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Cameron's Avatar a 3D Drug Trip?
bowman9991 writes "James Cameron's first movie since Titanic, his upcoming science fiction epic Avatar, has a budget pushing US$200 million and enough hype to power a mission to Mars. Now it appears the 3D technology he created to turn his vision into a reality, the key to Avatar's success or failure, may be habit forming. Dr. Mario Mendez, a behavioral neurologist at the University of California, said it is entirely possible Cameron's 3D technology could tap brain systems that are undisturbed by conventional 2D movies. Cameron himself believes 3D viewing 'is so close to a real experience that it actually triggers memory creation in a way that 2D viewing doesn't' and that stereoscopic (3D) viewing uses more neurons, which would further heighten its impact."
I personally plan on smoking some weed before I see it.
I wish I knew where I could find some mushrooms...
Do we get 3d porn!!
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At $200 million, they're approaching the ability to fund a mission to Mars.
After watching several 3D movies back to back, I now find myself completely addicted to 3D and finding myself craving it all the time in my everyday life. I've tried to give it up, but after only a few minutes of having one eye shut I start to get a headache and my eye muscles get sore, not to mention I'm completely unable of functioning and find myself bumping into things and knocking things over when I reach for them. James Cameron must be stopped!
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Just because something is 3d, it doesn't necessarily excite the brain... I'm staring at my desk in 3d right now, and all I feel is bordom...
I'm not surprised it'd be habit forming, with the amount of pills Dr Mario throws down patients' throats.
Damn, now I want to pull out a SNES and play Mixed Match..
the only memory i have after seeing a 3D movie, is how much the cheap paper glasses hurt the bridge of my nose
I saw The Terminator 3D at universal studios when I was 8, and I've been looking for John Connor since then.
No, seriously though, guys, this 3d movie IS SOOOO 3d, that if it made sense, I'd just go ahead and label it with a few more dimensions. In fact, it's 4d! By the time you leave the theater, you'll feel like you're in the future! Hours will have passed!
TLDR: 3d is the same as it's been, nothing to see here, move along.
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Every case of intestinal distress comes with a sudden urge to watch High School Musical XIII.
Or is it the other way around?
The world is ready for a movie that's a 24fps sequence of Magic Eye[TM] stereograms.
syBERT!! Guess who's sleeping on the couch tonight!
Would it be smarter of them to not market the movie? Or maybe they shouldn't even be allowed to make it since the motivation possibly doesn't meet your standards of purity?
I am personally happy that people work to entertain me. If I choose to pay them for doing so, does that make me a sheep of some sort?
I need these questions answered so I know how to think in the future. Help me, Slashdot!
I think the only important word in the article is $200M. This means hype, and lots of it.
Its only hype if the movie doesn't sync with a Pink Floyd album in a meaningful way.
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The third dimension is the gateway dimension to other more serious dimensions.
3D is just a gateway to harder dimensions. Just wait until you see your kids sitting on street corners with multicolored glasses on mainlining 4- and 5-D. Nothing less than the complete collapse of society as we know it is at stake.
What, you think all those indie artsy 1-D films are made on a shoestring budget ?
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