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Cinematography with the addition ofolfaction , often portrayed asfuturistic orfar-fetched .
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Examples
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Instead of clumps of oak and elm, the West is populated with chapparal of thorns and pungent with oils (I only know that after having walked among ‘em, since we don’t yet have smell-o-vision) and rock outcroppings like giant knucklebones stacked on one another, carved out of red rock or bleaching granite.
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(Soundbite of laughter) Mr. PIERCE: But in New York, Republican gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino has revived a 1950s sci-fi movie innovation, smell-o-vision.
Bluff The Listener 2010
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From this we got chairs with electric shock systems installed, vibrating chairs, smell-o-vision and random giveaways.
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Or doing Marcel Proust's In Search of Lost Time in smell-o-vision so you can get a whiff of the madeleines.
The Great Gatsby in 3D? Yes, please! Alexandra Petri 2011
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The list wraps up with, of all things, smell-o-vision, and while this might be worthwhile for the Food Network, it seems like a less-than-enticing idea for, say, a documentary about dung beetles.
My review of the Regina Symphony Orchestra's concert with Trio Frontenac... ewillett 2009
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This was a demonstration of the distillation of lavender oil (I wish I could do a smell-o-vision thing here):
Archive 2008-09-01 The Nag 2008
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Also, all Televisions would include powerful “smell-o-vision” so that everyone who was watching the Tonight Show would be able to smell the entire segment.
Top 10 Things I would do with Carlos Slim’s Billions | Manolith 2010
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I give the 3D gimmick two more years, then the movie companies start going back to "smell-o-vision".
Bryan Singer Wants Jack the Giant Killer To Be 3D, Paramount Considering 3D Star Trek Sequel | /Film 2010
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As mentioned yesterday, there will invariably be some talk that the film's US opening weekend was somehow disappointing because it didn't break the opening weekend record ( "Boo-hoo, it should have been in 3D smell-o-vision!").
Scott Mendelson: Iron Man 2 Grosses $128.1 Million in Debut Weekend 2010
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I want to see them and just turn on the smell-o-vision.
Pumpkin Patch Spice Cupcakes (You will just have to pretend you can see them!) Laura 2008
chained_bear commented on the word smell-o-vision
It is teh alsome that someone added this before me. Yay!
April 23, 2008
reesetee commented on the word smell-o-vision
As fun as it sounds, when you start to think about it literally, it gets a little scary. (Think of the TV commercials.)
April 23, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word smell-o-vision
I was brought here by meat curtain. Or was it meatbeard?
April 23, 2008
sionnach commented on the word smell-o-vision
Caught up in a Proustian flood of scratch-'n-sniff memories of "Polyester" ...
April 23, 2008
frindley commented on the word smell-o-vision
But is it as good as sex on a bearskin rug?
April 23, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word smell-o-vision
On a whatskin rug?! *twitches*
April 23, 2008