tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post3167365946202627508..comments2024-03-29T02:18:35.303-07:00Comments on TAG Blog: Jeffrey loves 3-DSteve Huletthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05537689111433326847noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-37385372299466525142007-04-04T13:52:00.000-07:002007-04-04T13:52:00.000-07:00Gimmicks , sigh . Mr Katzenberg loves 2D , he love...Gimmicks , sigh . Mr Katzenberg loves 2D , he loves CG , he loves Nik Parks , he loves Aardman , he loves 3D , he loves puppetry, he loves you , he loves me, he loved Elton , he reads the Illusion of Life over and over ......... look, this guy , he loves anything that makes moneyok ? GIVE IT A REST FOLKS ! <BR/><BR/>Is it me or could most of us care less ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-10937026692416747492007-04-03T22:26:00.000-07:002007-04-03T22:26:00.000-07:00What a bunch of sour persimmons this crowd is. An...What a bunch of sour persimmons this crowd is. Animation is a visual medium. It's there to dazzle the eye... if you disagree, you might be a budding novelist.<BR/><BR/>Or maybe you prefer old-time radio dramas. Far more amazing things can be done with old-time radio and the theatre of the mind than can ever be done with animation. I mean, if it's story story story all the time 24/365 why do animation at all... isn't it just a gimmick? A fad? A shiny special effect distracting people from the story shortcomings endemic to the form?<BR/><BR/>Now to me, 3D is dazzling, and works really well in a visual medium... animation is tailor-made for 3D... it's so much better than live action in 3D.<BR/><BR/>But maybe you don't personally care for 3D. That's cool. We all like different things.<BR/><BR/>But to me, 3D is another tool in the artist's pallette. Like color, texture, stereophonic surround and sensurround sound, computer graphics, watercolor, plasticine.... whatever. It's all just different tools to an artist. Use it, or don't use it. <BR/><BR/>But you sourpusses are sitting here complaining about someone else's use of the tool.<BR/><BR/>"Harrumph... it'll never work... harummmph."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-57227798859255734072007-03-30T12:57:00.000-07:002007-03-30T12:57:00.000-07:00Ha.. the last 3D movie I saw in a theater was "And...Ha.. the last 3D movie I saw in a theater was "Andy Warhol's Frankenstein" back in the mid 1970s I think. Now <I>that</I> was a movie experience. I took a date to that movie, she never spoke to me again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-16848720022969217932007-03-30T12:34:00.000-07:002007-03-30T12:34:00.000-07:00gimmick or not, it is creating income and studios ...gimmick or not, it is creating income and studios follow the dollar. Additionally, if this is a way to temporarily battle the intrusion of better home theater experiences, then that is just icing on the cake.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-82187255102979832582007-03-30T12:10:00.000-07:002007-03-30T12:10:00.000-07:00The union rep in me wants Jeffrey K. to be ri...The union rep in me wants Jeffrey K. to be right, and 3-D to be a smash success that puts tushes in seats at theaters. Tushes in seats at theaters = tushes in seats at studios.<BR/><BR/>The film buff in me wants to see Jeffrey's cut of <I>Lawrence In Arabia In 3-D</I> end up on a double bill with Ted Turner's colorized <I>Citizen Kane</I> at the Film Festival From Hell.Jeff Massiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01025023288241410877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-90139663935685403102007-03-30T10:14:00.000-07:002007-03-30T10:14:00.000-07:00There was also one Bugs Bunny cartoon produced in ...There was also one Bugs Bunny cartoon produced in 3-D, <B>Lumber Jack Rabbit</B> (by Chuck Jones c. 1954) which almost killed the WB animation studio. Because the 3-D process was quite expensive Jack Warner thought he could save money by shutting down the animation department. Thankfully, a few months down the road when the 3-D fad fizzled, Jack reopened the studio with a somewhat reduced staff.<BR/><BR/>But, anyway, it seems that ol' Jeffrey is more easily dazzled by shiny special effects than he is in a good story. How he managed to win that Tex Avery Award a few years ago is beyond me.David Germainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15242095374521702596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-46365139053812988642007-03-30T09:44:00.000-07:002007-03-30T09:44:00.000-07:00Whenever I hear about something like this, I alway...Whenever I hear about something like this, I always wonder if the guy saying it (in this case JK) really believes it. If they do, well... If they don't, it says a lot about how they view their audience's level of intelligence.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-84792893614483938792007-03-30T08:43:00.000-07:002007-03-30T08:43:00.000-07:00The biggest question you have to ask about new tec...The biggest question you have to ask about new technology like this is "Does it help tell the story better or tell better stories?"<BR/><BR/>To me the answer is obviously no, but I suppose others have differing opinions.<BR/><BR/>When all of the studios started releasing different wide screen formats in the 50's I think it did improve the movie and story telling experience (maybe not Cinerama). But gimmicks like Stereoscopic 3D and even IMAX are more of a distraction from the story than a tool to improve story telling for me.<BR/><BR/>But I guess if you look at the top ten box office leaders on any given week, it seems like good story telling isn't always a dominating factor for box office success.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-69967683801980393282007-03-30T06:36:00.000-07:002007-03-30T06:36:00.000-07:00Instead of sqweezing the people around for a buck ...Instead of sqweezing the people around for a buck more,perhaps they should just try to deliver better movies.<BR/>I would rather watch a better story at lower fidelity.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com