Study: 3D Offers Nothing But Headaches

[Kenjitsuka]

I concur.
I really hate it when a movie is not available in 2D.
So it's more of a reason to NOT go, than an attractive feature.
Especially Marvel does really crap 3D btw, all of their movies have a flawed perspective that kills my immersion. :'(

 

[OmniscientOstrich]

'Study: 3D offers nothing but headaches.'

Fixed.

 

[TCPirate]

I have never been given a headache from 3D but I do believe it's a waste of time if it doesn't meet the following criteria:

1 - Filmed specifically for 3D
2 - Shown in iMax
3 - Have worthwhile and amazing 3D scenes

If it doesn't meet these criteria, I don't want to see it.
I prefer 2D anyway. It's cheaper (because it's not as gimmicky) and it tends to be better quality, seeing as most films are 3D overlay.

 

[Roboto]

I've said it before and I'll say it again, short of vibrating movie seats [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053363/] and physically muzzling teenage girls, the movie-going experience has hit its peak.

How about vibrating teenage girls? That would improve the moviegoing experience, right?

I frowned, but then I smiled a little.

 

[TheDist]

I'm not able to go see films in 3D, they give me what feels very much like a bad migraine, that is to say nasty headaches with nausea. Doesn't even take long for that to kick in on me.

The sooner the whole fad just dies off again the better in my opinion, I might actualy want to go spend my money watching films again. I also hope it doesn't really catch on with games in a big way either.

 

[newwiseman]

The only movie I've seen that the 3D made immersive was Jackass. To be immersed you have to be a participant in an experience because they would break the 4th wall in most movies the immersion doesn't exist, but in Jackass you take on the persona of the cameraman, the guy watching his friends do something really fucking stupid.

 

[Duskflamer]

Also, did anyone else read the thread title as: Sony: 3D Offers Nothing But Headaches, and immediately think it was just Sony taking a shot at Nintendo's 3Ds or was I the only one?

I can see misreading it as that, but keep in mind that Sony is the one pushing all those 3D TV sets, they would not be so happy at this kind of study coming out. Microsoft is the only one in a gloating position as they haven't invested in 3D to my knowledge.

 

[Brian Hendershot]

Once again science says something I already suspected. I really should be a scientist. Then again this was reported by Fox...

 

[robert01]

The only movie scene that I ever thought was ZOMG THAT IS COOL in 3D was the scene at the very end of "My Bloody Valentine 3D", where the bullet comes out of the screen and you can read the detail on the bullet. But that was in the theater, not the home version. That red/blue glasses thing is complete shit. I will be glad when this 3D gimmick has died.

 

[MrTub]

Meh.. I quite like 3d and its pretty much the only reason why I got to cinemas

 

[Black Watch]

I like 3D. If anything, it has enhanced my gaming experience when I play Ocarina of Time.

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

Wow, first time I ever believed a story sourced from Fox News.

This is the first sign of the Apocalypse, isn't it?

More a sigh that people will only believe what fits their worldview. you don't like 3D so you will swallow anything that portrays it in a negative light.

I think it's more the fact that the exact same thing has been said every 20 years since it's first inception. In 1950.

 

[SageRuffin]

I've tried 3D a few times. Headaches almost every time, exacerbated since I already wear glasses.

Besides, the novelty never really to me. I find it to be about even more useless than Blu-Ray.

 

[Metalrocks]

i never had any problems watching 3D movies. watched now several once and i was still able to say how the movie was. never got any headaches and problems with my eyes. i also cant say that the pic looked worse having the glasses on.
some of the movies on dvd you have this awful stupid red/blue glasses. now this really sucks and macks it hard to enjoy the movie. i guess in the far future this all will change and we might not need any glasses at all to watch it in 3D.

 

[HassEsser]

Fox News reports:

Immediately stopped reading and forgot everything I had read prior to that point. Call me biased, I don't care. Fox News is cancer.

OT: Regardless of what anyone says about 3D, I think it has huge potential and we have just scratched the surface. I like it, anyhow.

 

[Danpascooch]

Quoting Fox News now?

I'm not a fan of 3D but Jesus Christ Escapist, scraping the bottom of the barrel huh?

 

[Shadowkire]

Few people have the ability to differentiate between foreground and background objects in a 2D image, I am one of those people.