I'm a pretty big Back to Future fan, I have to admit. I mean, I don't have any memorabilia or anything, but I dig those movies. So when I started hearing all the talk about the upcoming Super B--- commercials being shown in 3D and NBC's Chuck displaying it's next new episode in 3D, I couldn't help but think of Marty McFly standing on the edge of of the curb cowering in terror as JAWS 3D pops out of the multiplex and attacks him in Back to the Future II.
Seriously though, what's up with 3D trying to make a comeback? I thought it was reserved for Disney World-goers who needed a break from all the animatronics. I read recently on CNET.com that DreamWorks plans to release all of it's movies for the 2009 year in 3D... all of them. The kick-off to this year of in-your-face-action will be the the first ever movie trailer in 3D for Monsters vs Aliens. DreamWorks and Intel have teamed up to do the commercial for the big game and are also working together on the upcoming movies, using Intel's 3D technology. The companies will use a new and better type of 3D imaging called "InTru3D" that cleans up the blurriness in old 3D images and enhances the colors. You can read more about it and watch an interview on Intel's website here.
As for me, I'm a little interested to see how this new 3D compares to the old stuff. I was never a big fan of it before, simply because of the blurriness that inhibits belief that an image is really in your face when it isn't. But I'm hoping that this new technology will make things better. I can't help to think though, that this is just another attempt to get people to leave their homes and watch movies in the theater. I guess we'll see.
Posted
Thu, Jan 29 2009 3:14 PM
by
chrisn