Comments on: GeekGasm: A Look At 3D IMAX With A Christmas Carol Is It AGimmick or Evolution? http://www.fusedfilm.com/2009/11/geekgasm-a-look-at-3d-imax-with-a-christmas-carol-is-it-agimmick-or-evolution/ Hollywood, By the Fans For the Fans Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:40:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Imaxfan http://www.fusedfilm.com/2009/11/geekgasm-a-look-at-3d-imax-with-a-christmas-carol-is-it-agimmick-or-evolution/comment-page-1/#comment-15144 Imaxfan Sun, 15 Nov 2009 20:40:37 +0000 http://www.fusedfilm.com/?p=12476#comment-15144 If you read the original story, you'll find this: <br><br>"At this the spirit raised a frightful cry, and shook its chain with such a dismal and appalling noise, that Scrooge held on tight to his chair, to save himself from falling in a swoon. But how much greater was his horror, when the phantom taking off the bandage round its head, as if it were too warm to wear indoors, its lower jaw dropped down upon its breast!" <br><br>So although Zemeckis goes farther with the idea, briefly having Marley speak by moving the jaw with his hands, the original concept is Dickens'. If you read the original story, you'll find this:

“At this the spirit raised a frightful cry, and shook its chain with such a dismal and appalling noise, that Scrooge held on tight to his chair, to save himself from falling in a swoon. But how much greater was his horror, when the phantom taking off the bandage round its head, as if it were too warm to wear indoors, its lower jaw dropped down upon its breast!”

So although Zemeckis goes farther with the idea, briefly having Marley speak by moving the jaw with his hands, the original concept is Dickens'.

]]> By: Imaxfan http://www.fusedfilm.com/2009/11/geekgasm-a-look-at-3d-imax-with-a-christmas-carol-is-it-agimmick-or-evolution/comment-page-1/#comment-14975 Imaxfan Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:40:37 +0000 http://www.fusedfilm.com/?p=12476#comment-14975 If you read the original story, you'll find this: <br><br>"At this the spirit raised a frightful cry, and shook its chain with such a dismal and appalling noise, that Scrooge held on tight to his chair, to save himself from falling in a swoon. But how much greater was his horror, when the phantom taking off the bandage round its head, as if it were too warm to wear indoors, its lower jaw dropped down upon its breast!" <br><br>So although Zemeckis goes farther with the idea, briefly having Marley speak by moving the jaw with his hands, the original concept is Dickens'. If you read the original story, you'll find this:

“At this the spirit raised a frightful cry, and shook its chain with such a dismal and appalling noise, that Scrooge held on tight to his chair, to save himself from falling in a swoon. But how much greater was his horror, when the phantom taking off the bandage round its head, as if it were too warm to wear indoors, its lower jaw dropped down upon its breast!”

So although Zemeckis goes farther with the idea, briefly having Marley speak by moving the jaw with his hands, the original concept is Dickens'.

]]> By: Imaxfan http://www.fusedfilm.com/2009/11/geekgasm-a-look-at-3d-imax-with-a-christmas-carol-is-it-agimmick-or-evolution/comment-page-1/#comment-14406 Imaxfan Sun, 15 Nov 2009 15:40:37 +0000 http://www.fusedfilm.com/?p=12476#comment-14406 If you read the original story, you'll find this: <br><br>"At this the spirit raised a frightful cry, and shook its chain with such a dismal and appalling noise, that Scrooge held on tight to his chair, to save himself from falling in a swoon. But how much greater was his horror, when the phantom taking off the bandage round its head, as if it were too warm to wear indoors, its lower jaw dropped down upon its breast!" <br><br>So although Zemeckis goes farther with the idea, briefly having Marley speak by moving the jaw with his hands, the original concept is Dickens'. If you read the original story, you'll find this:

“At this the spirit raised a frightful cry, and shook its chain with such a dismal and appalling noise, that Scrooge held on tight to his chair, to save himself from falling in a swoon. But how much greater was his horror, when the phantom taking off the bandage round its head, as if it were too warm to wear indoors, its lower jaw dropped down upon its breast!”

So although Zemeckis goes farther with the idea, briefly having Marley speak by moving the jaw with his hands, the original concept is Dickens'.

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