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Topic: Will 3D become the norm?
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Thomas Murin, Jr.
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From: Lanoka Harbor, NJ, USA
Registered: Sep 2009
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posted January 16, 2010 04:28 PM
Steven, Hitchock used the 3-D for Dial "M" For Murder to open up what would otherwise be nothing more than a filmed stage play (which it is). Having seen it both ways (via field sequential 3-D), I feel the films is more involving in 3-D.
James Cameron worked hard to use 3-D to enhance Avatar, not distract. Looking at the 2D print in our theater, there are no obvious attempts to throw things at the viewer.
Also, having been just old enough to actually see House Of Wax on it's last theatrical re-release in 1981 (I was 11), I can tell you that movie plays MUCH better in 3-D, much more suspensful.
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Thomas Murin, Jr.
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posted January 17, 2010 09:03 AM
Bill, Dial "M"'s original 1954 release was in 3-D and a fairly big hit for Warner Bros.
As I was born in 1970, clearly I didn't see it then. LOL! A few years ago, I got a bootleg DVD made from the Japanese VHD disc which was in field sequential (similar to IMAX) 3-D. It uses shutter glasses and the quality is excellent.
Anyway, the improved technology for 3-D ensures that it will be around for some time to come. The home version will arrive later this year as the Blu-Ray specs have recently been finalized.
The initial release of Avatar on Blu-Ray will be 2-D only with a 2-D/3-D combo due out later in the year. In addition, Dreamworks has already announced a re-release of Monsters Vs. Aliens in 3-D sometime this year. All 3-D Blu-Rays will be required to have a 2-D version.
No, it's not going away this time. I suspect 3-D will finally become a regular fixture in cinemas. I also believe that 2-D movies will continue to be made.
As for the glasses issue, there is already work being done in holography which would allow for glasses free 3-D.
Finally, I would suggest anyone with an interest in 3-D to track down a copy of the out of print book Amazing 3-D by Hal Morgan and Daniel L. Symmes. It's an excellent read covering everything 3-D in various media up to the early 1980's. The book also has tons of anaglyph pictures including entire comic book stories. It's well worth tracking down.
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Joerg Polzfusz
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From: Berlin, Germany, Europe, Earth, Solar System
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posted January 20, 2010 01:34 AM
Hi,
so the crowd is storming the cinemas to see "Avatar"...
... but is this because it's a Cameron-film? Because it's a topic that hasn't been stressed to much the last years (AFAIK the last major "endangered primitive tribe"-film was "Dances with Wolves" in 1990)? Or because of that "new" 3D-technique?
And what will the audience think of "digital 3D" once the novelty wore off? Will "digital 3D" turn into a "box office poison" in a year or two when the only "digital 3D"-movies will be sequels, prequels, remakes and re-releases of cheesy 2D-videos? (The 3D-cinema of the 1950s didn't die because of technical problems, but because of the fact that at least 95% of all 3D-movies have been at best cheap "B" movies!) And will "digital 3D" still make the people go into the cinemas once Panasonic's "digital 3D bluray home entertainment system" got released?
There have been other "digital 3D"-movies before "Avatar", e.g. "Ice Age 3". And none of them had been a real blockbuster!
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last year I would have said its just a passing phase now I dont think so, its here to stay, however as they say what goes up must come down and as such I think the hype driven interest in 3D will drop and find a certain level with a particular type of audience.![[Wink]](wink.gif)
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