Imax 'shuns films on evolution'

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Several Imax cinemas in the US have refused to show films referring to the theory of evolution for fear of a religious backlash, it is reported.

― Tonya, Monday, 21 March 2005 03:21 (twenty-one years ago)

Carol Murray, spokeswoman for Fort Worth Museum of Science and History, said the museum's Imax cinema decided not to screen the Volcanoes movie after showing it to a sample audience.

In their written comments the audience made statements such as "I really hate it when the theory of evolution is presented as fact", and "I don't agree with their presentation of human existence".

― Tonya, Monday, 21 March 2005 03:24 (twenty-one years ago)

haha, that ran in the Ft Worth Startlegram yesterday, I was left speechless. (and crying)

― milozauckerman (miloaukerman), Monday, 21 March 2005 04:09 (twenty-one years ago)

yeah, i just read about this, it is beyond retarded

― s1ocki (slutsky), Monday, 21 March 2005 04:13 (twenty-one years ago)

"We were debating whether or not to allow the movie because it implied volcanoes were real, but the evolution thing was the straw that broke the camels back."

― latebloomer: damn cheapskate satanists (latebloomer), Monday, 21 March 2005 04:19 (twenty-one years ago)

Why doesn't anyone fear a agnostic or atheist backlash???

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Monday, 21 March 2005 04:43 (twenty-one years ago)

Ft. Worth is in Texas, Spencer. There's no chance of such a thing.

Way to roll over and wet yourself, IMAX!

I wonder if any IMAX theaters showed that retarded looking David Duchovny movie from a few years ago?

― Austin (Austin), Monday, 21 March 2005 04:47 (twenty-one years ago)

full frontal was imax?

― j blount (papa la bas), Monday, 21 March 2005 04:51 (twenty-one years ago)

xpost, That was an ironic rhetorical question.

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Monday, 21 March 2005 04:56 (twenty-one years ago)

I know, I was just fumin'. Goddamn red counties...

― Austin (Austin), Monday, 21 March 2005 04:58 (twenty-one years ago)

What would an imax film on evoltion be like anyway? Giant swooping heredity charts?

― Silky Sensor (sexyDancer), Monday, 21 March 2005 05:11 (twenty-one years ago)

full frontal wasn't so bad

― s1ocki (slutsky), Monday, 21 March 2005 06:40 (twenty-one years ago)

One of the most disheatening things in America is the decreasing support for evolution.

― Ian John50n (orion), Monday, 21 March 2005 07:33 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm not in favor of it either. Give me back my prehensile tail!

― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Monday, 21 March 2005 07:37 (twenty-one years ago)

Some relative emailed me a list of "funny" one liners the other day, and among them was, "If we evolved from monkeys, why are there still monkeys?" I was reminded of Krusty's stand-up act. "What's with the yellow pages? What's next? Blue pages?"

― sunburned and snowblind (kenan), Monday, 21 March 2005 08:00 (twenty-one years ago)

People who still disbelieve that evolution isn't at least a very strong scientific theory are stupid. However, just as stupid are those people who believe that ALL THE FUCKING PEOPLE IN ONE STATE BELIEVE THE SAME FUCKING THING THAT A FEW PEOPLE FROM THAT STATE BELIEVE. God. I'm just as irate about this decision as the rest of you, and I'M FROM FUCKING TEXAS, YOU FUCKHEADS!

― Surreal Addiction (Dee the Lurker), Monday, 21 March 2005 08:12 (twenty-one years ago)

So, well, you know, get one open mind, etc.

― Surreal Addiction (Dee the Lurker), Monday, 21 March 2005 08:12 (twenty-one years ago)

I don't think that IMAX thinks that everyone in South Carolina will be upset by the film, but they're pretty sure that if they show it, there'll be picket lines, and they don't feel like handling that. It only takes a few angry idiots nowadays. Such is the political climate of the country.

Personally, I saw the IMAX film about space, and was horrified that it presented the world as being round as if that was fact.

― sunburned and snowblind (kenan), Monday, 21 March 2005 08:20 (twenty-one years ago)

One of the most disheatening things in America is the decreasing support for evolution.

One of the most disheartening things in America is seeing news media manipulation of the illusion that there is decreased support for evolution, proportionally. In about six months, there will another media bugaboo to help rile up all those angry Christians, and this whole "evolution is not proven" thing will all but old news (but now an ad from our sponsor!)

― donut debonair (donut), Monday, 21 March 2005 08:23 (twenty-one years ago)

I mean bad words in music was obviously about to crack the moral fabric of America in the 80s, but apparently it "doesn't" anymore. But there's ALWAYS SOMETHING TRYING TO GNAW AT THE POWER OF JESUS!

― donut debonair (donut), Monday, 21 March 2005 08:25 (twenty-one years ago)

If you substitute "Christian fundamentalists/evangelicals" for "Christians", donut debonair, you are probably very sadly OTM. (Also, sorry about the outburst; it's just that there's not a statewide consensus here in the Lone Star State about anything and I get irate at accusations that there is.)

― Surreal Addiction (Dee the Lurker), Monday, 21 March 2005 08:28 (twenty-one years ago)

There's still no consensus on the proper spelling of Texis, for example.

― Gear! (can Jung shill it, Mu?) (Gear!), Monday, 21 March 2005 08:33 (twenty-one years ago)

I kid, I love Texas. Fuck the haters.

― Gear! (can Jung shill it, Mu?) (Gear!), Monday, 21 March 2005 08:34 (twenty-one years ago)

One of the most disheartening things in America is seeing news media manipulation of the illusion that there is decreased support for evolution, proportionally.

I don't know, I think articles like this one are more along the lines of, "Hey New York Times readers, you won't fucking believe this..." Because most New York Times readers (even the Republican ones) have a hard time getting their head around the idea that there's still a "fight" over evolution.

― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Monday, 21 March 2005 08:40 (twenty-one years ago)

those of us bashing texans should note that one of the biggest fights over evolution is occurring not there -- or any other red state -- but in pennsylvania (a blue state in the NE).

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Monday, 21 March 2005 08:52 (twenty-one years ago)

It doesn't really matter.

They can show evolution 200 feet high, and they still won't believe it.

― mark grout (mark grout), Monday, 21 March 2005 09:06 (twenty-one years ago)

Back when the first IMAX in the UK opened - in Bradford about 20 years ago - I went to see their Space Shuttle documentary. The supporting feature was about evolution and the history of the universe (I *think* it was called We Are All Made Of Stars, but I might be getting confused with the Moby song). It was in 3D, with coloured glasses, so it was monochrome but in mauve and white rather than black and white. 3D films on an IMAX screen look damn impressive, though, even when they are in a weird colour.

― caitlin (caitlin), Monday, 21 March 2005 12:19 (twenty-one years ago)

It always boggles my mind how Christians can say "well, evolution has never been scientifically proven to be fact" yet they hold tight to the idea that a woman was created from a rib.

Unless they extracted DNA from the rib & cloned him into a female, I don't see the scientific logic and empirical fact they're looking for.

― jay blanchard (jay blanchard), Monday, 21 March 2005 13:36 (twenty-one years ago)

But it was all done by miracles! *furious handwaving* Scientific logic doesn't need to come into ti!

― caitlin (caitlin), Monday, 21 March 2005 13:43 (twenty-one years ago)

IMAX /= a particular IMAX theater. IMAX, the company, is Canada-based and run by fun nerdy engineers and stuff. They sell the equipment to a theater and perform EXTREMELY expensive maintenence on it. They also produce some of the movies though as time goes on more and more companies are producing movies in 15/70 format.

It is the redneck ass theater that makes these decisions. Theater managers are not always smart people--when I was an IMAX projectionist our manager decided that it would be a good idea to show Apollo 13 EVERY NIGHT FOR 3 MONTHS.

This was in 2002. Who the fuck would want to see Apollo 13 in 2002, IMAX or not? I would be at work til like 1 or 2 in the morning showing the movie to like 3 drunk people (as we were located at the edge of the French Quarter).

Also Ft Worth sucks.

― adam (adam), Monday, 21 March 2005 13:50 (twenty-one years ago)

I think they've been showing it off and on for a year here.

I've been to that Charleston IMAX, and considering that it's next to an aquarium and some art galleries, I don't think the sort of people who believe in creationism that heavily would want to go anywhere near there.

― Ian Riese-Moraine. Sweeter than a lorry load of white Toblerones. (Eastern Mantr, Monday, 21 March 2005 16:14 (twenty-one years ago)

Surreal Addiction -

I'm a Texan as well, so I hope you'll take my comments into account as e being particularly irate because these pinheads are making us all look like them!

Fuckin' pinheads. If they want to live without science, they should really be required to live naked running around in the woods without modern plumbing, shelter, food, or medicine.

Enjoy your 80% rate of death at childbirth and 25 year lifespans, ASSHOLES!

― Austin Swinburn (Austin, Still), Monday, 21 March 2005 17:25 (twenty-one years ago)

most New York Times readers (even the Republican ones) have a hard time getting their head around the idea that there's still a "fight" over evolution

As do I. As do I.

― sunburned and snowblind (kenan), Monday, 21 March 2005 17:30 (twenty-one years ago)

Enjoy your 80% rate of death at childbirth and 25 year lifespans, ASSHOLES!

we all should be so lucky ...

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Monday, 21 March 2005 17:40 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm far more interested by the idea that volcanoes might not be real!!

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Monday, 21 March 2005 17:40 (twenty-one years ago)

new jack chick tract: "HAWAII - HUH-UH"

― f--gg (gcannon), Monday, 21 March 2005 17:46 (twenty-one years ago)

So, this is with out thinking about it at all ... suppose the thinking segment of society gave in on this point. (I'm only talking about conceding this point - so please do not use the words "slippery slope" mkay?) So, although we 'know' better, fine .. man was created by God and did not evolve from monkeys, et al.. Now what? Is either side better or worse off from settling that? (aside from the benefit of not having to fucking discuss it anymore.)

― dave225 (Dave225), Monday, 21 March 2005 17:53 (twenty-one years ago)

Why did an IMAX film on Volcanoes have a bit about evolution anyway? Because it discusses the age of the earth, etc.?

― jill schoelen is the queen of my dreams! (Homosexual II), Monday, 21 March 2005 18:02 (twenty-one years ago)

donut OTM upthread.

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Monday, 21 March 2005 18:06 (twenty-one years ago)

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