3D STAR WARS for the masses...has ARRIVED! — Page 19

Harmy said:

it still holds a sort of nostalgic childhood value for me.

none said:

ImperialFighter wrote: Not sure if you're referring to the recent YELLOW trailer upload

Anyone grab this color error'd version before the pull downs?  Missed it...

Official SW channel has the corrected trailer up:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gC6w15OwK08

You mean you somehow missed the working link at the bottom of my 1st post on the previous page? ;)

Anyway, just wanted to say thanks for sticking up that corrected trailer link, as that over-saturated 'French' version was the only non-YELLOW one that I could find yesterday.  The proper one you've put up looks far better where the colours are concerned.

ImperialFighter wrote: You mean you somehow missed the working link at the bottom of my 1st post on the previous page? ;)

Completely.  none's known to make mistakes... from time to time.

And when I used the word 'corrected' there no way I could have verified that, just assumed that latest = greatest.

Did they just rejigger the old trailer that was lying around? Obi-wan screaming "No" is missing the red shield over his face, just like the '99 trailer.

Why would anyone go to watch this in one of the select 2D theaters?  And advertising a movie being in 2D seems like the epitome of redundancy.

Is anyone planning to um, document the version in the theater?  Granted, I don't really care about this 3D stuff, but it would be interesting to see if there are additional cuts or "fixes" that never make it onto blu-ray.  I don't know if I trust the new "theatrical" version to be the same as the home release.

I know a lot of folks on here would be interested in the IMAX cut of AOTC, but it wasn't, you know, documented at the time.

Sluggo said:

Why would anyone go to watch this in one of the select 2D theaters?  And advertising a movie being in 2D seems like the epitome of redundancy.

I reckon there'll be plenty of 'TPM' fans (and first-timers) out there that dislike the look of 3D in general...or are unlucky enough to be adversely-affected by it...or just grudge the extra expense...  And those with only one eye will probably be glad of the choice too... ;)

I saw Hugo in 3D this weekend and saw the Phantom Menace trailer. What a joke. Not one shot in 3D to give us an idea on how it will look. Why am I not surprised?

There was also a trailer for Titanic, all in 3D, and it looked incredible. I never would have known this wasn't filmed in 3D. It looked just fantastic. Cameron really knows what he's doing with 3D. Lucas - I shudder to think how bad Phantom Menace will look. One thing I can promise - I will not be seeing it. Titanic, on the other hand...

By the way, Hugo was amazing. Best use of 3D I've ever seen, and a fantastic film.

That's hilarious. I honestly couldn't even remember it being in 3D. I was blown away by the 3D in the Titanic trailer, and Hugo was just amazing. I really couldn't remember Phantom Menace being in 3D. Now that you mention it though, if I think hard enough...I think I do remember it playing with my glasses on, because we were told to put the glasses on before the first trailer even started.

Wow, that must be a serious sign of trouble if I can't even remember it being in 3D. Obviously I must have been quite impressed. Funny thing is, I vividly remember all the other trailers being in 3D, and thinking they all looked pretty good. Maybe my brain just shut down temporarily to prevent harm to it when it saw the Lucasfilm logo, kind of like the Windows message that Windows will close explorer to prevent damage to the system.

I do remember the couple right behind me commenting just after the trailer ended. The only thing I could make out was them saying "episodes 4 though 6". I bet I could extrapolate and safely say that they were thinking the same thing I was - at least if he started with episode 4, there might be a slim chance I'd see it in 3D.

My girlfriend owns Beauty and the Beast 3-D on Blu-Ray. It actually got released on 3-D Blu-Ray first before the theatrical release. We watched it a few weeks ago on our 3D plasma and personally, I was amazed. They did an incredible job, considering that this was (primarily) a traditionally-animated 2D film. They didn't just split the animation into separate flat planes - they actually gave everything actual depth - a "roundness" to everything. The professional reviews on the 3D Blu-Ray are also very positive - from blu-ray.com:

"I'll even go so far as to say that Disney's conversion and subsequent presentation are so brilliantly executed, the 3D so carefully implemented, that the majesty of the resulting image will convert many a skeptic and 3D holdout...As 3D conversions go, I couldn't be more impressed. As 3D Blu-ray releases go, they don't get much better than Beauty and the Beast 3D"

I agree entirely with that reviewer. Keep in mind that converting CGI films like Toy Story and Shrek are relatively easy, since the studios still have all the information used to render the CGI, so they just re-render the film with a left and right view, so you get true 3D. For a film that is hand-drawn like this, it has to be carefully converted by hand, scene by scene, frame by frame. I think they did an astonishing job. I'm actually looking forward to watching it again, and if it wasn't so expensive to see in the theatre, I would actually like to see it on the big screen.

I agree the marketing for Hugo was poor. It was also a very expensive film and sadly it doesn't seem to be doing very well theatrically. It hasn't opened yet internationally though, so hopefully it will do well internationally.

Oldfan said:

Keep in mind that converting CGI films like Toy Story and Shrek are relatively easy, since the studios still have all the information used to render the CGI, so they just re-render the film with a left and right view, so you get true 3D.  

Actually the first three Shrek movies were unable to be re-rendered in 3D and had to be post-converted like any 2D live action film.  The result is fairly good and better than most live action films, but it's still got some of the cardboard cutout moments you mention.  Hoodwinked Too! is another CG animated film that is only in 3D through the use of this same type of conversion.

I hope that there are worthwile moments to the Star Wars 3D conversion(s) and from viewing the latest batch of superhero movies in 3D I can definitely say that there's a nice little touch that 3D can add to these high budget popcorn flicks, even with the moments of obvious cutting and pasting to achieve the 3D effect... nothing's been as bad as Clash of the Titans lately.  I must say, however, that I've been much more thoroughly impressed by the native 3D films every time (with Fright Night 3D being my most recent favorite) and I'm sure that's a trend that will continue.

And I haven't noticed it mentioned here, but the 3D Phantom Menace teaser is on YouTube in actual 3D in the side-by-side format (also viewable in anaglyph), but it's in Russian... search accordingly!

PS:  Your girlfriend owns BATB in 3D?  Fine, I'll believe that... at least I'm man enough to admit to owning BATB in 3D. ;)  I even bought it on release day with TLK, no regrets!

SilverWook said:

Disney has the advantage of going back to the animation files even for BATB, since they've been coloring the cels in the computer since the early 90's.

I'm not sure they could convert any of the older films done with traditional ink and paint methods and get the same results.

Sorry to double post, but the world will find out how well Disney is with the conversion of traditionally animated films when they release The Little Mermaid in 3D in 2013... well, I guess a few minutes of the film were animated using their CAPS system, but that's it.

There's also been talk of going back and converting some of the older films like Pinocchio, but I'm guessing TLM is their litmus test for going back and taking a chance with the classics.

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