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So you say, but this was clearly done as a cost cutting measure. Spiderman has a BOATLOAD of glasses that need to be cleaned. Spider webbing is on the wall...
There’s no indication this is about cost cutting.
So you say, but this was clearly done as a cost cutting measure. Spiderman has a BOATLOAD of glasses that need to be cleaned. Spider webbing is on the wall...
They say that like it's an upgrade.
This is troubling. Not because I think it will ruin the ride (though it's certainly a downgrade), but because it implies Universal has not learned the correct lessons from the pushback against screens that we have been led to believe they're aware of.
Nah. They’re just over correcting
Yea, I get that... But it helps that they use the old BttF ride system with the giant dome screens in Japan... which were never intended to be in 3D.Probably the fairest takeaway.
As stated when it happened to the USH version, there is a screen issue AND a 3D issue. With DM, there's precedent it worked without it in Japan, and it was the easiest of the 3D attractions to convert. It finally making its way over here leads me to believe that the general reception to the USH conversion has been positive.
Yea, I get that... But it helps that they use the old BttF ride system with the giant dome screens in Japan... which were never intended to be in 3D.
I know you know. Wasn't directed at you. I'm venting in general today.You're description of their logic train is likely completely accurate.I am aware.
Probably the fairest takeaway.
As stated when it happened to the USH version, there is a screen issue AND a 3D issue. With DM, there's precedent it worked without it in Japan, and it was the easiest of the 3D attractions to convert. It finally making its way over here leads me to believe that the general reception to the USH conversion has been positive.
Universal still buys the cheap plastic glasses for Shrek if that’s what you were talking about. They literally throw them out after 40 washes.Japan is a different experience overall, not just a 2D version of ours. It looks to be a total rerendering of the film to properly use the dome. I’m willing to bet that 3D is nearly impossible at adequate light levels on that screen, and probably wouldn’t add that much anyway, except maybe some motion sickness.
Maybe replacement lenses are getting hard to come by, and they are saving them for the rides that can’t function adequately without them. As far as I know Dolby doesn’t sell the glasses with plastic lenses anymore but I don’t know what other suppliers they might have.