Drunk Bureaucrat: Rum, Sodomy, and the Lash, I'm assuming.

2.bp.blogspot.com

/awesome album
//hot

ranak		2012-07-09 04:21:51 AM

...smells like a cheap money grab.

fusillade762		2012-07-09 04:24:04 AM

I'm sure there are plenty of ladies (and not a few men) who would LOVE to know what Johnny Depp smells like.

farkeruk		2012-07-09 04:33:02 AM

Anyone seen the movie Big Night? Make sure you have dinner reservations afterwards because you'll see it and want to eat out afterwards. No smell-o-vision, the director just draws you in and you want to eat food like the food you see on the table. Or the food scene from Pan's Labyrinth. You don't have to smell that food - you know it looks amazing, the director just lets you fill it in with your imagination.

Here's a crazy idea for you... Write a good story. Fill it with interesting characters and dialogue. If it's an action movie, have some exciting scenes that fit with the narrative. Get a good director and actors to film it. Worked for Mission Impossible and The Avengers.

Alphax		2012-07-09 04:38:55 AM

Serial: irving47: Someone is going to come in and say they want to smell Captain Jack HARKNESS...
I just wonder if the first will be male or female.

Heh, I came in here expecting to see the same thing.

Thirded.

AliceBToklasLives		2012-07-09 04:53:57 AM

Or they could go the other direction and make $100+ million on a film without spoken dialogue.

/didn't have to pay extra for that one

wildcardjack		2012-07-09 05:13:22 AM

farkeruk: Here's a crazy idea for you... Write a good story. Fill it with interesting characters and dialogue. If it's an action movie, have some exciting scenes that fit with the narrative. Get a good director and actors to film it. Worked for Mission Impossible and The Avengers.

If Hollywood waited until scripts came in that were actually good and employed directors for their talent at drawing out the characters and development we'd only have two movies a year, tops. It would be a terrible blow to the economy.

I don't have my copy of Supercrunchers handy, but Hollywood has been invaded by MBA's and Hedgefund managers. Theses are the people saying "It's okay to spend $200 million making a movie" because if they increase their investors money by 15% per year is a farking gold mine in compensation. In return they are demanding the things associated with profitable movies in the past. There's no room for a new plot and they'll always get a hot female foil for the male chauvanist.

calbert		2012-07-09 05:21:40 AM

I would like for subby to come in here and explain what the hell they mean by the phrase, "begs the question".

I think what subby meant to say was , "raises the question".

but that's not what they wrote, they wrote, 'begs the question"...but that doesn't make sense, so either subby is aware of some inside joke that I'm not getting, or they are walking around this world all open-mouth breathing and ignorant.

my money's on the ladder*

_{/*using a term that subby can understand}

farkeruk		2012-07-09 06:01:39 AM

wildcardjack: I don't have my copy of Supercrunchers handy, but Hollywood has been invaded by MBA's and Hedgefund managers. Theses are the people saying "It's okay to spend $200 million making a movie" because if they increase their investors money by 15% per year is a farking gold mine in compensation. In return they are demanding the things associated with profitable movies in the past. There's no room for a new plot and they'll always get a hot female foil for the male chauvanist.

I want a movie where 2 cops get put together who are really different, disagree, have a big fight, hardly talk, but a common enemy gets them to resolve their differences and work together.

FriarED1		2012-07-09 06:02:23 AM

"Theaters need to find new ways to bring people back to the multiplex..."

Movies screened in 4-D would cost film-goers an extra $8.

Yeah, that'll get people back to the multiplex.

MagSeven		2012-07-09 06:08:12 AM

kg2095		2012-07-09 06:34:09 AM

irving47: Someone is going to come in and say they want to smell Captain Jack HARKNESS...
I just wonder if the first will be male or female.

He probably smells like an unwashed backside.

kg2095		2012-07-09 06:39:00 AM

fusillade762: I'm sure there are plenty of ladies (and not a few men) who would LOVE to know what Johnny Depp smells like.

"Johnny usually smells because he rarely showers,"

some_beer_drinker		2012-07-09 06:48:26 AM

how about no?

thamike		2012-07-09 06:55:25 AM

You forgot to add a "methinks" and a "thusly" in there, subby. Go back to school.

DjangoStonereaver		2012-07-09 07:23:20 AM

"Been there, done that."

Mugato		2012-07-09 07:37:32 AM

Umeraken Ideut: They have one of those D-Box theaters at the Mall of America, which I visit frequently (the ex-wife lives right behind it). I've never sat through a whole movie in that theater, but they do have a "try the experience" module with a few seats, where they show the movie trailer with the effects. It's HORRIBLE. Nothing syncs up, the effects are jarring and totally take you OUT of the experience, and it's just generally uncomfortable.

The one for Spider-Man is kind of cool, when he's swinging but yeah, it's pretty stupid. To me it's like 3D. It's kind of cool for a 5 minute theme park ride but not for a 2 hour movie. Plus it's like another 8 bucks.

Jamdug!		2012-07-09 07:47:44 AM

Pass.

farkeruk		2012-07-09 07:55:01 AM

DjangoStonereaver: "Been there, done that."

The ten smells were, 1. Roses, 2. Flatulence, 3. Model Airplane Glue, 4. Pizza, 5. Gasoline, 6. Skunk, 7. Natural Gas, 8. New Car Smell, 9. Dirty Shoes, and 10. Air Freshener.

I'm not keen on John Waters' films, but I think he makes the world a better place.

firesign		2012-07-09 08:09:40 AM

Elmer Fudd had this covered quite a while ago...

blogs.discovermagazine.com

Devolving_Spud		2012-07-09 08:20:48 AM

DjangoStonereaver: [www.criticalmob.com image 284x284]

"Been there, done that."

This.

Dansker		2012-07-09 08:25:15 AM

4D?
4k off.

rocky_howard		2012-07-09 08:25:17 AM

I don't want 3D, I don't want smells, I don't want splashes of water, I don't want rumbling, I don't want movable seats, I don't want ANYTHING that isn't WATCHING the farking movie and nothing else.

karnal		2012-07-09 08:42:48 AM

The Happy Hooker takes the Brown Eye to Tuna Town... in 4D.

Lost Thought 00		2012-07-09 08:53:03 AM

I'd smell it

Babwa Wawa		2012-07-09 08:53:07 AM

Alert the physicists! Smell is a dimension!

Lost Thought 00		2012-07-09 08:55:03 AM

Babwa Wawa: Alert the physicists! Smell is a dimension!

Makes about as much sense as referring to an optical illusion as a new dimension

Nina_Hartley's_Ass		2012-07-09 08:55:42 AM

Gramma		2012-07-09 09:05:53 AM

irving47: Someone is going to come in and say they want to smell Captain Jack HARKNESS...
I just wonder if the first will be male or female.

That was who I thought of when I read the headline. And I thought, he probaby doesn't reek, where is the funny in that? So I finished my coffee and reread the headline. Then it made sense.

/female

Broktun		2012-07-09 09:35:08 AM

Devolving_Spud: DjangoStonereaver: [www.criticalmob.com image 284x284]

"Been there, done that."

This.

to the uninformed"

In homage to Smell-O-Vision, American film director John Waters released an enhanced "Odorama" version of his film, Polyester in 1982. Waters included scratch and sniff cards that the audience could use while watching the movie. Each card contained ten numbered spots that were scratched when that number flashed in the bottom right corner of the screen