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Star Wars: The Force Awakens [** SPOILERS FROM POST 4472 ONWARD **]

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    #2732
    .ak
    Registered Users Posts: 30,308 Mod ✭✭✭✭.ak


    I'll be seeing it in 2D anyway.

    Still think 3D is such a distracting gimmick, not sure why it hasn't fizzled out yet.


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    #2733
    robdonn
    Registered Users Posts: 1,107 ✭✭✭robdonn


    .ak wrote: »
    I'll be seeing it in 2D anyway.

    Still think 3D is such a distracting gimmick, not sure why it hasn't fizzled out yet.

    I've heard that Ant-Man is supposed to be very good in 3D, but I think that it is unique.


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    #2734
    Myrddin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 33,733 ✭✭✭✭Myrddin


    2D all the way. Unless a film is purposely shot in 3D, it can feck off, & even then, I'm not inclined to bother these days. Avatar 3D blew me away, but in the six years since, I've not seen anything rival as a demonstration of the tech itself.


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    #2735
    Mickeroo
    Administrators, Computer Games Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 32,241 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Mickeroo


    robdonn wrote: »
    I've heard that Ant-Man is supposed to be very good in 3D, but I think that it is unique.

    I saw it in 3D (only convenient time that day was a 3D showing unfortunately) and it didn't enhance the experience one bit.


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    #2736
    Mitch Connor
    Registered Users Posts: 45,621 ✭✭✭✭Mitch Connor


    Myrddin wrote: »
    2D all the way. Unless a film is purposely shot in 3D, it can feck off, & even then, I'm not inclined to bother these days. Avatar 3D blew me away, but in the six years since, I've not seen anything rival as a demonstration of the tech itself.

    Piranha 3DD was actually one of the best I have seen for display of 3D tech - no joke. Not even talking from a DD persepctive! Was actually just a very good example of depth actually being visually there.


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    #2737
    py2006
    Registered Users Posts: 9,847 ✭✭✭py2006


    I never got the 3D fad. To me the quality of the picture is poor and after 10mins you don't even notice the 3D anymore.

    They try it every few decades and it wears off.


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    #2738
    .ak
    Registered Users Posts: 30,308 Mod ✭✭✭✭.ak


    Mitch Connor wrote: »
    Piranha 3DD was actually one of the best I have seen for display of 3D tech - no joke. Not even talking from a DD persepctive! Was actually just a very good example of depth actually being visually there.

    On a scale of 1 to Luke Wilson, how stoned were you when watching that?


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    #2739
    McLoughlin
    Registered Users Posts: 1,909 ✭✭✭McLoughlin


    Myrddin wrote: »
    2D all the way. Unless a film is purposely shot in 3D, it can feck off, & even then, I'm not inclined to bother these days. Avatar 3D blew me away, but in the six years since, I've not seen anything rival as a demonstration of the tech itself.

    The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet is the best 3D film of the past few years but due to distribution issues it never got screened/released in USA or UK/Ireland.


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    #2740
    Mickeroo
    Administrators, Computer Games Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 32,241 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Mickeroo


    McLoughlin wrote: »
    The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet is the best 3D film of the past few years but due to distribution issues it never got screened/released in USA or UK/Ireland.

    I watched that on Netflix, thought it was great, hadn't realised it was made for 3D at all.


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    #2741
    McLoughlin
    Registered Users Posts: 1,909 ✭✭✭McLoughlin


    Mickeroo wrote: »
    I watched that on Netflix, thought it was great, hadn't realised it was made for 3D at all.

    Filmed in 3D 100% Native 3D.


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    #2742
    Liamario
    Registered Users Posts: 2,094 ✭✭✭Liamario


    Mitch Connor wrote: »
    Not his call anymore.

    Also, wasn't The Phantom Menace released in 3D a couple of years ago.

    It was and it was Lucas's decision to do so. They apparently did it properly though and not some automatic conversion. The sales weren't great though, so the other two prequel movies were never released in 3D- bad enough that the first one was.

    JJ isn't a fan of 3D and I really don't understand why Disney are pushing it again. 3D audience numbers are plummeting- I think people got tired of the gimmick. I don't think 3D movies will take off until they become autosteroscopic and the films are designed around a 3D experience.

    I've seen way too many movies where the 3D was applied afterwards and applied terribly. Action scenes are impossible to watch in these instances.


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    #2743
    Myrddin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 33,733 ✭✭✭✭Myrddin


    Liamario wrote: »
    They apparently did it properly though and not some automatic conversion.

    Even at that, I didn't think it was anything other than a tacked on gimmick. The 3D in TPM wasn't all that impressive tbh


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    #2744
    Liamario
    Registered Users Posts: 2,094 ✭✭✭Liamario


    Myrddin wrote: »
    Even at that, I didn't think it was anything other than a tacked on gimmick. The 3D in TPM wasn't all that impressive tbh

    You actually paid money and saw it in 3D?? What's wrong with you!


    :p


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    #2745
    Myrddin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 33,733 ✭✭✭✭Myrddin


    Liamario wrote: »
    You actually paid money and saw it in 3D?? What's wrong with you!


    :p

    It was a Star Wars film in the cinema, at a time when Star Wars was finished for good...what can I say :o


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    #2746
    robdonn
    Registered Users Posts: 1,107 ✭✭✭robdonn


    Myrddin wrote: »
    It was a Star Wars film in the cinema, at a time when Star Wars was finished for good...what can I say :o

    To be fair, I'd go to a cinema screening of the OT in Mountjoy if they had it.


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    #2747
    Myrddin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 33,733 ✭✭✭✭Myrddin


    robdonn wrote: »
    To be fair, I'd go to a cinema screening of the OT in Mountjoy if they had it.

    Lol, indeed :)


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    #2748
    Roar
    Registered Users Posts: 7,426 ✭✭✭Roar


    The 3D conversion of Clones was finished too, but was pulled when the Disney deal was confirmed.

    Can't help but feel Disney are missing a trick by not re-releasing the original trilogy in the build up to episode 7 - even a limited, one week engagement for each film for the first three weeks in November.


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    #2749
    Sad Professor
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 22,675 CMod ✭✭✭✭Sad Professor


    Roar wrote: »
    Can't help but feel Disney are missing a trick by not re-releasing the original trilogy in the build up to episode 7 - even a limited, one week engagement for each film for the first three weeks in November.

    This would require a deal with Fox who still own the distribution rights.

    In addition to the rights issues, I’d imagine if a re-release happens it will be of the theatrical versions, which could take some time to restore.


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    #2750
    robdonn
    Registered Users Posts: 1,107 ✭✭✭robdonn


    Sad Professor wrote: »
    This would require a deal with Fox who still own the distribution rights.

    In addition to the rights issues, I’d imagine if a re-release happens it will be of the theatrical versions, which could take some time to restore.

    The should just use the Despecialized version.


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    #2751
    Dair76
    Closed Accounts Posts: 937 ✭✭✭Dair76


    Han shot first.


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    #2752
    Kidchameleon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,482 ✭✭✭Kidchameleon


    The emperor is a monkey woman


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    #2753
    Goodshape
    Registered Users Posts: 8,488 ✭✭✭Goodshape


    Liamario wrote: »
    JJ isn't a fan of 3D and I really don't understand why Disney are pushing it again.

    Surely it's to help with the box office numbers. 3D is an couple of coins per bum on seat, "IMAX" is a few more again.

    Even with a Cineworld Unlimited card going to see an "IMAX" 3D film in Dublin costs around €6.50. (Regular screenings are free, which is the point of the unlimited card subscription).


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    #2754
    david75
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 7,611 ✭✭✭david75


    http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/return-of-the-jedi-star-wars-goes-back-to-the-skellig-1.2303382


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    #2755
    david75
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 7,611 ✭✭✭david75


    Never saw these. Deleted scenes from ROTJ
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1qyXxLIXLw&sns=em


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    #2756
    robdonn
    Registered Users Posts: 1,107 ✭✭✭robdonn


    david75 wrote: »
    Never saw these. Deleted scenes from ROTJ
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1qyXxLIXLw&sns=em

    That footage is amazing, but I'm also so glad that they got cut.


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    #2757
    Dair76
    Closed Accounts Posts: 937 ✭✭✭Dair76


    My favourite bit was yet another stormtrooper walking into scenery (5:30).


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    #2758
    faceman
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 16,599 CMod ✭✭✭✭faceman


    david75 wrote: »
    http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/return-of-the-jedi-star-wars-goes-back-to-the-skellig-1.2303382

    Jesus, that's disgusting. I love Star Wars but stories like this leave you with a massive sour taste. Shame on everyone involved.


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    #2759
    Cantona's Collars
    Registered Users Posts: 33,709 ✭✭✭✭Cantona's Collars


    faceman wrote: »
    Jesus, that's disgusting. I love Star Wars but stories like this leave you with a massive sour taste. Shame on everyone involved.

    This was known about a while ago,the Times are sensationalising things.I doubt very much that they are filming a huge battle scene with loads of extras.It's probably one or two characters in the scene.

    Since the original filming took place,we've not heard one wildlife expert say the birdlife was affected in any way.Outrage for the sake of it imo.


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    #2760
    Antar Bolaeisk
    Registered Users Posts: 3,091 ✭✭✭Antar Bolaeisk


    Mentions nothing about the local yokels who went out there, ate a load of the local flora and fauna, disturbed the local geography, built a monastery then buggered off without restoring the island to it's original state :p


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    #2761
    xtal191
    Registered Users Posts: 6,353 ✭✭✭xtal191




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