Post by Toph on Jul 18, 2017 23:06:18 GMT
Spinning my comments from the TF5 thread to keep from further derailing it:
I reckon 3D would have died by now if cinemas hadn't had to pay so much to upgrade their equipment. Load of nonsense.
The 3D gimmick does indeed seem to be on it's way out.
As someone who not only needs eyeglasses, but has a perscription that all but destroys my depth perception, I absolutely HATE 3D.
The special 3D glasses do not fit comfortably over one's perscription glasses. The latter of which tend to force the 3D glasses far enough away from one's eyes that it distorts the film's 3D effects.
And since i naturally do not have depth perception, the sudden forced 3D is uber unnatural and fairly disorientating.
But what irritated me more than all of that, was I called it a fad when it started. IMAX? HD? These are real breakthroughs. These are as much gamechangers as sound, color projectors, and color televisions. But the 3D is and always has been a gimmick. I know 3D was a fad because every decade or two they dig it out and repackage it "Now with NEW technology, you'll feel like you're THERE!"
But a lot of my friends vehemently denied this, saying this is for real, it's how everything will be done from now on!
3DTV's dead. Fewer and fewer blockbusters are getting the 3D treatment.
I don't think it'll ever be anything more than a gimmick, as long as it relies on special glasses to see it.
The 3D gimmick does indeed seem to be on it's way out.
As someone who not only needs eyeglasses, but has a perscription that all but destroys my depth perception, I absolutely HATE 3D.
The special 3D glasses do not fit comfortably over one's perscription glasses. The latter of which tend to force the 3D glasses far enough away from one's eyes that it distorts the film's 3D effects.
And since i naturally do not have depth perception, the sudden forced 3D is uber unnatural and fairly disorientating.
But what irritated me more than all of that, was I called it a fad when it started. IMAX? HD? These are real breakthroughs. These are as much gamechangers as sound, color projectors, and color televisions. But the 3D is and always has been a gimmick. I know 3D was a fad because every decade or two they dig it out and repackage it "Now with NEW technology, you'll feel like you're THERE!"
But a lot of my friends vehemently denied this, saying this is for real, it's how everything will be done from now on!
3DTV's dead. Fewer and fewer blockbusters are getting the 3D treatment.
I don't think it'll ever be anything more than a gimmick, as long as it relies on special glasses to see it.
