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I have several friends who worked on this film. It was being called Piranha 3D while in production. Doug

Admittedly I know next to nothing about baseball, but of course it was only a hypothetical. But still everyone knows that the Yankees can't get the puck through the hoop to save their lives. They are always 5 over par! Sheesh!!! Doug

A Yankees fan can surely go to the stadium and complain that the pitching staff sucks! Doug

Thomas, you are confusing me with Jbug. I did not nor would I sit through Avatar twice. I'm not a masochist. Doug

Thomas again I think you misunderstand me. I'm not for nor against 3D, I simply want some good movies in 3D before I spend thousands of dollars on it. I don't want home 3D to die out, but the powers that be are surely doing nothing to help the situation, and the sales figures show that. If the...

I responded to this thread exactly because I AM interested in 3D. As I said before I'm a big fan of some of the classic 3D films of the 1950's. Even one or two from the 80's (Spacehunter anyone?) would be fun to see again. Imagine my disappointment when I looked at the list and saw very little...

Its not that I'm apposed to 3D. I would probably enjoy a 3D film from time to time. However having recently bought 2 new HDTVs, I'm not going to be investing in a new tv for another 5 to 8 years. My biggest problem at the moment is that frankly there is nothing to watch. I mean really, 3...

The 3D conversion was officially announced on starwars.com in September. Episode 1 won't be released in 3D theatrically until 2012, so don't expect a 3D blu-ray announcement this week. http://www.starwars.com/movies/saga/announce3d/index.html Doug

This is a VERY good point. But I think that a film that is well composed in 2D, will also be well composed for 3D. The problem is technology has, frankly, made a lot of Hollywood filmmakers lazy. Many filmmakers today don't know how to light, (they just use soft boxes for everything) and...

Excellent post Greg. Your point about a film playing just as well in 2D as 3D is one I intended to make in my other post, but I forgot! Its interesting to note that James Cameron never had the chance to view Avatar in 3D before the release. Now I'm not a fan of the film, but I recognize...

But you see this is the problem. I LIKE 3D and I would like to see some quality films made in 3D. Doug

Ron, I think like any tool in the filmmakers bag, it can be used effectively, or it can be over used. When over used, in my opinion, it looses its effectiveness and its value as a tool to tell the story. Just as an example, many people, myself included were complaining about the recent...

OH yeah I saw many of the 3D films of the 80's. In fact in Coming at Ya! they literally do throw the kitchen sink at you. Doug

When I first saw it I suspected it had something to do with the refresh rate, though the TV I was seeing it on was a Panasonic 240hz. Of course this was in a Best Buy show room so who knows if it was set up correctly. I have seen it on more than one setup. I'm one of those people who can also...

My biggest problem with home 3D, at least at the moment, seems to be a technical one. It may have something to do with the refresh rate of the TVs, but what I've seen so far has a problem. Whenever there is a fast moving object on the screen, it looks to be suffering from what I can best...

No I didn't. The Resident Evil films aren't the sort of films that I would pay to see in the theater much less buy on blu-ray. I did however see the trailers, and it looked exactly like those bad films from the 50s. You can always tell when they turn up on TV that they were shot for 3D, because...

Its track record doesn't suggest this will be the case. Doug

Honestly I remember the depth of the layers of smoke after the space ship crashed in It Came From Outer Space. I remember the stuff floating near the camera in the under water shots of Creature from the Black Lagoon. For the most part films where they were constantly poking my in the eye...

Seriously? It looks like the WORST of the 1950's 3D films with everything AND the kitchen sink being thrown at the camera! Talk about a gimmick! If this is the best 3D has to offer it will die a 3rd death! Doug

Laserdisc was NOT intended to over take VHS, because at the time of Laserdiscs introduction, prerecorded movies had not yet appeared on VHS. The first 3 films would appear on VHS about 6 months later from Magnetic Video. Jaws was the first film to be released on Laserdisc in 1978, and would not...

Its getting close with Vudo's streaming 1080p in its HDX codec.with 5.1 DD+. I watched a demo of The A-Team yesterday and I must say I was VERY impressed with the quality. With out eyeballing it with in inches of the screen, I'm not sure I would have been able to tell the difference between it...

Having been a viable format with new releases for over 20 years, I think you could hardly say that Laserdisc did not catch on. Of course it was a niche format, but a successful niche. Doug

I got around to watching Avatar on blu-ray last week. I must say that I found the writing typical of Cameron, in that all the characters talk with the same voice. Cameron has never been good at writing people who are unique, and everyone ends up sounding like a truck driver. The digital...

There are some films that I would love to see in 3D. Among them It Came From Outer Space and Creature from the Black Lagoon, which I saw at a double feature in 3D when I was a kid in the 70's. But also I'd KILL to see Dial M for Murder in 3D. Beyond those there isn't much that gets me...

Wow...now I know why I'm NOT investing in 3d. Doug