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It’s honestly just more trouble than it’s worth. I have a 3D TV (by relative accident) and I’ve never used the 3D functionality. Even going to the movie theater

It’s honestly just more trouble than it’s worth. I have a 3D TV (by relative accident) and I’ve never used the 3D functionality. Even going to the movie theater it was honestly never a big draw once I got over the novelty of it, which happened approximately 2/3 of the way through Avatar. That was almost the only content that was ever specifically made for the 3D format—a quickly forgotten, crappy science fiction movie that wasn’t even that much better in 3D compared to 2D. VR might be another story, since VR content has a much more convincing 3D effect. But that entails pretty fundamental changes to cinematography, and requires the viewer to wear a massive headset that blocks out the real world; having some friends over for a movie night is virtually impossible.

piotrkaminski 6y ago
> Avatar [...] —a quickly forgotten, crappy science fiction movie I mean, you're not wrong, but I think it's fair to note that yours is not a popular opinion [0]. :D [0] https://www.bbc.com/news/business-56397511 https://www.bbc.com/news/business-56397511
- philwelch 6y ago
  I saw it in theaters because it was advertised to be the best use of the new and improved 3D film technology at the time, so I was part of that high box office gross. Despite the strong positive reception at the time, though, the movie didn’t really seem to achieve a lasting legacy.
  - ghaff 6y ago
    It was an outstanding technical achievement for the time. And enjoyable enough. But it really wasn't a great movie.
  - slavik81 6y ago
    Avatar 2 is scheduled for next year, and there's a movie every second year until 2028.
    - Andrew_nenakhov 6y ago
      It's been 'scheduled for next year' for almost a decade now. ...
      - slavik81 6y ago
        It doesn't sound like they really started until 2017, but the movie appears to be in post-production. I think the delay from 2021 to 2022 was about finding a good release window.
    - widforss 6y ago
      How are they going to sell tickets to a sequel to a movie nobody remembers anything about except "blue creatures"? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxp1IBK1OPI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxp1IBK1OPI
      - colinmhayes 6y ago
        They just made king kong vs godzilla. Plot doesn't matter in action movies.
        dalmo3 6y ago
        Spoiler: King Kong outlives Godzilla.
- JKCalhoun 6y ago
  Hmmm, highest grossing film. Crappy, quickly forgotten. That everything above is true I can easily hold in my mind.
  - b0tzzzzzzman 6y ago
    Only movie I saw that was good in 3D Imax.. Yeah. Not the business at home model of today, but worth something at the time.
    - condemil 6y ago
      Resident Evil: Afterlife was good in 3D, cannot tell the same about other 3D movies though.
- rkuykendall-com 6y ago
  Your comment about box office revenue is not related to their comment about the film's quality or staying power in the popular consciousness.
m12k 6y ago
As someone who had had a surround sound setup, but then not even bothered to set it up after moving, it was pretty obvious to me even back then that 3D TV was in the same category of "technically better but practically pointless" for the vast majority of movies, which people would forget about as soon as the ads for it stopped.
libraryatnight 6y ago
Avatar never impressed me with 3D. Honestly I don't think any 3D has "wowed" me since Captain EO at Disneyland ;)
whywhywhywhy 6y ago
VR movie watching is surprisingly good, works well with the few 3D movies that exist too because it can just send a different frame to each eye rather. Definitely can lose yourself in the film in the same way you do at the cinema. Check out Big Screen too, lets you watch movies together with people in the same virtual space, might not be great for an IRL movie night but its great for a remote one.
- philwelch 6y ago
  > Check out Big Screen too, lets you watch movies together with people in the same virtual space, might not be great for an IRL movie night but its great for a remote one. I’ve had enough of that remote shit over the past year and I don’t think I’m the only one.
  - whywhywhywhy 6y ago
    Same sick to death of it, but thought I'd mention it because I know some people are still fine with it.
ghaff 6y ago
Yeah, I was buying a TV at the time and got one that supported 3D. I have maybe a half-dozen 3D movies and I'll pull one out once a year or so. Gravity is probably the best example of using 3D.

piotrkaminski 6y ago

> Avatar [...] —a quickly forgotten, crappy science fiction movie I mean, you're not wrong, but I think it's fair to note that yours is not a popular opinion [0]. :D [0] https://www.bbc.com/news/business-56397511 https://www.bbc.com/news/business-56397511

philwelch 6y ago
I saw it in theaters because it was advertised to be the best use of the new and improved 3D film technology at the time, so I was part of that high box office gross. Despite the strong positive reception at the time, though, the movie didn’t really seem to achieve a lasting legacy.
- ghaff 6y ago
  It was an outstanding technical achievement for the time. And enjoyable enough. But it really wasn't a great movie.
- slavik81 6y ago
  Avatar 2 is scheduled for next year, and there's a movie every second year until 2028.
  - Andrew_nenakhov 6y ago
    It's been 'scheduled for next year' for almost a decade now. ...
    - slavik81 6y ago
      It doesn't sound like they really started until 2017, but the movie appears to be in post-production. I think the delay from 2021 to 2022 was about finding a good release window.
  - widforss 6y ago
    How are they going to sell tickets to a sequel to a movie nobody remembers anything about except "blue creatures"? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxp1IBK1OPI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxp1IBK1OPI
    - colinmhayes 6y ago
      They just made king kong vs godzilla. Plot doesn't matter in action movies.
      - dalmo3 6y ago
        Spoiler: King Kong outlives Godzilla.
JKCalhoun 6y ago
Hmmm, highest grossing film. Crappy, quickly forgotten. That everything above is true I can easily hold in my mind.
- b0tzzzzzzman 6y ago
  Only movie I saw that was good in 3D Imax.. Yeah. Not the business at home model of today, but worth something at the time.
  - condemil 6y ago
    Resident Evil: Afterlife was good in 3D, cannot tell the same about other 3D movies though.
rkuykendall-com 6y ago
Your comment about box office revenue is not related to their comment about the film's quality or staying power in the popular consciousness.

m12k 6y ago

As someone who had had a surround sound setup, but then not even bothered to set it up after moving, it was pretty obvious to me even back then that 3D TV was in the same category of "technically better but practically pointless" for the vast majority of movies, which people would forget about as soon as the ads for it stopped.

libraryatnight 6y ago

Avatar never impressed me with 3D. Honestly I don't think any 3D has "wowed" me since Captain EO at Disneyland ;)

whywhywhywhy 6y ago

VR movie watching is surprisingly good, works well with the few 3D movies that exist too because it can just send a different frame to each eye rather. Definitely can lose yourself in the film in the same way you do at the cinema. Check out Big Screen too, lets you watch movies together with people in the same virtual space, might not be great for an IRL movie night but its great for a remote one.

philwelch 6y ago
> Check out Big Screen too, lets you watch movies together with people in the same virtual space, might not be great for an IRL movie night but its great for a remote one. I’ve had enough of that remote shit over the past year and I don’t think I’m the only one.
- whywhywhywhy 6y ago
  Same sick to death of it, but thought I'd mention it because I know some people are still fine with it.

ghaff 6y ago

Yeah, I was buying a TV at the time and got one that supported 3D. I have maybe a half-dozen 3D movies and I'll pull one out once a year or so. Gravity is probably the best example of using 3D.