Cameron's Avatar a 3D Drug Trip? 215
bowman9991 writes "James Cameron's first movie since Titanic, his upcoming science fiction epic Avatar, has a budget pushing US$200 million and enough hype to power a mission to Mars. Now it appears the 3D technology he created to turn his vision into a reality, the key to Avatar's success or failure, may be habit forming. Dr. Mario Mendez, a behavioral neurologist at the University of California, said it is entirely possible Cameron's 3D technology could tap brain systems that are undisturbed by conventional 2D movies. Cameron himself believes 3D viewing 'is so close to a real experience that it actually triggers memory creation in a way that 2D viewing doesn't' and that stereoscopic (3D) viewing uses more neurons, which would further heighten its impact."
Drug Trip? Great Idea! (Score:4, Funny)
I personally plan on smoking some weed before I see it.
I wish I knew where I could find some mushrooms...
And when.. (Score:3, Funny)
Do we get 3d porn!!
Hype, nothing (Score:5, Funny)
At $200 million, they're approaching the ability to fund a mission to Mars.
It's true, I'm addicted to 3D. (Score:5, Funny)
After watching several 3D movies back to back, I now find myself completely addicted to 3D and finding myself craving it all the time in my everyday life. I've tried to give it up, but after only a few minutes of having one eye shut I start to get a headache and my eye muscles get sore, not to mention I'm completely unable of functioning and find myself bumping into things and knocking things over when I reach for them. James Cameron must be stopped!
So what? (Score:5, Funny)
Dr Mario? (Score:5, Funny)
I'm not surprised it'd be habit forming, with the amount of pills Dr Mario throws down patients' throats.
Damn, now I want to pull out a SNES and play Mixed Match..
Re:And when.. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:It's true, I'm addicted to 3D. (Score:5, Funny)
I only wish I could experience 3d more in my day to day life.
Why must I have to wear special glasses and go into a darkened theater to experience 3d? Why?
3D Glasses (Score:3, Funny)
True Story (Score:5, Funny)
yeah, no really... (Score:5, Funny)
TLDR: 3d is the same as it's been, nothing to see here, move along.
Viral marketing (Score:5, Funny)
If you think viral marketing is bad now, just wait until they start putting advertising payloads in the flu.
Every case of intestinal distress comes with a sudden urge to watch High School Musical XIII.
Or is it the other way around?
LOW budget 3D movie (Score:2, Funny)
The world is ready for a movie that's a 24fps sequence of Magic Eye[TM] stereograms.
Re:So going to see this! (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Astroturfing is habit forming (Score:1, Funny)
Would it be smarter of them to not market the movie? Or maybe they shouldn't even be allowed to make it since the motivation possibly doesn't meet your standards of purity?
I am personally happy that people work to entertain me. If I choose to pay them for doing so, does that make me a sheep of some sort?
I need these questions answered so I know how to think in the future. Help me, Slashdot!
Re:And when.. (Score:5, Funny)
The bigger question is; When we DO get 3D porn will it make you believe, and create the memory, that you've had actually sex? And if it does; hi to you population decrease.
And a lot fewer comments posted on Slashdot...
Re:Hype, nothing (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Astroturfing is habit forming (Score:3, Funny)
I think the only important word in the article is $200M. This means hype, and lots of it.
Its only hype if the movie doesn't sync with a Pink Floyd album in a meaningful way.
Re:And when.. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:And when.. (Score:5, Funny)
Somehow, I manage not to have sex, without the benefit of this amazing technology you describe...
Re:It's true, I'm addicted to 3D. (Score:3, Funny)
Slow down, hoss, you're one step away from reinventing Time Cube.
Re:So what? (Score:4, Funny)
That just means you both saw those movies in highschool.
The Third Dimension (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Hype, nothing (Score:4, Funny)
Are you kidding? The last mission to mars only cost $90 million [mooviees.com], so this represents some serious inflation.
On the other hand, that mission didn't turn out so well [rottentomatoes.com], so maybe they're hedging their bets.
Re:Drug Trip? Great Idea! (Score:3, Funny)
3D movies get you stoned?
That pretty much explains everything that happenned to me in real-life 3D.
Re:So what? (Score:4, Funny)
Naked ladies?
Addiction is only a part of the problem (Score:5, Funny)
3D is just a gateway to harder dimensions. Just wait until you see your kids sitting on street corners with multicolored glasses on mainlining 4- and 5-D. Nothing less than the complete collapse of society as we know it is at stake.
Re:Astroturfing is habit forming (Score:3, Funny)
What, you think all those indie artsy 1-D films are made on a shoestring budget ?
I'm a frayed knot.