LOL. By the way, might the dark spot be as prevalent on the GOUT?

And agreed about tech vs content, that was the point I'd hoped to be promoting (my words never seem to be read the way I think they are written, haha).

Also, not all theater projection is created equal, I've been in some standard fare digital projection theaters, but also happen to live within 10 miles of what seriously is/could be the best theater in the USA (at the very minimum, it has the largest digital projection IMAX in the world... and it is in Oklahoma, go figure). Anyway, there is just a massive difference between them, something that looked bad to you may well have just been a cheap theatrical projector, who knows. And I saw The Hobbit in 48fps there, and it didn't look too shabby, though a bit psychedelic during 'normal human movement'.