Alien Prequel to possibly be 3D

[RoaryUK]

well, I think that I would love to see the original Alien in 3D even if not everything could be seen properly because of the lighting. You don't necessarily have to see all of the Alien to have it in 3D and appreciate details of the intricately patterned body of the creature. There was so much to visually appreciate in that movie.

I agree with you in principal.... but then even today 3D technology is far from perfect.  I've heard  reports that some of Avatars visuals seem out of focus, or even have some colour degridation in low light scenes.  Yet when these same people saw the normal version it was crystal clear.   James Cameron as a leader in his field when it comes to visuals, he knew what he was doing with Avatar, but if it's true what people are saying, can you really say something like Alien is ready for 3D?   As always I think Ridley Scott is just being the great film maker, toying with new ideas, he too is a master when it comes to visual effects, but Alien and Avatar are 2 completely different things.... besides, there's really no need, which is why I don't think he'll do it anyway.

[deezelboy]

well, I think that I would love to see the original Alien in 3D even if not everything could be seen properly because of the lighting. You don't necessarily have to see all of the Alien to have it in 3D and appreciate details of the intricately patterned body of the creature. There was so much to visually appreciate in that movie.

Yes, not to mention that the inner jaw shots of the Alien we do see would have been pretty superb in 3D!

[RoaryUK]

Yes, not to mention that the inner jaw shots of the Alien we do see would have been pretty superb in 3D!

I think some people might be getting slightly confused here.  The only 3D talk to my knowledge is for the Alien Prequel and even that's not a certainty, but there are no plans for  the original Alien to be released in 3D... or do you guys know something I don't!

[deezelboy]

It's to do with your point about the Alien Alien being deliberately obscured until the end, so why do the prequel in 3D.

So imagine Alien was done in 3D.  There are quite a few shots that are made for 3D - teh inner jaw attacks, the Alien lunging out for Dallas in the vents, and the facehugger shooting out of the Egg at Kane.  There's a lot of good reasons to do the prequel in 3D, even if it showed as much as Alien did!

[wmmvrrvrrmm]

I think some people might be getting slightly confused here.  The only 3D talk to my knowledge is for the Alien Prequel and even that's not a certainty, but there are no plans for  the original Alien to be released in 3D... or do you guys know something I don't!

Well you were the one who was talking about what Alien was all about in your view of why it wasn't a good idea to make an Alien movie in 3D

[Thedus]

It's to do with your point about the Alien Alien being deliberately obscured until the end, so why do the prequel in 3D.

So imagine Alien was done in 3D.  There are quite a few shots that are made for 3D - teh inner jaw attacks, the Alien lunging out for Dallas in the vents, and the facehugger shooting out of the Egg at Kane.  There's a lot of good reasons to do the prequel in 3D, even if it showed as much as Alien did!

Just imagine Kane's death in 3D. 

[SiL]

I despise 3D when it's used as a gimmick - oh look! The jaw is shooting out at YOU! - and question the point when it's not.

I'll stick to 2D.

[Darkfox]

As I keep thinking about it, I keep switching from side to side on this subject. It's also the same when reading the posts on this topic, sort of always makes me think "yes, but then again..." and then the next time I think "yes, but then again..."

Let me put it this way. I do not need to see it in 3D and in general, I am not any 3D fan. Sometimes it is nice, but it is not that special. That's the general attitude. Now likewise, Alien does not need it, the most important thing is that it has a good plot, characters, everything. If Ridley has some spare time and spare money after taking care of everything else, why not, let him make it in 3D. But if the effort to make it in 3D was to interfere with the rest of the stuff, "oh my, we need to work on schedule, let's skip half of the scenes and just quickly finish all the 3D stuff" or (however I trust Ridley to be wise enough not to do that) even resort to "let's overflood the audience with tons of 3D effects!", well, then better stay with a normal movie. 2D is enough and it might be even better that way. That said ("yes,  but then again..." ), I agree with what some have been saying above, that seeing Alien (the creature - Giger's creature) in 3D would be cool (indeed imagining some of the scenes in Alien in 3D - just as it's been said above). However, like I said, it's not such a big deal.

Well, you see the dialectic 

[wmmvrrvrrmm]

(indeed imagining some of the scenes in Alien in 3D - just as it's been said above). However, like I said, it's not such a big deal.

oh well, speak for yourself.  But  after seeing the footage of the Nostromo model restored, the 3D obsession is something quite powerful with the original Alien and its aesthetics for me. Having the Kenner Alien makes the Alien in 3D an obsession for me. Wishing that I could have walked around the Nostromo set and the Derelict set makes Alien in 3D an obsession for me.

[Darkfox]

Wishing that I could have walked around the Nostromo set and the Derelict set makes Alien in 3D an obsession for me.

Well, I would have liked that too, but still 3D is not the same... I mean, the image is really not 100% "true" as it would seem to you if you were there physically. Well, maybe once 3D becomes really 3D where you can choose where you stand and where you are looking from, then sure

[ondemand]

I despise 3D when it's used as a gimmick - oh look! The jaw is shooting out at YOU! - and question the point when it's not.

I'll stick to 2D.

Agreed, Its easier on the eyes that way.

[wmmvrrvrrmm]

Well, I would have liked that too, but still 3D is not the same... I mean, the image is really not 100% "true" as it would seem to you if you were there physically. Well, maybe once 3D becomes really 3D where you can choose where you stand and where you are looking from, then sure

Well, it does give me an indication of what it would be like to see an unusual environment with two eyes, that's what I want with 3-D. Watching Avatar in 3D gave me a clue about what it might be like to walk about the Pandora planet's landscape and well the place doesn't exist in the known physical universe. I can't really say why 3D doesn't interest certain people less than others. For all I know you might be a one eyed human being, or a person who switches from one eye to the other eye so this is why it might not interest you so much.

[SiL]

It doesn't interest me because it doesn't add anything. It's an expensive embellishment that gives me the impression of physical depth, and I don't see the point. My eyesight and depth perception are good enough to be able to imagine walking down the corridors of the Nostromo without 3D. It's supposed to immerse you into the film more, but to me it just takes me out of the film when I see something floating two feet in front of the screen suddenly cut out at the edges.

[dude]

I was more immersed in the jungle in Predator than the jungle in Avatar anyhow.