IMAX Projector room tour & Review of HUBBLE 3D

[LittleRedDrum]

MY DREAM WORKPLACE <3 WOOOOW

[mynamehappy]

DiCaprio isn't that bad. He did an amazing job in Gangs of New York and Shutter Island. Wasn't that Impressed with Inception though. 

[Shaun4karate]

@Blunty3000 Only thing that stopped me from seeing this is that there are NO IMAX THEATERS ANYWHERE NEAR WHERE I LIVE! WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH THESE PEOPLE! JUST BUILD ONE ALREADY! Sorry, but I'm pretty pissed about this. Nice vid though.

[shaintheman]

I remember we used to go here for excursions for school, can't beat Sydneys screen :D

[IL1KE2COMM3NT]

I thought Leonardo DiCaprio did a decent job, but you're right. They should have gotten someone with a deeper, "God-like" voice. But all in all, this film was amazing. You really get a sense of the vast immensity that is space, and it makes you feel so small and insignificant as compared to the size of our universe. I remember coming out of the theater as if I'd returned from somewhere alien and mysterious, coming back to the familiarity of Earth. The grass seemed a bit greener the way home.

[dillydean]

wow thats awesome, how long is the screen in meters?

[AwesomeCoasters]

have celine dion for the narration

...wait what?

[uai2006]

men i went to australia a few years ago and i didn´t go to the imax theather, men how stupid i was!!!

[JMTRnb69]

filmen on an iphone :)

[dumbestname]

I am impressed!

[MasterGravitron]

Wait, I-max still uses film? that's kind of lame. I would have though they would be using a 4k digital projector or something. That would be why i though avatar looked jerky, its still only running at 24fps! 

[remnantpictures]

@MasterGravitron All large format IMAX theatres still use film. Digital cant' yet even come close to IMAX film quality. You would need at least a 16k digital projector to replicate the quality of 15/70 IMAX film, which doesn't exist. The digital IMAX theatres, while better than a standard digital theatre because of the dual projectors, is a joke compared to the 6+ story IMAX film based theatres. And ALL theatres whether digital or film still run all their content at 24fps. And 80% still use film

[lenoat702]

@remnantpictures So IMAX Resolution is 16k

[qumc]

@Blunty3000 How about James Earl Jones for the narrator?

[MrEvilpwn]

Avatar was crap

[hellowhatever69]

AVATAR CAME IN 94 CARTONS

[jonnygee64]

The projection room was really interesting. However, I couldn't believe how irritating the narrator was! What was more irritating were his comments on the voice of Leonardo DiCaprio. A little more humility please Blunty!

[MandeepGadgetBoy]

IMAX IS BEAST

[dullgreyrock]

Hey Blunty... just wondered something.

Have you seen Inception? I've not seen it yet, but wondered if your opinion had changed on Leo since seeing it... I keep reading rave reviews about the movie, but for the sole reason that Leo is in it I've hesitated in going to see it.

I'll probably go see Hubble 3D anyway, thanks to your review.

[bobfreeman814]

I wish all 3d movies were in Imax 3d, they have nailed it, I mean regular 3d doesnt really pop out of the screen that much, but Imax gets like in your face and looks AMAZING

[TheOriginalSourBanan]

lolo my dad got free tickets for hubble and no one wanted to go lol so we

gave em or trough them out

[41kahn1]

Leo is a legend. You are wrong man

[leokimvideo]

Remember the old series Cosmos, Carl Sagan was a classic and showed the elements of star stuff like no other, remember his real life periodic table? If only every science teacher was like him we would all be rocket scientists.

[BurialSerge]

dude one name,Liam Neeson. that dude has a voice perfect for the dark void that is space....in a good way.

[gingy97]

Second pic looks like a giant space eyeball

[aLevitatingPnut]

Hehe, shoulda had Morgan Freeman narrate it.

[MongooseBeep]

That looked amazing!

[adsfafdsf]

dang when i first saw this i didnt think anything of it, but now i really wanna see this thing. thanks blunty!

[psyentologysux]

Unfortunately I won't be able fly over to Sydney to see it. I'll have to be content with seeing it at the Kennedy Space Center, home of the world's largest twin IMAX® theater.  I do fully agree with Blunty on DiCaprio - a terrible choice and I think James Earl Jones would have been a much better alternative.

[xboxrulez12]

The only IMAX screens you get in the UK are pissy little ordinary cinema screens. I want an 8 story tall screen. :(

[wardude01509]

Has anyone ever told you, that you look like robert downey jr, especially when he played in the soloist....

[AxianInc]

Blunty i hope you change your mind when seeing Leonardo DiCaprio in Inception

[hellmonkey500]

I saw The Dark Knight in this cinema :D

[KiTTGTR]

well seeing it on the ipad will be good enough ;)

[timbreman]

I am surprised you dont do more reviews for games. Hearing you do a review on something like Trials HD would be amusing.

[FlamewaveLeader]

wasn't the largest originally in Melbourne?

[jrhall83]

That is some high praise you gave to NASA and it's Crew...Wait a minute, They're AMERICAN! Oh snap! :p

[hectichorse]

Are you serious, omg i went to imax like 2 days ago and i was hoping i would see you there. if only i went today, or when you filmed it

[ghettoTV1]

im going to see this no doubt

[clown4life89]

I vote for Blunty to be the narrator for future IMAX documentaries!

[patrickishere125]

I used to run projectors at a movie theater and always wanted to get to run an IMAX projector. IMAX is the only real 3D. The fact the film companies putting 3D on the smaller screens is sickening.

[StrangeRandomChannel]

3:13 Thats A background included in Ubuntu

Why aren't they digital?

[familyguygenius]

that elephant cloud thing has a boner 5:59 lolz

[StrangeRandomChannel]

@familyguygenius HAHA True!

[tenebrousllama]

leo has always annoyed me too *ggggrrrrrrrrrr*

[asimsinthehouse]

I wouldve had Optimus Prime voice this. That wouldve been AWESOME

[igneousmoon]

@asimsinthehouse yes, yes it would!

[minipulate400016]

would Morgan Freeman be a good narrator for this?

[Blunty3000]

@minipulate400016 Nope, I'm completely bored and utterly tired of hearing his voice on Docco narrations.

[dulli78]

@Blunty3000 agreed.

[crispybacon100]

@Blunty3000 I want Tom Cruise to Narrate 

[LimeGreenFever]

@Blunty3000 NEVER!

[leokimvideo]

@Blunty3000 I totally agree.

[henkdeveroveraar]

@Blunty3000 my cat should narrate it.

[GaijinTenshi]

@minipulate400016 Alice Krige would make an excellent narrator. You may know her from Star Trek: First Contact & Reign of Fire.

[existence77]

@minipulate400016

Peter Cullen FTW ;)

[Ins0mnia365]

@minipulate400016 Gordan Freeman would.

[CrazyKeven3000]

i saw transformers 2 at the Sydney imax, it was amazing!

[monkscrat]

is it just me or is there a face in the picture at 5:03 top right corner.

[lizardking89]

How can you not like leondardo dicaprio he's one of the best actors of this generation? I wouldn't think he's be a good voice over actor either but he's a fantastic actor none the less.

[Blunty3000]

@lizardking89 Oh please, he's a charmless poon who wouldn't have been able to get acting work in the strength of his "talent" alone if he wasn't "pretty". he has failed to convince me in any role I've ever seen him in.

[lizardking89]

@Blunty3000 He's only won an academy award and been nominated 3 other times. He was amazing in Basketball diaries, Gilbert Grape and the Departed you mustn't have seen those :P

[Paolomondo]

I just got back from seeing Hubble 3D for the 3rd time. My mind has been blown 3 times.

Our IMAX's screen here in the Quad Cities is 6 stories high compared to Sydney's 8 story tall screen so I can only imagine how much more immersive Sydney's is...

[Blunty3000]

@Paolomondo Two stories more immersive I'd guess. heh.

[ghostie45]

Hi,

So I'm not allowed to plug in my console aw aw

C ya

[Blunty3000]

@ghostie45 Yeah, sad to say I couldn't find a single HDMI port on the whole damn monstrosity to plug my Xbox into. *sigh*

[ghostie45]

@Blunty3000 Hey, we should built our own muahaha!! C ya

[flyaroundtheroom]

dang haha you really dont like leondardo dicaprio do you

[Blunty3000]

@flyaroundtheroom I really don't

[Anonomys246]

@flyaroundtheroom I don't like him either.

[nirc01]

nice, you call them astropeople i like the term. this is sweet, i like it.

[Blunty3000]

@nirc01 The first take I did I called them Spacemonkies, but it felt almost demeaning somehow... plus I didn't want to confuse them with the ACTUAL monkeys they sent into space, which were not monkey, but Apes... but I digress...

[itwizpro]

Morgan Freeman would have been perfect for the voice over in Hubble 3D

[iPattv]

The DVD is out...

[therandomawsome]

My sister went there. We're from America, so when she went to Australia, she was gone for 5 months.

[legomoviemaker1]

I saw hubble 3D at the London Science Muesum IMAX on Friday! It was really quite amazing and how the complex, layered images taken by the hubble tenescope were made IMAX just leaves me speechless!

[Blunty3000]

@legomoviemaker1 Yeah, some of the most stunning imagery ever!

[Katcam91]

Dude, that's freaking awesome!

[kevman5]

closest imax theater to me is like an hour and 1/2 away ;((((

[L2pMetalfan]

Wth 3 peopel dont like this :*(

[123nitro]

It drives me crazy knowing that I'll never go into space.

Were trapped on this planet forever. Its a prison!

[halo3guyy]

I wonder who was first to have a bat in space :D

[Nogahs]

You know, I do appreciate that your videos are usually about topics that no one really talks about. Most of the times it's pretty important, and damn right funny.

[trstmeimadctr]

You know who should have narrated it? Steve Blum. I would listen to him read the dictionary.

[miltbottleboy]

We dont have IMAX we I live :(

[Higgins3G]

they showed this in the US museums for a while now, but I never got around to seeing it

[hipnotyq]

i'd like to watch a porn on imax

[losersalwayswin]

@justhes Morgan Freeman should narrate everything.

[justhes]

Morgan Freeman! should have narrated it...

[losersalwayswin]

@justhes Morgan Freeman should narrate everything.

[losersalwayswin]

@justhes Morgan Freeman should narrate everything.

[ProjectD13X]

i say we put leonardo decaprio up in space, and leave him there

[WinZenT]

I to can't sand DiCaprio, never have, probably never will, I just hope de does not destroy Shutter Island, if it is any good to begin with... have you seen it Blunty, and if so, what did you think?

[ledzeppie]

Imax is canadian! Hell yeah!

[rstudiosfilms]

The third ever IMAX in the world was in Bradford, 10 minutes on the train away from me. It's in the National Media Museum and there's a part where you can see into the projection room which looks exactly like this.

IMAX is awesome. Thanks for this Blunty.

[tokiohotelsucks123]

The largest screen in the world is the OMNI Maz theatre in Chicago

[anoyingfly]

One question. Why don't they digitalise the technology? It would certainly save some space and energy consumption.

[ProjectD13X]

@anoyingfly maybe because the rendering time for movies like this are probably super long and would cost a ton of money, then double that for 3d, im not an expert by any means but thats just an educated guess

[Blunty3000]

@anoyingfly Several things make it difficult, one, mainly the HUGE amounts of heat generated quickly damage the digital image panels, two the huge resolution make the file sizes stupidly big. They're working on making it practical.

[hammer1727]

awesome video blunty much appreciated

[DrCowboyFace]

I would've hired James Earl Jones

[throwsparx]

Awesome Nate. I may have to actually go check out an imax theater.

[fwoqma]

Morgan Freeman for narrator of EVERYTHING EVER.

[ProjectD13X]

@fwoqma and never ever ever oprah

[ddoodm]

Dammit!!! I was in Darling Harbor today. Wish I had spotted you.

Great review! Can't wait to go see it!

[Cakenator514]

That's interesting, the IMAX where I live actually has a video camera placed behind the two projectors, so while you're waiting in line, you can see them preparing the film and all that. It's quite interesting. But when I saw this in my subcriptions box, it was the first one I clicked on!I've always wanted to see a behind the scenes of IMAX, so thank you!

[IcEye89]

They should get Jeremy Irons or Morgan Freeman to narrate. Also, is the music in the background from the movie?

[kiddsock]

Nice Alien Reference. LOL Awesome stuff. Sam Neil would rock the narration. He was a perfect pick for Jurassic Park .

Clickity Click!

Keep on YouTubin!

[TheExecutioner110]

I saw Hubble 3D on Saturday, I thought it was pretty cool!

[whoo689]

Narrated by Leonardo Dicaprio? Lol

[wtfhotdogsandmilf]

I went to a IMAX in England and omg! the screeen was fucking huge, I've never seen anything like it. and it was all 3D ... i even shit myself when a skittle was coming towards me.

[KingThor04]

Sam Neill!! FTW

[toaofender]

it should have been Morgan Freeman.

[RevolutionGFXoz]

And how much does a ticket to this thing set you back? lol

[Prime1153]

I'm surprised that Leonardo DiCaprio narrated this.... Seems like a very odd, random choice. Still, I'm definitely gonna see it.

[Noobstate]

i tink blunty should narrate it ^^ u will make it helluva funny XD

[Thetempestangel]

I want to see HUBBLE! (waits for local imax to start playing it)

[Thetempestangel]

Imax should make a single video game, just one

[FoxCarnage]

Nice!

I'd like to see you do a review of the Avatar the Last Airbender movie coming out at midnight tonight!

Also Leo pisses me off too.

[Blunty3000]

@FoxCarnage I'd Like to review it too... but for some unfathomable reason the BASTARDS aren't releasing it here till EFFING September

[stratisfire]

@Blunty3000 ohyeah forgot you live in AUSTRAILIA. lol jk that sucks that youcant see it till then though =/

[FoxCarnage]

@Blunty3000 That is TRAGIC! Seriously, that's not even cool!

[SauronsEye]

Saw Avatar at the Sydney IMAX. I don't think I'd rate the movie as highly as I did. It was sad to see Sigorney doing such a crappy movie. IMAX saved it for me.

So if it could do that for Avatar. I wonder what it could do for space...Looks like I'll be going to find out.

[realmrlolz]

You didn't like the dehpaaaaaaated?!

[AlphaFoxtrot7790]

looks pretty awesome.

[BattleBrook]

nice. looks amazing :D

[thenintendoman]

I saw the one about the international space station with Tom Cruise as the narrator. It was breath taking! :D

[Raedan23]

brian cox would of been a brilliant narrator for this. no not the guy from manhunter, the "rock star scientist" called brian cox. ke's kind of like a 21st centuary carl sagan with a really strong manchester accent. what's not too love?

[smashingjunk]

you don't like blood diamond!

[Blunty3000]

@smashingjunk Never watched it because Leo shits me.

[pikasmARTS]

@Blunty3000 watch Shutter Island, its fantastic

[Stublu1991]

the IMAX in darling harbor is great. please move it to perth

[Aschingral]

This looks amazing :D 

[LEGOGUY291]

what's the background music you where using?

[Blunty3000]

@LEGOGUY291 Just one of the loops that comes with iLife

[AlphaFoxtrot7790]

@Blunty3000 should've used the theme from 2001: A Space Odyssey... lol

[Blunty3000]

@AlphaFoxtrot7790 too cliche and too copyrighted.

[AlphaFoxtrot7790]

@Blunty3000 Well, I was joking... because it is such a cliché to do that...

[musoforlyf]

DUDE That is amazing!! Awesome video mate!

[t04glovern]

ur hell lucky to see the projection room :D that would have been soooooo interesting! hell jealous right now

[Blunty3000]

@t04glovern It was pretty awesome. The projector was like nothing I've ever seen, impressive machinery.

[DecMan41]

Be fucking awesome to have Morgan Freeman do the narration. He made penguins look awesome.

[Blunty3000]

@DecMan41 meh, I'm tired of hearing Mr Freeman's voice in narrations. VERY tired.

[henkdeveroveraar]

i thought leo was awesome in blood diamond. but i never liked him in the rest of his roles.

[adamfawcett]

Bill Nighy would have made an amazing narrator for this.

[spintopbikes]

awesome

[ModProject05]

cool

[TheKnightwing1197]

LOLOLOL So Dr. Blunt, when will you have your own international show. If you were to run for the President of America, I would vote for you 100%.

[MickeyLWalker]

psace

[cr1ticalvoid]

they beter be smart enough all of them have PHD's

[RyuDarragh]

I remember the Hubble back when. First try was a minor version of the one that sent one Mars probe to land perfectly on the planet... 50kM + of it's *actual* landing point. Instead of making a booboo converting English to Metric units, they messed up on gravity! First time out, they hadn't accounted for gravity caused distortion of the main optical reflector. Once it got a pair of giant granny glasses, WOWZA! Old Mother Hubble has kept on delivering ever since :)

[RSOP90]

Where getting 3D projectors at out work soon, in Melbourne at the SLV

[BakurasPokeDex]

Sweet

[JimiHWannabe]

Haha, "In space no one can hear me be ironic" Very clever.

[Blunty3000]

@JimiHWannabe I thought so ;)

[SenorToucan]

Pff sydney

[Blunty3000]

@SenorToucan The "Pff" is actually silent. ;P

[SenorToucan]

@Blunty3000 haha you got me there. owch the burnn