Comments on: Piranha Wars: Piranha 3D, 300 Producer Bites Back at James Cameron

By: Jason Apuzzo

Jason Apuzzo — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 01:07:38 +0000

I wouldn’t advise that, Powder. Fish carry a lot of bacteria.

By: PowderMagazine

PowderMagazine — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 01:05:54 +0000

The only thing Cameron’s fish can bite is my ass.

By: Jason Apuzzo

Jason Apuzzo — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 22:30:30 +0000

True, Jeff. And this is also why he’s not going to get the Star Wars/LOTR/Star Trek-level franchise he wants out of Avatar. As I was telling another one of our readers, he’s just too angry to create the kind of warm, expansive universes that Lucas, Roddenberry and Tolkein/Jackson have created.

By: Jeff P.

Jeff P. — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 21:58:39 +0000

I know Cameron thinks he can do whatever he wants by badmouthing other filmmakers, but ultimately this kind of crap is going to create so much bad buzz about him behind the scenes that people will withhold the things he really wants – like awards and other stuff that needs the goodwill of the industry to happen. Yeah, they’ll work with him to make money, but they won’t do him any special favors.

By: Jason Apuzzo

Jason Apuzzo — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 21:14:46 +0000

Peter, I don't know whether you are a regular reader of this site, but on countless occasions here I've said that if filmmakers want to use the new 3D technologies they really should shoot 'natively' in 3D. I am a big believer in that, because I don't think you're getting a 'true' 3D experience in these post-production conversions, no matter how well they're done. [Btw, you're probably in the minority in thinking Piranha's conversion was bad - most people thought it was a major improvement on some of the more recent botch jobs like Clash. With a few exceptions, I thought they did a good job.] With that said, when I say that Aja "borrowed" Cameron's technology I am referring in a general way to the 3D revolution that Cameron's Avatar has obviously inspired. It is also fair to point out here that Aja wanted to shoot natively in 3D, but was apparently concerned about what the extreme desert heat would do to the precision 3D optics. Thanks for your comments, though, Peter - I appreciate your engagement here. Perhaps like you, I will be taking a close look at Resident Evil 4 in this context.

By: Peter T Chattaway

Peter T Chattaway — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 21:02:33 +0000

For what it’s worth, I wouldn’t say that Piranha 3D “borrowed” Cameron’s technology. To do that, it would have had to be shot in 3D — but it wasn’t, it was converted to 3D in post-production. And, as it happens, the 3D conversion was AWFUL. Not quite as bad as the rush job in Clash of the Titans, perhaps, but still bad enough that, between those two films and The Last Airbender, I’ve been worried for Harry Potter 7 and The Chronicles of Narnia 3 and every other 3D conversion heading our way. It’s getting to the point where I think audiences should demand that advertisers specify whether 3D films were shot in that format or converted to 3D after the fact — and, as it happens, the trailer for Resident Evil 4 makes a big deal of the fact that it was shot using the same 3D cameras that Cameron used.

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