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Too bad we didn't have 3-D glasses for the Janet Jackson Super Bowl

by Bob Sassone, posted Jan 7th 2009 8:02PM
Super Bowl 2009We told you last month about NBC's plan to plug their shows during the Super Bowl game on February 1. Now it turns out that they're also going to show some stuff in 3-D.

Two commercials during the game will be broadcast in 3-D: one is for the new animated movie Monsters vs. Aliens, and the other is another ad for Sobe that features wacky lizards dancing (because last year's ad was so great?). If, however, you're not a fan of commercials but are a fan of wearing red and blue eyewear, you're in luck: the episode of Chuck that airs the night after the game will also be shown in 3-D. You can get the glasses (thanks to Intel) in Sobe displays in supermarkets and other stores.

3-D movies and shows are always disappointing. For every effect that makes you smile, there are 27 that are just really lame. Besides, I think Heroes might be more fun in 3-D. I think it lends itself to 3-D more than a show like Chuck does. We'll probably have these silly scenes of Chuck throwing a cell phone towards the camera or someone suddenly using a javelin.

[via AdFreak]

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Patrick

Ugh. I really wish the media companies would remember that not everyone likes 3D shows or movies. Some of us have vision problems that prevent us from being able to watch 3D programming (3D programming depends on viewers having more or less equivalent vision in both eyes, and if you're blind in one eye, it doesn't work).

January 08 2009 at 3:58 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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robert

i'm with you on that, the vision in my left eye is so bad that even corrected i'm unable to really see anything more than blurry shapes with limited detail.
no form of 3-D works for me and the old school red-blue glasses are the worst.

January 08 2009 at 11:11 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
erroneous_nick

My vision is pretty good, but I don't find much of this 3D to be very convincing. More often than not it just looks like a slight case of double-vision with a side order of splitting headache.

January 08 2009 at 1:42 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
steve

ahh. reminds me of that arrested development episode where they made fun of this kinda stuff.

January 08 2009 at 2:00 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Bryan Price

RE: JJ - "You're gonna knock an eye out!"

January 07 2009 at 11:31 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply

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