Maimas2@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 年前The word movie is probably only about 100 years old, yet incredibly ingrained into our culture.message-squaremessage-square45linkfedilinkarrow-up1105arrow-down122
arrow-up183arrow-down1message-squareThe word movie is probably only about 100 years old, yet incredibly ingrained into our culture.Maimas2@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 年前message-square45linkfedilink
minus-squareRhynoplaz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up19·3 年前I’m just glad the term “talkies” didn’t catch on.
minus-squarelivus@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·3 年前You think that’s bad, Lumiere’s father in law wanted him to call the new invention “Domitor” instead of “Cinema”.
minus-squaresrecko@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·3 年前Or in alternate reallity: “You think that’s bad, Lumiere wanted to call the new invention “Cinema” before his father in law reasoned with him to call it “Domitor”.”
minus-squarelivus@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 年前@srecko “so strange, imagine if we didn’t have Domitoriums!”
minus-squarelivus@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up7·3 年前@Sigmatics a sort of squashed version from the Latin, “dominator”. He thought it would dominate. They ended up going with the Greek word “kínēma” which means movement, hence movie cameras were “cinematographs” - movement writers. But they did call their first camera model Domitor. :)
minus-squareCorroded@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 年前Just wait for when “walkies” really take off with VR movies
minus-squareRhynoplaz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 年前I see what you did there, but I would probably not recommend walking around while watching a movie in VR.
I’m just glad the term “talkies” didn’t catch on.
You think that’s bad, Lumiere’s father in law wanted him to call the new invention “Domitor” instead of “Cinema”.
Or in alternate reallity: “You think that’s bad, Lumiere wanted to call the new invention “Cinema” before his father in law reasoned with him to call it “Domitor”.”
@srecko “so strange, imagine if we didn’t have Domitoriums!”
Idk that sounds kinda badass
Why?
@Sigmatics a sort of squashed version from the Latin, “dominator”. He thought it would dominate.
They ended up going with the Greek word “kínēma” which means movement, hence movie cameras were “cinematographs” - movement writers.
But they did call their first camera model Domitor. :)
Just wait for when “walkies” really take off with VR movies
I see what you did there, but I would probably not recommend walking around while watching a movie in VR.