The world lost an absolute legend yesterday. I owe everything I have to him molding me to the man I am today. He taught me how to be a gentleman man a father and a best friend at the same time. He taught me how to love with out condition. He took me to every arcade. R.I.P Dad
The @Street_Fighter movie is out! Gonna be lots of conversations around the film, absolutely. But what can't be said enough, is how surreal this all was. From our small, couch acted shows like Assist Me, to the big screen. My mom & dad are both actors and they would 'Homer Simpson' choke me out if I passed up such an opportunity.
All I wanted was to add something to the movie, with whatever small time we had. Big thanks to @Legendary and @CapcomUSA_ for making that possible, and the crew in the projection booth for snagging this insane pic from the Chinese TLC theater during the premiere.
Sincerely
-Bison Prisoner #2
Hockey ice is white because it's painted. Rinks freeze a thin base layer, spray it with white paint, then seal the paint under more ice. The league has done this since the 1940s so fans could follow a black puck. Then someone pointed a projector at it.
It turns out hockey had accidentally built the best movie screen in sports. Matte white paint under a sheet of clear ice diffuses light almost perfectly, and the whole surface is dead flat.
It's also enormous. An NHL rink is 200 feet by 85, about 17,000 square feet. A standard IMAX screen is around 4,000.
A show like this takes roughly a dozen 20,000-lumen projectors hung in the rafters, aimed nearly straight down so the beams don't glare off the ice or bleed into the seats. Software warps and blends all of them into one picture that fits the rink's rounded corners pixel for pixel. The Devils put about $1 million into their rig a decade ago, and arenas across the league copied it.
San Jose was always going to push this furthest. The Sharks have run the most famous entrance in hockey since the 90s, a 17-foot shark head lowered from the rafters with fog pouring out of its mouth and eyes glowing red. For thirty years the players skated out of the tank. Now the whole rink is the tank, and the sharks circling under their skates are just light bouncing off paint that was only ever there to make a puck visible.
I am always amazed by these practical stitching techniques.
They used to teach this stuff in home economics classes in high school, they should bring it back.
My eyes were wet from start to finish. I thought of being little in a big world & watching my son's first tries at this mad game. ESPN's Open to the NHL season is beautiful. I didn't expect to cry today-this is stunning. There's nothing like this sport. We at ESPN love the sport as you do. ❤️ Enjoy.
Barry was my best friend at ESPN. A big brother figure of rock solid values. I am shook to my core. Barry gave his life to hockey and some of his ESPN family, like me, learned of his shocking death today while at a hockey rink in Las Vegas preparing for the upcoming season. Chilling and fitting--the rink was Barry's home. A more beloved ESPN institution there has not been. We love you, Barry. Forever.
Just saw the news abt the Legend Barry Melrose and I literally can’t stop the fkn tears rn and I be damn if I try to, you’re worth them all sir may you rest peacefully and may God bless your family and friends with your memories forever. Bucci,Levy,Ms Linda, my condolences.
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