Comments on: Do We Need 3-D? http://benjamineckstein.com/2010/02/do-we-need-3-d/ Thu, 22 Dec 2011 23:01:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Tony Loftis http://benjamineckstein.com/2010/02/do-we-need-3-d/comment-page-1/#comment-121 Tony Loftis Sun, 07 Feb 2010 21:55:14 +0000 http://benjamineckstein.com/?p=499#comment-121 I don't know if the movie as art industry needs 3D, but the business of making money in Hollywood need 3D to get people to leave their homes to go to the movie theater. See this BusinessWeek article: http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/10_05/b4165048396178.htm. Also, the New Yorker has a nice piece on him as well. I don’t know if the movie as art industry needs 3D, but the business of making money in Hollywood need 3D to get people to leave their homes to go to the movie theater. See this BusinessWeek article: http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/10_05/b4165048396178.htm.

Also, the New Yorker has a nice piece on him as well.

]]> By: Benjamin http://benjamineckstein.com/2010/02/do-we-need-3-d/comment-page-1/#comment-117 Benjamin Thu, 04 Feb 2010 03:18:41 +0000 http://benjamineckstein.com/?p=499#comment-117 Yeah, I imagine the HD format wars will slow down the progress of 3-D. I never even thought of having to wear glasses to edit, but yes, that would be a huge pain. Yeah, I imagine the HD format wars will slow down the progress of 3-D. I never even thought of having to wear glasses to edit, but yes, that would be a huge pain.

]]> By: Benjamin http://benjamineckstein.com/2010/02/do-we-need-3-d/comment-page-1/#comment-116 Benjamin Thu, 04 Feb 2010 03:13:56 +0000 http://benjamineckstein.com/?p=499#comment-116 I agree. I found in Avatar I was too caught up in figuring out HOW to watch this, and that was distracting. I guess if 3-D becomes the norm then we'll get used to it, but I also though it all seemed less sharp than a nice HD 2-D display would have been. By the way, your profile picture looks EXACTLY like my father. I would love if you could send me that picture so I could send it to him. I agree. I found in Avatar I was too caught up in figuring out HOW to watch this, and that was distracting. I guess if 3-D becomes the norm then we’ll get used to it, but I also though it all seemed less sharp than a nice HD 2-D display would have been.

By the way, your profile picture looks EXACTLY like my father. I would love if you could send me that picture so I could send it to him.

]]> By: Benjamin http://benjamineckstein.com/2010/02/do-we-need-3-d/comment-page-1/#comment-115 Benjamin Thu, 04 Feb 2010 03:12:14 +0000 http://benjamineckstein.com/?p=499#comment-115 I was informed tonight that there is technology to create 3-D displays that don't require glasses, but they do require you to sit in exactly the right spot. But it will probably improve. I just hope we always have the choice of 3-D or 2-D programming. We'll see, I guess. I was informed tonight that there is technology to create 3-D displays that don’t require glasses, but they do require you to sit in exactly the right spot. But it will probably improve. I just hope we always have the choice of 3-D or 2-D programming. We’ll see, I guess.

]]> By: Rob Imbs http://benjamineckstein.com/2010/02/do-we-need-3-d/comment-page-1/#comment-113 Rob Imbs Wed, 03 Feb 2010 14:25:53 +0000 http://benjamineckstein.com/?p=499#comment-113 I think that there are too many things standing in the way of 3D. Multiple viewing formats, more expensive and complicated workflow, and people are reluctant to watch things in 3D. We started watching Coraline in 3D on DVD the other day. We all had 3D glasses on but we couldn't stand the way that it looked, so we flipped the disk over to the 2D side. Between you and I, I sure hope 3D doesn't become common place, I don't want to have to wear 3D glasses in the editing suite! I think that there are too many things standing in the way of 3D. Multiple viewing formats, more expensive and complicated workflow, and people are reluctant to watch things in 3D.

We started watching Coraline in 3D on DVD the other day. We all had 3D glasses on but we couldn’t stand the way that it looked, so we flipped the disk over to the 2D side.

Between you and I, I sure hope 3D doesn’t become common place, I don’t want to have to wear 3D glasses in the editing suite!

]]> By: Bill http://benjamineckstein.com/2010/02/do-we-need-3-d/comment-page-1/#comment-112 Bill Wed, 03 Feb 2010 13:48:06 +0000 http://benjamineckstein.com/?p=499#comment-112 Andrew - to your point about the blurry image, I'm surprised more people haven't brought that up. You see endless postings on these forums about resolution and image sharpness and yet the one (technical) drawback to Avatar for me was the softness created by the 3D. Maybe it's my eyes, but I wish I had watched the movie in 2D Imax rather than 3D. Andrew – to your point about the blurry image, I’m surprised more people haven’t brought that up. You see endless postings on these forums about resolution and image sharpness and yet the one (technical) drawback to Avatar for me was the softness created by the 3D. Maybe it’s my eyes, but I wish I had watched the movie in 2D Imax rather than 3D.

]]> By: Andrew Roger http://benjamineckstein.com/2010/02/do-we-need-3-d/comment-page-1/#comment-111 Andrew Roger Tue, 02 Feb 2010 23:29:53 +0000 http://benjamineckstein.com/?p=499#comment-111 I have similar feelings about 3D. But the most important thing to me is that even the best 3D theatre experience takes me out of the getting lost in the story and characters. Its those glasses that I feel around my eyes and nose that remind me I'm in a theatre. Its the slightly blurry image (my eyes don't focus completely either). that ironically doesn't let me focus on the elements of the image that I can connect to. It's the extra money I spent that is tugging at my wallet demanding I get the most awestruck epiphany out of this flick that I can't concentrate on. So I can't get past that and I won't waste my money on it. Totally didn't attempt to see Avatar in 3D. I have similar feelings about 3D. But the most important thing to me is that even the best
3D theatre experience takes me out of the getting lost in the story and characters. Its those glasses that I feel around my eyes and nose that remind me I’m in a theatre. Its the slightly blurry image (my eyes don’t focus completely either).
that ironically doesn’t let me focus on the elements of the image that I can connect to. It’s the extra money I spent
that is tugging at my wallet demanding I get the most awestruck epiphany out of this flick that I can’t concentrate on.
So I can’t get past that and I won’t waste my money on it. Totally didn’t attempt to see Avatar in 3D.

]]> By: Nat http://benjamineckstein.com/2010/02/do-we-need-3-d/comment-page-1/#comment-110 Nat Tue, 02 Feb 2010 22:57:26 +0000 http://benjamineckstein.com/?p=499#comment-110 While I feel the same way as you about watching at home- that I don't feel the NEED to view television any differently than I do now- I DO think that 3-D may be the next big evolution in tv/movie viewing. I was annoyed by the glasses, and I occasionally found the 3-D distracting, BUT- and this is a big "but"- I also felt like I was IN the scene in a way that 2-D can't replicate. I wonder if 3-D might just be the way we watch ALL programming at some point; that just the way HD made the image look more "real", so will 3-D technology. Not that I particularly care if it never turns out that way. I wouldn't miss it, and I'm perfectly happy just seeing a regular, not-so-old HD 2-D picture. While I feel the same way as you about watching at home- that I don’t feel the NEED to view television any differently than I do now- I DO think that 3-D may be the next big evolution in tv/movie viewing. I was annoyed by the glasses, and I occasionally found the 3-D distracting, BUT- and this is a big “but”- I also felt like I was IN the scene in a way that 2-D can’t replicate. I wonder if 3-D might just be the way we watch ALL programming at some point; that just the way HD made the image look more “real”, so will 3-D technology.

Not that I particularly care if it never turns out that way. I wouldn’t miss it, and I’m perfectly happy just seeing a regular, not-so-old HD 2-D picture.

]]> By: Benjamin http://benjamineckstein.com/2010/02/do-we-need-3-d/comment-page-1/#comment-109 Benjamin Tue, 02 Feb 2010 22:44:59 +0000 http://benjamineckstein.com/?p=499#comment-109 Thanks Jake. It seems like you and I are of the same mindset. I know there are some that think this should be THE future. And it probably will be to a certain extent. What remains to be seen is how much it gets used. Thanks Jake. It seems like you and I are of the same mindset. I know there are some that think this should be THE future. And it probably will be to a certain extent. What remains to be seen is how much it gets used.

]]> By: Jake Thomas http://benjamineckstein.com/2010/02/do-we-need-3-d/comment-page-1/#comment-107 Jake Thomas Tue, 02 Feb 2010 22:38:56 +0000 http://benjamineckstein.com/?p=499#comment-107 As a freelance producer/shooter of video content I have pondered similar questions about 3-D. I think 3-D in the current glasses-needed manifestation will not go far beyond gimmicky big Hollywood productions. I believe most theaters don't even have digital projectors at this point and they are grasping at straws just to get people to pay a few extra bucks and come to the theater. I will always welcome a larger, higher quality TV at home, but I will never ever WANT to put on glasses. I wouldn't worry about 3-D being a big deal as there are so many media outlets (like the web) that will in no way incorporate 3-D anytime in the near future. I think it will remain a very specialized type of shooting. Keep posting! As a freelance producer/shooter of video content I have pondered similar questions about 3-D. I think 3-D in the current glasses-needed manifestation will not go far beyond gimmicky big Hollywood productions. I believe most theaters don’t even have digital projectors at this point and they are grasping at straws just to get people to pay a few extra bucks and come to the theater.

I will always welcome a larger, higher quality TV at home, but I will never ever WANT to put on glasses.

I wouldn’t worry about 3-D being a big deal as there are so many media outlets (like the web) that will in no way incorporate 3-D anytime in the near future. I think it will remain a very specialized type of shooting.

Keep posting!

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