More on the coming wave of 3D movies

[thewayne]

It gets into the technical process a bit. Sounds interesting, it's not the red/blue or prismatic glasses process, I'm intrigued to see what the end product looks like.

http://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/news/2008/04/3d_movies

Comments

[greyweirdo.livejournal.com]

I love how far some of these guy's heads are up their own asses.

In a discussion about hos it's difficult to sell this thing because it's a gimmick, they give you this...
"To the people who continue to say it's a gimmick I would simply say, 'You're going to be the one left saying the Earth is flat,'" says Jim Dorey, a 3-D obsessive and writer of the Marketsaw blog, which is sponsored by several 3-D companies, including RealD.

Okay, the guy is paid by 3D companies, and 3D IS a gimmick. It's a trick to make people more interested in going to see this version instead of that version. That is very nearly the definition of a gimmick. I'd be interested if they had a way for me to watch without having to wear a second pair of glasses over my own glasses., but I'm not thrilled with the idea of wearing 2 pairs of glasses for 100 minutes, I get a head ache with them for 10.

Also, a lot of the movies aren't really 3D, they were shot 2D and this company is switch them ala Colorization and don't we all remember how well that went?

I just can't see it working for me.

[thewayne.livejournal.com]

Absolute agreement. I'm intrigued by the process, but not terribly keen on the end product.

And there's one basic underlying truth that going to 3D doesn't address -- Hollywood can't make good movies in 2D right now, how will 3D improve this? ;-)

[greyweirdo.livejournal.com]

Have you been to the Diney parks? Seen Captain EO or the current Muppets thing? That's what it looks like, and it's okay. Just okay, not really mind blowing and it doesn't change the world as we understand it.

Also, yeah, crap movies are still crap even when they're in 3D

[thewayne.livejournal.com]

Never saw Eo. I did see a Terminator in 3D at Universal Studios in Orlando, IIRC. Probably the same thing.