Whats all this boll0cks about 3D?

shamblertine · 03-04-2010 02:14PM #1

Why is it coming back in a big way? Didn't it die out in the early 90s cause it was gimmicky and basically sh1t? So whats changed?

MaybeLogic · 03-04-2010 02:15PM

Dunno. I always see in 3D.

minidazzler · 03-04-2010 02:15PM

Well, 3D looks quite good now, not this iMax crap anymore.

But truthfully, I don't know, I haven't seen a film in 3D since I was in 5th Class!

Midnight_EG · 03-04-2010 02:16PM

shamblertine wrote: »

Why is it coming back in a big way? Didn't it die out in the early 90s cause it was gimmicky and basically sh1t? So whats changed?

Well like.....we've been living in 3D for like....forever....4D is the standard I expect tbh!

Biggins · 03-04-2010 02:17PM

Everyone gets the chance to see a mans balls on a pitch in 3D.
The porn industry is now jealous of the football business.

minidazzler · 03-04-2010 02:18PM

Midnight_EG wrote: »

Well like.....we've been living in 3D for like....forever....4D is the standard I expect tbh!

Lucky bastard, I am living in 8-bit, 2D sidescroller while ye all live it up with ye're depth.

Outkast_IRE · 03-04-2010 02:19PM

basically this time its proper 3d not the green and red glasses with stuff poppin out at ya all the time .
This time round its clear glasses and depending on how well they implement it when making the movie , it gives a great sense of depth to the screen , objects that are closer on screen are actually closer, further away objects are further away , and every now and then some cool special effect pops out at ya.
You would really need to go and see a movie that has been made with 3d in mind like "up" "alice in wonderland " or avatar is still showing in 3d .

spurious · 03-04-2010 02:19PM

Meh. You still have to wear those gonky glasses.

The Aussie · 03-04-2010 02:20PM

minidazzler wrote: »

I don't know, I haven't seen a film in 3D since I was in 5th Class!

Ha, the only movie seen in 3D was Jaws 3 back in the 80's, the first 2 were scary, the third was lame, even for a 10 year old.

Oafley Jones · 03-04-2010 02:21PM

shamblertine wrote: »

Why is it coming back in a big way? Didn't it die out in the early 90s cause it was gimmicky and basically sh1t? So whats changed?

It's died out at least twice before and will die out again once people become sick of the gimmick. For very little extra cost a movie not designed for 3d can be converted e.g. Alice in Wonderland and the studio gains a greater charge per person for the privilege. Unless the movie was designed for 3d (avatar) this process usually works out terribly e.g. once again Alice and apparently the upcoming Clash of the titans.

MickShamrock · 03-04-2010 02:21PM

It's all thanks to Avatar. I think it's a fad that has to raise it's ugly head every so often.

Calibos · 03-04-2010 02:21PM

Whats changed is its not 'basically ****' anymore.

Assuming you think its the same crappy funky colour 3D with the blue and red glasses from the 90's. Todays 3D in the Cinemas and soon at home is proper full colour and sharp etc

If you mean 'basically ****' in terms of some scenes in movies looking like cardboard cutouts and a pop up story book well then, yeah it can still look ****. CGI Beowulf and Avatar in the cinema for example were done very well with no cardboard cutout effect and a really subtle but immersive 3D effect whereas apparently the new Clash of the Titans and Alice in Wonderland 3D movies look a bit crap and popup story bookish.

Duggy747 · 03-04-2010 02:22PM

Those glasses annoyed the hell outta me during Avatar, which looked good in 3D but was still a fairly crappy movie. Though there was a few times I felt like shooing the imaginary flies away :P

Now they're churning everything in 3D to make it stay in the cinemas. Clash Of The Titans is shìt in 3D cuz it wasn't meant to be that type of film, they processed it after it was completed.

Meh, depending that somebody actually puts it to good, justifiable use I don't see any reason to cough up more money in the cinema!

I want my hologram porn now, dammit! :mad:

Biggins · 03-04-2010 02:22PM

MickShamrock wrote: »

It's all thanks to Avatar. I think it's a fad that has to raise it's ugly head every so often.

I know a few bars in my home town have already got them in.
Can't see whats the rush to be honest.

Xluna · 03-04-2010 02:23PM

Technology has improved and companies are making less money because of torrenting and pirating. So 3-D in the cinema is a way to get more revenue.

ejmaztec · 03-04-2010 02:25PM

Biggins wrote: »

Everyone gets the chance to see a mans balls on a pitch in 3D.
The porn industry is now jealous of the football business.

In keeping with the thread title, 3D is "in your face" bollocks.:eek:

Midnight_EG · 03-04-2010 02:26PM

ejmaztec wrote: »

In keeping with the thread title, 3D is "in your face" bollocks.:eek:

Imagine playin' CoD in 3D, noobtoobin' someone then teabagging them :cool:

Biggins · 03-04-2010 02:27PM

ejmaztec wrote: »

In keeping with the thread title, 3D is "in your face" bollocks.:eek:

At least if there is football on the pubs 3D big screen, the female streakers will look better! :pac:

Seloth · 03-04-2010 02:28PM

Tbh I thought Avatar was better in 2D ; /

The special effects looked way more realistic without it.

Shryke · 03-04-2010 02:30PM

Avatar was cool. Everything else I've seen hasn't impressed. It takes more effort to watch, puts more strain on my eyes. And the glasses aren't exactly comfortable over my own glasses. I'll be seeing Clash of the Titans in 2D.

minidazzler · 03-04-2010 02:30PM

Midnight_EG wrote: »

Imagine playin' CoD in 3D, noobtoobin' someone then teabagging them :cool:

OK that sounds fcuking AWESOME!

**Timbuk2** · 03-04-2010 02:32PM

My eyes get tired watching movies with 3D glasses. I kept having to take them off during Avatar as they were annoying me. Our cinema didn't have Avatar 2D in, only the 3D version.

tman · 03-04-2010 02:58PM

**Timbuk2** wrote: »

My eyes get tired watching movies with 3D glasses. I kept having to take them off during Avatar as they were annoying me. Our cinema didn't have Avatar 2D in, only the 3D version.

Same here, and for films like Alice in Wonderland it felt needlessly tacked on.
I really want to see clash of the titans (to please the mythology obsessed child in me), but refuse to go to another 3D film unless it has been shot from the start with 3D in mind. Sadly my local cinema is only showing it in 3D (which means they won't show it on their lovely main screen too, which isn't 3D capable yet...)

Hopefully it dies out again quickly just like all of the times before

Amhran Nua · 03-04-2010 03:00PM

My guess is they are trying to stop people from using cameras to record the movies and uploading them immediately on the internet, so they will probably push it as far as possible.

Biggins · 03-04-2010 03:03PM

Another way just to get you to part with money yet again.

03-04-2010 03:43PM

Biggins wrote: »

Another way just to get you to part with money yet again.

You mean they supply a service or a product in return for payment?
People have been doing that for ages.. Best thing about it is that it's voluntary.

Gummy Panda · 03-04-2010 03:45PM

The next Nintendo handheld will be using 3D.

Sharp have produced a 3D LCD for mobile devices that doesn't require the user to wear 3D glasses

Biggins · 03-04-2010 03:50PM

Deleted User wrote: »

You mean they supply a service or a product in return for payment?
People have been doing that for ages.. Best thing about it is that it's voluntary.

Its a bit like Microsoft. Just when you think you've got the full package, sometimes they spring something else on you.

All-right, technology constantly moves on but where is the point where what we have, most of the time is enough?
Just when you and I reach that point. BANG - out they come with another "Wonderful - marvellous - must have!!!" gimmick.

And your right Ads by Google, thank heavens is voluntary.
(if one can dismiss the sales-person/peer/teen/other half/public/advertisement/etc... pressure)

BaconZombie · 03-04-2010 04:04PM

Avatar was a great "Tech Demo" for 3D films but it was planned and shot from the beginning as a 3D film.

Unlike a lot of the stuff out now, where they were film and then the "3D" part was just added on afterwords....

m83 · 03-04-2010 04:10PM

BaconZombie wrote: »

Avatar was a great "Tech Demo" for 3D films but it was planned and shot from the beginning as a 3D film.

Unlike a lot of the stuff out now, where they were film and then the "3D" part was just added on afterwords....

Nonsense.

Just watched Man Utd Vs Chelsea in 3D and it was amazing. Whatever about movies, sports work incredibly well in 3D.

seanybiker · 03-04-2010 04:13PM

Heard the 3D for the match today was shyte.

Whats all this boll0cks about 3D?

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