Aziz Ansari Starts a War with IMAX — And Steve suggests what IMAX should do to solve the problem

Written by Steve ‘Frosty’ Weintraub

Comedian Aziz Ansari went to see “Star Trek: The IMAX Experience” at the AMC Theatre in Burbank yesterday. While he gladly paid the extra five dollars to see the movie in IMAX, he was shocked to discover something many of us have known for a long time – digital IMAX is not the same as regular IMAX. He was actually so angry about the experience that he wrote about it on his blog, and he started Tweeting to suggest everyone boycott IMAX and the theaters that are showing it.

Now here’s what you need to know if you aren’t familiar with IMAX and their new digital venture.

IMAX still shows plenty of movies on film. If you’re going to an IMAX theater that’s been around for awhile, one that looks huge as you walk in, it’s film. If the theater is at a museum….it’s film.

If, however, you go …

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Aziz Ansari Starts a War with IMAX — And Steve suggests what IMAX should do to solve the problem