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The Movie Studios' Big 3D Scam

Posted by timothy on from the say-it-ain't-so-joe dept.

An anonymous reader writes "There's a lot of things wrong with 3D movies. Avatar's 3D was well executed, but Alice's 3D was really bad, like all 2D-to-3D conversions. And yet, studios are reconverting 2D movies—including classics—into 3D to milk this fad. On top of that, the theaters are not prepared for 3D, with bad eyeglass optics and dark projections. In this article, a top CG supervisor in a prominent visual effects studio in Los Angeles calls it as it is: it's all a big scam by the movie studios."

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  1. Own them all! by paiute · · Score: 4, Funny

    Blade Runner U.S. theatrical version
    Blade Runner Criterion Edition
    Blade Runner U.S. broadcast version
    Blade Runner Director's Cut
    Blade Runner 25th Anniversary Edition
    Blade Runner Ultimate Collector's Edition
    Blade Runner 3D
    Blade Runner 3D BluRay
    Blade Runner 3D Enhanced Sensory Edition
    Blade Runner 3D Olifactory Special Release
    Blade Runner Ridley Scott Memorial Edition

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    1. Re:Own them all! by hansamurai · · Score: 3, Funny

      Blade Runner The Unicorn was a Replicant Edition

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    2. Re:Own them all! by Wireless+Joe · · Score: 2, Funny

      How about a spoiler warning, ass.

      ;)

    3. Re:Own them all! by bickerdyke · · Score: 2, Funny

      No need to worry.

      In the next release it will be cut out again completly.

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  2. But it is +1 better by gregg · · Score: 3, Funny

    3 > 2 so 3D must be better than 2D. Personally, I waiting until they 'turn it up' to 11D.

    1. Re:But it is +1 better by EvilXenu · · Score: 2, Funny

      I could watch 44DDs all day long.

  3. Re:Well, Yes by dunezone · · Score: 3, Funny

    3D does not make a bad script/actor/director/... better.

    For example: Jaws 3 or Friday the 13th: Part 3

  4. 4D the ULTIMATE EXPERIENCE by wsanders · · Score: 5, Funny

    Think of the advantages: With 4D movies, if the movie sucks, you'll be able to get the three hours of your life back that you just wasted.

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  5. Serves you right by Gothmolly · · Score: 2, Funny

    If you're douchey enough to go see the movies that get 3d-ified, and they suck, you only have yourself to blame.

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  6. Re:Well, Yes by ArsonSmith · · Score: 5, Funny

    I noticed that too, it seems like 20 years ago there were a lot more people my age that went to the movies. Now it's all just a bunch of youngins.

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  7. Re:Bigger scam for 1-eyed viewers by nigelo · · Score: 3, Funny

    What's your Grandmother got to do with this? Oh, wait...

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  8. Re:Well, duh by Tekfactory · · Score: 3, Funny

    So after the movie you kept the theater right?

  9. Re:Bigger scam for 1-eyed viewers by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    you insensitive clod! I have no eyes, just a lollypop on me tongue!