the Keanu Reeves version was issued on a disc printed from cow dung
which was appropriate for that movie
: - )
At 01:48 PM 1/19/2010, S.F. Poole wrote:
hmm....the tone and length of this posting makes me think this is
really not Kirby McDaniel but is rather some strange hybrid
of: Freeman Fisher/ and that Tom guy from HOLLYWOOD DREAM FACTORY.
I just can't see the 3D thing going anywhere for home viewing....we
shall see.....THINGS TO COME.
When I was out and about yesterday, I saw a blu-ray for THE DAY THE
EARTH STOOD STILL. It has the contemporary Keanu Reeves version
but also the 1951 classic.
Anybody seen the '51 version on the blu release? Was the new version
released in a 3D print?
Steve
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Subject: 3D TELEVISION
From: ki...@movieart.net
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 10:08:44 -0600
CC: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
To: stand...@ll.net
I recently saw a new Sony flat panel 3D TV at The Sony Store at The
Domain in Austin.
It is, indeed, 3D. I got to see a "demo reel" of 3D Product,
including a sample of WHEEL OF FORTUNE
in stereo - that's stereoscopic as well as stereophonic. There was
no sense of "disappointment" with the tech -
I mean Vanna White in 3D - that's impressive for any guy. In the 3D
WHEEL, the wheel spins horizontally.
Well, you have to do SOMETHING. Also some Discovery Channel type
footage taken in a zoo and shots of an
aquatic Polar Bear -- you know, the kind that may not be around that
much longer.
The clerks at the Sony Store said this was the only stuff that Sony
had sent them, but soon they would have more.
Made in 3D programming is planned, but more... uh.... INTRIGUING...
is this: these guys said that some old
non-3D programming would be made into 3D programming. The idea is
that you can watch LAWRENCE OF ARABIA
in 3D. This is sort of like colorization. Or think back to the
late sixties when the record companies were issuing mono
recordings in fake stereo processes like Capitol Records'
DUOPHONIC. I'm sure this is some kind of digital video fakery where
the producers of the disc create two matrices of the image and then,
voila, STEREO. As any photographer knows who ever
took stereo photographs (that would be me, as I have used a David
White Stereo Realist 35mm camera for years), the effect
is most enhanced when the photographer pays attention to an optical
phenomenon called the point of convergence. This
is not something that a cinematographer shooting in a non-3D medium
would be concerned with particularly.
Anyway, you guys can buy all those DVDs -- I mean Blu-Rays - all
over again in 3D. Let's see, what 3D Blu-Ray do I want first -- ORDINARY
PEOPLE, ANY WHICH WAY BUT LOOSE, or THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH?
The price of the TV? They could not tell me that -- they THOUGHT
about $5000 for a 40 inch.
Oh, and you have to wear these jazzy glasses that are battery
operated. The batteries are included. But the glasses may not be
as everyone watching has to have a pair, as anyone who has ever
watched a 3D film knows.
I could be wrong, but these guys better prepare for a flop. The
record on 3D is clear, except for the recent experience. Hollywood's
first big experiment with 3D in 1953 lasted about a
year. Seventies' 3D was shoddy picture quality. There were lots of
technical issues that hindered them then, but also people just
experienced fatigue of the effect, which was judged, unlike
wide-screen, as a novelty. I think the appeal of 3D is in going to see
something special like AVATAR, and not WHEEL OF FORTUNE or A Day at the Zoo.
Just keep this in mind. All this is really stereoscopy. REAL 3D
would be holography. That's where VANNA WHITE actually walks around in your
living room or the Polar Bear eats you (or vice versa.)
After that, there is only The Feelies. Aldous Huxley, please stand up.
Oh, by the way, BWANA DEVIL 3D three sheet $300.00
Kirby McDaniel
MovieArt Original Film Posters
P.O. Box 4419
Austin TX 78765-4419
512 479 6680 <http://www.movieart.net/>www.movieart.net
mobile 512 589 5112
On Jan 18, 2010, at 8:33 PM, S.F. Poole wrote:
Hi Michael- Thanks for linking this. Its funny that this dates
from the mid-1920's.
Recently, I was the market for a new television. I finally settled
on a plasma. Along the way in doing my research on them,
I discovered that the "next big thing" (according to Samsung,
Toshiba, etc.) is 3D Television. At last week's Consumer Electronics Show
which kind of is the pulse of the electronics industry, many of the
big manufacturers were touting this as a revolution that consumers
will be flocking to and abandoning their recently bought HD tvs and
embracing this "new technology". What a load of b.s. ! Attempts at
selling the public on 3D have obviously been tried for
generations. Heck, even the 3 Stooges made a stab at 3D in the 50's!
Besides, who wants to put on those goofy glasses everytime you sit
down to watch a show or movie in your own living room.
best,
Steve
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Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 20:43:15 -0500
From: <mailto:dialmbb...@aol.com>dialmbb...@aol.com
Subject: [MOPO] fun item on ebay
To: <mailto:MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU>MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
<http://cgi.ebay.com/RARE-3D-GLASSES-1924-THE-ORIGINAL-TEN-COMMANDMENTS_W0QQitemZ390143147305QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item5ad657fd29>http://cgi.ebay.com/RARE-3D-GLASSES-1924-THE-ORIGINAL-TEN-COMMANDMENTS_W0QQitemZ390143147305QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item5ad657fd29
so, what is your favorite non-poster movie item?
michael
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