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I remember reading this a few years ago - (remember that the 3D renaissance was James Cameron's baby. He was not only an advocate, he was pushing the format). He said that when Avatar 2 came out - not only would it be in 3D - it would ONLY be in 3D when it was released for streaming and home media- as if he was sending an ultimatum to streamers and TV manufacturers.Isn't Cameron supposed to have come up with new 3D technology for Avatar 2 where you won't need to wear glasses?
Not sure how that will work. I'm guessing screens will have to be upgraded....
I remember reading this a few years ago - (remember that the 3D renaissance was James Cameron's baby. He was not only an advocate, he was pushing the format). He said that when Avatar 2 came out - not only would it be in 3D - it would ONLY be in 3D when it was released for streaming and home media- as if he was sending an ultimatum to streamers and TV manufacturers.
it is true that he has been involved the researching of glasses-free 3D - but I have not heard about any breakthroughs recently.
the great irony of manufacturers shifting focus away from 3D is that they stopped right when the technology was finally ideal for perfect 3D viewing.
With the new 4K televisions you finally had achieved the luminence levels that 3D requires, and the upconversion meant that you now had 1080p for each eye.
I think if people saw 3D properly on a 4K 3D TV - they would be amazed.
But, unfortunately - people's memories are of bad passive 3D at movie theaters (usually done poorly with bad luminence levels), and the early 1080p 3D TVs in the home that just didn't have the nits to render a bright enough picture.
in many ways, the 3D rollout on 1080p TVs was like showing a workprint of a film without finished effects. They were eager and kind of jumped the gun, but 3D wasn't really ready for prime time until 4K TVs.
and for the people who don't like 3D - you simply don't watch it. The option for 3D on TV or blu ray really doesn't cost the manufacturer anything. It is an opt-in setting, not an opt-out. When I bought my Sony Z9D - I bought it because it had they greatest picture specs on the market (and is STILL the best TV I have ever seen) - it came with 3D. I had no interest in 3D. It had nothing to do with my interest in the TV. It was only later that I checked out some 3D discs and was amazed at how great it was. (Obviously, the fact that it is a freakin' light cannon (at almost 2000 nits) helped the experience immeasurably).
But, it was great that it was an option on the TV that was always there for me to take or leave. So I never understood people who railed against 3D. You simply don't turn it on if you don't like it (much like most of us don't turn on the dreaded 60hz soap opera motion inerpolation settings).
So, will James Cameron reignite 3D again with Avatar 2? I don't know. I do know that 3D coming back the kast time was his baby, that he was passionate about. So we'll see. Never underestimate James Cameron And his power to influence the industry.
Always liked to read your stuff ! Maybe someday write longer articles ?
So amazing, it's still sealed.I cant believe FAC wont make a One click for No way Home when they did it for all the past marvel movies. The one click from FAC for Spidey is truly Amazing!
I remember reading this a few years ago - (remember that the 3D renaissance was James Cameron's baby. He was not only an advocate, he was pushing the format). He said that when Avatar 2 came out - not only would it be in 3D - it would ONLY be in 3D when it was released for streaming and home media- as if he was sending an ultimatum to streamers and TV manufacturers.
So, will James Cameron reignite 3D again with Avatar 2? I don't know. I do know that 3D coming back the kast time was his baby, that he was passionate about. So we'll see. Never underestimate James Cameron And his power to influence the industry.
How do you know if you never opened it?Sorry for your accident but, 3D on my Samsung TV is amazing! I can say most of the time its even better than the theatrical 3D release!
The one click from FAC for Spidey is truly Amazing!
maybe I'm a bit long-winded - but brevity would omit the details.Always liked to read your stuff ! Maybe someday write longer articles ?
It would be breaking into flying cars by then.Hope we get to a point of Morbius level of jokes, with pictures of people breaking into cars, to leave 2 more Avatar 3 tickets.
It literally costs nothing to have a blu ray disc that has the regular 2D layer and 3D layer on the same disc.They sell 3D enough to make profit?
I for one believe Cameron just "forgot" about this, as he also "forgot" about Abyss and True Lies.Isn't Cameron supposed to have come up with new 3D technology for Avatar 2 where you won't need to wear glasses?
Not sure how that will work. I'm guessing screens will have to be upgraded....
How was the 3D in the trailer? (Most of us have just seen the flat trailer online).I for one believe Cameron just "forgot" about this, as he also "forgot" about Abyss and True Lies.
Just saw Sunday the new Avatar: The Way of The Water trailer on IMAX 3D before Doctor Strange Multiverse of Madness (in IMAX 3D also, and was GORGEOUS ), and boy-o-boy, what a feeling, remembering Avatar in IMAX 3D, the movie that made me go to IMAX whenever I can, despite the cinema being at about two hours drive, 3-4 hours by trains and other public transportation. So, indeed, IMAX 3D would be GREAT to be transferred to home media too, but, I honestly don't have high hopes (actually I don't think I have any, unfortunately ).
As I said, was like seeing Avatar (the first one) again, on IMAX 3D.How was the 3D in the trailer? (Most of us have just seen the flat trailer online).
FWIW, Gen X is around 56/7 to 41 - 44. Boomers are roughly 58 to 75 (give or take a year) Silent Generation is about 76 to 94.I sympathize, I Do. I am also annoyed that movies shot 3D are not getting released that way on home media. (Mission Impossible Fallout was great in 3D). I have a great 3D collection and a killer 3D TV. But, the 3D market is a niche ipwithin a niche within a niche. It is tiny. Microscopic. So they really lose nothing by not doing it. (Again, I wish it weren't so). I can also make the argument that it really costs them very little to add it in there. But, I can't say it is a matter of them not understanding the market. And, the guys calling the shots aren't the boomers, but the GenXers. (Boomers are in their 80s now - GenX In their mid 50s).
Like I said - I totally sympathize. If you are going to go through the trouble of actually making a 3D film for theaters, why not release it that way on blu ray? (It is a relatively simple process to have one disc with mono and stereo versions).
maybe Avatar 2 will spark another round of 3D blu ray interest....
At least I'm a millennial, a bridge generation, that knows and appreciates how it was, and knows and uses current stuff, to an extent, though often with disdain.FWIW, Gen X is around 56/7 to 41 - 44. Boomers are roughly 58 to 75 (give or take a year) Silent Generation is about 76 to 94.
Sorry @C.C. 95 if my answer was not so explicit for your question, yet I recalled (yesterday, after I just sent and edited my message, but after closing everything for going to sleep), that the IMAX 3D trailed of Avatar: The Way Of The Water was also IMAX FULL SCREEN, as opposed to all the trailers online.How was the 3D in the trailer? (Most of us have just seen the flat trailer online).
Thanks @Felix_roSorry @C.C. 95 if my answer was not so explicit for your question, yet I recalled (yesterday, after I just sent and edited my message, but after closing everything for going to sleep), that the IMAX 3D trailed of Avatar: The Way Of The Water was also IMAX FULL SCREEN, as opposed to all the trailers online.
Therefore, more specifically, the 3D on Avatar 2 trailer in IMAX 3D was SUPERB!
I honestly can't express it how GORGEOUS is to see those GINORMOUS EYES and the FULL BLUE FACE sitting RIGHT IN FRONT of you, while you are merely the size of one of the eyes.... is... is... I... can't express it... sorry...
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And although that the trailer did not had some 3D-vertigo-inducing scenes as it was (if you remember) the one in first Avatar, when they and us go down on the back of an ikran, but the image from within the water, was SPECTACULAR also in FULL IMAX 3D.
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And please don't get me wrong, this was NOT that kind of stupid/idiot 4:3 IMAX that we got in ZSJL, no, was FULL SCREEN, no border, nothing... therefore MORE than GORGEOUS, wherever you look, is image.
I usually get seats in the exact center of the cinema, I would call it "sweetest spot" from the entire cinema, although that I admit it, for a much more immersive experience (as I had on first Avatar, maybe I will tell you some other time ), one could go one row in front of me (8, instead of 9 from a total of 12).
Hope all this clarify the matter and also convince you (and others), that the ONLY way to watch Avatar is in IMAX 3D!
P.S. I would want to point out that also Dominion, despite having mostly dark scenes, was GREAT in IMAX 3D and can barely wait to see it!
Actually, I don't think I could say something like this, not better than all the 3D trailers I saw at the same time, just the same as those, and then Dr. Strange; remember I said about Dr. Strange that was MORE CLEAR and seemed brighter than I could remember seeing anything in 3D IMAX, and most specially WAY LESS cross-talk. Didn't saw something radically different, unless this more bright, more clear and less cross-talk is the thing Cameron will bring .Thanks @Felix_ro
Did you get the imoression that Cameron had made upgrades to his 3D? Does it look *better* compared to the first installment?
My guess is that he has refined his 3D in these intervening years.
Thanks @Felix_ro
Did you get the imoression that Cameron had made upgrades to his 3D? Does it look *better* compared to the first installment?
My guess is that he has refined his 3D in these intervening years.