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Old 05-11-2022, 12:05 AM   #13
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Originally Posted by Frank Drebin View Post
I mean it was just Dances with Wolves in space but it really was stunning to see in 3D. You "had" to see the Matrix on DVD with all the extras. You "had" to see Planet Earth on Blu-Ray and you "had" to see Avatar in 3d. It didn't disappoint visually.

The unfortunate thing was that because it made a billion dollars, studios just saw the cash grab opportunities and made everything "in 3d" even when it wasn't meant to be. Notice how nothing is in 3d now.

Something tells me this will be considered a success in a post-covid movie world but not to the point where it will start another 3d movie trend.

I'm assuming this is still supposed to be in 3d?
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Originally Posted by Destor View Post
all blockbusters get a 3d release but nothing is shot with it in mind.. this was though yes
Yeah, it was one of the few shot that way to begin with. And the cash-grab thing made it worse because the visual quality was a lot worse in most of the things that tried to retroactively shoehorn 3D into something that was clearly already in the can when they decided to try to make extra money.

Funniest part about it to me was all the outlets and studios that called it a gimmick and doomed to fail trying to jump aboard when the opening weekend numbers came out. It somehow reminded me of when all the music companies were saying how Napster was killing the music industry and the MP3 format was the devil and websites even hosting songs from indy bands with their own music couldn't host files of that type... but then those same companies (Sony in particular, but there were others backing different manufacturers) were simultaneously rushing MP3 players out to market.
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