Maybe it was due to the cinema having real IMAX projectors and screens, maybe it was because I was sitting in the optimum position within the cinema, maybe it was because it was all new and exciting.

Or maybe it’s because it’s a completely unnecessary encumbrance to 99.9% of all films made and Avatar was the 0.1% that utilised the effect properly. Since struggling to watch the dark gloomy screen during Tintin and a long list of other films I have vowed never to watch another film with a pair of pointless sunglasses on ever again.

My brain is not so inept that I need some visual effect to tell me the difference between an elephant on the horizon and a mouse by my feet.

Prometheus was visually stunning without the goggles, I dread to thing how much more grey and gloomy it for have been for those poor souls that payed to see it in 3D.

Glasses feel silly and uncomfortable? I’ve been wearing glasses for almost 40 years and I disagree. I suppose I should be thankful you didn’t claim glasses make people look silly, too :) Roger Ebert has praised the use of 3D in several movies, including “last-minute decision” (which it wasn’t) Prometheus which does indeed benefit hugely from its natural use of 3D.

I do however agree completely with what you say about studios using 3D to boost their bottom line. They’re totally shameless about it, too. Just look at all the post-conversion titles coming out, including James Cameron’s Titanic! I guess Mr. Cameron is not above making a quick buck out of something he derided earlier.

As far as post-conversions go… I absolutely detest them. 3D is much more than simply providing two different views; it affects set design, lighting, costumes, props, compositions, camera positioning, editing and rhythm, for starters. No amount of expensive conversion work can transform a movie designed and shot for 2D into a movie designed and shot for 3D. Converting old movies like Top Gun and I, Robot is downright insulting as it implies studios think we simply don’t know better and are willing to pay top dollar for anything with “3D” slapped on the title. Let’s leave movies shot for 2D in peace and concentrate on making new, exciting 3D titles that really take advantage of the possibilities, OK?

There’s more I would like to add but running a fever and coughing my lungs out forces me to stop here.

2 words about the potential of 3D: TRON LEGACY

fuck real 3D.

Oh, and my name is Ian, not Adam. :) No need to be rude here.