RE: paleonet Bible Belt creationists threaten IMAX film industry with extinction

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Let's all go to that theatre to reward them!  I'd go, but I
live in Tennessee.
--- "Lane, Harold" <hlane@nsf.gov> wrote:
> FYI.  This is a snippet from a summary of daily news
> relevant to the
> National Science Foundation that I receive.  TheForth
> Worth Museum has
> recanted on is decision not to show the IMAX film on
> Volcanoes.
> 
> Focused on Science -- and 'Volcanoes'
> Fort Worth Star-Telegram(03/25/05)
> Officials at the Forth Worth Museum of Science and
> History say that the
> museum originally chose not to show the IMAX film
> "Volcanoes of the Deep
> Sea" after a public pre-screening survey revealed concern
> over references to
> evolution. The museum originally opted to show other
> films supported by the
> National Science Foundation, including "Forces of Nature"
> and "Solarmax,"
> but has since reconsidered its position and will show the
> volcanoes movie as
> well. In May, the museum will open a permanent exhibit
> partly funded by the
> NSF called Lone Star Dinosaurs.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Frank Holterhoff [mailto:frank@matricus.com]
> Sent: Friday, March 25, 2005 1:12 PM
> To: paleonet@nhm.ac.uk
> Subject: Re: paleonet Bible Belt creationists threaten
> IMAX film
> industry with extinction
> 
> 
> I certainly second the emotion, but not the action.  So,
> what, if we 
> also boycott the IMAX theater system, then they become
> doubly 
> unprofitable and go out of business entirely?  And then
> the general 
> public misses out on an otherwise valuable resource in
> disseminating 
> scientific information, especially to young people?
> 
> Not to repeat myself, but IMAX is a business, whatever
> else it also is. 
>   We can't insist that they stay in business at a loss. 
> Let's look for 
> ways they can continue to disseminate sound scientific
> info, and remain 
> profitable.
> 
> You know, we and the anti-evolutionists are starting to
> sound like the 
> hockey players and owners!
> 
> F
> 
> Dave Scott wrote:
> 
> > Amen to that Tim
> > On Thursday, March 24, 2005, at 04:59 PM, RT Patterson
> wrote:
> > 
> >> The following secondary headline made it to the front
> page of the Ottawa
> >> Citizen here in Ottawa today:
> >>
> >> "Bible Belt creationists threaten IMAX film industry
> with extinction"
> >>
> >> followed by a pretty long article where Canadian
> producers of science 
> >> films,
> >> like the Montreal produced volcano film, predicted
> that they could be 
> >> put of
> >> out business if they happen to mention the e-word in
> future films.
> >> According to the article there are only 250 Imax
> theaters in the world 
> >> with
> >> about 50% in the US -- and about a dozen of them in
> the US south have
> >> refused to air this film -- many of them at alleged
> science museums (e.g.
> >> Fort Worth Museum of Science and History  and the
> Charlsetson IMAX 
> >> Theater).
> >> Since each film costs $6-10 million dollars to produce
> they have to 
> >> make the
> >> rounds of almost all IMAX theaters to be profitable. 
> No complaints have
> >> been received from Canadian IMAX theaters because
> Canadian 
> >> evangelicals are
> >> not powerful a consumer group as their US
> counterparts.  I suggest 
> >> that the
> >> only solution is that those of you in the south
> counter by letting your
> >> local IMAX theaters know that if they engage in this
> sort of silly
> >> "pre-censorship" that you will arrange a similar
> boycott by 'sensible'
> >> people.  Although the snow and cold of January are a
> bit annoying 
> >> sometimes
> >> it is times like this that it feels much more
> comfortable in the north:-)
> >>
> >> Tim Patterson
> >>
> >>
> >> -- 
> >> Dr. R. Tim Patterson
> >> Professor of Geology
> >> Dept. of Earth Sciences
> >> Carleton University
> >> 1125 Colonel By Drive
> >> Ottawa, ON, K1S 5B6
> >> CANADA
> >>
> >> PH: 613-520-2600 ex 4425
> >> FAX: 613-520-2569
> >> www.carleton.ca/~tpatters
> 
> -- 
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> 
> 
> 

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