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Looks like Paramount is pushing back the release of GI Joe: Retaliation from June 29th this year to March 2013(!) to make it 3D....

I was really looking forward to this movie, as it looked far better than the first in so many ways. Why Paramount would you pull it a month before release? Hasbro must be knashing their teeth with all the movie tie-in toys that now have no movie to tie-in to. I personally think they're scared of going toe-to-toe with the Spider-man reboot and they're dumping it in a month with no competition.

Regardless. you Paramount for a blatant cash grab!

Well that actually sucks, I was kindda looking forward to seeing it. As it does look MANY TIMES better

Stupid damned 3d trend.

Laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaame!!

3d sux!

Anyway still po'ed at Paramount over the Star Trek reboot...

-you Paramount.
Thanks for ensuring I can't see your movie by making it into another 3D crapfest, there goes 5 ticket sales from my family

Seriously, where is that little kid we're waiting for to have some kind of siezure while watching a 3D movie? That's all we need to end this bull is a nice, hefty multi-million dollar lawsuit or three!

You know most theaters have the option to see 3d movies in 2d still, right? Watched Avengers in 2d over the weekend.

What we need to do is get a group of people that have vision in only one eye, and complain about how they are getting the shaft, paying higher ticket prices for something they cannot partake in............I might be onto something here

Aduro wrote:You know most theaters have the option to see 3d movies in 2d still, right? Watched Avengers in 2d over the weekend.

But finding a showing is like pulling teeth. There was only 1 2D showing of the Avengers at my local, starting at midday. Yes I did see it, but they really want to force you to see it in crappy 3D.

Oh my god! A crappy movie gets pushed back!

THE HORROR!

Grimtuff wrote:Regardless. you Paramount for a blatant cash grab!

A studio allowing tawdry financial considerations to guide decisions affecting a big dumb action film about 1980s kids' toys? Is nothing sacred!?

I hate 3D. Messes with my head, Gives me a headache and the concept of having a 3D TV that you have to sit in your front room with a pair of stupid glass's on baffles my mind.

Pushing back a film by almost a year to give it the 3D treatment is daft. Films are only at the cinema a few weeks now. Hardly seams worth it.

Kid_Kyoto wrote:3d sux!

Anyway still po'ed at Paramount over the Star Trek reboot...

ST Hater. I like the reboot.

And 3D sucks.

I had read somewhere online they pushed it back because the Avengers was doing so well currently, that any GI Joe toy sales from the summer would be a disaster. I'm not surprised. I bought the first GI Joe movie for $1 on DVD. It was 'OK-". I can't imagine the sequel being any better.

As for the Star Trek Reboot, well, I think Scotty's pet Snarf's appearance had a very similar effect on me as Vader's "Nooooooooooo!"

3D does suck.

Kid_Kyoto wrote:3d sux!

Indeed.

I demand that my life should be in 2 and sometimes only 1 dimension.

It turns out the delay over 3D may be a bit of a ruse. Spoiler Free reason: Test screenings didn't go well.

Spoiler Reason

Why is 3D being such a trend these days?

So now if characters die in a movie and we see an advance screening of it, if we bitch hard enough they'll throw more money into trying to shove them back in?

Soo should we bring Vader back in the next Starwars revamp that will be on whatever the next new media thing is?

n0t_u wrote:So now if characters die in a movie and we see an advance screening of it, if we bitch hard enough they'll throw more money into trying to shove them back in?

Art by focus group?

Great White wrote:Why is 3D being such a trend these days?

Greater revenue from the increased price, essentially. It doesn't cost them a lot to do it and you pick up a lot of audience that are there for the novelty. A lot of people went to see Avatar because it was apparently 'the best use of 3D' and assorted BS. The trend is dying it's slow death though, as it has the numerous times in the past 3D has reared its ugly head.

God feth you 3D

My sister said this when i siad how 3D forced plot and good chracters to the backseat.
"Well not everyone wants story and good characters, they just want to watch a movie"
Needless to say i felt angry as ever.
Listen, 3D is a wonderful tool for immersion, but it is always used for cheap tricks.

I still haven't seen the other GI Joe movie(s?).

I'm less inclined now that it's 3D. I hate movie theaters.

anyone else find the parallels between GIJoe 2 and the Original Animated Gi Joe Movie interesting?

They pushed back the original animated movie to be 3D?

I never knew.

Grimtuff wrote: to make it 3D....

Well I'm no longer seeing it.

I don't hit myself in the arm with a hammer because I don't want the pain of bruising, I don't watch FOX because I don't want my brain to be hurt by the stupid, and I don't watch 3D because I happen to like my eyes.

Easy E wrote:They pushed back the original animated movie to be 3D?

I never knew.

I was hoping someone else would know what I was referring to so I wouldnt feel too geeky.

*puts nerd glasses on* Might as well embrace it.

The Animated Movie originally had Duke kick the bucket after Serpentor snake-spears him in the heart. The idea was such a hit with the creators that it spilled over to the other toy-driven cartoon The Transformers. As luck would have it the Transformers movie was released first. Due to the reactions that a lot of kids had when Optimus Prime died, the folks who were making the GIJoe movie had to back pedal and make Duke live in an awkwardly done ending.

Now if the rumours are true that the real reason why GIJoe 2 was pushed back because they killed Channing Tatum's character Duke in the movie and test audiences didnt like it...

well I guess that isnt the first time Duke lives because the potential audiences would have a fit

*adjusts nerd glasses*

Oof. Turning natively filmed 2d movies into 3d sucks.

When I went to go see the Avengers at my local Rave Cinemas, I had 2 choices: I could see it in 3D ($5 extra) or I good see it in Fake IMAX ($5 extra). I opted for the 3d and regretted it nigh-instantly. Everything was way too dark and I left with a headache. As a control, I took my niece and nephew to it about a week later. The theater was now running it in normal 2d on normal screens. It was an entirely different presentation as far as light levels and general brightness, and obviously, no headache.

I'm going to the other theater from now on. It's further away, the seats are less comfortable, and I have to drive over a bridge which always makes me nervous, but it's an honest experience.

save your time Paramount i'm gonna see it in 2-d anyway.