This is an extreme rumor at the moment, but a highly believable one: Blue Sky Disney dropped the news bomb earlier that Lucas is going to announce next month the 3D conversion of the Inadiana Jones films.
Last month came the news of Lucas’ intent to convert the Star Wars movies to the third dimension, so it was only a matter of time before he ran out of ideas and started looking at his other properties. So this news is not in the least bit surprising, and the idea of seeing the boulder chase from Raiders and the rail-car scene from Temple in 3D is actually compelling. I hate to admit that.
Still, at what point does this 3D conversion trend run out of gas? If done right 3D is an amazing tool for filmmakers, and wonderful experience for we the audience – but there’s something… off about all of this Lucas stuff. There was a time when he was creating trends instead of following them, but granted those days have been over since the 1980’s at least.
The real question is when does he get around to converting Willow and Howard the Duck?
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I just want to say how much I love that picture.
Why the implied Willow hate?
Still waiting and waiting and waiting.
For the dvd release of "Twice Upon A Time".
Layoff on "Willow". Wish Ron Howard would go back to doing a all out fantasy. Instead of all out trash like the
"Da Vinci" movies.
J.J. CORTEZ
What about Radioland Murders in 3D?
Man, who cares about seeing these films in 3D? Why not just do a restoration print and screen that? It would cost the same to produce, be half the price at the theater, and not be awful.
Willow bites and you know it you sad fuckers. Val K's good, but that's it. He's to Willow as Leah Thompson's Ass is to Howard the Duck…Holy shit, Leah Thompson's ass in 3D!
Films shot IN and FOR 3D are the only 3D films that can maybe, sometimes be worth seeing. And even those are old-hat now. Films CONVERTED into 3D choke on a sack of rotting donkey cocks.
Indy was only ever supposed to be a throwback-style film. The only 3-D I could feature seeing Indy in is via the red/blue glasses.
Steve, it WOULD be awesome to see those scenes in 3D, but they weren't shot in 3D. So, listen… it's not gonna happen the way you want it to. Have you not seen any of the (universally) shitty 3D conversions? How can you possibly even hold out a sliver of hope that this is going to be fun to watch?
In other words: What Doug said.
The only reason it "seems off" is becuase of the tired, sad, hyperbolic vitriol you nerds continue to spill at a mediocre to relatively decent pulp filmmaker becuase he didn't make the films YOU all obviously would have made, only so much better. Incidentally, where was this unbridaled HATE for Cameron when he announced he was going back and converting Titanic, and possibly T2? What gives that a pass, while if uncle bad-touch George goes back through Lucasfilms phenomenal, and still loved catalog and does the same it's clear that he's "run out of ideas"? So it's a cash-in, big deal, how is that anything new for Holywood? There's nothing any different here from any other post-conversion, except that this might be (MIGHT be) a cool way to see what are without question some of the best adventure cinema ever made (screw you, Crusade haters – aside from the clunky expositional stuff in the begining, it's a great ride, with a fantastic score by Williams, and a cast that's obviously having a blast) back on the big screen where I can take my sons to experience the same wild ride I did when I was a tad. For fucks' sake just go see Indy doing what he does best, in a darkened theater where he was meant to be, and stop bitching.
Willow is greater than any Indy film except Raiders.
Indy's touching his staff of Ra in that picture.
I don't give a shit about Lucas or 3D. Both are going to die pretty soon anyway.
Great, this means we'll never get to see Indy on Blu Ray until 2016.
@#10: Lighten up, Francis. You sound like a psycho. LOL, don't know which is funnier, the continuing fight to rehabilitate Willow or Doug's sack of rotting donkey cocks.
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