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PostSubject: You think 3D is a cheap and pointless gimmick?   You think 3D is a cheap and pointless gimmick? EmptyMon Sep 05, 2011 1:15 am

Oh man...


Has anyone else here had the displeasure of watching a film in one of these fucking seats?
You think 3D is a cheap and pointless gimmick? DBoxMotionSeats

I have. Twice. It's distracting, nauseating, and overpriced ($8 extra on top of the normal ticket price).
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PostSubject: Re: You think 3D is a cheap and pointless gimmick?   You think 3D is a cheap and pointless gimmick? EmptyMon Sep 05, 2011 9:06 pm

I actually don't think 3D is a cheap and pointless gimmick. I think it's an expensive, pointless, and not nearly gimmicky enough. I've heard of those chairs, but never got to try it. Sounds kind of fun if used for the right movie; Death Proof with moving seats for the car chases would be pretty cool, but I don't want to feel the vibrations of, say, Tiberius's grotto.
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PostSubject: Re: You think 3D is a cheap and pointless gimmick?   You think 3D is a cheap and pointless gimmick? EmptyMon Sep 05, 2011 9:25 pm

Motion seats? Sounds like a good way to get a return visit from any popcorn or snacks you may have eaten while watching the movie...
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PostSubject: Re: You think 3D is a cheap and pointless gimmick?   You think 3D is a cheap and pointless gimmick? EmptyMon Sep 26, 2011 3:48 am

They're building a new theater in my town, and one of the things they're advertising is special theaters with those seats. So I guess I'll learn about them soon enough.
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PostSubject: Re: You think 3D is a cheap and pointless gimmick?   You think 3D is a cheap and pointless gimmick? EmptyMon Sep 26, 2011 4:31 am

You mean for full length movies? I've only seen them for 5 minute rides at the Zoo.
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PostSubject: Re: You think 3D is a cheap and pointless gimmick?   You think 3D is a cheap and pointless gimmick? EmptyMon Sep 26, 2011 4:47 am

If a movie can't catch your attention by its telling of a story any technical gimmick is like a cheap refund. A movie that is really good gets disturbed by any additional "help". At least this is the way I feel. 3D is still too bad. If it would become better it just gets more distracting. If I'd be a gifted director of photography and 3D became the dominant way of shooting films I would hang myself.
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PostSubject: Re: You think 3D is a cheap and pointless gimmick?   You think 3D is a cheap and pointless gimmick? EmptyMon Sep 26, 2011 5:02 am

Oh by the way, one of the theaters in my area has these motion-seats already for about 10 years or so. I think it's the same kind of thing. The movies cost about half as much as a real movie but last only about 6 to 15 minutes. It's fun but nothing I'm looking for when I want to see a movie. Actually after 3 visits or so, the last one years ago, I never felt the urge to do it again. It belongs to funfairs.
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PostSubject: Re: You think 3D is a cheap and pointless gimmick?   You think 3D is a cheap and pointless gimmick? EmptySun Nov 06, 2011 11:00 pm

Cheap? Nah, it costs a LOT to film in 3D. It's not nearly as difficult as it used to be, but it's still expensive, so it least it defeats the cheap definition in that aspect. Pointless? I am afraid not. The point of 3D is to milk more money out of the audience, because last time I looked at ticket prices, 3D ticket prices cost about 4 dollars more than regular matinee showings at the same time. So unfortunately from a cold business standpoint, 3D is neither cheap nor pointless.
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PostSubject: Re: You think 3D is a cheap and pointless gimmick?   You think 3D is a cheap and pointless gimmick? EmptyTue Dec 13, 2011 11:21 am

I have to pay $3.00 extra just to see a movie in 3D.
It's just a scam for hollywood to earn more money for their movies.
This is the strategy that turn "Avatar" into a $700 million blockbuster.
If there was no 3D today, "Titanic" would've been still on top.
Now George Lucus is doing the same shit with "Phantom Menace"!
And lord know that I don't want to be willingly entertained by a three-dimensional Jar Jar Binks!
WHAT THE FUCK, LUCAS?????????????
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PostSubject: Re: You think 3D is a cheap and pointless gimmick?   You think 3D is a cheap and pointless gimmick? EmptyMon Mar 05, 2012 2:58 am

I'm sure he meant cheap as in emotionally cheap in terms of character development and general screenwriting. and Yes, I do think it's cheap and pointless.
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PostSubject: Re: You think 3D is a cheap and pointless gimmick?   You think 3D is a cheap and pointless gimmick? EmptyMon Mar 05, 2012 7:57 am

Otaku4Life wrote:
WHAT THE FUCK, LUCAS?????????????
You will never love anything as much as this man hates his fans.
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PostSubject: Re: You think 3D is a cheap and pointless gimmick?   You think 3D is a cheap and pointless gimmick? EmptyTue Mar 06, 2012 4:35 am

lol!


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PostSubject: Re: You think 3D is a cheap and pointless gimmick?   You think 3D is a cheap and pointless gimmick? EmptyTue Mar 06, 2012 4:39 am

The Dude wrote:
Otaku4Life wrote:
WHAT THE FUCK, LUCAS?????????????
You will never love anything as much as this man hates his fans.

Ever since George Lucas announced that there will be no more follow-ups to "Return of the Jedi" after years of hearing negitive comments about the prequels from fans & critics, my hard-core fandom, devotion and dedication to him and his work is officially GONE now.

Thanks George!


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Otaku4Life wrote:
The Dude wrote:
Otaku4Life wrote:
WHAT THE FUCK, LUCAS?????????????
You will never love anything as much as this man hates his fans.

Ever since George Lucas announced that there will be no more follow-ups to "Return of the Jedi" after years of hearing negitive comments about the prequels from fans & critics, my hard-core fandom, devotion and dedication to him and his work are officially GONE now.

Thanks George!
You're a trooper fr holding out as long as you did.
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PostSubject: Re: You think 3D is a cheap and pointless gimmick?   You think 3D is a cheap and pointless gimmick? EmptyFri Mar 16, 2012 8:35 am

Those seats sound overall annoying, unless they happen to violently wake up someone who was falling asleep or throw off one of those cell phone addicted teenagers. But then, I generally think 3D is annoying in the first place, and that it's a pretty transparent attempt to renew market interest in the cinemas.

Maybe if they wrote decent movies for a change-- wait, that's a little too hard, isn't it?
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PostSubject: Re: You think 3D is a cheap and pointless gimmick?   You think 3D is a cheap and pointless gimmick? EmptySat May 05, 2012 12:19 pm

Rumble Seats? Way to jump on the bandwagon more than a decade after Nintendo and Sony.
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PostSubject: Re: You think 3D is a cheap and pointless gimmick?   You think 3D is a cheap and pointless gimmick? EmptyTue May 08, 2012 2:46 am

The only way I'll be watching the Phantom Menace in 3d is in one of these beasts:

You think 3D is a cheap and pointless gimmick? Electric-chair

If the film movie doesn't kill you, then the chair certainly will. Ride the lightning!
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PostSubject: Re: You think 3D is a cheap and pointless gimmick?   You think 3D is a cheap and pointless gimmick? EmptyThu Jun 14, 2012 7:11 am

Early 3D is a gimmick.

I used to think that current 3D was gimmicky but I'm starting to see the value in some use cases. For example: I found Hugo to look amazing in 3D. I'm wasn't impressed by the things that jump out, but rather the level of depth it gives when the film is trying to pull you into the world.

In Hugo, having the camera zooming into the crowds of people or looking down long hallways inside the clock works gave me such an extra level of detail. I hadn't been this interested in scenery since watching Days of Heaven.

Now, 3D done wrong... I can't stand watching 3D on a 35mm screen. The last film I watched like that was Clash of the Titans. It was so dark I couldn't see shit, and I walked out of the theater with a bloody head-ache. The only way I can avoid suffering though another eyesore like that is by watching on my 3D TV set, or going to a 70mm iMAX.
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