Jackson's "Hobbit" = Fail.

[Arkaign]

its not the same.
video doesn't get more and more realistic as its goal, look at the artistic use of the image, the distortion, the color saturation or desaturation or emphasis of only certain shades, it is not about being real. its why a painting by a great artist isn't bested by a photo of a dog taken by the newest digital slr.

being "real" or smooth is great for documentaries, but it really has nothing to do with cinema.

I think artistically speaking there is much to agree with here, but the medium shouldn't be hobbled by sticking with 24fps at the standard any longer. It's not like having 48fps capabilities will make it impossible to release 24fps films, in fact it will be laughably easy (just double each frame).

This kind of movement towards better tech gives MORE flexibility with the medium, it doesn't need to get people's panties twisted (not really talking about you here, but the panic folks).

For many things, the extra detail and smoothness will (or would have been for these examples) be great (I'm thinking things like MI:4, The Avengers, etc), and for other things it will be meaningless or shouldn't/probably won't be used.

I'm pretty even with my opinions on this as well. I personally dislike 3d for the most part, but I have no problem with films being released in that format (it's easy enough to find 2d versions). But I do want more detail and smoothness to be an option. Why? Because honestly 1080p sucks for the home, 24fps sucks (panning action scene = puke, Transformers, besides being a relatively poor film is a great example of this problem), etc.

Bring on QuadHD/2160p or better
Bring on 48fps or better

It doesn't mean that we have to convert the Godfather to 200fps interpolated mishmash, or to force Scorcese to film his next crime epic in stark unfiltered digital 3d, it just means more options.

Speaking of tech, Scorcese used it to great effect in Hugo, without sacrificing the art of it all. On the contrary, all of the wizardry in that celebrated the artistic history of film.

 

[WelshBloke]

Thread title will turn to stone when sunlight touches it.

Lol. :thumbup: