An Open Letter to Nintendo

Dear Nintendo,

3D for a handheld system, Nintendo? Really?

In case you haven't had your head in the gaming news realm, Nintendo has announced and made prototypes for their new 3DS, a handheld 3D gaming system. While this isn't nearly as bad as celluloid abortions that are known as 3D Movies, it's still annoying to me that this 3D trend doesn't seem to want to go away.

As the warning shows in the above link, the 3D does NOT show up in the YouTube link, but you can actually see the sort of color distortion that's visible within the video itself.

Since I haven't played the system, and haven't really seen it in action, I'll reserve full judgement. But at the same time, I'm still exceedingly hesitant to take a look at a system that will likely have just about all of the annoyances of 3D on the big screen, just that it'll be minus the glasses.

As I've said in my previous post, 3D has given me personally a great deal of headache. Not only myself, but there are a few links in there that denote that I'm not the only one who has problems with 3D.

I just find that this 3D trend is an abomination on good taste and it'll just lead to more and more bull that will reaffirm this 3D trend.

I just can't wait until it dies again. Judging by the list that I'd linked to on my last post, it should only be another... ten years...

Damn.

Sincerely,

-Paul Clewell

P.S. KNOCK IT OFF WITH THE STUPID GIMMICKS ALREADY. GIVE US NORMAL CONTROLS. (This might be cause for another letter...)

An Open Letter to Hollywood

Dear Hollywood,

I hate James Cameron's Avatar.

There, I said it. It seems that I'm among the minority here, but I truly do loathe movies that are intended for the (once again) popular trend of creating 3D movies.

Some of you who were alive back in the late 80's and early 90's may remember that 3D is not a new idea. The idea and practice behind 3D movies has been around since 1903, and was popularized in the 1950's. It faded out of style once again in the late 60's and early 70's, with only a few films released in that time period. It once again gained popularity in the 80's and 90's, and once again fell off the grid.

Now James Cameron has once again put 3D on the map.

I confess, I kind of hate him for it. 3D for me, personally, and for a lot of other people, has been a massive headache, and a definite pain in the neck in order to fit on those ridiculous 3D glasses.

The 3D effects have never been impressive for me. They've done nothing to tickle my fancy, and have been rather lackluster, and even having seen James Cameron's film, I still remain unimpressed and annoyed that the trend of 3D films is back.

All I think to myself is: Great, another rash of films I can't watch.

In short, please stop this horrifying trend and continue to make films that aren't geared towards a stupid gimmick that'll just die in another few years.

Thanks Hollywood,
-Paul