+238 Why do interactive movies advertise themselves as being 4D? The fourth dimension is time. All movies are 4D. amirite?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

It really helps move the story along

by Anonymous 12 years ago

No... it's different for movies, because even if the film is in "3d", it doesn't really have physical interactivity. So 4d in films just means that the film you're watching, will depend on the theater you're at

by Anonymous 12 years ago

4D brings a more interactive engagement for the audience. I heard that in Spy Kids 4D, the theaters would release a scent so people would smell how it did in the movie

by Anonymous 12 years ago

They did do that. It was fucking terrible, waste of £15

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Did the smell enhance the movie at all?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

"alright! that guys taking a shit!" *psh* "Awww fucking nasty!"

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Well, it depends. The fourth dimension could be considered time, but I usually hear it when speaking of a tesseract, a 4D cube.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

The 4th D is not time. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDaKzQNlMFw

by Anonymous 12 years ago

My analogy for 4d is that if you have a 2d shape where a circle is inside of a ring, it can't get out. If this were to be brought into the third dimension, it could get out (because it's a ball inside of a ring) If you were to have a ball inside of a larger hollow ball in 3d, it couldn't get out. But if you brought it into the fourth dimension, it could move in that new direction now to get out of the "4d ring"

by Anonymous 12 years ago

nice, also shows how time wouldn't help in that situation. Unrelated: 1D is a line.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Then wouldn't everything be 4d? No, it's not time.... unless... you're talking about tesseracts.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

4d is like when the seats move or scents or sprays come out

by Anonymous 12 years ago