How James Cameron Pumped Volume Into Titanic

MrSeb writes with ExtremeTech's account of how director (and deep sea explorer) James Cameron spent a reported $18 million converting his blockbuster movie, Titantic, to 3D. The article "looks at the primary way of managing depth in 3D films (parallax), how you add depth to a movie that was originally filmed in 2D, and some of the software (both computer and human-brain) difficulties that Cameron had to overcome in the more-than-two-year process to convert Titanic into 3D."

Depth

[NoobixCube]

When I said that movie lacked depth...

my definition of good

[Anonymous Coward]

Does Leonardo DiCaprio embrace you at the end of the ride, because that would be DREAMY.

Re:Depth

[RussR42]

I thought depth was kind of the problem... The Titanic had too much.

Re:How much to make a good Titanic ride at Univers

[russotto]

Yes, yes. Let's take an incident that killed 1,500 people in the frozen waters of the North Atlantic and make it a ride. It's bad enough that Cameron turned the tragedy into some bogus "love story" - that scene in the water with Winslet and DiCaprio makes me want to puke - then the woman ditches the necklace into the open water with an "oops". Call me jaded, but I think the movie is a bigger tragedy than the actual event.

I'm guessing you're not going to like the "Springtime For Hitler" Experience either. Sort of like "Pirates of the Carribean", only with Nazis.

Titanic Super 3D

[tangent3]

Check out the (parody) trailer here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJxj1mou03M [youtube.com]

Re:Wonderful, but...

[djl4570]

What? The diamond of unusual size?

Re:Most importantly, are Kate Winslet's tits in 3d

[NoSleepDemon]

My wife made me go see it with her. For the record, they were glorious.

Re:Wonderful, but...

[Tastecicles]

AvP: What Really Happened on Titanic. Directed by Michael Bay.

Kill me now.

Re:Wonderful, but...

[aztektum]

Not my wife or girlfriend, thankfully.

Re:Wonderful, but...

[Opportunist]

Well, it might actually add at least virtual depth to the characters.

Re:Wonderful, but...

[MDillenbeck]

I'd much rather see Rodents of Unusual Size in 3D.... but then again, they don't exist. ;)

Re:shit as slashdot

[Black Parrot]

The more I use slashdot the more I think it's turning into shit

I wish there was something anything better

Any recommendations out there? Anonymous responses are ok. Thanx much.

Have you tried Slashdot 3D?

Re:Wonderful, but...

[phantomfive]

Oh, it's there. [youtube.com] Love the updated soundtrack.

Re:Wonderful, but...

[Anonymous Coward]

Not my wife or girlfriend, thankfully.

You'd only be in trouble if they both wanted to see it.

Re:Wonderful, but...

[dhaines]

Not to mention all the apostrofees.

Re:Wonderful, but...

[AngryDeuce]

It still remains the only movie I've ever been to the cinema to see twice (as I believe is the case for quite a number of people).

My sister-in-law worked in a movie theater the year that came out and estimates she's seen it about 28 times. I asked her if she'd like to see it again, and she agreed, provided I "clawed [her] fucking eyes out first". I took that to mean no.