The Sphere

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Post by adrianhon » Tue, Jul 02, 2024, 4:27 PM UTC

The Sphere
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Re: The Sphere

#2

Post by Carrok » Thu, Jul 04, 2024, 2:04 AM UTC

> Las Vegas’ combination of climate disaster and themed/immersive indoor environments feels distressingly prophetic.

The author calls the story of the film garbage, I think the article is garbage.

Such a pretentious collection of nonsense statements and non-questions.

Re: The Sphere

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Post by gumby » Thu, Jul 04, 2024, 2:10 AM UTC

I was there last week for the Dead and it was really quite good. Didn’t feel “huge”, the sound was good (didn’t need a huge sound system on stage) and the graphics ( which usually I find a distraction) were quite good.

I find Vegas pretty boring but this was worth the trip.

Re: The Sphere

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Post by i_use_arch_btw » Thu, Jul 04, 2024, 2:41 AM UTC

Carrok wrote: post #2

> Las Vegas’ combination of climate disaster and themed/immersive indoor environments feels distressingly prophetic. The author calls the story of the film garbage, I think the article is garbage. Such a pretentious collection of nonsense statements and non-questions.

It ends with,

> Given panoramas’ use as propaganda for war and colonialism, I don’t want to valorise the past or the present. It’s not hard to imagine incredible uses for the Sphere’s technology. But like the places it best simulates, the Sphere’s ultimate service may be as a refuge from the heat of the world.

lol

Re: The Sphere

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Post by google_expat » Thu, Jul 04, 2024, 2:43 AM UTC

It has been renamed from "The Sphere" to the even more pretentious "sphere(tm)".

Re: The Sphere

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Post by spondylosaurus » Thu, Jul 04, 2024, 3:10 AM UTC

Carrok wrote: post #2

> Las Vegas’ combination of climate disaster and themed/immersive indoor environments feels distressingly prophetic. The author calls the story of the film garbage, I think the article is garbage. Such a pretentious collection of nonsense statements and non-questions.

I feel compelled to defend Las Vegas as a permanent resident: all things considered, we're doing pretty good. Water gets reclaimed and treated before being pumped back into Lake Mead. Massive solar power adoption. Desert living is perfectly fine so long as you're not using all your water rights to do something dumb like growing alfalfa.

(All the air travel for tourism is another story, climate-wise, but that would apply regardless of whether it took place in the desert or anywhere else :P)

Re: The Sphere

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Post by Scene_Cast2 » Thu, Jul 04, 2024, 3:19 AM UTC

What he's describing seems quite similar to the term "presence" in VR.

Re: The Sphere

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Post by mock-possum » Thu, Jul 04, 2024, 3:24 AM UTC

google_expat wrote: post #5

It has been renamed from "The Sphere" to the even more pretentious "sphere(tm)".

“Drop the ‘the.’”

Re: The Sphere

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Post by renewiltord » Thu, Jul 04, 2024, 3:43 AM UTC

It's a great experience. The movie Postcards from Earth is very immersive and I enjoyed that. The storyline is a pretty standard degrowther story so not innovative but it depicts it beautifully. It's definitely a striking theatre and a very enjoyable venue. It has a sort of futuristic Tomorrowland feel, which I enjoyed.

Re: The Sphere

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Post by aaron695 » Thu, Jul 04, 2024, 3:49 AM UTC

Carrok wrote: post #2

> Las Vegas’ combination of climate disaster and themed/immersive indoor environments feels distressingly prophetic. The author calls the story of the film garbage, I think the article is garbage. Such a pretentious collection of nonsense statements and non-questions.

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