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When you see the Hobbit for the first time, which format will you choose?

Poll: When you see the Hobbit for the first time, which format will you choose? 2D 24 / 41% 3D 12 / 20% 3D HFR (48 fps) 20 / 34% IMAX 0 / 0% IMAX 3D 3 / 5% 59 total votes

Kassandros Rohan Nov 14 2012, 5:10pm Views: 1765 When you see the Hobbit for the first time, which format will you choose? 2D? 3D? 3D HFR? IMAX? IMAX 3D? I've bought my tickets for 3D HFR. Although I have no idea how much I will enjoy 48 fps, I would like to first see the movie as Peter Jackson intended it. all we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us...

DanielLB Immortal Nov 14 2012, 5:12pm Views: 985 I'm seeing it in normal 3D first There isn't a cinema near me that will be showing it in 48fps. But the cinema does have 4K projectors, so I will still get to see some of its awesomeness! Want Hobbit Movie News? Hobbit Headlines of the Week!

wendy woo Rivendell Nov 14 2012, 5:16pm Views: 998 Probably regular 3D I'd have to go about two hundred miles or so to see it in an IMAX theater. At Christmas time, this kind of travel is not in the cards. "We named the monkey Jack."

diedye Grey Havens Nov 14 2012, 6:18pm Views: 1009 2D, thank goodness... ... I'm the one out of ten people who can't watch 3D. Blessed are the cracked, For they are the ones who let in the light!

Ardamírë Valinor Nov 14 2012, 7:10pm Views: 991 2D 24fps I want to watch it in a format that's familiar to me first so that I am not focused on the effects or frame rate. I'll be able to focus on the story and adaptation first. Then, I want 3D 48FPS in all it's glory! I'm not sure I'll like it (I don't normally like 3D), but I'm surely going to give it a try. "...and his first memory of Middle-earth was the green stone above her breast as she sang above his cradle while Gondolin was still in flower." -Unfinished Tales

Aunt Dora Baggins Immortal Nov 14 2012, 8:32pm Views: 961 2D I'll probably see it in 3D once, but 2D is by far my preference. Not because I don't love 3D (I take stereo photos as a hobby) but because the clunky glasses really distract me, especially when I have to hold them up with my hands as they slip off my nose. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "For DORA BAGGINS in memory of a LONG correspondence, with love from Bilbo; on a large wastebasket. Dora was Drogo's sister, and the eldest surviving female relative of Bilbo and Frodo; she was ninety-nine, and had written reams of good advice for more than half a century." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "A Chance Meeting at Rivendell" and other stories leleni at hotmail dot com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Misto Lorien Nov 15 2012, 12:10pm Views: 1028 2D As mentioned elsewhere, the mere thought of three hours 3D makes me want to run for the woods. Also, the Hobbit is now confirmed to be shown in my local cinema, where I'm allowed to take any seat not occupied by a paying customer whenever I wish. So I can watch it over and over again *yay* The only drawback is that I will have to watch the dubbed version.

Annael Immortal Nov 15 2012, 3:14pm Views: 941 I will choose what my local theater offers They recently went digital so that they could offer 3D, and I believe "The Hobbit" will be the first movie they show in that format. Would love to see it in IMAX 3D, but that means the two-hour trek to Seattle. The way we imagine our lives is the way we are going to go on living our lives. - James Hillman, Healing Fiction * * * * * * * * * * NARF and member of Deplorable Cultus since 1967

Magpie Immortal Nov 15 2012, 3:18pm Views: 937 me too... although it will be what my theater offers at the time I want to go It will have to be a time that works for the family so I'm not going to insist on some format and exclude family members. There will be time to see other formats if I want. I think we will all want to catch 3D and as for the other bells and whistles... I don't know how much I care. It would be interesting to compare not interesting enough to spend gobs o' money doing that. LOTR soundtrack website ~ magpie avatar gallery TORn History Mathom-house ~ Torn Image Posting Guide

Kassandros Rohan Nov 15 2012, 3:22pm Views: 953 Hopefully more theaters will be adding 48 fps if it proves popular Either later in AUJ's run or for TDOS. I hope everyone who would like to see it in this format gets the chance. I am fortunate in that I have a theater within walking distance showing it in 48 fps. I'm stoked. all we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us...

Kassandros Rohan Nov 15 2012, 3:28pm Views: 994 Stereo Photos Hobby What does taking stereo photos entail? A special camera I imagine? How do you view and display them? On occasion, I've gotten spectacular views in my binoculars and wished I could have taken a stereo photograph. I wear glasses, so I have to do the glasses-on-top-of-glasses thing at the theater, but this doesn't really bother me at all. Well, I much prefer RealD to IMAX 3D since IMAX 3D had a lot of problems with ghosting the one time I saw a film in that format. I'm guessing the polization might have been less advanced - I know the glasses were different. I've never had a similar problem with RealD. all we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us...

FaramirAndEowynMorningStar Rohan Nov 15 2012, 4:20pm Views: 926 2D.// ......"Since the first time I met you, ..I couldn't seem to forget you. .......And lately I seem to find, ..That you're always on my mind. .......Whenever I see you smile, ..It makes my life so very worthwhile. ......And ever since the very start, ..You have always been there in my heart. ..Then I heard that you felt the same way, ........................................................................And those words were so easy to say."

Aunt Dora Baggins Immortal Nov 15 2012, 4:29pm Views: 967 No special camera needed. We use whatever camera we have on hand. You take one photo, and then move over a few inches and take another photo of the same scene. You'll want to use a vertical orientation ("portrait" rather than "landscape"). We used to mount the photos on cardboard and view them in an old stereoscope that was my great-grandmother's. But later we found some cheap plastic viewers online. I've lost the original website, but it was something like this one: http://www.3dstereo.com/viewmaster/svn-lorg.html. We've also taken to putting two digital photos side-by-side using Paint-shop Pro and viewing them online. I'm able to make my eyes go wall-eyed and view stereo slides without any equipment at all, but the plastic viewers work well and only cost $3 or so. I don't have any examples of my work in the computer; it's been a long time. I'll have to scan some of my old photos and put them up. Maybe over Thanksgiving break I'll get that done. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "For DORA BAGGINS in memory of a LONG correspondence, with love from Bilbo; on a large wastebasket. Dora was Drogo's sister, and the eldest surviving female relative of Bilbo and Frodo; she was ninety-nine, and had written reams of good advice for more than half a century." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "A Chance Meeting at Rivendell" and other stories leleni at hotmail dot com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Chopsta123 Gondor Nov 16 2012, 7:54am Views: 992 my first two viewings are 3D 24fps then one viewing in 4k 3D 48fps (This post was edited by Chopsta123 on Nov 16 2012, 7:55am)

Patty Immortal Nov 16 2012, 9:32pm Views: 892 If I can find the High frame rate 3D at a theater near me, I'm in for that. I'll be seeing it in 2D for long enough after--my first glimpse I want to be a big event' Permanent address: Into the West

Aunt Dora Baggins Immortal Nov 17 2012, 6:12pm Views: 882 I've scanned an uploaded some of my 3D photos. I've been meaning to do it for some time. These are all old, pre-digital age. If you're curious, here's a link. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "For DORA BAGGINS in memory of a LONG correspondence, with love from Bilbo; on a large wastebasket. Dora was Drogo's sister, and the eldest surviving female relative of Bilbo and Frodo; she was ninety-nine, and had written reams of good advice for more than half a century." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "A Chance Meeting at Rivendell" and other stories leleni at hotmail dot com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Kassandros Rohan Nov 19 2012, 5:50pm Views: 820 Thanks Those are pretty cool. I can easily shift my eyes to view them without glasses. I might have to try a similar process sometime. The only main limitation I see is that this can't be used for subjects that move outside of your control. I've wanted to take stereo photos of animals in their native habitats before and the only way to do that would be to find one that stayed in the same position or moved back to the same position. Should be a fun little expiriment in any case, though! all we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us...

Aunt Dora Baggins Immortal Nov 19 2012, 6:07pm Views: 852 Yeah, our photos of waterfalls are an example. The trees and rocks look great, but the water is funny. We also have a few where a family member moved and those look funny too. There are special 3D cameras where you have two cameras and one trigger. Or you could hold two cameras and try to press the trigger on both of them at the same time, I suppose, except those doggone digital cameras have a time lag. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "For DORA BAGGINS in memory of a LONG correspondence, with love from Bilbo; on a large wastebasket. Dora was Drogo's sister, and the eldest surviving female relative of Bilbo and Frodo; she was ninety-nine, and had written reams of good advice for more than half a century." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "A Chance Meeting at Rivendell" and other stories leleni at hotmail dot com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Aunt Dora Baggins Immortal Nov 19 2012, 6:26pm Views: 876 Addendum, and a remark about 3D movies When I posted these elsewhere, someone mentioned that a modern trend is to make a moving gif file that alternates between the two views. The motion gives an impression of 3D. This page has several examples. And I replied that that's why video can give a pretty good impression of 3D even when it's 2D. If you move past a landscape while taking video, the background moves more slowly than the foreground, giving a pretty good 3D effect. Which in turn is why I feel like 3D in movies isn't that important. If they ever come up with a really good method, I think it would be fun, but right now I prefer 2D movies. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "For DORA BAGGINS in memory of a LONG correspondence, with love from Bilbo; on a large wastebasket. Dora was Drogo's sister, and the eldest surviving female relative of Bilbo and Frodo; she was ninety-nine, and had written reams of good advice for more than half a century." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "A Chance Meeting at Rivendell" and other stories leleni at hotmail dot com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Kassandros Rohan Nov 20 2012, 3:51pm Views: 828 I love good 3D movies, myself But there have been several I've seen that haven't been good. I also don't have much hope for 3D conversions - if Cameron can't do it well (Titanic), I'm not sure anyone can. Not that I think Cameron is a great filmmaker, but he certainly seems to understand how to make 3D movies (Avatar). It's interesting that we've broken down almost 50/50 in terms of 3D vs. 2D. I wonder if this means that The Hobbit will have a 50% split between the two? I'm guessing it'll be higher if the 3D is good, which I expect it will be. We'll see, though. As for gifs - I've noticed this effect when paging through my photos sometimes. I prefer a stereogram to an animated gif, though - maybe that's part of why I love 3D movies? I just wish there were more good movies in 3D. I fear I'm in the minority, though. all we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us...

Sam20 Lorien Nov 20 2012, 5:24pm Views: 1038 The Hobbit adaptation As for me I intend to see it in RealD 3D. That's the technology they use here in town and in the city which I'll probably go (if things go as planned) to see it in English original version. I had a cool 3D experience seeing Avatar in RealD and if The Hobbit can be in that level I'll be satisfied. If the film is good, I consider a second viewing this time in 2D in my local town. (This post was edited by sam90 on Nov 20 2012, 5:25pm)

CathrineB Rohan Jan 1 2013, 10:29pm Views: 1102 Doesn't matter As much as I hate even regular 3D it doesn't matter as long as I get to see the movies as quick as possible LOL. So for the UEJ I watched 3D 48 and hated it, but I got to see the movie. So I saw the movie in 2D a week later.