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Though, if we're to quote the Times, this review[1] of Gone with the Wind is also notable vis-a-vis contemporaneous attitudes towards new media: > we still fee

by muglug 11y ago

Though, if we're to quote the Times, this review[1] of Gone with the Wind is also notable vis-a-vis contemporaneous attitudes towards new media: > we still feel that color is hard on the eyes for so long a picture [1] http://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9807E2DA153EE432A25753C2A9649D946894D6CF http://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9807E2DA153EE432A257...

MattHeard 11y ago
To be honest, it _was_ a long picture.
6stringmerc 11y ago
Well I think the reference you're citing is more about the length of the film - 3 hours and 45 minutes - moreso than the fact that it's in Technicolor. A closer parallel would be comparing Gone With the Wind to a Michael Bay Transformers film, in that almost 3 hours of cinema is typically hard on the viewer, and moreso when there are tons of visual explosions and loud sounds that wear down on an audience. I love THX theater sound. SDDS. All of them. However, those tools can be very much abused by certain practitioners, and that's not the tech's fault. Basically I think that improvements are welcomed but gimmicks never last. Is VR a new gimmick in the grand context of entertainment? We're about to find out it seems.
- muglug 11y ago
  > Well I think the reference you're citing is more about the length of the film - 3 hours and 45 minutes - moreso than the fact that it's in Technicolor. It's both – if the film had been in black and white, the comment would not have been made, nor if the Technicolor portion of the film were shorter (e.g. in The Wizard of Oz, which the reviewer had seen some months prior).
  - 6stringmerc 11y ago
    Okay I mean I follow your assertion, but I don't ascribe that much weight to the mention of color versus the context of the length of the picture. One thing this discussion does bring up though is that if VR can only be worn comfortably for 20-40 minutes, will it have a viable mainstream future?
    - muglug 11y ago
      I'm fairly confident that the VR headsets of today are equivalent to the bulky brick-size cellphones of yesteryear – the utility they provide to the early adopters is more than enough to offset their cumbersome nature right now, but in 10 years' time everyone will want one, and they'll be priced much more competitively.
      - 6stringmerc 11y ago
        ...or the production quality might degrade to the point of bursting into flames, like those $XXX self-powered scooter boards, which dampens the appeal.

by muglug 11y ago

MattHeard 11y ago

To be honest, it _was_ a long picture.

6stringmerc 11y ago

Well I think the reference you're citing is more about the length of the film - 3 hours and 45 minutes - moreso than the fact that it's in Technicolor. A closer parallel would be comparing Gone With the Wind to a Michael Bay Transformers film, in that almost 3 hours of cinema is typically hard on the viewer, and moreso when there are tons of visual explosions and loud sounds that wear down on an audience. I love THX theater sound. SDDS. All of them. However, those tools can be very much abused by certain practitioners, and that's not the tech's fault. Basically I think that improvements are welcomed but gimmicks never last. Is VR a new gimmick in the grand context of entertainment? We're about to find out it seems.

muglug 11y ago
> Well I think the reference you're citing is more about the length of the film - 3 hours and 45 minutes - moreso than the fact that it's in Technicolor. It's both – if the film had been in black and white, the comment would not have been made, nor if the Technicolor portion of the film were shorter (e.g. in The Wizard of Oz, which the reviewer had seen some months prior).
- 6stringmerc 11y ago
  Okay I mean I follow your assertion, but I don't ascribe that much weight to the mention of color versus the context of the length of the picture. One thing this discussion does bring up though is that if VR can only be worn comfortably for 20-40 minutes, will it have a viable mainstream future?
  - muglug 11y ago
    I'm fairly confident that the VR headsets of today are equivalent to the bulky brick-size cellphones of yesteryear – the utility they provide to the early adopters is more than enough to offset their cumbersome nature right now, but in 10 years' time everyone will want one, and they'll be priced much more competitively.
    - 6stringmerc 11y ago
      ...or the production quality might degrade to the point of bursting into flames, like those $XXX self-powered scooter boards, which dampens the appeal.