Post #2- Hollywood Headaches

Like most of the blogs so far, I am not very into the news. I find most of the information give in the news to be exaggerated and negative. While the news and events around the world are very important knowledge, it’s hard to find interest in them. Most articles talked about the presidency, the economy, international affairs and other business related topics, and yes that’s important and interesting to some, I find it played out and a drag. While surfing on the New York Times website I came across many interesting article titles. Breaking news popped up titles, At Obama's Request, Bush Asks Congress for Remaining $350 Billion in Bailout Funds. Most of the articles on the cover page dealt with Obama’s presidency and plans and Bush’s last 200 hours in office. In addition the cover page included an article about Hollywood’s focus on 3-D ideas and the diversity down Woodhaven, Queens.
After coming across the Hollywood 3-D title I decided that was more to my interest. Hollywood Finds Headaches in Its Big Bet on 3-D by Brooke Barnes talks about Hollywood’s excitement for the boom of 3-D films, followed by their upset. Their upset is a result of movie theater equipment, they had predicted a lot more theaters to upgrade their screens to 3-D compatible and have fallen short. Only a small percentage of the projected number of theaters is able to play the films, costing directors and company’s more money then expected. “But analysts are starting to warn that all of that product could find itself sitting on a loading dock with no place to go”, I believe this statement by Barnes is accurate. Yes, “The Walt Disney Company alone has 15 three-dimensional movies in its pipeline”, but I feel 3-D movies are not as common and I personally do not even prefer them. As demanding as Hollywood may see these types of films, I do not see them as a desired or preferred movie type at all. The only theaters I know of that even play them are Imax, and like Barnes states, “Only about 1,300 of North America’s 40,000 or so movie screens support digital 3-D”, that is not merely enough to produce a large enough profit. I do believe its great that Hollywood is advancing maybe they are moving faster than society, with its current economic position.
On http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/new-york-times-3-d-is-in-danger-of-becoming-hollywoods-latest-flub, are few blog comments about the New York Times article, Hollywood Finds Headache in Its Big Bet on 3-D. I agree with Post #1, rattler76, Hollywood is trying to push and expensive technological advancement at the wrong time. The economy is doing poorly and people and companies do not have the money they use to. Companies will not want to spend $100,000 on equipment and people cannot afford to spend $25 on movie tickets versus the current average of about $8-10. Post 2 by JM explains how I feel about the 3-D concept itself. There isn’t much hype in the environment I’m in over this idea, I don’t know anyone that would rather see in 3-D instead of 2-D.