Re: 3D and the press

[P3D Dr. George A. Themelis <fj834@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>Additional 3-D desriptives provided by Lowry:  "3-D promotion," "3-D
>hoopla," "3-D stunts."  Wow, he actually managed to slip one neutral
>adjective in among all the negative ones.

Which one is the neutral Paul?  "Hoopla" or "stunts"? :-)
I think Mr. Lowry is not commenting on 3D in general but 3D as
treated by the television networks.  Does anybody doubt that 3d 
is treated as a gimmick to increase ratings?

What better proof than this quote:

>"We're hoping even if people
>don't have the glasses they'll be curious to see what it looks like."

I am a bit skeptical about this:

>"I always looked at the glasses as icing on the cake....

In one sense, 3d is at the top of good 2d photography... First you must
have good 2d images and then let them be transformed with the magic of
3d... but 3d is (or should be) more than the icing on the cake...

-- George Themelis


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