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Dec. 4th, 2012
Rambling on this and that...
Dec. 4th, 2012 09:35 amI'm getting close to being finished with Christmas shopping! The weather is really nice this week so I want to get out and get it all done, including stocking stuffers, this week, since next week they're whispering Dire Predictions Of Snow (which probably means there'll be flurries). But in case the Dire Predictions prove accurate, far better to be able to stay home and wrap gifts instead of slogging around buying them. Of course, I'll still be slogging around because I have a dental appointment and my daughter needs a haircut and who knows what my mom may need that week, but at least I won't be shopping.
I had decided I wasn't going to read any reviews of The Hobbit before I went to see it, but I did read Larry Curtis' revew on TORn (I think he calls himself MrCere there, but on twitter he's Larry Curtis), which was favorable and had some interesting thoughts on the 48 FPS frame rate issue. It's available in both versions here in my city, but I will probably see it in good ol' fashioned non-3D/non 48FPS, at least for the first viewing, because to me, the important part is the story, not the technology. And honestly, I hate 3D. I wear glasses, bifocals no less, and even before I had to wear bifocals, I found it hard to wear 3D glasses over them properly and would end up vaguely headache-y from eye strain after even a short time. So call me a luddite, but sometimes advances in technology aren't really advances, or if they are, they still leave me behind. I'm just glad the option is there to see it the "old" way.
What about you? Are you avoiding reviews or embracing them, and will you see it in 3D if it's available in your theater?
I had decided I wasn't going to read any reviews of The Hobbit before I went to see it, but I did read Larry Curtis' revew on TORn (I think he calls himself MrCere there, but on twitter he's Larry Curtis), which was favorable and had some interesting thoughts on the 48 FPS frame rate issue. It's available in both versions here in my city, but I will probably see it in good ol' fashioned non-3D/non 48FPS, at least for the first viewing, because to me, the important part is the story, not the technology. And honestly, I hate 3D. I wear glasses, bifocals no less, and even before I had to wear bifocals, I found it hard to wear 3D glasses over them properly and would end up vaguely headache-y from eye strain after even a short time. So call me a luddite, but sometimes advances in technology aren't really advances, or if they are, they still leave me behind. I'm just glad the option is there to see it the "old" way.
What about you? Are you avoiding reviews or embracing them, and will you see it in 3D if it's available in your theater?
Pet-picspam!
Dec. 4th, 2012 04:07 pmMy two kitties were being too picturesque for me to ignore today.
Pip, giving me the, 'Oh jeez, Mom, the camera again? Really?" look:
Pepper, looking inscrutable and wise:
And the reason I rarely make my bed:
Pip, giving me the, 'Oh jeez, Mom, the camera again? Really?" look:
Pepper, looking inscrutable and wise:
And the reason I rarely make my bed:
