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Author Topic: Tap People Let go..... Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 01-16-2003 09:46 PM                     I heard today from reliable sources that the majority of the TAP personel(between 15 and 20) were let go. Don't know what this may mean other than the folks at Creative Labs are getting more creative.... Mark  |  IP: Logged Richard Fowler Film God Posts: 2392 From: Ft. Lauderdale, FL, USA Registered: Jun 2001 posted 01-16-2003 09:57 PM                     K-mart is not the only one with problems....  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 01-16-2003 10:35 PM                     Well, its been a long time since they did any TAPPING in Utah! Kind of sad though...film will only go downhill quicker without them...... Mark  |  IP: Logged Michael Schaffer "Where is the Boardwalk Hotel?" Posts: 4143 From: Boston, MA Registered: Apr 2002 posted 01-16-2003 10:42 PM                        No surprise. We all know that TAP hasn`t been exactly on of Lucasfilms major areas of focus for a long time. Maybe they think with the advent of digital cinema (remember they think it is about to happen, or should), the program is no longer needed? Although, if I wanted to push a new presentation form, I would retain these experienced people to see to it that it gets introduced properly. After all, the whole sound alignment doesn`t really change. Somehow it all doesn`t make sense to me, but then, I am not a genius...  |  IP: Logged Evans A Criswell Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1579 From: Huntsville, AL, USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 01-16-2003 10:48 PM                        It's funny. Just yesterday I thought to myself, "I haven't heard anything about THX in a while". I wonder if THX-certified auditoriums will soon be a thing of the past (or at least the trailers that are often played in such auditoriums).  |  IP: Logged Scott Norwood Film God Posts: 8146 From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas) Registered: Jun 99 posted 01-16-2003 11:37 PM                        That's very sad news, both for the TAP people and for the general film-going public. Hopefully some other organization will attempt to offer quality-control services to an industry which desperately needs them.  |  IP: Logged Frank Angel Film God Posts: 5305 From: Brooklyn NY USA Registered: Dec 1999 posted 01-16-2003 11:57 PM                        On the other hand, maybe Lucas Video Ltd. is AFRAID of TAP. I mean, how humiliating would that be.....having your own tappers telling you that your digital presentations suck? Better to just let them drift quietly off into the sunset rather than screaming in your ear: "Your STAR WARS III - REVENGE OF THE CLONES that you insisted only play in DLP theatres, looks like crap." Ole George will have none of THAT. Frank  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 01-17-2003 02:26 AM                     If this rumor is true, then this is truly sad news. Lucasfilm had a quality team working for the TAP division.  |  IP: Logged Lionel Fouillen Expert Film Handler Posts: 230 From: Belgium Registered: Nov 2002 posted 01-17-2003 03:33 AM                     And have you seen how the THX website front page now focuses on non-professional applications?  |  IP: Logged Ron Lacheur Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 650 From: British Columbia, Canada Registered: Feb 2002 posted 01-17-2003 08:46 AM                     who needs a THX certified system in their car?  |  IP: Logged Chase Taylor Expert Film Handler Posts: 175 From: Troy, Alabama, USA Registered: Mar 2001 posted 01-17-2003 09:09 AM                        From what I've heard this past tuesday (January 14) THX had a huge downsizing and let go most or all of their field techs go also. They are going to hire those techs out as IC from now on?  |  IP: Logged Evans A Criswell Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1579 From: Huntsville, AL, USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 01-17-2003 10:09 AM                        The THX WWW site only displays a blank white page after loading using Opera. With IE, it works. It looks like their WWW design team is as diligent as their THX theatre auditorium certification program. I dont' think they ever revisit a theatre after initial certification to be sure things are maintained, do they? It's funny that THX of all entities would have a WWW page that is only designed to work with IE.  |  IP: Logged Lionel Fouillen Expert Film Handler Posts: 230 From: Belgium Registered: Nov 2002 posted 01-17-2003 10:26 AM                     quote: Ron Lacheur said: who needs a THX certified system in their car? If only Tex could fix your engine when it doesn't start  |  IP: Logged David Stambaugh Film God Posts: 4021 From: Eugene, Oregon Registered: Jan 2002 posted 01-17-2003 11:21 AM                        Say what you want about George and his misguided DLP crusade. The fact remains that THX made an enormous contribution to improvements in commercial cinema presentation quality and sound technology in particular. The downsizing of THX is a direct result of failure of exhibitors to support them. That's somewhat understandable, given the overall improvement in sound quality that digital provides -- Who needs the expense of THX certification if you have a well-designed digital audio system? Or so the bean counters probably think anyway. Thank you THX. [ 01-17-2003, 01:57 PM: Message edited by: David Stambaugh ]  |  IP: Logged Tim Reed Better Projection Pays Posts: 5246 From: Northampton, PA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 01-17-2003 01:05 PM                       I agree, David, although I don't think George Lucas's digital projection aspirations are misguided. He's always been very progressive. Thanks to his foresight, we had the explosive growth of Dolby Stereo in the 70s - everybody wanted to play Star Wars in stereo, and every filmmaker wanted their project to sound as good. He also broke ground with Sprocket Systems, bringing digital audio to movie production. He's the underwriter of THX and the TAP program (the latter of which, I am proud to have been one of the first group of). And let's not forget the creation of ILM, which raised the bar for visual effects in the 70s, and brought digital effects into large-scale use in the 90s. No, I cannot fault George Lucas for constantly pushing the envelope, consistently topping himself, and advancing the state of the art in movies; often in spite of the industry at large.  |  IP: Logged

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