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Author Topic: I'm going to Dallas in May Mark J. Marshall Film God Posts: 3188 From: New Castle, DE, USA Registered: Aug 2002 posted 03-12-2007 01:54 PM                    Hiya, folks. For those interested, I'll be in the Dallas area this coming May on business with my "real job" which is in the senior assisted living industry. I'm going down to attend the annual senior living version of Show East/West. Our CEO is making a presentation there on a program that I developed for our company, and she has asked me to go help answer technical questions during the presentation. The web site for the show is here if you are interested. So, while I'm down there, I might have time to go see one movie. I hope so, but I'm not sure what our agenda will look like yet. If I do get the chance, where do you all suggest I go? I don't know the Dallas area, but the conference is at the Hilton Anatole Hotel. Thanks.  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 03-12-2007 02:20 PM                     If you are interested in IMAX, Fair Park has a dome screen with generally low volume and extra cinch scratching. Cinemark Webb Chapel isn't too far down 635 and has an IMAX. Nothing great like can be found at other IMAXes. Harkins has a theater in Southlake with one of their Cine Capri auditoriums. I have not been. Cinemark Legacy is the flagship for the entire chain. Paul Konen runs it. Again, not too far. UA Galaxy has the biggest screens in the state (despite Harkin's advertising). Again, not too far the other direction on 635. SMG Arlington is quite a ways away, but if you are limited on time you can eat dinner during the movie. Dallas isn't too exciting movie-wise anymore. That's about all we have that stand out in some form or another.  |  IP: Logged Bob Maar (Maar stands for Maartini) Posts: 28608 From: New York City & Newport, RI Registered: Feb 2001 posted 03-12-2007 04:21 PM                        Be sure to visit with Walker Texas Ranger while in Dallas. He would enjoy sharing a Martini with you.  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 03-14-2007 10:44 AM                     quote: Mark J. Marshall I'll be in the Dallas area this coming May My sympathy.... At least you might beat the unbearable humidity/heat conditions they have in the summer if you're lucky. Mark  |  IP: Logged Michael Schaffer "Where is the Boardwalk Hotel?" Posts: 4143 From: Boston, MA Registered: Apr 2002 posted 03-14-2007 06:21 PM                        You should go and visit Dealey Plaza while in Dallas, where JFK was shot. According to Mapquest, it's very close to your hotel. I went there a few years ago, it's very impressive to see the place which you have seen in documentaries so many times. There is a museum on the 6th floor of the schoolbook depository building. They also have a more or less authentic historical Western train thing going on in Forth Worth, it's called the "Tarantula Train", if you like that sort of thing. You can take a ride on the train from a restored old train station. It takes about 1h.  |  IP: Logged

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