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TERMINATOR 2: 3D
Universal Studios Hollywood
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http://www.universalstudios.com/unicity2/t2/index.html
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This original work is James Cameron's best work since "Terminator 2".  Too
bad it took three years to come to California.  Originally opened in 1996
at Universal Studio's Florida, this attraction was delayed a year
reportedly because Universal didn't want to promote it opposite
Disneyland's rehab of Tomorrowland last May (that spectacle included mostly
a new coat of paint and the awful "Rocket Rods").  While the selling point
is an original 12 minute film co-written and co-directed by Cameron and
starring the entire original cast, it's more than just a movie.
     The experience really begins when you enter the main building, a
research and presentation center for the Cyberdyne Corporation. As the
crowd gathers in a waiting room, an overly perky P.R. wench (kind of like a
stewardess on crack) greets you from her perch above the doors and preps
the crowd with a short film that extols the virtues of the company's
robotic technology.  One particularly creepy segment features a little
blonde girl tucked in by giant Terminator arms that come out from behind
her bed.
     Suddenly, some one breaks into the transmission. Sarah (Linda
Hamilton) and John Connor (Edward Furlong) warn you to leave the building
as they've broken in to destroy something called "Skynet".  While your
genial host screams at security over the phone, the film returns and you
are ushered into the auditorium for the presentation, donning a pair of
polarized 3D goggles.
     As a live presentation of a new technology called the T-"80" begins,
the Connors rappel from the ceiling to soon be met by the T-1000 (Robert
Patrick in the film) with the original Terminator (Arnold Scwarzenegger in
the film) in close pursuit.  At this point, the presentation cuts between
live actors and the 3D film that covers three screens as John Connor and
the Terminator escape to the war-torn future to face something much worse
than anything you've seen before. My first reaction?  I wanted to go
through it again.  With 3D films, the depth effects work best from the back
of the theatre, where I was sitting.  However, to see the live actors and
get the full effect of sitting between the two side screens, it would be
best to sit in the front.  The exchange between film and live actors is
surprisingly seamless.
     The one reservation I have, is that the whole shebang doesn't work as
a simulated experience.  When the two actors merge into the screen and
launch into the future, the audience loses the first-person perspective
until Connor and friend arrive at their final destination.
     Still, it's quite a trip and better late than never.  It's a rare
"E-ticket" addition to Universal Studios Hollywood, which had become the
lesser of the Universal parks due to space problems and noise complaints.
For those with me in the minority who believe Cameron completely lost it
with "True Lies" and that boat movie,  we now have a little proof to the
contrary. - Ron Wells
Alberto
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Ho visto proprio ieri (15/5) uno special sulla TV della Universal che
riguardava la lavorazione del mini-film interattivo.
Credo si tratti davvero di cose mai viste prima.
bibi

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tra l'altro si dice sia il film (anche se e' un mediometraggio, credo)
piu' costoso della storia del cinema.
strano che l'atricolo non lo riporti: di solito di queste cose fanno un
gran vanto.
mi e' venuto in mente di chiedermi se un prodotto del genere, studiato
per un parco di attrazioni e con vari effetti sensoriali collaterali sia
da considerarsi cinema a tutti gli effetti o un qualcosa di meno, o di
piu', o comunque di diverso.
ma poi per fortuna mi son guardato bene dal chiedermelo.
vanz
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