Is 3D Entertainment Outdated?

28 Feb 2018

Is 3D Entertainment Outdated?

We've all been guilty of it at one point or another: buying a movie ticket for the latest 3D revelation (Avatar being a notable example), putting on those funny glasses, and reveling in childish amazement where having an alien spitting right at us suddenly became the most magnificent thing ever. As most things in life though, the magic hardly ever persists for more than a few sparse reiterations (coating my girlfriend with cum being a noteworthy exception to that rule).

Since the last few years, studios are investing less and less efforts into 3D effects (the majority are now post-processed gimmicks added after production), movie theaters are finding it increasingly difficult to justify the extra-fee of 3D admittances, people in general perceive 3D movies as an unwanted annoyance quite a lot more than the irresistible thrill that it was a decade ago. And whereas 3D TVs were the new big thing of 2010, most manufacturers completely discontinued their production in less than 5 years of unsatisfying demand.

What's your own perspective about 3D entertainment? Is it still something you occasionally get a kick out of?

Do you believe that technological breakthroughs could potentially give it a new breath, or is it already a definitive thing of the past?

Thanks for sharing!

28 Feb 2018

It's annoying.

28 Feb 2018

I've never come away from a 3D movie thinking that I'm really glad to have had the 3D experience instead of the traditional 2D experience, or that it was worth the extra $5-7 for the glasses.

Don't believe everything that you read.

28 Feb 2018

I actually couldn't see 3D - ever in my life - until I went to the most recent Star Wars movie . . . they had different glasses that didn't rely on the traditional method of filtering and it actually worked for me.

If 3D tech was something that actually engaged me all this time I might have found it worth the extra.

however - I'm just just a single person nobbing off to the movies alone. I take my whole family (6 of us in total). Tickets for adults are over $15.00 . . . So for all of us a trip to the theater for a 2 hour movie runs over $100.00.

Honestly? It's not worth that - it's not even worth HALF that, in my opinion. However cool it was to see 3D for the first time in my life, I just don't enjoy the theater experience (the people - the lines - the endless coughing and inability to pause to go to the bathroom).

Movie theaters in general AREN'T novel or exciting no matter what gimmick they throw out there.

28 Feb 2018

Quote by SereneProdigy

What's your own perspective about 3D entertainment? Is it still something you occasionally get a kick out of?

Never been a fan. Too often used as a substitute for good film-making. Even Avatar was mostly about visuals and world-building, though it used 3D more effectively than almost every other 3D movie I've seen so it is the exception to some degree. However, the plot was cliched and creaky and, save for Sigourney Weaver, I really wasn't that enthused about the characters or acting, so I largely just sat back and drank up the world. That world with a better script could be the ultimate fantasy movie. As it is, it's a miss but a closer one than most.

That said, 3D's day would be numbered even if it worked well and was used wisely. As VR gets better and more accessible, it will provide a much more immersive experience than 3D ever could.

28 Feb 2018

I only have one eye so I literally can't watch 3-D movies.

It's annoying if I want to see a movie and the theater is only showing it in 3-D. But I generally don't really enjoy going to theaters in the first place.

I honestly haven't heard anyone in the last decade say anything positive about 3-D movies.

1 Mar 2018

I actually asked this question because I recently inherited a 3D TV; my father bought himself a new 4K TV before Christmas and generously gave me his old one. The funny thing is that I replaced it with my previous TV mostly because it's bigger and has more features, however I can't say that I give much of a flying fuck about the whole 3D aspect. My father also offered to give me nearly a hundred of 3D movies (because he obviously won't be needing them anymore), but I only picked around 25 of them. That's right, aside from not being a particularly huge fan of 3D to begin with, it just so happens that movies that are typically available in 3D tend to be the kind that I appreciate the least (ie. superhero movies or similar crap).

Honestly, I only rewatched Mad Max: Fury Road by myself and Finding Nemo with my girlfriend since I swapped TVs, and I really wouldn't be surprised if those are the only two movies that I'll ever watch in 3D on that television. The other movies that I inherited still kinda suck (eg. Jurassic World) and I definitely won't be buying 3D movies myself either (I rarely see the point of buying movies in the first place, aside from live music performances which I have plenty of).

Now I also bought a computer a short while ago which I plugged directly into my TV (very convenient to watch my porn collection on a 55" screen, mwahaha). And I downloaded a trial version of TriDef 3D, which essentially converts regular video games into 3D. Was it any good? Well yes, I must admit that it was actually pretty fucking impressive. As opposed to 3D movies that generally only split what's on the screen into two or three 3D planes, video games enhanced by TriDef present a real 3D experience where absolutely everything benefits from a depth perspective. Even my girlfriend who usually doesn't give much of a fuck about video games was quite astonished when she witnessed Batman gliding in Arkham Knight with 3D glasses on:

Would I buy the full version of TriDef 3D for $40 and constantly play games in 3D though? Fuck no, for one main reason: 3D crosstalk (also known as ghosting). In simple terms, crosstalk happens whenever what's supposed to be perceived by one eye still finds its way through the opposite lens, which creates this unpleasant visual artifact:

My own 3D TV is actually pretty good at reducing crosstalk, but LED TVs being notorious for not being the most efficient at rapidly switching images, a minimal amount of ghosting is still bound to happen. It's perfectly acceptable when I'm watching movies, however video games often having a lot of tiny details and a lot of text menus, the few games that I've tried on my TV invariably gave me a headache after about 15 minutes. So yeah, until TV manufacturers find a way to perfectly limit 3D crosstalk (which I doubt will ever happen), even breathtaking video games remain a short-lived gimmick which aren't realistically playable in 3D.

1 Mar 2018

Quote by Magical_felix
It's annoying.

I've only seen two 3-D movies that I thought enhanced the experience: Avatar and Coraline. Otherwise, Magical Felix is right (a phrase I thought I'd never utter): it's annoying.