Itscharacteristicis that the goggles immediately turndark from light state after arc-starting- When arclight disappears the goggles will turn to be lightautomatically.
The other reason has to do with the status of theatrical exhibitors as the weakest link in the 3-D process. (Some theaters have already been caught reducing light levels on the screen to extend the life of expensive projector lamps.) What happened to me and others at the ArcLight the other night was the height of absurdity.