Arrow-right Camera
The Spokesman-Review Newspaper
Spokane, Washington  Est. May 19, 1883

Huckleberries Online

High Noon: Smell that movie

The latest “Spy Kids” movie features “Aroma-Scope,” in which viewers are given scratch-and-sniff cards with circles numbered 1 to 8. When a number appears on screen, they rub the corresponding circle on their cards, which give off a whiff matching what the characters are smelling.
The latest “Spy Kids” movie features “Aroma-Scope,” in which viewers are given scratch-and-sniff cards with circles numbered 1 to 8. When a number appears on screen, they rub the corresponding circle on their cards, which give off a whiff matching what the characters are smelling.

The latest “Spy Kids” movie features “Aroma-Scope,” in which viewers are given scratch-and-sniff cards with circles numbered 1 to 8. When a number appears on screen, they rub the corresponding circle on their cards, which give off a whiff matching what the characters are smelling.

Robert Rodriguez deliberately tried to make his latest “Spy Kids” adventure a bit of a stinker.

Rodriguez, who helped usher in the new age of 3-D movies with the franchise’s third installment in 2003, is billing “Spy Kids: All the Time in the World,” opening today, as 4-D – adding scent cards so audiences can follow along on the action with their noses.

Worst idea ever! It's bad enough sitting next to a teenage boy reeking of Axe body spray at the movies. But your opinion may differ. Would you like to see more scratch and sniff movies?



Huckleberries Online

D.F. Oliveria started Huckleberries Online on Feb. 16, 2004. Oliveria's Sunday print Huckleberries is a past winner of the national Herb Caen Memorial Column contest.