Full video of Michael Bay and James Cameron discussing 3D and it's future

Earlier we shared a short video of James Cameron and Michael Bay talking about the future of 3D technology. Today we have the full 15-minute version of that video thanks to the Hollywood Reporter. The video touches on both the positive and negative aspects of 3D. 

For the full transcript of the event click here and check out the video below:

Here is a snippet from the video above of Bay talking about the cost of 3D:

The bottom line is, if you want to do good 3D, it’s very expensive. The camera equipment is expensive because it comes with a lot of techs, the labor. When you’re doing special effects, you have digital artists, but they have to do about a third more work when they have to match two eyes. So depending how many shots you have, that incrementally increases. And there’s a lot of tech fixes — it’s not easy shooting 3D. It’s never technically perfect, like where you shoot film and you get it back from a lab and it’s like, “Oh, that’s great.” It doesn’t come out like that with 3D….Bottom line in terms of financial impact, it’s about $30 million to the budget.

I find this topic very interesting because I am not a fan of 3D. The only film that I am glad I saw it in 3D was James Cameron's Avatar. Every single conversion that I have seen has been a complete waste. I have even left a theater disgusted on numerous occasions. My enjoyment of putting 3D glasses on top of my presciption glasses is really annoying. I have made it a point to choose watching a film in 2D whenever possible.

What are your thoughts on 3D and it's future?

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