I have no idea why that says tuesdays and not theaters. Ipad auto correct maybe.

I live in NYC and I can tell you it is very common for Tuesdays to only play movies in 3d. Only 2 of more than 20 Tuesdays were playing shreck in 2 d. I still haven’t seen that movie because I wasn’t going to travel the extra distance. Yes I had the choice but it sucks that they don’t care about losing my dollar because they are making the money in the additional charge everyone else pays. Even when people only pay it cause they have no option.

I’d like to know where you got that info. Why spend extra money to make 3d movies if you don’t benefit?

You nailed it on the head. “allowing them to suck our wallets dry”

Allowing.

Am I being hard on people for crying about this gimmick/fad/technique or whatever you want to call it? Yes. Reality is hard.

If you don’t like it, don’t buy it.

Is Hollywood trying to get your money? You act like that is something NEW. They are ALWAYS trying to get your money, long before 3D.

This is not a “new way to get your money” its the same way, and its added value. Don’t think it is added value? Then don’t see the 3D versions. Very rarely is a theater only showing the 3D version.

The increase in boxoffice, and consistent ticket sales for 3D, as well as the onset of home theater advances and no sign of Hollywood letting this go? Reality.

Call it what you want. I call it business and you still pay for it.

You don’t have to. Stop blaming them for “abusing you” during this economy. Movies are not a necessity in life. If you can’t afford a few more bucks, then DONT GO. No one is making you.

“The bad economy” is the worst excuse EVER. If the “economy” was such a deterrent, then they wouldn’t raise prices. Retail stores lower prices to keep competitive on the market. Cinemas keep raising the prices and you keep paying them. Why would they want to change that? Don’t like it? Then stop buying it. If no one went to the 3D films, they would stop making them.

It’s a hard economy right now and Hollywood is looking for every cent they can grab and we as the ticket buyers are allowing them to suck our wallets dry. I personally have been spending less and less at the theaters and allowing my Netflix and Blu-Ray purchases to rise. Is watching these same movies in my home a lesser experience? Nope. Is it costing me less to watch them? Yep. Are more people going to start doing the same thing I am. ABSOLUTELY. There will probably still be a few theaters left out there in the next 10 or 20 years but sooner or later I still predict that they will go the same route as the drive-in experience. Something our children and grandchildren will have no connection to or knowledge of its wonders. Sad, yes. Will I still be enjoying my virtual movies at home?! Heck YES!

Yes there are some films I want to see in 3D, not so much in other such as the 3rd Batman film. Nolan has done a masterful job of creating a Batman world. Would 3D bring anymore to that other than some novelty and higher ticket prices?

Its a fact 3d doesn’t look as good with dark scenes. If you are going to make a Batman movie in 3d what would be the point of giving the best looking 3d scenes to Bruce Wayne out of costume? Then again I guess they could always light up Batman, Batman and Robin style. :|

Every time Star Wars has been re-released it has been obviously for the money, but he added value each time and improved the visuals and remastered the film.

You can disagree on how well he did that, but each time he has added more and used current technology to improve the films. This is no different.

The only exception to that rule was when the fanbase demanded an original print be transfered to DVD, which as history repeats itself will likely happen in about 5 years when people are crying that they dont have an original release copy on Bluray.

Overhauls are part of the cost of doing business and would happen regardless of new technology. Like the conversion from VHS to DVD to Blu-ray or black n’ white tv’s to color tv’s to flat screen tv’s, everything is about the almighty dollar and to get the herds to keep spending them. Upgrades or change are a part of life and right now, what I believe the “fad” comment meant is that the market is over saturated with 3D and the thrusters need to be pulled back a little. I propose a rule, If a movie needs to be in 3D (for no other reason than being in 3D) film it in 3D and stop converting something new (Clash of the Titans) or old (Star Wars) in to 3D. I suppose the creative well is getting pretty dry in Hollywood and especially with Lucas when all he can do is keep morphing and meshing Star Wars in to the latest and greatest technology. I (along with the majority of patrons you mention) would like to see something new from Lucas like a prequel or sequel to the Star Wars franchise on the big screen but that wouldn’t be as easy as say converting or running something pre-existing through the 3D filter on the computer would it?

So the re-re-re-re-release of the Star Wars franchise 3D isn’t a gimmick to get people back in the theaters to see it for the umpteenth time? I never remember Lucas mentioning over the last 30 years (until recently) about Star Wars needing to be released in 3D so? While it’s only one of my many dislikes of the gimmick, 3D is just an excuse for the movie industry to dig in to our pockets more. If it’s so great and such a vital part of the movie experience then it should only be offered in 3D and cost the same to see as a movie that’s not in 3D like when sound was added to film or for instance color.

While I’ll concur and have no issue that 3D is here to stay (although it never went any where, it just wasn’t attached to nearly everything in blinking lights) your naive not to at least agree that all the rage now in the board rooms after a movie is green lighted that there is an excutive that shouts “we gotta have it in 3D!” simply for the added ticket price. Nolan’s Batman 3 is a gleaming example of this and if you argue the fact we’ll have to agree to disagree.