3D STAR WARS for the masses...has ARRIVED!

The eventual 'Blu-rays' of the saga will be nice and all that (although I get the feeling that I'm going to still prefer Adywan's eventual 'Revisited' versions....), but I'm really looking forward to the possibility of seeing a 3D theatrical release of the Star Wars movies in my lifetime too.

The new-fangled 'conversion' process of turning existing 2D movies into 3D ones, that George has done tests with, is already successfully being used on other movies. 

Anyway, what with 'Avatar' and many other potential 3D blockbusters in the pipeline, I thought I'd ask what others here happen to think of a new generation (as well as themselves!) being exposed to a 3D version of the saga back on the 'big screen' eventually....

Heres a couple of interesting links by the way.  First, a recent story on 3D movie development -  http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/12/business/media/12film.html?_r=2

and this great site on various 3D developments in general (warning: quite a few AVATAR 'spoilers' here) -  http://marketsaw.blogspot.com 

So there are people who care about 3D?  That surprises me quite a bit ...

saw lawrence of arabia in 70mm at the cinerama in seattle in recent years, so that shit is still goin' on.

(and was AMAZING by the way)

Screw 3d. I'm sick of all the hype. And screw Avatar. And why would anybody want to see the OT on 3d if it wasn't the OOT?

Unfortunately, a lot of people who can't tell the difference.

joebshmoe said:

saw lawrence of arabia in 70mm at the cinerama in seattle in recent years, so that shit is still goin' on.

 

(and was AMAZING by the way)

Agreed.  Saw it at the Music Box in Chicago (not a huge screen, sadly), and it blew my mind.  It made me sad that 35mm is the standard (and that digital is slowly replacing it) - if only 70mm were less expensive ...

generalfrevious said:

RIP Star Wars Original Trilogy
May 25th, 1977- December 31, 2006
Holy Grails are never found, Utopias are never realized, the "death" of the Original Star Wars trilogy is proof that noting is stable or permanent. Lucas was the ultimate killer of this great mythology, replacing it with an untrue propoganda about Darth Vader and CGI
"Once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny"-Yoda

That last line is certainly true of the modern state of Star Wars. After the SE and PT, I don't think it's possible for major Star Wars stuff to come out that's not tainted by the SE/PT mentality, unless they conspicuously reject the SE and PT, which isn't going to happen.

There's been a recent disturbance in the force about this it seems....

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1qPLMlz01yQ/St-REFUmHEI/AAAAAAAADlM/Iap03f0l5qw/s1600-h/ScreenHunter_06+Oct.+21+19.53.jpg

Here's some rumblings about it all (just scroll down a little).... -

http://marketsaw.blogspot.com/

from ain't it cool news:

"Shocker! Lucasfilm says this rumored new Star Wars trilogy filmed in 3-D is a buncha malarkey! "

http://www.aintitcool.com/node/42788

To me 3D is cool as long as the movie don't throw things to the face of the audience every 2 minutes (unless it's a ride of course)

Bad thing about old 3D was that the effects were way to over the top, resulting headaches.

I heard Cameron said that a simple 3D scene with two people walking in a garden with the snow falling could be a good use of 3D cause in that case the effect would help the mood of the scene and would not be just an "in your face" effect.

I think 3D could be a good tool in the right hands. About turning 2D movies in 3D... I don't know. As long as it's just for the fun of it, why not.

All in all I think we are still taken out of the movie by the 3D because we are not very used to it yet. I don't want 3D to take over 2D, but I'm not against it.

3D Star Wars will only look good if it's the OT.  The PT's CG is not anywhere close yet to make you feel in the movies ( at least TPM and AOTC)

heyyy

Ghost said:

heyyy

heyyy right back at ya.

Wait, what?

Tomorrow I'll finally be able to watch the new Avatar trailer in good quality. My guess - way back when - was that Lucas would attach a teaser for 3D Star Wars to Avatar when it hits in December. Yeah, looks like that ain't gonna happen (I mean, we would've heard it by now, right?).

All of his talk about it has probably only been that - talk. Obviously they converted a few scenes from ANH but that's just a few scenes. For all we know, that's all they ever did.

I'm curious to know how much money this 3d star wars project has to make to be profitable. Probably a lot and yet the longer they wait, the more it seems like no one will really care. Star Wars is becoming such a specialized, narrow cult thing, like KISS or something. Right now there's a Star Wars Concert tour and deluxe Clone Wars Blu-ray set coming and you can just feel the not-excitement in the air. Converting (and releasing) SIX movies is really gonna cost a lot, it might not be viable/cheap enough for a very long time.

Baronlando said:

Probably a lot and yet the longer they wait, the more it seems like no one will really care. Star Wars is becoming such a specialized, narrow cult thing, like KISS or something. Right now there's a Star Wars Concert tour and deluxe Clone Wars Blu-ray set coming and you can just feel the not-excitement in the air.

 The 600 little kids I saw today dressed as Clone Troopers for Halloween might disagree with you.

I've seen the Clone kids too, all the press tells us it is huge with boys age 6-11, that's very cool. I just think boys age 6-11 plus whatever is left of the adult superfans is still a pretty narrow thing.