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Stuart G
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Thu Apr-29-10 05:02 PM Original message |
"Why I Hate 3D and You Should Too" Roger Ebert |
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Oregone
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Thu Apr-29-10 05:04 PM Response to Original message |
1. I gotta agree |
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Tesha
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Thu Apr-29-10 05:39 PM Response to Reply #1 |
31. Actually, for sports, porn, and videogames, it'll probably be wildly successful. |
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paulsby
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Thu Apr-29-10 05:06 PM Response to Original message |
2. he sounds like a luddite bemoaning the advent of color, or sound |
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ChairmanAgnostic
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Thu Apr-29-10 05:14 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. He has a point. |
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Captain Hilts
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Thu Apr-29-10 05:15 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. That's what's happened to 'popular' music. Tech-generated beats and auto tuned shlock. nt |
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ChairmanAgnostic
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Thu Apr-29-10 05:17 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. and thereby rendering it unlistenable. |
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paulsby
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Thu Apr-29-10 05:19 PM Response to Reply #7 |
15. and EVERY generation bemoans the new generations music this way |
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Captain Hilts
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Thu Apr-29-10 05:23 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. I certainly did not condemn a "generation" of music. I think a lot of it is good, but |
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paulsby
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Thu Apr-29-10 05:46 PM Response to Reply #20 |
34. the same complaints were made about reverb |
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Wednesdays
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Fri Apr-30-10 02:05 PM Response to Reply #20 |
62. New technology...opening the doors to horrible music... |
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paulsby
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Thu Apr-29-10 05:17 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. i have no doubt |
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Wednesdays
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Fri Apr-30-10 02:09 PM Response to Reply #12 |
63. IIRC, Schindler's List was B&W, wasn't it? |
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Aviation Pro
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Fri Apr-30-10 10:01 AM Response to Reply #5 |
51. Or any Tarantino movie.... |
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paulsby
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Fri Apr-30-10 11:29 AM Response to Reply #51 |
55. tarantino is a mixed blessing |
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Cant trust em
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Thu Apr-29-10 05:17 PM Response to Reply #2 |
13. Great visuals can't save a mediocre story. That's my opinion of Avatar. |
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sweetloukillbot
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Thu Apr-29-10 06:40 PM Response to Reply #13 |
36. Pity he didn't listen to himself with eps. 1-3 n/t |
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paulsby
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Fri Apr-30-10 12:30 PM Response to Reply #36 |
58. not to mention his rape of indiana jones |
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paulsby
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Fri Apr-30-10 12:30 PM Response to Reply #13 |
57. i can agree |
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Warpy
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Thu Apr-29-10 05:19 PM Response to Reply #2 |
16. Something was lost with the addition of sound and something else with color |
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BlancheSplanchnik
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Fri Apr-30-10 08:57 AM Response to Reply #2 |
47. I know you have a good point there, but remember, when it's a question of quality or schlock, |
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depakid
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Thu Apr-29-10 05:11 PM Response to Original message |
3. Defintiely hard on the eyes |
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abelenkpe
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Thu Apr-29-10 05:13 PM Response to Original message |
4. There are going to be tons of 3D movies |
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Stuart G
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Thu Apr-29-10 05:17 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. I saw that Avatar has a 3D version on DVD coming out next year.. |
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abelenkpe
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Thu Apr-29-10 05:23 PM Response to Reply #9 |
19. Well |
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donco6
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Thu Apr-29-10 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
6. I thought Avatar was great in 3D. |
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Stuart G
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Thu Apr-29-10 05:18 PM Response to Reply #6 |
14. In Imax it was really something. That will be the exception rather than the rule. |
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Cant trust em
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Thu Apr-29-10 05:23 PM Response to Reply #14 |
21. I saw it in 3-D, but a regular theatre (not IMAX) |
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abelenkpe
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Thu Apr-29-10 05:24 PM Response to Reply #6 |
22. How To Train Your Dragon |
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donco6
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Fri Apr-30-10 10:36 AM Response to Reply #22 |
53. Haven't seen it yet, but heard good things. |
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Sentath
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Fri Apr-30-10 03:07 PM Response to Reply #53 |
66. Add me to the list |
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elocs
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Thu Apr-29-10 05:15 PM Response to Original message |
8. Well, good luck with that attitude because nothing succeeds like success. |
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abelenkpe
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Thu Apr-29-10 05:17 PM Response to Original message |
11. O and |
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eyewall
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Thu Apr-29-10 05:20 PM Response to Original message |
17. It's euphemistically called progress |
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Stuart G
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Thu Apr-29-10 05:22 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Very well said..Can someone tell me why records are making |
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Cant trust em
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Thu Apr-29-10 05:24 PM Response to Reply #18 |
24. I think it's a back to basics movement by enthusiasts. |
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Warren Stupidity
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Fri Apr-30-10 12:33 PM Response to Reply #18 |
59. where 'comeback' is an increase from zero to slightly more than zero? |
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kenny blankenship
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Thu Apr-29-10 05:24 PM Response to Original message |
23. I prefer black and white |
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Cant trust em
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Thu Apr-29-10 05:26 PM Response to Original message |
25. Most 3D just looks mediocre and gimmicky. |
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Stuart G
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Thu Apr-29-10 05:28 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. If you think that this is gimmicky..well those of us who saw it in the 50s |
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Cant trust em
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Thu Apr-29-10 05:31 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Yeah, but your pop music was a lot better then. nt |
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eShirl
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Thu Apr-29-10 05:38 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. ha - our little local movie house showed "Polyester" in Smellovision (early 80s) |
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snort
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Fri Apr-30-10 10:31 AM Response to Reply #30 |
52. Would that have been at the CHARLES? |
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eShirl
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Thu Apr-29-10 05:36 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. +1 |
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SocialistLez
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Thu Apr-29-10 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
27. I could care less about 3d |
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The River
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Thu Apr-29-10 05:44 PM Response to Original message |
32. I'll Wait Until "Feelies" Are Available |
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flamingdem
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Fri Apr-30-10 01:13 AM Response to Reply #32 |
46. Believe me it's almost here, gestural interfaces nt |
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LaPera
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Thu Apr-29-10 05:45 PM Response to Original message |
33. I agree with Roger....and my opinion; 3D fucking sucks!! |
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Jefferson23
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Thu Apr-29-10 06:20 PM Response to Original message |
35. I'm glad Ebert is doing well enough to write, hang in there! n/t |
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Pubslayer
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Thu Apr-29-10 07:08 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. here to stay |
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Jefferson23
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Thu Apr-29-10 07:13 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. Welcome to DU Pubslayer. |
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2Design
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Thu Apr-29-10 08:22 PM Response to Original message |
39. I avoid 3D - don't like things jumping out at me and certainly won't |
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JenniferJuniper
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Thu Apr-29-10 09:38 PM Response to Original message |
40. A few months ago, I'd have completely agreed. Then I saw Avatar. |
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flamingdem
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Fri Apr-30-10 01:12 AM Response to Reply #40 |
45. Hollywood has to make its buck, adolescents spend the most nt |
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IndianaGreen
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Thu Apr-29-10 09:53 PM Response to Original message |
41. Sorry, Roger, I totally disagree with you, just as I did on your review of Kick Ass |
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tucsonlib
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Thu Apr-29-10 10:53 PM Response to Original message |
42. 3D Is To Film........ |
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Tutankhamun
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Fri Apr-30-10 12:05 AM Response to Original message |
43. Although I've always liked 3-D, I think Ebert's right. |
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flamingdem
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Fri Apr-30-10 01:11 AM Response to Original message |
44. He is being silly, it's just one of the many new technologies we'll take for granted soon nt |
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jeremyfive
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Fri Apr-30-10 09:17 AM Response to Original message |
48. Don't Dis' Steve-O's You Know What |
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gtar100
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Fri Apr-30-10 09:30 AM Response to Original message |
49. I disagree. I like and have enjoyed it in the movies I've seen with it. |
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Flipper999
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Fri Apr-30-10 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
50. Ebert follows this article up with this statement: "You kids get off my lawn!" |
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mimitabby
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Fri Apr-30-10 10:42 AM Response to Original message |
54. one eyed |
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Kablooie
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Fri Apr-30-10 12:24 PM Response to Original message |
56. Occasionally a movie benefits from it i.e. Polar Express, because it's a thrill ride not a story. |
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Warren Stupidity
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Fri Apr-30-10 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
60. 3D HD sports will end this debate. |
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sui generis
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Fri Apr-30-10 12:51 PM Response to Original message |
61. eh, what's all this about sax and violins on tee vee? |
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donco6
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Fri Apr-30-10 03:31 PM Response to Reply #61 |
67. As long as it's not gratuitous sax and senseless violins. |
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freesqueeze
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Fri Apr-30-10 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
64. "grown-up films of any seriousness" |
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Wednesdays
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Fri Apr-30-10 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
65. 3D is okay as a format, but it needs to mature |
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Blue_Tires
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Fri Apr-30-10 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
68. He should write one on "Why I Hate CGI Overkill" |
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swilton
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Fri Apr-30-10 04:04 PM Response to Original message |
69. Technology Trumps Substance |
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customerserviceguy
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Fri Apr-30-10 05:24 PM Response to Original message |
70. Roger's grandfather |
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