Ridley Scott's Forever War In 3D

bowman9991 writes "Ridley Scott's next science fiction film, his first since Blade Runner, will be a 3D adaptation of Joe Haldeman's The Forever War, an action packed novel about the impact of the time dilation effect on soldiers returning from an interstellar war against the mysterious Tauran species. Scott recently decided to move to 3D after watching footage of James Cameron's yet to be released science fiction epic Avatar. The Forever War, Cameron's Avatar, and Scott's other upcoming science fiction project, Brave New World, will make the next five years a fantastic time to be a science fiction movie enthusiast."

Thanks an effn lot

[OzPeter]

I'm blind in one eye.

Re:Thanks an effn lot

[Anonymous Coward]

I'm blind in the other. Let's go together.

Re:Thanks an effn lot

[OzPeter]

Ok who modded me as funny?

I'm serious when I say I am blind in one eye, and as a result any gimmicky attempt to project 3d at me fails miserably. I get lovely coloured shadows on everything that makes the movie look shit.

So I am apprehensive that 3D seems to be the path that movies are heading. I can just see myself in 30 years surrounded by my collection of flatscreen 2D movies while swearing at all the kids to "Git off my lawn"

And I wonder what all the colour blind people think of 3D?

Re:How gimmicky is this 3D stuff? (examples)

[ComaVN]

That's a pretty neat effect, but unless it's a disaster movie about earthquakes, I don't really see this technique as useful for films...

Re:How gimmicky is this 3D stuff?

[Anonymous Coward]

"I'd love to see a dolly zoom in 3D."

Considering she calls them Shock and Awe, that would be quite impressive I'm sure.

Re:Forever War is fantastic

[mrsurb]

I enjoyed the Starship Troopers movie. I hadn't read the book and though that the movie was basically an expensive B-grade science-fiction spoof. Later I read the book and couldn't work out how they got that movie from that book. Would you like to find out more?

Re:Forever War is fantastic

[Arslan ibn Da'ud]

If we were to vote on the next Heinlein book to make into a movie, I would vote for The Moon is a Harsh Mistress. Though they would probably have to severely shorten the first half of it (the lecture half) for the movie adaptation.

Not me. I'd vote for _The Puppet Masters_. That's pretty easy to make into a movie...lots of action & lots of nudity >:D

Re:How gimmicky is this 3D stuff?

[Dr. Manhattan]

Sorry, but you INTENTIONALLY went and PAID to see 'Fly Me To The Moon'?

So I work, see, and my wife runs this bakery, y'know, and we've got four kids, with one very young, so the times we can arrange childcare for the baby and get the rest of the family out to see a movie are limited, and sometimes you have to work with what's available. But I'm glad I could help your self-esteem a little! You rock with your bad self!

Re:How gimmicky is this 3D stuff?

[Dr. Manhattan]

Unfortunately, my girlfriend is one of these people, and I've asked her several times to stop...all she does is point out that it's on the lowest brightness setting.

What if you're not sitting right next to them?

Re:You'd think they'd have gotten it right by now.

[Phoghat]

Big screen $1200 7.1 sound 800 comfy chair 300 the ability to pause, hit the head and grab a beer on the way back... priceless