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www.rogerebert.com ^ | 12/11/09 | Roger Ebert

Posted on 12/13/2009 6:52:26 AM PST by Borges

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To: frposty

Theater DLP’s are mostly if not all 3-chip designs, each with its dedicated color RGB with no color wheel.

The Dolby system adds a color wheel in front of the lens that is synched to the projector.

Blu-ray is going to have 3D and TV’s and Receivers in mid 2010 will start coming out supporting 3D and HDMI 1.4. So eventually home 3D Blu-ray will be common and I’m sure Avatar will be an early release for it.


121 posted on 12/13/2009 3:59:44 PM PST by Tolsti2
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To: Tolsti2

Do you know the scheme home TVs will use for 3D? I suppose I should check wikipedia.

Is that a color wheel you’re talking about or a polarizing-filter wheel?


122 posted on 12/13/2009 4:45:18 PM PST by frposty (I'm a simpleton)
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To: frposty

So far the home ones I’ve seen have been LCD shutter tech. I have a feeling that’ll probably stay the standard since I’m not sure if any non-multiple-projector system will be able to polarize the light. A color system may work if Dolby gets on it though.

There might even be multiple but compatible with Blu-ray types. We’ll see.


123 posted on 12/13/2009 4:49:30 PM PST by Tolsti2
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To: Borges
It invents a new language, Na'vi, as "Lord of the Rings"

Lord of the Rings was a masterpiece in good vs. evil........in my lifetime, there will never be another one like it.

From what I've read of Avatar, well, screw it.........

124 posted on 12/13/2009 4:54:44 PM PST by Hot Tabasco (I want a hoochie-mama for Christmas, only a hoochie-mama will do............)
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To: ReleaseTheHounds
I’ll wait for reviews other than those from Roger Ebert

Michael Medved comes to mind.......his should be good

125 posted on 12/13/2009 5:00:08 PM PST by Hot Tabasco (I want a hoochie-mama for Christmas, only a hoochie-mama will do............)
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To: BenLurkin
Roger Ebert = notorious lefty.

....and homo. Not that that's a bad thing.

126 posted on 12/13/2009 5:01:18 PM PST by Hot Tabasco (I want a hoochie-mama for Christmas, only a hoochie-mama will do............)
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To: Hot Tabasco

Ebert is married. And he’s been known to babble on about gratuitous female nudity in films.


127 posted on 12/13/2009 5:21:58 PM PST by Borges
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To: Borges

Ebert’s a lib extremist.

Did Soros fund part of the film?

He’s making wads of cash on all the destruction Obama is doing, so I figure in brainwashing out kids with this film, I figure he’s profiting.


128 posted on 12/13/2009 5:28:13 PM PST by CincyRichieRich (Keep your head up and keep moving forward!)
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To: Borges
Ebert is married.

So was my ex-neighbor's ex-boyfriend who happened to have two daughters........My neighbor was a guy.

129 posted on 12/13/2009 5:43:22 PM PST by Hot Tabasco (I want a hoochie-mama for Christmas, only a hoochie-mama will do............)
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To: CincyRichieRich

Ebert just seems like a garden variety Democrat. James Cameron is one of the few people who could get a film like this financed on his own.


130 posted on 12/13/2009 6:10:47 PM PST by Borges
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To: Borges

Ebert is a Scientologist and married another Scientologist because he could not be gay and in the Church....al la Tom Cruise, John Travolta, Marilu Henner....and the list goes on.... The Church is like the Mob and ‘protects’ many of Hollywood’s gays...for a price....


131 posted on 12/14/2009 4:49:00 PM PST by BossLady (Tigers Wood Count - Hotion's 13!!!!)
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To: Viking2002

Yup, me too. If Ebert likes it, I know it’s junk.


132 posted on 12/14/2009 4:54:49 PM PST by FourPeas (Why does Professor Presbury's wolfhound, Roy, endeavour to bite him?)
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To: BossLady

Where do you get that information? Ebert is Catholic and is not a Hollywood figure. As a critic he stands outside of the industry. He resides in Chicago all year long.


133 posted on 12/14/2009 4:55:26 PM PST by Borges
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To: FourPeas

That’s a lot of great stuff you’re missing out on over the years.


134 posted on 12/14/2009 4:56:37 PM PST by Borges
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To: Borges

I’m not much of a movie fan, so there’s little loss IMO. Just curious, what movies would you put in that category?


135 posted on 12/14/2009 5:02:30 PM PST by FourPeas (Why does Professor Presbury's wolfhound, Roy, endeavour to bite him?)
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To: FourPeas

Just common sense. He’s been at it since the late 1960s. Hence he’s reccomended a lot of classics over the years.


136 posted on 12/14/2009 5:08:39 PM PST by Borges
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To: Borges

Ah.


137 posted on 12/14/2009 5:15:35 PM PST by FourPeas (Why does Professor Presbury's wolfhound, Roy, endeavour to bite him?)
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To: Borges

I lived and worked in Hollywood for a long time...he is a well known Scientol there. Many Hollywood figures ‘moonlight’ with other religions but pay homage...so to speak to Scientol.


138 posted on 12/14/2009 6:21:34 PM PST by BossLady (Tigers Wood Count - Hotion's 13!!!!)
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To: BossLady

As I said, he lives in Chicago. He’s very vocal about being a Chicagoan. I don’t know what they would know about him in California. I also live in Chicago and have never heard anything about that. He’s stated that he disdains ‘New Age’ beliefs and calls himself a Secular Humanist. I think you’re mistaking him with someone else.


139 posted on 12/14/2009 7:41:00 PM PST by Borges
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To: Tolsti2

Heard a report on NPR this morning about a process that can turn any 2D movie into 3D. Titanic’s producer, James Cameron, plans to produce a 3D version of Titanic.


140 posted on 12/15/2009 4:31:27 AM PST by frposty (I'm a simpleton)
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