Sean Casey on NPR

[Chris Nuttall]

I did see an advertisement yesterday that the film will be coming to the Sci-Port IMAX Dome here in Shreveport from July 9-Sept. 30.
http://www.sciport.org/index.php?submenu=IMAX&src=gendocs&link=IMAXDomeTheatreFilms&category=Main

 

[Dave Gallaher]

And it's in Birmingham, AL now--maybe it will get to Huntsville eventually.

 

[Dave Gallaher]

I saw Tornado Alley in Birmingham tonight at the McWane Science Center IMAX, a big dome with a great sound system. The panoramic structure shots were quite inspiring.

While I can echo some of the comments regarding more footage of V2 ops than storms, for me the best items were the close ups of the windfields Sean captured with the IMAX rig. Usually when we see these, they are either shakey views from non-chasers caught in a storm or from experienced chaser/photographers who are in a good positiion to view, but due to safety needs are back far enough to require zooming, which seems to compress the image . Sean's solid footage in two of the segments (I can't comment on which storms they were as I haven't watched much of SC on Discovery) really placed the viewer in the plane of focus with greater depth of field, in my opinion. I would love to re-examine these repeatedly and in slow motion in an IMAX presentation.

Do I wish there were more storms and less stories? Oh, yes.

Off topic: on the way home I stopped to view downtown Cullman. They are fortunate that storm lacked the width of those further north and south.

 

[Keith Wilson]

I saw Tornado Alley in Birmingham tonight at the McWane Science Center IMAX, a big dome with a great sound system. The panoramic structure shots were quite inspiring.

While I can echo some of the comments regarding more footage of V2 ops than storms, for me the best items were the close ups of the windfields Sean captured with the IMAX rig. Usually when we see these, they are either shakey views from non-chasers caught in a storm or from experienced chaser/photographers who are in a good positiion to view, but due to safety needs are back far enough to require zooming, which seems to compress the image . Sean's solid footage in two of the segments (I can't comment on which storms they were as I haven't watched much of SC on Discovery) really placed the viewer in the plane of focus with greater depth of field, in my opinion. I would love to re-examine these repeatedly and in slow motion in an IMAX presentation.

Do I wish there were more storms and less stories? Oh, yes.

Off topic: on the way home I stopped to view downtown Cullman. They are fortunate that storm lacked the width of those further north and south.

I am about 4 1/2 hours from B'ham and have considered the trip up there to see it, but it would have to be something super special for it to be worth the trip. I passed through B'ham last weekend, but was running behind due to accidents (not mine) and detours to see tornado damage in Cullman and Fultondale.
The quality reviews that I have heard are all over the board, so I am holding out hope that it will show in Tallahasse.

You are right about the Cullman tornado. If it were as wide as the Fultondale tornado, it would have been catastrophic for Cullman. On the northward leg of my trip I also saw the Rainsville, Ohatchee, and Trenton (GA) damage paths, to name a few.