NFL's First Broadcast In 3-D, Still Has Work To Do

darkwing_bmf writes "The NFL broadcast a live game to theaters in 3-D for the first time on Thursday night. The technology demonstration was mostly successful but they still have some issues to work out. 'Some scenes clearly captured the benefits of 3-D broadcasts, however, such as an interception by Chargers linebacker Stephen Cooper as players crisscrossed the field, and a long touchdown catch by San Diego's Vincent Jackson with the arc of the ball caught on camera all the way. Viewers were encouraged to text in their reaction to the viewing. One of the first comments, according to the commentators: "More cheerleaders."'"

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Sure!

[fyngyrz]

One of the first comments, according to the commentators: "More cheerleaders."

Not surprising. There are basically three classes of people who watch pro football.

First, there are pre-pubescent kids, who think it's just a game because that's what daddy told 'em (while mommy rolls her eyes.)

The second (and the majority, no doubt) consists of those adults who truly enjoy watching a bunch of well-built guys run around in really tight, shiny outfits, regularly spanking each other's butts in an "encouraging" manner and hugging each other, playing with balls, all the while hoping for a deep, squirming pile of these guys to develop (baseball is very similar, only there's a fair bit of spitting and the piles are generally limited to twosies);

The third consists of those who want to watch beautiful cheerleaders perform routines that emphasize their feminine, athletic and desirable traits, while wearing the skimpiest possible outfits. This group is generally under-represented because (a) with televised games, the cameras spend far too little time on the cheerleaders, and (b), when you're there in person, there are comparably few seats with a decent view of the cheerleaders, barring the use of a set of good stabilized binoculars, which tends to be tiring and expensive.

Personally, I'm in the last group; the day I watch part of a pro football game with any serious interest at all on the tube is the day they devote an HD channel entirely to the cheerleaders. 3D would definitely be an incentive, as would more daring uniforms. As for the boys in tight outfits... not really interesting, thanks. But for those of you who swing that way, by all means, please enjoy. You can't live your whole life in the closet, after all, nor should you have to.

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[Walpurgiss]

Hopefully they build their own theatres for this shit, and keep regular movie theatres separate.

I'd hate to actually go to a theatre for once, and have it overrun by retards trying to catch the game.

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[fyngyrz]

[Football is] a game of simulated warfare and athletic strategy.

ROFL :o) Hardly. Chess is simulated warfare from the viewpoint of the generals, where the soldiers don't matter and the strategy, tactics, and outcome of the battle is everything -- just like real life. Fighting is *actual* warfare, where the viewpoint of the soldier is the primary draw, at least to the degree that the rule-makers let it be. Football is... other. If the spandex outfits, butt grabbing, and superfluous piles-o-guys don't cue you in, that's simply a lack of perception on your part. It doesn't change anything. Football is as intentionally homoerotic as "professional wresting", for many of the same reasons, and no amount of rationalizing will change that. Now, I'm not saying you shouldn't like it, or that it's bad; that's entirely something coming from other comments. I'm just saying that I'd like a channel where they focus on the cheerleaders, because that's what interests *me*, as opposed to the teams of nattily dressed fellows out there jumping all over each other. The game itself wasn't conceived in such a way as to appeal to me, and that's fine. Cheerleaders, however... :o)