running towards the Veldt

[jonathankaplan]

When I was five or six years old, I read Ray Bradbury's 1950 short story, the Veldt. (Read here for the wiki entry.) (Additionally, two links back is the actual story itself, apparently transcribed into digital print by someone in Russia who is also a fan. I dislike linking to this potential copyright violation, but the story was first printed 60

Comments

[polyanarch]

You may be right about the technology, but I hope not.

3D gives me an almost instant migrane headache. I didn't see Avatar in 3D or even in Imax, it still was stunning and everything you said.

I just hope it doesn't take off, or if it does, they do something different so that the tech doesn't make my optic nerve feel like it wants to explode.

As far as the plot development in the movie -I bet it would have been better if the movie were not cut down to fit the maximum reel size of the special projectors they are using for 3D Imax theaters. From some accounts I've read it was almost an addition hour of film time that got axed early on in production to make a truncated film. Imagine what Titanic would be like if it had an hour ripped from it.

[jonathankaplan]

I think they are going to have to tone down the tech to make it less brain intense, but there is no stopping it. Soon we'll be the old fogies who insist they also make 2D copies so we can watch too.
Thanks!

[ronsrants]

Discovery, Sony, and ESPN just entered a pact to do a 3D only programming channel.

The problem with 3D in the home is that you still need glasses. What happens if you lose yours or you have more guests than glasses?

Also, all those people that bought HDTVs will now have to go buy 3D TVs.

-R

Planned obsolescence

[polyanarch]

And then when the non-glasses 3D TV's come out (and they are developing them right now to replace the glasses-type) they'll have to get all new TV once more.

I'd skip on the glasses-using 3D TV's if I were you even IF they didn't give me a migraine.

[jonathankaplan]

I agree with the comment below, just wait a few years till they design the 3D right into the monitor, no glasses needed.
Also, the glasses used for the Avatar movie were much more durable (plastic) and looked cheap to make. Bet you'll be able to buy them pretty cheap at a local supermarket soon.
Thanks!

[jonathankaplan]

I'll have to look for that, because, although I can see someone reaching that conclusion, I think it does, in the end, much of the opposite. The great White Savior might believe they are saving, but the movie makes the point multiple times that the other race is not inferior (except in war tech) and is clearly superior in other respects. The two biggest "savior" characters were clearly antagonists, not the ones the director would expect us to be rooting for. Most importantly, even if that review is accurate, the "poor, ignorant" natives end up winning in the end, kind of reversing the "lesson", imo.
See 3D when you have a chance. The movie had a bunch of previews, mainly kid's stuff, but c'mon, Toy Story 3D? Gotta see that.
Thanks!

[walterzuey]

Arsenic and Old Lace is very relevant to modern cinema as it is the first example of paid product placement in a film.

[jonathankaplan]

Hiya friend,

Thanks for all the things you do.
I finally found it here, in TCM's archives.
Bell company, the French Phone.
Not playing trivia against you, ever....smile...
best of luck,
Jonathan