I think glasses will be far more economic and much safer than this technology, for quite a long number of years to come.
Who can afford that? Or when?
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Pardon me, but reading the article, two major questions came to my mind.
The question of availability has already been asked, and the answer clearly is in a long long time. I'm glad to hear they found some desperate person to accept to test the technology as soon as 2002 (don't misunderstand me, I'd be desperate too if I lost my eyes), but come on. It won't work right the first time, nor the second. And then they'll have to conduct large-scale studies to optimize the huge amount of parameters and tunings such operations involve. I don't expect such operations becoming common before ten or twenty years.
But moreover, how much will this cost? Ultra-thin ceramic films don't grow on trees, and I'd be surprised they'd become cheap, relatively speaking, anyday soon. Besides I guess that people able to put millimeter-sized implants at the back of the eye are not selling their skills for free, far from it. I think only a few crazy millionaires will have a chance to try it in the next few years, if even they dare, or their insurances allow them.
Well, except for the initial appearance of "heavy-tank" Sauron, I liked the way the movie rendered the power of Sauron and of the ring.
The film took several times a very interesting inspiration from horror-film scenes, especially The Exorcist, to describe the power the ring had, notably on Bilbo. That was not the way I felt it when I read the book, but I really liked the idea.
Similarly, I think the design of the Eye is brilliant. It can be morphed to the ring (this is done in the trailers) but, moreover, the pupil resembles the fires of Mount Doom. This is especially noticeable when Frodo accidently looks towards Mordor after he has fled from Boromir. I think this is a bright way to suggest that these three entities - ring, Sauron, Mount Doom - are linked and share the same destiny.
Man, they could expand that initial battle scene where Sauron comes tromping out, taking out 4 & 5 people at a swing, and expand THAT to about an hour and a half. Oh man, that was so freakin sweet.
It's of course a matter of taste, but I disagree with you. I think it would have been better if Sauron had been depicted with the same physical (and psychical) force, but also with much more agility and swiftness. What I saw was some kind of "medieval tank" with extreme force. I would have preferred to see, or better to catch a glimpse of, some kind of an extremely intelligent, powerful and animalic creature, almost ubiquituous on the battlefield. What was depicted was an ultra-strong warrior, and it was way too human to be Sauron.
Note that I have only read LOTR and Bilbo, so I might be missing some info from the Silmarilion and others.
Personally, I hope the added footage will include shots with the Old Forest, Bombadil. I'd also love to see the lake they stop at when they exit the Moria (can't remember its name), and also actually hear the frightful scream of the Black Riders when they do their comeback, just before the Fellowship splits.
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Well, heating of the CRT is done using electricity of course, and if you don't need to heat the CRT, then you need less electricity.
I think glasses will be far more economic and much safer than this technology, for quite a long number of years to come.
Pardon me, but reading the article, two major questions came to my mind.
The question of availability has already been asked, and the answer clearly is in a long long time. I'm glad to hear they found some desperate person to accept to test the technology as soon as 2002 (don't misunderstand me, I'd be desperate too if I lost my eyes), but come on. It won't work right the first time, nor the second. And then they'll have to conduct large-scale studies to optimize the huge amount of parameters and tunings such operations involve. I don't expect such operations becoming common before ten or twenty years.
But moreover, how much will this cost? Ultra-thin ceramic films don't grow on trees, and I'd be surprised they'd become cheap, relatively speaking, anyday soon. Besides I guess that people able to put millimeter-sized implants at the back of the eye are not selling their skills for free, far from it. I think only a few crazy millionaires will have a chance to try it in the next few years, if even they dare, or their insurances allow them.
Well, except for the initial appearance of "heavy-tank" Sauron, I liked the way the movie rendered the power of Sauron and of the ring.
The film took several times a very interesting inspiration from horror-film scenes, especially The Exorcist, to describe the power the ring had, notably on Bilbo. That was not the way I felt it when I read the book, but I really liked the idea.
Similarly, I think the design of the Eye is brilliant. It can be morphed to the ring (this is done in the trailers) but, moreover, the pupil resembles the fires of Mount Doom. This is especially noticeable when Frodo accidently looks towards Mordor after he has fled from Boromir. I think this is a bright way to suggest that these three entities - ring, Sauron, Mount Doom - are linked and share the same destiny.
revscat said:
Man, they could expand that initial battle scene where Sauron comes tromping out, taking out 4 & 5 people at a swing, and expand THAT to about an hour and a half. Oh man, that was so freakin sweet.
It's of course a matter of taste, but I disagree with you. I think it would have been better if Sauron had been depicted with the same physical (and psychical) force, but also with much more agility and swiftness. What I saw was some kind of "medieval tank" with extreme force. I would have preferred to see, or better to catch a glimpse of, some kind of an extremely intelligent, powerful and animalic creature, almost ubiquituous on the battlefield. What was depicted was an ultra-strong warrior, and it was way too human to be Sauron.
Note that I have only read LOTR and Bilbo, so I might be missing some info from the Silmarilion and others.
Personally, I hope the added footage will include shots with the Old Forest, Bombadil. I'd also love to see the lake they stop at when they exit the Moria (can't remember its name), and also actually hear the frightful scream of the Black Riders when they do their comeback, just before the Fellowship splits.