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J. J. Abrams Talks About Star Trek Into Darkness IMAX Footage

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By GustavoLeao / 05:52, 4 December 2012 / Star Trek: Nemesis

Eric Goldman, of IGN.com, spoke to J. J. Abrams, the director of "Star Trek Into Darkness", about the film's upcoming IMAX sneak peak footage, debuting exclusively on December 14th, before IMAX screenings of "The Hobbit".

 
When asked, "I know better than trying to ask any "Star Trek" story questions, but are you excited, with the IMAX footage debut that it's at least going to give people all-new questions to bug you about once they see the footage?", Abrams replied. "You know, I'm excited because we've been working on this for awhile, and the idea of getting some of the movie out there to the world is going to be a real thrill for us - and as always you just hope people will like what they see!"
 
Goldman then asked, "The IMAX footage in Ghost Protocol was stunning - my personal favorite use of IMAX for a scripted movie so far.  What was it like on Trek to use that format?"  Once again, Abrams replied in depth, "It was amazing.  Part of it was challenging because of the technical aspects of it, the machinery of it.  The cameras themselves are a little unwieldy and a little loud and unpredictable.  But then to to dailies and you watch on this massive screen these images that you've shot having been filmed on a negative that's eight times bigger than what you normally use, and you cannot believe how good it looks.  So that's exciting!  But unlike Ghost Protocol, a lot of what we shot is integrated into special effects and visual effects in a way that I cannot wait for people to see.  I think it really is mind-blowing, how it looks.  The IMAX frame, I think, is really the best way to see a movie.
 
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By: StillKirok (Odo's file, contact) @ 12:12:06 on Dec 04, 2012

So isn't IMAX essentially the same thing as a regular screen, except bigger?

It's not like there will be different scenes in one version over another.

The last time I bothered with IMAX was Superman Returns. I really wasn't all that impressed. Of course, that movie sucked, but I don't think that I would enjoy a movie any more or less if it was IMAX.

For similar reasons, I don't care about 3D.


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