I just streamed a beautiful colorized Red River on netflix. looks just like IB Tech. Can't wait to one day stream the color 3D version!
It may be a fad but this time it looks like the industry is more behind it. Especially for games. 3D TVs are here and of course will come down in price. MH On Mar 9, 2010, at 11:30 AM, James Richard wrote: > I can imagine there are daily meetings in Hollywood discussing which films to > convert to fake 3D and re-release to make some quick bucks. Inevitably they > will do a lot of this -- not that many films will benefit much from it and so > it will probably be a fad that only last for a few years. Unless they make > true "home theater 3d" affordable very quickly. If that happens, then watch > for virtually every halfway popular movie from the last 20 years being issued > in a 3D bluray edition. > > Perhaps more noticeable, I'm thinking virtually every movie now in production > (or about ready to be released) will be hurriedly converted to fake-3D as > ALICE IN WONDERLAND was, and marketed as "the ultimate 3D experience". This > will last about 2 years, until all major feature productions switch over to > concepting and filming in real 3D. > > So it's likely the next couple years will be a dust-up of lots of 3D hype > coupled with a lot of disappointment -- pretty much like what happened every > time they've pushed 3D in the past. But, this time I think the long-term > results will be different, with true 3D production -- concepted from story > board to final edit -- emerging as the default format for all films with any > kind of real budget. > > -- JR > > Roland Lataille wrote: >> >> A number of films will be converted to 3-D and re-released. >> >> http://marketsaw.blogspot.com/2010/03/legend-3d-founder-barry-sandrew-phd.html >> >> From: Andy Neal <[email protected]> >> To: [email protected] >> Sent: Tue, March 9, 2010 9:02:03 AM >> Subject: Re: [MOPO] I saw Alice in Wonderland last night >> >> And as if by magic.... >> >> http://www.geek.com/articles/geek-culture/george-lucas-seriously-considering-star-wars-in-3d-20100120/ >> >> Someone got there before me with the idea, blast! >> >> From: [email protected] >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: RE: [MOPO] I saw Alice in Wonderland last night >> Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 13:56:17 +0000 >> >> I'm a big fan of IMAX/3D to be honest. It's all about the experience and >> feeling part of the movie. Avatar was absolutely amazing in 3D, In parts I >> almost felt I was in a video game. Theres only certain types of film which >> are good for 3D, Avatar being one of them. Alice in Wonderland wasn't that >> great for the 3D experince but still enjoyed the film. I certainly wouldn't >> watch It's a wondeful Life in 3D but would love to see Star Wars on IMAX for >> the experience alone. It's not for everyone though, apreciate that, some >> people even get motion sickness. Whatever floats your boat I say. >> >> >> Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 05:34:05 -0800 >> From: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [MOPO] I saw Alice in Wonderland last night >> To: [email protected] >> >> Don't waste your money on Imax. No feature movies are filmed in Imax. You >> are just seeing a blown up version of a movie filmed in 35mm or digital. In >> fact if you saw Avatar (filmed with digital cameras) on a real large Imax >> screen (not the small fake Imax screen), it was window boxed with blank >> lines on all four sides of the screen. Imax is getting to be a joke just >> like the old 70mm Cinerama - not real 3-strip Cinerama. >> >> From: Franc <[email protected]> >> To: [email protected] >> Sent: Tue, March 9, 2010 8:02:35 AM >> Subject: Re: [MOPO] I saw Alice in Wonderland last night >> >> Did you see the IMAX 3D version or the regular 3-D version? FRANC >> -----Original Message----- >> From: MoPo List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bruce >> Hershenson >> Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2010 7:59 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [MOPO] I saw Alice in Wonderland last night >> >> I saw Alice in Wonderland last night. It wasn't as good as some people had >> told me, but it wasn't nearly as bad as some other people had suggested >> (another way of saying it was that it was no Edward Scissorhands, but it was >> also no Planet of the Apes). >> >> I am a huge fan of Johnny Depp, and yet I thought he was the least >> interesting part of the movie (although I was not as disappointed by him in >> this as I was by his performance in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory). The >> weird thing they did with his eyes was distracting, and since you express a >> lot of emotion with your eyes, it hurt that way too. >> >> I thought the lead actress was quite good. If they wanted to make "The >> Gwynneth Paltrow Story", she would make an excellent choice to play the lead. >> >> Bruce >> Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com >> ___________________________________________________________________ >> How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List >> Send a message addressed to: [email protected] >> In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L >> The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. >> >> Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com >> ___________________________________________________________________ >> How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List >> Send a message addressed to: [email protected] >> In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L >> The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. >> >> Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com >> ___________________________________________________________________ >> How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List >> Send a message addressed to: [email protected] >> In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L >> The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. >> >> Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com >> ___________________________________________________________________ >> How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List >> Send a message addressed to: [email protected] >> In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L >> The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. >> >> Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com >> ___________________________________________________________________ >> How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List >> Send a message addressed to: [email protected] >> In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L >> The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. >> > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > Send a message addressed to: [email protected] > In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L > The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
