As some of you may remember, Animated Meat first came to life in 2008 as a way to document some sights that managed to slip through the cracks of most popular travel websites. You may also remember that the original website was built on Apple's now defunct iWeb. From there, it migrated over to WordPress where it met an untimely demise at the hands of Russian hackers. Many of those old, pre-2012 entries have found a new home here in the Before the Now section. I would consider these posts as my starting place as a writer, probably comparable to a musician's first demo tapes. They are very rough, but I took them all seriously and wrote each one with passion. While I would like to believe that I have matured in my abilities as a writer, it is my hope that I carry this same blind passion into all of my new efforts.

D-Box - Originally Published 2010

March 9, 2019

In the 1950’s, the movie palaces of old faced a crisis. A little invention called television gave folks an excuse to stay home for their entertainment instead of going to the picture show. The solution? Local movie theaters needed a gimmick to get people back out. Movie studios flooded the marketplace with things like the Percepto, Smellovision, and of course, 3-D.

Fast forward a bit and everything old is new again. With downloading, home theaters, and Blu-Ray, once again movie theaters face a crisis. The obvious answer? Trot out our old friend 3-D once again. But keep an eye out, movie goers. Cinema Fusion, our local theater has brought in a great gimmick called the D-Box Experience.

What is it? It’s a 3-D movie with a moving seat. The idea is to thrust the viewer into the experience. We went and sampled the goods with a screening of Tron Legacy. For an extra ten bucks, we were rocked and rolled through The Grid.