This is Alpha, the first-born, when he was 2YO.
This is Beta, the second-born, when he was about 2YO.
This is Gamma, the third-born, when he was about 18MO.
5-D Movies
Jul
6
2010
As I mentioned in the post about visiting the Lego store, we saw a 4-D movie.
Needing to attract tourists to visit, the Lego store had to do better than just a 3-D movie. Everyone has those nowadays. To stand above the crowd, you need to have more D than the other places. So the Lego store advertised their 4-D movie.
Being ignorant in the ways of movie technology, I (and the rest of the family) did not know what made the extra D until after we sat through the movie. It was, as you know if you read last week’s post, falling snow.
That got me thinking what the Ds actually are. I know it stands for Dimension, but what are the dimensions?
- A normal movie is considered 2-D, because the screen has width and height.
- A 3-D movie adds depth to the visual aspect.
So far all the Ds are limited to the sense of sight.
- A 4-D movie adds the sense of touch – falling snow, misting water, blowing wind, etc.
But if one of the five senses counts as a dimension, why hasn’t anyone counted sound? Back when movies went from silent to talkies, they should have marketed that as 3-D, right?
And then stereo sound should count as 2-D by itself. Add that 2-D to the visual 2-D and you should get 4-D.
- So what people today are calling 3-D movies are really 5-D.
- And the 4-D movies are 6-D.
- Add in another sense, like smell, and we’re up to 7-D movies.
So we’ve covered sight, hearing, touch, and smell.
- All that’s left is taste. If someone can figure that out, we get 8-D movies.
- But we have two nostrils, so in theory we should be able to get stereo smells. And that would take us to 9-D movies.
But wait! Sound isn’t just 2-D. That stereo stuff is old news (AKA olds). Kids these days have 3-D sound, which is best experienced with headphones. Hey, the theater gives you 3-D glasses, why not 3-D headphones?
- So upping the sound from 2-D to 3-D brings the total to 10-D.
- And, again in theory, if two eyes can observe 3-D sights and two ears can hear 3-D sounds, why can’t two nostrils smell 3-D scents? Woohoo! 11-D!
I am trying to think what a 3-D smell would smell like, but I am having a brainblock on that one. Maybe it’s the holiday weekend. If anyone figures that out, let me know please.
So, for you advertisers and marketers out there who are trying to promote your tourist attraction: your theoretical maximum for a movie is 11-D. I expect some race between competitors to get there.
Or maybe the razors will reach 11 blades first.
for I say to you, that many prophets and kings wished to see the things which you see, and did not see them, and to hear the things which you hear, and did not hear them.
Luke 10:24
This little article thingy was written by Some Guy sometime around 5:50 am and has been carefully placed in the Marketing category.
July 6th, 2010 at 7:38 am
So how many D’s are in a good old fashioned [edited by the moderator] movie?
July 6th, 2010 at 7:58 am
Thanks for the comment Arby, but I had to keep it family friendly.
July 6th, 2010 at 12:11 pm
You are only counting exteroceptive senses. If you also counted interoceptive senses you could get up to………..
July 6th, 2010 at 3:04 pm
Don’t forget Smell-O-Vision:
http://www.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/belknap/exhibit2002/smell.htm
July 6th, 2010 at 3:30 pm
I wouldn’t have been surprised if you had deleted it entirely. It was only meant for a laugh.
July 7th, 2010 at 5:28 am
Hilarious. I still haven’t seen a 3-D movie. I always though the D was for a dimension…so like 4-D & 5-D should let you travel through space and time, right? Kinda disappointing that all it means is that you get to smell things. I’d rather time travel.
July 7th, 2010 at 11:01 am
Rachel: don’t bother with 3-D movies. I’m pretty sure the true third dimension in 3-D movies is the pain you feel in your wallet when you have to pay the absurdly high ticket price to get in to see something a vastly underwhelming gimmick that adds nothing of real value to any worthwhile movie.