Lucas To Redo Star Wars In 3-D 593
Warlock7 writes "You might have thought that it was going to all be over on May 19 with the release of Episode III: Revenge of the Sith. Well, not so fast. It seems that George Lucas is planning to re-re-release the Star Wars films in a new 3-D format. There are also several other directors that are interested in this new technology and they are trying to get theaters to install new technology to allow the showing of their films in the new 3-D format [req free reg]."
oh my god. (Score:2, Interesting)
For the love of God, just stop (Score:5, Interesting)
I know that's a tad radical for Hollywood, but then Lucasfilm WAS a tad radical once....
3D (Score:5, Interesting)
Anyone have any information on how these 3d films are different from past attempts at 3d? Do you still wear glasses? If not, how would this look any different than a normal film?
Due to the fact that I can only see out of one eye, I'm usually let down by such presentations of 3d. They all depend on the viewer wearing a set of glasses and being able to see out of 2 eyes. I wonder if this new 3d technology can actually do anything for people like me?
I know! (Score:3, Interesting)
Speaking as a hugh star wars fan (Score:1, Interesting)
For the love of *insert deity* Stop this
Mr Lucas your works are classics and should remain such (the origional movies are atleast) please stop defecating on your own masterworks
I think i speak for a large percent of the people here when i say please stop it
You are doing the same as Di$ny does to my childhood faviourits and completly bastardisng them
So for the love of god please give it a rest
I will admit 3d movies do sound cool , however please make a new movie and dont *insert explitive* star wars IV V VI anymore
oh btw , do what the hell you want to I and II I honestly dotn care about those (Destroyer droids look cool though , so leave them alone)
Hopefully honest
The president of CPUBA
I For One ... (Score:3, Interesting)
Cinema owners will pass this on to the consumer, and that'll suck.
And, quite frankly, Lucas is starting to seem more and more irrelevant with his one-trick pony.
Re:Please Say It Ain't So (Score:3, Interesting)
Get ready for the return of Sensoround (Score:4, Interesting)
Talk about aggressive marketing overkill. MercuryNews is EVIL! I had to click through 12 advertising screens after finishing registering. This has to be some kind of record for the Internet (or at least a reputable news site).
That said, I will probably go and see the 3D re-releases (which has nothing to do with MercuryNews of course). Quit whining about Lucas raping your childhood. Just don't go. I didn't like Jar-Jar either. Get over it. Because it's based in space, many techie types feel they own the franchise more that Lucas and the public he is hawking it to. Last time I looked there are about 100 Star Wars novels available in bookstores. It's rapidly catching up with the Star Trek novels. To stop the movies, you would have to stop the books, which show how rabid people are for the saga to go on -- whether it meets your high standards for entertainment fair or not.
Maybe the 3-D will be good, maybe not. I have wondered why Disney/Pixar haven't re-released their films in 3-D. Some have been presented in IMAX (though not 3D IMAX as far as I know). Here you know the 3D re-rendering will be spot on. Technically it would have to me 2-orders of magnitude easier than converting 2D photographs. Disney will be Making a Toy Story 3 (alone), I'll be very surprised if it isn't Toy Story 3D.
That said, my viewing experience at home on HDTV is often better than what you see at the Cineplex (especially stuff shot directly in digital, rather than converted from film). I would gladly pay full ticket price to watch my stuff at home while in recent release if I could get it. The point is Cinemas will increasingly have to compete with a viewing experience in the home that rivals that of the theater. Just going wider (Cinamscope) like they did in '50s (and wider yet in the late '60s with Cinerama) wont cut it. People will increasingly start to wait for Movies to come out in Blu-Ray or HD-DVD if the industry doesn't do something to augment the viewing experience. Start looking for things like Sensoround to make a comeback, introduced for the 1974 disaster flick "Earthquake." Also expect several variations of motion simulation, some quite cheap like tilting chairs, and other that require individual pods with 6 degrees of freedom and everything in-between.
New Sharp 3D Laptop ships with ability to play 3D (Score:2, Interesting)
You know.. (Score:3, Interesting)
Personally speaking I think it would be interesting to see what Pixar would do with something dark and semi-serious.