Posted on 04/24/2006 8:03:37 AM PDT by Mr. Blonde
> Digital 3-D is a revolutionary form of showmanship ...
Been tried. Not compelling.
Theatrical exhibition has lost it's edge, and may
never get it back.
The unwashed masses found VHS to be satisfactory.
Widescreen DVD via component inputs is a dramatic
improvement on that. If we manage to get a reasonable
HD home medium, it actually beats exhibition standards
in the typical popcorn box multiplex.
With the price of fuel, price of theatre snacks, and
uncivil audience demeanor, if I had any interest in
sending money to Hollywood, NetFlex-HD will make going
out to the theatre a nearly complete waste of time
and money.
It's dead, Jim.
You're makin' movies for polycarbonate now.
James Cameron doing an Aquaman movie? Sounds intersting, especially since Aquaman is one of the most uninteresting superheroes invented.
However, I have always been a fan of Cameron, throw the superflous love story out of Titanic and it's actually a pretty good movie.
Also, digital film making will make the art far more acessible, and we should more independent movies being made and released. Which is a double balded sword, I guess. We'll get some really good films, and likewise really horrible ones as well.
"double balded sword" should be "double bladed sword." I am having a hard time typing and apparently spell checking this morning.
3-D won't save this industry.
Maybe Aquaman will call on his frien THE GREAT WHITE WHALE!!
The SubMariner or Prince Namor would be a more compelling movie. I hope that Ben Afleck stars as Aquaman.
If Ben A$$lick is the star it should called "Sea Man" from the South Park episode "Super Best Friends"
Let's wet this guy down again.
Precisely. Cameron is proposing that lipstick will make the pig more appealing.
Until Hollyweird stops injecting left-wing propaganda into their films, they will continue on their path to destruction.
I don't know anyone who goes to the movies anymore, and I am calling on everyone I know to boycott the blasphemous film, "The Davinci Code."
"United 93" is definitely worth our time, but most of the films this spring look like a complete waste.
Sure, Jim, whatever.
Saving the movie industry?....hmmmmm
Well for starters, they need to stop remaking flicks that have already been done and come up with some original ideas.
Second, they need to stop pushing that liberal agenda, obviously the general public doesn't want to see political views in a movie (at least I don't)...
Thirdly, they need to stop making movies that are either too boring or way over the top.
I don't think it can be done, honestly. Too many weirdo's in Hollywood, with their own agenda's and messed up ideas, combining their morals and values (or lack of therein) do not make for good screening.
I heard a critic over the weekend say that he's asking his fellow critics to encourage people to see the film and decide for themselves what they think--without promoting their views/agendas...and when pigs (with lipstick) fly....
"The film" being United 93 in post 13.
The only movies that actually look decent to me, are the animated G rated ones.
Although I just went and saw The Sentinel this past weekend, and have to give it a thumbs up. Kiefer did a great job and so did Michael Douglas. It was a good story about Secret Service and Treason and didn't have the usual propoganda.
"...THE GREAT WHITE WHALE!!..."
Starring Ted "The Swimmer" Kennedy in the feature role.
Thar he blows!!!!!
James Cameron: Read the classics and get a clue why people pay money for entertainment. Hint: Good story.
Thanks for the tip.
I am increasing getting BORED by digital special effects. If I wanted to watch a computer animated cartoon, I would watch something like Shrek.
The spectacle of old Hollywood will not be seen again.
And digital screened movies aren't "films". They are VIDEOS. The mind enters a different subconscious state watching a project film, which is a series of still images in a rapid sucession, vs. watching rapidly alternating scan lines refreshing from top to bottom.
You can watch videos at home and be quite comfortable. It is much harder to screen films at home. It IS a different experience.
I thought that was Barney Frank.
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