TV's Frink said:

Going to see it in good old 24 fps tomorrow because the wife will be in tow and she's (rightfully) nervous about 48 fps.

Oh for goodness sakes, it isn't rightful. People need to stop fear mongering this stuff.

Sounds like my grandmother expressing her nervousness about getting a finger trapped in the VCR while inserting a tape. Everyone knows new and untested technology can be quite perilous.

You should go see it in 48fps sometime if you get the chance. This is a historical cinematic landmark, it makes me sad to see people missing out on it because of all the fear being tossed around.

It is quite different, I'll give them that, and it is sure to take some time for people to warm up to. But it is also pretty cool looking. I can see how people who don't understand the effect or know quite what they are looking at or anything about frame rates would find the whole thing jarring and not know why or understand the point. 48 frames a second isn't something we are used to seeing.

Interestingly, I went to see The Hobbit is 24fps yesterday, it felt painfully blurry and I could swear all the tracking shots and other quick motion shots looked like they were skipping. I wonder if I would have noticed that if I hadn't first seen it in 48fps?