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Hobbit Film Underwhelms At 48 Frames Per Second

Posted by Soulskill on from the change-is-scary dept.

bonch writes "Warner Bros. aired ten minutes of footage from The Hobbit at CinemaCon, and reactions have been mixed. The problem? Peter Jackson is filming the movie at 48 frames per second, twice the industry standard 24 frames per second, lending the film a '70s era BBC-video look.' However, if the negative response from film bloggers and theater owners is any indication, the way most people will see the movie is in standard 24fps."

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  1. So? by Black+Parrot · · Score: 5, Funny

    lending the film a '70s era BBC-video look

    Well, it's a story about olden-times in England, isn't it?

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  2. Re:Is it "too real"? by NoNonAlphaCharsHere · · Score: 5, Funny

    This is exactly I am unable to leave the basement. The frame-rates "outside" literally make my brain hurt.

  3. Re:Is it "too real"? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Strobe lighting, obviously.

  4. Re:You moron... by binarylarry · · Score: 5, Funny

    You could of been nicer about that, you know.

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  5. Re:Is it "too real"? by FloydTheDroid · · Score: 5, Funny

    As long as Han shots first and the dinosaurs don't make an appearance I'll be happy.

  6. Re:Is it "too real"? by LordKronos · · Score: 5, Funny

    I think this is evolutions way of saying "Don't have children, dudes."

    I'm in that category for other reasons. (Autoimmune. Besides I'd rather build a robot with my own AI)

    So you think he shouldn't reproduce just because he's unable to watch certain types of television? WTF? That's one of the lamest criteria for deciding whether to reproduce. Hell, I bet some people would say that's a sign he should reproduce like crazy and create a bunch of kids who are physiologically forced to go outside and play.

  7. Re:You moron... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Then" and "than" are basically the same, for all intensive purposes.

  8. Re:Change by Lexx+Greatrex · · Score: 5, Funny

    People are used to high frame rates. Its not like 3D where it actually makes some people feel sick.

    As for the GP stating "Every time I see a high fps recording of something the motion looks like it's going to fast.", I don't see that at all. It just looks normal, it doesn't look faster at all. Its just smooth and realistic.

    The physical universe has a pretty good framerate -- about 8.3*10^16fps, according to Planck -- and it's in 3D too! I've never heard a sober person complain about either of these two things.