The history of cinema is littered with technological missteps best left forgotten.

I continue to think that 3D belongs on the trash heap of history, but that’s not what I’m here to rail against today.

In January we spent a week in California, visiting Disneyland, Sea World and the San Diego.

Overall, it was a fantastic trip. A good time was had by all.

Part and parcel of our admission to the San Diego Zoo were tickets to one of the two 4D movie attractions: either Rio or Ice Age.

So we attended the screening of Ice Age 4D: No Time for Nuts

You want a capsule review? Try this: “It was dumb, and I am not impressed.”

4D Theater seeks to enhance the movie watching experience with physical interaction: gusts of wind, vibrating seats, and surprise sprays of water in your face.

Even a bubble machine.

I can only hope that the big theater chains never aspire to scale this experience up to a full size commercial theater.

And honestly, for all you residential AV Pros out there if you ever have a client seek you out to install a 4D Cinema in their home no one will be more surprised than me.