"Why Are All Movies Getting A 3D Remake?" or "How Many Times Can We Watch Titanic?"

[Seil]

I'm somewhat upset because I missed my chance to see The Lion King in 3-D. I had school and everything... but I did go see Tintin recently. (It's pretty great.) However, there were a few movie posters on the wall that greatly disturbed me at the theater.

Titanic 3-D and Beauty And The Beast 3-D and Star Wars I 3-D and oh gods why are all of these being remade, or remastered or whatever?

Titanic and Phantom Menace were alright, I guess, but what merits them being redone?

I'd rather go see the newer 3-D movies like Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter or the new Underworld or The Hobbit or wait, are they remaking the original Halloween? 'Cause I could stomach the idea of an old Star Wars 3D and Titanic 3D if we get a 3D Halloween.

[CelesJessa]

Because they like money.

[Seil]

[Amake]

I already wear glasses, so 3D to me is an extremely distracting gimmick. It works for movies that have no story to speak of and just are there to offer a particularly well-thought out visual experience, but otherwise it's the opposite of what I want to pay extra for. It's not like it automatically adds to the visuals like you'd expect maybe works in a special effects feast like Star Wars; at best it creates a whole new visual language that when you plan a movie around it can be very interesting, but when you throw 3D onto a movie that was made without any such considerations before the technology even existed I expect it will just fall flat. So to speak.

[The Artist Formerly Known as Hawk]

Welcome to Gimmickland, 2012!

After seeing a handful of films in 3d, me and my friends who I usually go to the cinema with have finally decided not to bother with any more 3d films ever again. They don't add anything to the experiance, they cost too much, and I honestly find myself not even noticing the 3d about half way through the movie, after finding it jarring and wierd to look at for the first half.

Fuck 3d!

[Osterbaum]

Fuck the 3D fad. It's the dumbest thing ever.

[Aerozord]

3D isn't just a fad, its a recuring one all the way back to the 50s. I bet you, the 3D effect, is probably just layers of 2D images

[stefan]

The trailers for these 3D remakes all showed before tintin.

they were excruciatingly painful to watch. Not even exaggerating, I nearly walked out of the theater because the trailers made me feel like I was getting stabbed in the eyes. (thankfully the 3D in tintin was far better done.)

post-process 3D doesn't fucking work. It looks fake and induces extreme eye strain.

[CelesJessa]

Originally Posted by Aerozord

3D isn't just a fad, its a recuring one all the way back to the 50s. I bet you, the 3D effect, is probably just layers of 2D images

Probably, if it's "fake" 3D, which is what they do post-production, like with all of these remakes. Movies like Avatar were shot using actual stereo cameras (or digital representations of them for the CG) which I understand makes a more realistic effect rather than just the whole "cutout on top of cutout" effect.

I wouldn't know personally. I can't see in 3D. Screw 3D.

[Krylo]

Originally Posted by CelesJessa

Screw 3D.