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3D is dying, thank god!
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Well, you'd sort of expect that with big...
Oh, big titles!!
Sorry, I thought you said something else.
Movies in 3d are not all the same... some good, some not so much... but gaming in 3d is something else! When you are in control, the effect is so much better!
In motorstorm, when I jump over a cliff for example, I can see and feel the depth.
In motorstorm, when I jump over a cliff for example, I can see and feel the depth.
Incredible, isn't it. As much as I love 3D in the cinema I wasn't interested in 3D in the home... till I played Gran Tourismo and Motorstorm in 3D.
It's not like 3D even costs more in the home. For the same amount what we paid 2 years ago for a 46" Bravia you can now buy the same size but with 3D. But it'll be at least another 5 years before I consider buying another TV so we'll have the next "gimmicky fad" like colour, surround sound, HD or streaming video.
You must be thinking of that Chinese 3d porn that is breaking all the box office records In china. I kid u not....
Dear god no! I never thought of that!!! SOMEBODY STOP THE GERMANS! You ALL know what they're gonna squeeze out next.
Considering my mind is in the gutter - here is the best analogy I've got to 3D right now. You're in a serious relationship, she's already on the pill (or him), neither of you have any STDs to worry about - but you still put on a triple-thick Wells-Fargo supermax condom every time.
That's what I think about having to wear glasses just to see 3D in my living room, they're like eye-condoms in a clean, monogamous room.
The first 3D movie I saw was Beowulf. It did not do anything for me. I first saw Avatar in 2D, but then went to see it at the iMax in 3D. That was amazing, however, I have seen other big name movies like the 2nd Matrix movie (in 2D) at iMax and the screen is so big, all most filling your peripheral vision, that it does not have to be manipulated 3D for you to see it as such. I have to admit, at iMax I saw previews for a 3D International Space Station movie, and it was pretty darn amazing, with the space station floating out in front of the screen by about 10'.
However, as a movie critic asserted, you don't need manipulated 3D for your brain to turn a movie into 3D. 3D as it exists today just manipulates the space. Some of the new Samsungs have 3D, but fortunately you can turn it off. Last thing I want to have to do is wear special glasses at home. Bottom line, with the exception of an Avatar, I have no desire to see 3D on a regular basis and I'm glad if it goes away. The next controversial medium of the future will be holograms! Better yet, give me a holodeck!
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Here's the problem with 3-D: too-low frame rate with the original recording camera. As such, a lot of viewers get headaches watching 3-D films with shutter-style 3-D glasses.
Peter Jackson wisely chose to use 48-frame per second digital 3-D cameras from the Red Digital Cinema Camera Co. for the upcoming movies based on The Hobbit, which means far more natural-looking motion even in 3-D mode. I think it will be these two movies that will finally mature the technology of 3-D movies, at least in a theater.
Peter Jackson wisely chose to use 48-frame per second digital 3-D cameras from the Red Digital Cinema Camera Co. for the upcoming movies based on The Hobbit, which means far more natural-looking motion even in 3-D mode. I think it will be these two movies that will finally mature the technology of 3-D movies, at least in a theater.
If 'Sex and Zen II' is anything like 'Sex and Zen I' then it's probably not what we in the West would classify as porn. No more steamy than say 'Basic Instinct'.
Hmmm...
Just picked up a new 2011 Samsung 55" 7000 series 3D LEDTV.
I don't think I would want to watch anything that was NOT in 3D. It adds so much more to the story- there really is a stunning depth to everything.
Then again, I enjoy the stimulation. The typical individual, I'm sure, just likes to drone and remain blank while staring at a moving picture. I'm ready for 4D.
Just picked up a new 2011 Samsung 55" 7000 series 3D LEDTV.
I don't think I would want to watch anything that was NOT in 3D. It adds so much more to the story- there really is a stunning depth to everything.
Then again, I enjoy the stimulation. The typical individual, I'm sure, just likes to drone and remain blank while staring at a moving picture. I'm ready for 4D.
I personally love 3D. I always have. It's so much fun. You all sound like a bunch of old farts.
Ha... old farts. If, and this is a big if, 3D is done right, it can look good. Avatar being the pinnacle of 3D right now. However more over then not, 3D looks horrible ala Alice In Wonderland. Horrible. If the 3D is thrown in your face, which it usually is and it is used to help tell the story, it has lost it's value for me. I equate it to CGI. If you depend on the CGI to tell the story, you have lost me the viewer and thus I usually don't like the movie.
Why you would subject yourself to something like Alice in Wonderland in the first place is beyond me.
Tim Burton has ruined so many classic stories, it's disgusting. There should be a law.
Why you would subject yourself to something like Alice in Wonderland in the first place is beyond me.
Oh hear hear!
What he did to that wonderful tale is awful.
An abomination.
3D doesn't really work for me. What they are forgetting is that of you already wear glasses, your perception is already flat and using 3D glasses to force another perception on you is even more straining to the eyes.
I've seen some amusement park attractions in 3D and by the time I got used to the effect, the film was over. Besides, a normal film is not made with 3D in mind, which would mean having someone or something come at you for that 3D effect.
It's all a marketing gimmick and it's nearing its end. I will accept 3D when we master holograms.
I've seen some amusement park attractions in 3D and by the time I got used to the effect, the film was over. Besides, a normal film is not made with 3D in mind, which would mean having someone or something come at you for that 3D effect.
It's all a marketing gimmick and it's nearing its end. I will accept 3D when we master holograms.
I keep seeing the store demo kiosks -- "Step right up to this expensive Sony TV, put on these glasses and experience the 3D!" and I try it and... I just don't get it. I even check to see if the 3D glasses are turned on -- and they are -- but the effect is so minimal and trivial that I don't see why I would pay so much extra cash.
I trust the theatre experience is better than the home one? Otherwise I'm not at all surprised if the trend is dying.
I trust the theatre experience is better than the home one? Otherwise I'm not at all surprised if the trend is dying.