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Lucas at ShoWest! More on the ROTS footage plus the Original Trilogy in 3-D'!'!'
Ahoy, squirts! Quint here with an indepth look into the footage Lucas showed at ShoWest, this year. He didn't just show the first 8 minutes of REVENGE OF THE SITH... Oh no... he's also planning on re-releasing the Original STAR WARS Trilogy in 3-D... Not the SCTV kind of 3-D, but the kind that just adds more depth to everything... If it's what I'm thinking it is, it'd be like a moving version of one of those View Master slides. Remember those? Anyway, I'm sure Lucas is planning this re-release to build the excitement over the next wave of DVD releases or to push the TV show or something, but count me excited. Now, if he announced he was going in and making the non-Special Editions 3-D and subsequently releasing them on DVD in their original form, then I will be the happiest geek in the world! Thanks to Adam Mast over at Zboneman.com for sending us this report! Hopefully I'll be hanging with you next year amongst the showgirls, blackjack fiends, booze and cool movie shit!
Quint, Harry, Moriarty and Crew,
I see you ran a piece on the Fox presentation at ShoWest. You really should have been there. It was absolutely amazing. I thought I'd elaborate just a tad. Don't worry. No spoilers. Apparently, what we saw has been shown to some people but only a select few. It was the first seven minutes (or thereabouts) of the film. We're talking the Fox logo, The Lucasfilm logo, the "A long time ago, in a galaxy far far away" title card, and the opening crawl which is immediately followed by one hell of a space battle. You talk to any fan and they'll tell you one of the most discouraging things about the first two prequels is the lack of kick ass space battles. This opening more than makes up for it. And the colors--good lord, the colors! This sequence is so incredibly vibrant. Simply stunning. But the Star Wars excitement didn't end with this presentation, and that's what I really wanted to bring up.
Shortly after the big Fox bash, there was an amazing 3-D digital presentation featuring a panel that I still can't believe I was witness to. I'm still shaking from it. GEORGE LUCAS, JAMES CAMERON, ROBERT ZEMECKIS, AND ROBERT RODRIGUEZ all on the same stage and only a few feet away from me (Randal Kleiser of Disneyland’s "Honey I Blew Up the Audience" fame was also on hand). I write for an entertainment site (not nearly as cool as yours--but still cool nonetheless) so I was fortunate enough to stick around for an exclusive press conference immediately following the amazing presentation, but I'll get to that in a minute. As everyone is already well aware, George Lucas has always been about pushing forward when it comes to technology. In addition to creating the beloved Star Wars series, Lucas has always been heavily involved in making sure that his movies are presented in the best possible way. So along with James Cameron and the previously mentioned film making heavy weights, Lucas is on a crusade to bring 3-D to theaters everywhere, and not just in a "Comin' At Ya" novelty sort of way. We're talking quality movies presented in 3-D through digital projection. Now this could be a tricky proposition as the theater industry is perfectly content with the way things are, and there are plenty out there who aren't too fond of the whole 3-D gimmick. Hell, even Roger Ebert has said in the past that he isn't really into the 3-D thing (although he did give a very favorable review to James Cameron's recent Ghosts of the Abyss). If Ebert were able to see what we saw at this presentation, I guarantee his opinion would be greatly altered.
Not only is Lucas interested in the future of this technology, but he's also hoping to tinker with pre-existing films such as Star Wars. And this is where the highlight of ShoWest 2005 came into play. Lucas and Cameron presented a couple of promo reels demonstrating digital 3-D. Included--the first eight minutes of A New Hope transferred into the 3-D format. What can I tell you? No words can describe it. The quality of what we saw was staggering. In many ways, it looked better than the standard 2-D print. In addition, we were treated to numerous 3-D transferred scenes including Attack of the Clones, Lilo and Stitch, and a couple of quick scenes from Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings. It was absolute breathtaking, and I'm still sort of reeling from it.
What's more, George Lucas let the audience in on his big master plan. This isn't official, but Lucas did say what he hopes to do is re-release Star Wars in theaters yet again. He would do so in the year 2007 for the 30th anniversary, but this time, the film will be in 3-D. Then he'll re-release one installment each year starting the following year, until we've seen the entire series in 3-D. WOW! This guy is a madman. But a brilliant mad man. After this presentation was over, I was completely sold on the entire idea. Listening to these icons talk about the process and their pure love for movies and the future of film presentation, was incredibly infectious, and after the press conference was over, I was even more excited about the idea.
What made the press conference so amazing was the intimacy aspect of it. There were only about twenty-five of us. It was a small scale affair to be sure. I was able to get a couple of questions in. Nothing major, but still worth mentioning. I asked about the status of Indiana Jones even though I'm sure Lucas is tired of being asked that question. Not surprisingly, he was vague and would only say that they're still working on the script. I also asked if there was any chance that we might get trilogy screenings in theaters when Episode III opens this May (like New Line did with Lord of the Rings series), and unfortunately, it doesn't look like it. Cameron was asked about Battle Angel, and while he appeared very excited about the project, he wouldn't release very many details. He just mentioned it was a futuristic sci-fi flick in 3-D with tons of effects. Pretty much stuff we already know. Rodriguez was delighted to see Spy Kids 3 footage in the polarized 3-D style as opposed to that colored lens style that audiences saw it in when it was first released. He also joked that it would be fun to go back and change the vampire portion of From Dusk to Dawn to 3-D. That received a huge round of applause. I suggested a possible Sin City 3-D upgrade and he was quick to point out how cool that would be, especially given that it's based on a graphic novel.
There was just so much to take in and I really haven't even scratched the surface in terms of what was covered, but you all get the basic idea. Lucas, Cameron, Rodriguez, and Zemeckis are clearly interested in changing the way we view films in a theater. With the growing popularity of home theaters, it's clear they want to keep things fresh and exciting, and with Imax starting to take off, and the possibility of this 3-D process, things are finally looking to change. It's all really exciting even if the purist in me is a little nervous. After what I saw though, I'm more exhilarated than anything else.
At the end of the press conference, I slipped Rodriguez a business card and told him that my sight isn't as cool as Harry's but it's still pretty sweet. He laughed and said thanks for the support. As for Lucas, he was very gracious and even took a couple of pictures with the fans.
There was a lot of great stuff at ShoWest this year. I hit screenings of the amazingly creative Kung Fu Hustle, as well as Paul Haggis' new film Crash (which at this point is clearly my favorite picture of the year). I also saw an hour of the new summer film Stealth and dozens of trailers, but the 3-D presentation was clearly my favorite event. If anyone cares, we're working on a big ShoWest story for Zboneman.com. Feel free to check it out.
On a final Star Wars note, I did see Lucas again later on at an Awards Banquet press conference (he's the recipient of the ShoWest Galactic Achievement Award). While answering questions, he did mention that he's pretty confident Episode III will get a PG-13 rating, and he's also been telling crowds that this final installment is quite the tear- jerker. He told us that the people close to him who have seen it, actually cried. Interesting.
The aint it cool staff really needs to hit the convention next year. As you can see, they really showcase some amazing stuff. And as always, I'd like to end by saying what a true inspiration your site is. Keep up the outstanding work.
Adam
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Mar 18, 2005 3:30:52 PM CST
Before the "raped my childhood" cries start, remember the iconic
by tall_boy
Probably help combat piracy & the growing dvd/video market to get people excited to go back into theatres again. sounds cool to me, even though I'd have to wear stupid glasses.
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Or is going to rape my childhood ... or something like that. Awww, screw it - FIRST !!!! I mean, SECOND !!!!
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all i gathered from that. I simply told myself that I will NOT get excited for Star Wars again, until proven that I wont be dissapointed. Thinking about how astonishing Polar Express was in 3-D, i have a feeling that the OT of Star Wars would certainly be something to look forward to. Even though i shouldnt get excited for anything Star Wars, what can i say? im a fool.
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Mar 18, 2005 3:33:16 PM CST
You know what would get me excited about going back to the theat
by bob parr
Banning the teen and pre-teen mouth breathers.
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I guess "Star Wars in 3-D" is one of those experimental, low budget films George has been talking about making for the last 30 years. Funny how he never ever finds the time to do these small, character-driven films but has all the time in the world to remake the same movie 9 times. Can't he do anything else?
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Finally First and I don't have anything to say.
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Not the first but still the best
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so are we talking 3d with the silly glasses ? or do they have some new way of doing it that i dont know about.
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Who doesn't want to see Lucas put his considerable resources towards making really, really good and technologically advanced 3-D films? 3-D is a great idea that never really got a great execution. You don't want to see Star Wars in 3-D? Did you see Episode I or II in I-MAX? I think this is a great idea. Who are any of you to criticize Lucas for spending his own money?
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You still need the glasses.... but it is awesome... SO clear, hardly any eye strain or distortion. When they showed the Riders of Rohan being charged by the Mumakil on the Pelennor Fields i thought i was gonna shit.... the dust that was being kicked up by the horses seemed like it was filling up the room... it was awesome. And I never thought i'd say this, but you havent seen a SW opening crawl until you see it in 3D, that is- actually suspended in front of you seeing countless stars and.. well.... space WAY in the background... this 3D kicked ass. And PJ came on screen to put in his two cents on digital 3D, and he said his dream is to "one day see hobbits in 3D"
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on the one hand, i can't blame lucas for milking "star wars" for all it's worth (as much as we fans hate it). and if 3d is also getting zemeckis, rodriguez, and cameron excited, then there's got to be something to it. on the other hand, the purist in me is crying. so i guess this is a development to watch with some hopeful skepticism...or wary optimism.
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Thank you Mr. Lucas...you continue to impress.
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Hollywood would stop the money grab when it comes to digital, and HELP the theatre owners get digital projection moving.
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Mar 18, 2005 4:14:19 PM CST
voicebox5, your post would have been an R because you said "fuck
by tall_boy
sincerely, the MPAA.
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Are they mapping the original 2D photography onto custom wireframes? Generating brand-new digital models? Both? Either way, it sounds like there would be a lot of aesthetic guesswork involved-- there's no such thing as a magic "make it 3D" button. Any informative links would be appreciated.
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He is NOT a filmmaker. Nor has he been since 1977. He is a corporation, period. I can't believe I am about to write this: From "Star Wars" in 1977 to "Star Wars: Episode IV: A New Hope" in 1981 to "Star Wars: Episode IV: A New Hope: The Special Edition" in 1997 to "Star Wars: Episode IV: A New Hope: The Special Edition: DVD Version" in 2004 to "Star Wars: Episode IV: A New Hope: The Special Edition: Ultimate 3D Version" in 2007. What. A. Fucking. Joke.
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If you have seen spy kids 3d on TV/PPV it was a polarized version that looked awesome the characters stood out from the backgrounds so vividly. I believe this is what their talking about making the background seem flat while a foreground plate has the extra dimension by pre polarizing the films not to polarize them after using the glasses.
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Of course, Lucas's pals were weeping at the end. But not with him. FOR him. Much in the same way my inner child bawled during Ep2. Oh, the humanity! Anyone remember Spielberg's quote when asked about Ep.1? Something along the lines of "Oh... my... god. It's beyond words..." Mmm hmm, oh yeah! As for 3D films... the thing I've always noticed is that my sense of watching a huge screen goes away in 3D. If I'm watching an Imax 3D movie and take off the glasses, suddenly the screen seems, I dunno, bigger somehow. It's like the field of view seems to shrink once the glasses are on. Of course it doesn't, but that what it *feels* like at an almost subconscious level. It feels like I go from watching an all encompassing vista to watching a humongous 3D television, i.e. the image has a more "boxed-in" feeling. Anybody else get this?
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I mean, say what you will about Lucas, but he's always trying something new.
He was either the 1st, or among the 1st to use digital cameras for example. This does sound kind of cool -
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The last thing I need is G lucas diatribing about his "vision".What a bunch of fucking bullshit.
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It's his dang films. He can do what he wants to with 'em. I, for one, am unbelievably excited about the possibility of sitting in the midst of ANH's Death Star battle in glorious 3-D, not to mention the battle of Endor.
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I think you're misinformed about what "polarized" 3D involves. It's not possible to present polaroid 3D on a standard TV screen-- the process requires separate sources for the left and right eyes. I haven't heard about the PPV broadcast you mention-- what kind of glasses were required? If they were grey/clear or purple/yellow, I'm guessing that what you saw was a 2D presentation of the movie and the glasses created a time-delayed parallax effect. This creates a convincing sense of depth when objects are moving from left-to-right in front of a stationary background, but it's not true 3D.
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The reason IMAX 3D feels 'smaller' is because it's composed to bring objects closer to you on the binocular plane. Since your eyes are converging on the object onscreen as if it were only ten feet away from you instead of fifty, your brain decides that it must be a normal-size object and not three stories tall.
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that pay the money (that their parents give them) that allow these kinds of movies to be made.. dammed without them, dammed with 'em... :-(
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Thanks for the explanation! Do you know of any research that tinkers with the size-affiliated visual cues of 3D to re-trick the brain into thinking the object is 50 ft tall AND 10 ft away? Clearly this phenomena exists offscreen and so can be duplicated somehow...
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oh, right. it's a flaming plant. for what it's worth, i saw STEWARDESSES in 3-d in richmond, VA at the byrd theatre. it gave me a headache... but then, it could've been the poorly groomed pseudo-porn star bushes and horrible movie.
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Remember that? The BBC showed a special episode of DOCTOR WHO for charity, and made it in 3D so that ppl who'd bought the special glasses could get the real deal experience...
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Miniature stereography is rare, but here's the principle: To record normal 3D, the left and right cameras are spaced approximately six inches apart, simulating the placement of human eyes. To make the subject look larger, put the cameras closer together to simulate the point-of-view of a smaller spectator. If I'm doing the math right, a three-inch interocular would make a ten-foot-tall subject look twenty feet tall.
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It made The Polar Express from a mediocre "that's cool" movie to a "holy fuck this is great!" movie
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...when he typed: "Who are any of you to criticize Lucas for spending his own money?" I think I know the answer: What is "We're the discerning fan base for $1,000, Alex?" And for bonus points: If we aren't critical of the ideas we don't like, aren't we more like a bunch of fucking mindless cattle chewing whatever Farmer George shoves through the slats in the gate? Not every idea is a good one. This one sounds like a cash register ding to him, I'm sure.
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Seems like Lucas will do anything to not move on from Star Wars. we've seen the films 1001 times now. yet he still goes back to the same well. Make your new 'art films' in 3d if you must but please, enough with Stars and the Wars already.
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Mar 18, 2005 8:22:07 PM CST
Let's Twist again, like we did last summer! Or the summer of '7
by ingeld
Actually, Mr. Lucas don't even make any small art films. Just go away. For the love of God, it is over. Star Wars was the eqivalent of a one hit wonder--maybe two with Empire. But really, that was it. The rest are shoddy retreads. So, I am begging you; thanks for the memories. But go away.
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Mar 18, 2005 8:34:41 PM CST
I'm concerned that this new 3D motion picture technology could c
by prof. pop-cult
This is a very real problem with the IMAX version. People who suffer from motion sickness/sea sickness (a very common ailment for many) might not be able to watch movies rendered this way.
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So at least we shouldn't end up with a headache even if the colours can be trippy at times.
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There's lots of confusion here about 3D. Spy Kids 3D was shot with a digital stereoscopic 3D camera system (the same system Jim Cameron used for this "Ghosts of the Abyss" project) BUT it was released in the old anaglyphic process which uses the horrible red/blue glasses. That process is right out of the 50s. It doesn't allow for full color, and it suffers from color fringing and a variety of other nasty artifacts. When I went to see the movie, most of the kids had given up on the glasses after 10 minutes and were just watching the movie without them. Kids are smart. It was truly terrible 3D experience. The reason it was released that way is that the anaglyphic process doesn't require any theater conversion or special projection equipment so the movie could be released to thousands of theaters throughout the world. I thought Spy Kids 3D did a major disservice to the modern perception of 3D. That movie was all about money. It made $200 mil+ so it was a clearly a success in that regard, but it failed on every other level. I was disappointed in Rodriguez for essentially perpetuating the terrible reputation of 3D movies. The current state of the art is IMAX 3D which is excellent but enormously expensive. The introduction of digital stereoscopic 3D image capture and digital projection has the potential to finally solve the problems associated with film-based 3D, while also making the economics work. I wasn't at Showest, but all of the 2D to 3D conversion processes I've seen so far result in what I call 2 1/2 D. Yes, there are some interesting depth perception characteristics in the converted films, but the very best 3D is planned and photographed in true stereoscopic 3D, i.e. with separate left and right images. That's why Jim Cameron is shooting Battle Angel is true stereoscopic 3D. Conversions have their place, but kick-ass 3D requires a script that's planned for 3D and the use of a stereo camera system. And by the way, human eyes are approximately 2.5 inches apart, not 6 inches. Normal scale stereo images are photographed with an interaxial (interocular) of about 2.5 inches. By changing the distance between the left and right views, it's possible to create some wonderful in-camera special effects. On my website there are some simple illustrations of how the 3D process works. http://www.hd3dmovies.com. Needless to say, I'm excited about the future of digital stereoscopic 3D. Forget the 3D you've seen in the past ... you ain't seen nothin' yet.
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again. and again. and again.
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Lucas is a crispy hobgoblin. He makes movies for bright-eyed troglodites and girls who shouldn't come within ten feet of a toaster. He is also fat. His kids are fat. This makes him a bad father. He needs to render his children's fat into shampoo that he can work into his brain to revive the magic that existed back in 1977. He could then mount their heads in the ILM production studios for motivation - something like "if you don't stop f-ing around, these will be your heads up here. That's right, your big fat heads." Maybe he'll start to cry as he says this, and that will be good. He needs to cry. This is because he's a little bitch. The workers at ILM will pat the heads for good luck. They will eventually start to smell, but not for long, because as I said, Lucas is fat, and he will eventually eat the heads. He will feel guilty about this, but then he'll tickle his hairy belly with their jawbones and feel better. This will complete the circle of life. Lucas will chronicle this series of events in a fourteen hour documentary titled "Head-Eaters Deluxe". It will be a musical. Rick Moranis will be involved in some capacity, perhaps as a key grip. Perhaps he'll stand in as one of Lucas's children. Perhaps Lucas will eat him too, and comb the fibers from his corpse into his beard. Perhaps he'll name his beard Shelly and become romantically involved with it. Perhaps the relationship will dissolve in a maelstrom of blood and shaving cream. Perhaps Lucas, having shaved his beard, will sculpt it into a tiny black ball and toss it at his employees. It's hard to say.
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Mar 19, 2005 12:19:38 AM CST
Kind of suprised the porn industry hasn't jumped on the 3D bandw
by kampbell-kid
[ShoWest 3D Porn Presentation] Music cues in with a slower sounding Sanford & Son theme. You start to relax and lay back as a supple tanned bootie approch your face. She teases you in 3D with her french tickler. After taunting you with it in front of your face she asks if you'd like for her to sit on your face and hum real hard into it. With much anticipation your impulsive lust makes you dive face first into this ass-buffett of 3D pleasure while the actress urgently moans for more. She starts to gracefully drop ass as you profoundly stare further in shock at this beautiful fleshy vortex of bacteria. The sweat beads and moisture so visable with clarity that you suddenly feel the urge to eat Rocky Road ice creame. [End of ShoWest presentation]
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All these directors have one thing in common? They all lost interest in storytelling and now spend all their time making movies that feature gimmicks and cheap tricks.
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thx for your report. I just can't wait to see Episode 3.
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Isn't that the best we can hope for, love him or hate him or his films, that he spends his own money on his own stuff? He's not building some personal amusement park in his backyard. He's not buying a bunch of Bentley's and showing them off on Cribs. He's not strutting around, showing off his brand new bling. The best filmmakers are the ones that have expanded the horizons of the medium. Are any of you going to assert that Lucas hasn't? If you really think that Lucas isn't a filmmaker, then you're a complete and total tard. He's actually furthering film technology and the artform and the best you've got is "the Prequel Trilogy sux?"
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Thanks for the clarification, and for catching my obvious error. That's what I get for typing at work. Am I correct in assuming that the ShoWest presentation was an alternating-field process? That would require powered LCD glasses.
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Yes, you're correct, the Showest presentation was alternating view with LCD glasses. There is a wire service photo of Lucas, Cameron et al wearing the electronic glasses. The company that did the 2D to 3D conversions is, according to what I've read, promoting a single digital projector process that uses LCD glasses. Frankly, I don't see LCD glasses as a practical solution for theatrical releases as they need to be powered. Theater owners have enough difficulty keeping their projection systems focused, I can't imagine them willingly embracing that high-maintenance technology. LCD glasses get HOT on your head. Even IMAX has abandoned their LCD glasses in favour of high-quality polarized viewing glasses. When produced in the millions, one could provide theater owners with very high quality (even stylish) circular polarized viewing glasses at a very low cost, eliminating the painfully uncomfortable cardboard-framed viewing glasses that no one likes and which restrict head tilt lest the image start to ghost. Viewing glasses have always been the weakest link in the 3D process. That doesn't have to be the case. There are several possible digital projection/viewing glasses solutions, but as far as I'm concerned the single digital projector processes I've seen introduce too much flicker and image strobing. If the stereo image strobes or flickers it's almost impossible for the eye to resolve it, so the 3D effect is lost until the image is more stationary. This happens in IMAX 3D when the image is fast-moving. That's just not acceptable. If it's finally done right, 3D can be here to stay.
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Just in case anyone is paying attention to my ramblings ... what I mean by "single projector" is a system which alternates the left and right stereo views rather than one that continuously projects both left and right views. That "single projector/alternating view" process requires electronic (LCD) viewing glasses, and unless the frequency at which the views alternate is very high, it will tend to flicker. The dual stream process (continuous discrete left and right views on the screen) can be build into a single, somewhat more expensive projector, and requires polarized viewing glasses. I know that the later system yields higher quality stereoscopic images and will be much simpler for theater owners.
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And not in a "oh my God this is so fucking bad I'm crying" kind of way.
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... the rides at Disney, like the Muppets or Honey I Blew Up The Kids rides? I'm really hoping not, because those things have never ever worked for me. Even with contact lenses on (which I put on just so I could enjoy these rides) the 3d is lackluster. I can sort of see things coming 'out' of the screen towards us and see some depth, but with those polarizing glasses it always feels slightly out of focus and the images never seemed to 'reach' close enough to me when they were going towards the audience to scare us.
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Visited your site. It was very informative, but I have to make a comment about the glasses- My biggest problem with 3D movies is that I wear thick-rimmed corrective glasses already. Invariably, when I go to a 3D film, the glasses barely fit over (or under) my required glasses. Without my corrective glasses, I can't see the movie. With them, I can't get the damned 3D glasses to stay put. If you're in the business of developing technology for 3D films, you need to address the fact that so many people will need to wear two sets of glasses. Making a set of 3D goggles, or clip-on lenses, or something else that respects the amount of real estate that's already taken on my face by my glasses would make the technology a lot more accessible to viewers.
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I do hope that was a joke. Who Who of Disney's What "fame"? How does anyone except this "Randall" even know who "Randall" is, unless they're a... plant, as his linguistic onanism over the "3D re-release" idiocy would suggest, too.
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"Rape" is such a strong word, but you could hardly say that it was consensual.
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Thanks Zero. I wear glasses too. We're designing viewing glasses that will make us both happy. The image on the site is temporary.
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"Star Wars was the eqivalent of a one hit wonder--maybe two with Empire." Yeah, quite possibly the greatest film series in HISTORY according to most people and fuckwit calls it a one-hit wonder. Baaaaahahahahaha!!! What color is the sky in your world, Ingeld?
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reminds me of the last movie that Natalie Wood was in, Brainstorm. Seems to me there was a scene where Christopher Walken walks in on a fellow who had strapped himself into the simulation device which was playing a sex scene. The poor fellow was so enamored of the virtual reality scene he couldn't let go of it. Makes you wonder...
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George Lucas has done a LOT for filmmaking since 1971. More than any other single individual, which would be tough to argue. He is the executive that started ILM which obviously pioneered CGI in a big way, and started THX and Skywalker Sound which has obviously made movies sound incredible, and he was a big proponent of Non-Linear Editing which obviously has revolutionized post-production. But, as a filmmaker(which means Director to me) he has only done the prequel's since 1977. You wrote: "the Prequel Trilogy sux?" Yes, yes it does.
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Mar 19, 2005 6:44:11 PM CST
Do you know where to get a hold of the Original Trilogy Laserdis
by sithlord_999
I do. Sithlord999@yahoo.com
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George just wants to use todays 3D technology to acheive his original vision.Again.http://www.snopes.com/movies/films/c3po.htm.Visionary I tell you.3-D is ok I suppose,I'll wait for the Strange Days recorded memory clip (Chewbacca edition).
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Mar 20, 2005 10:13:20 AM CST
Randal Kleiser also directed Grease, Honey I Blew Up The Kid, an
by matthooper8
Most real film fans should know him.
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I guess he's ressurected his notion of doing a follow-up trilogy to the original trilogy, in which the Dark Side of the Force is vanquished forever. Oh, thrill. So pretty everything that happened in the novels including the New Jedi Order series with the Yuuzhan Vong invasion will be thrown out the window completely. What an asshole. And just having read the tentative plot synopses for the next three movies, all I have to say is, I'm through with Star Wars. Now I know why so many sci-fans can't stand this guy.
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Mar 20, 2005 10:08:19 PM CST
U don't know the power of of 3-D...it is useless 2 resist
by spacehunter3-d
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I don't know what bullshiat fanboy site you've been reading but Lucas said exactly one week ago on 60 Miuntes that there will be no sequel trilogy and he won't let anyone else make it.
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Nevermind.
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Having Star Wars in 3D would be amazing, until the moment fucking JarJar comes on screen. With the annoying shit now appearing to come right out of the screen people all over the world millions of people would give into their long surpressed urge to punch the little bastard... ending up hitting the person sitting in front of them in the back of the head! Riots will break out, blood will flow like wine and George Lucus will be held accountable.
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Yes, you are right it could have POSSIBLY been the greatest film series in history; except for Lucas dropping the ball in every movie after Empire. The "Luke" warm job of writing in ROTJ (It was a God damn muppet movie!) and the less than steller writing and acting in the Star Bores PM and AOTC. Let's face ROTJ was just a retread of ANH. Instead of the Cantina scene we have Jabbas' throne room. Instead of Vader and Obi sword fight we get Luke and Vader. A new death star, but same old let's blow it up in the nick of time while a battle is going on. The first two prequels--watchable, but the equivalent of fast food. In fact the whole Star Bores thing has turned into the equivalent of the menu at Taco Bell. No matter what you order it is the same five ingredients mixed up in a different way. Space Battle, Hokey dialogue, light sabre battle, land battle, muppet aliens. Come on, admit it you know it to be true! By the way, B.NyeTheUruk-Hai, the sky is true blue here, it's very clear but still one needs to open one's eyes to the reality. Let's twist again, like we de that summer . . .
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Hahahahahahahahahah! Oh wait let me get my composure. Hmmmmm, hahahah! Oh shit! Star Bores! Do you see what he did with that? The film series is called Star Wars but he called it Star BORES, which rhymes! Holy shit!! HAHAHAHAAHHAHAH *falls on the floor* Oh God stop, my sides!! Twat.
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Mar 21, 2005 10:15:23 PM CST
...AND he called it a Muppet movie, because he just watched Cler
by i dunno
....the post works on so many levels! Cunt.
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Your post certainly refuted the points that I made. Took them apart one by one. I am humbled.
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Crazy like a 3-D money counting Fox!
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