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proffe chaos i still don't see what you are trying to prove. Yes the film industry is interconnected yes Cameron pushed for 3d theaters like other high profile directors but to put it all on his shoulders is simply giving him to much credit. The advances from the traditional red and blue glasses to polarized lenses was not done by him. the advancement in computer imaging was not done by him. He simply put some technologies together and if you would have paid attention to the previews you would have noticed a multitude of disney movies coming out in 3D next year (alice in wonderland off the top of my head) To say one person did something in hollywood is a gross overstatment.
Haha, you miss the point, peytros. The fact that so many movies are coming out in 3D is what Cameron did. He waited around and pushed this technology through, then made sure it was available to pretty much anyone who wanted it for dirt cheap, so that by the time he made his movie enough 3D movies would have been made that there would actually be theaters that would show it. No, it doesn't all go on his shoulders, but it's pretty much been what he's been up to for the past quite a while.
PC, I hate to break it to you, but I could build a 3D camera out of a laptop, a couple of USB webcams, and some python. We've been doing it since the 50's, after all.
Claiming that Cameron had a significant effect on the development of 3D technologies is like Joseph Smith invented religion.
Claiming that Cameron had a significant effect on the development of 3D technologies is like Joseph Smith invented religion.
Yes... I could do that too (minus the programming). The 3D concept isn't new, and I'm neither saying that nor saying Cameron is a genius or anything. It just seems he has spent a lot of time and money waiting for and pushing for the high-def 3D cameras and projectors to be readily available and cost-effective and efficient, so that he could make the movie he wanted. Too bad the story wasn't up to par with the effects.
And this is all according to that Wired article... so that's how much weight to give it.
And this is all according to that Wired article... so that's how much weight to give it.
Waiting for, yes. I don't think his pushing (or lack thereof) had much bearing on the prevalence of digital 3D projectors.
Well believe it or not it took me this long to actually go see the movie for the first time. It's been selling out three times a day every day of the week over at my theater, here. I had to finally get tickets to the IMAX 3D showing via Fandango (which I almost never use) after the third attempt to get in this weekend. Anyways, got in line early and got perfect seats... so I can finally weigh in on this.
I've heard people saying the 3D gave them headaches, but this wasn't the case for me. Most likely because I got seats pretty centered with the screen. The whole thing was visually stunning and immersive, and pretty much the only things that didn't look 99.9% real (amongst blue aliens, flying rocks, and six-legged horses) were the fires and explosions. The attention to detail was really phenomenal and I really liked how they had the 3D effects went inward rather than outward. Most directors push for effects going outward because they want shit to jump out at the audience, but this wasn't the case and the overall result was much more immersive. The forest scenes were quite possibly my favorite and all the flies made really nice touches, again with the immersion.
Plot-wise there isn't much to say. Fern Gully/Dances with Wolves/Pocahontas in space. But that's alright, I guess, because I like Fern Gully/Dances with Wolves/Pocahontas and I obviously like space, too, so whatever. There's nothing really making you guess in the plot, it's about as predictable as a perfect sphere in a vacuum and it follows pretty much every movie cliche out there. Again, whatever, that's not really what to go to the movie for. The aspect of the plot every viewer should expect to be immersed with, in this case, is the setting.
I'd definitely see it again in IMAX 3D if I had the time, energy, and funds.
I've heard people saying the 3D gave them headaches, but this wasn't the case for me. Most likely because I got seats pretty centered with the screen. The whole thing was visually stunning and immersive, and pretty much the only things that didn't look 99.9% real (amongst blue aliens, flying rocks, and six-legged horses) were the fires and explosions. The attention to detail was really phenomenal and I really liked how they had the 3D effects went inward rather than outward. Most directors push for effects going outward because they want shit to jump out at the audience, but this wasn't the case and the overall result was much more immersive. The forest scenes were quite possibly my favorite and all the flies made really nice touches, again with the immersion.
Plot-wise there isn't much to say. Fern Gully/Dances with Wolves/Pocahontas in space. But that's alright, I guess, because I like Fern Gully/Dances with Wolves/Pocahontas and I obviously like space, too, so whatever. There's nothing really making you guess in the plot, it's about as predictable as a perfect sphere in a vacuum and it follows pretty much every movie cliche out there. Again, whatever, that's not really what to go to the movie for. The aspect of the plot every viewer should expect to be immersed with, in this case, is the setting.
I'd definitely see it again in IMAX 3D if I had the time, energy, and funds.