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RE: paleonet Bible Belt creationists threaten IMAX filmindustry with extinction

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Folks -- I saw the IMAX "Aliens of the Deep" this weekend. Visually a real treat. The astonishing pictures of the black smokers and the biomass surrounding them is not to be missed. I would have liked more science, such as discussions of the different organisms shown, but the movie is aimed at a younger audience. The few statements about evolution must have really irritated some creationist audiences! Our California audience didn't seemed to be bothered. I would recommend seeing it, if for no other reason than to show IMAX that there is an audience for science on the wide screen.
 
Sandy Leo
 
Still out of Africa

From: paleonet-owner@nhm.ac.uk [mailto:paleonet-owner@nhm.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Jack
Sent: Friday, March 25, 2005 4:31 PM
To: paleonet@nhm.ac.uk
Subject: RE: paleonet Bible Belt creationists threaten IMAX film industry with extinction

Why not do the opposite of boycott? Find ways to get more people out to see those films. Perhaps open up channels of communication between IMAX and the wider scientific community to provide extra-marketing information to IMAX that, yes indeed, there is an audience out there that has not been included in their marketing research and that will, on hearing of the need, show up at the theater. I'm sure there are many ways of supporting the public dissemination of good science entertainment.
Jack
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From: paleonet-owner@nhm.ac.uk [mailto:paleonet-owner@nhm.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Bill Chaisson/Deirdre Cunningham
Sent: Friday, March 25, 2005 2:42 PM
To: paleonet@nhm.ac.uk
Subject: Re: paleonet Bible Belt creationists threaten IMAX film industry with extinction

All I'm saying is, taken at their word, the IMAX folks can't be expected to operate at a loss, whether we're talking about individual theaters or the entire chain (and, of course, the individual theater and the entire chain are pretty much synonymous within the markets of Charleston, Ft. Worth, etc.).

As Rich Lane as noted, the IMAX in Fort Worth has changed it's mind.  Perhaps they have realized that the more (free) publicity that a film gets, the better attendance is likely to be.

Gee, what a revelation (no pun intended) - the Free Marketplace, where people have to make a profit to even exist, isn't necessarily the best place in the world to champion a truth that's not always profitable.

It would be nice if some group existed to encourage people to go to media offerings that are progressive and well done.  Why does the opposition always seem so vocal and monolithic and the proponents so passive and fragmented?

Bill
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William P. Chaisson
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
University of Rochester
Rochester, NY  14627
607-387-3892

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