Have you heard the term "Flatties"?

darth_myeek

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A term coined by 2-D film haters. Personally I think it's a funny term, but it makes me like 2-D more so.

Sad thing is I heard "flatties" used in an interview by a newbie "2-D to 3-D" transfer person. (Psst, your industry is already being outsourced.)
 
In N.Z., that is slang for flatmates (as in roommates).

I don't think it'll take off, here.
 
Sounds like a bunch of jerks who are wasting their time on the latest fad/gimmick and want to impose their delusional beliefs of superiority by creating a silly derogatory term for people who enjoy movies just as they've been seen for more than a century.

This "flattie" thinks their viewpoint is "flatulence"; nothing more than hot air that stinks.
 
Well if that's the case then call me a proud flatty!

Have fun, 3-Delusionals. If that's what you think makes a movie then we're in trouble.
 
Sounds like a bunch of stupid 20 somethings who have to bash everything older than them because they realize all the good stuff came before their time.
 
I heard the same interview yesterday evening on NPR's "All Things Considered". Flatties? Give...me...a...break..., lady! You'll be dropping the term once the 3D fad falls by the wayside.
 
Lame.

Sadly though, I heard that like 6 of the 10 most profitable films of the last year were 3D, so this crap gimmick is here for a little while longer.
 
Ditto all the preceding comments. It's stupid. When they can make true 3D (that doesn't require glasses or other headache inducing gimmicks), I'm all for it. All they've got now is 2-and-a-half-D.

I've got no problem with 2.5D because maybe that will eventually lead to something better BUT for folks to bash your average 2D movie just because it's 2D is just "dain-bramaged" as I like to say. :lol
 
I can't believe NPR is wasting airtime on these people. They need to play more Prairie Home Companion...and get a station around here strong enough i don't have to be in the car to listen to.
 
I have to wonder how profitable those six smash hits were last year... Most people aren't aware that for every dollar spent in production and promotion that you have to make at least double or triple that amount to break even. Lots of people are owed money from $150million and $200+million films.

Bloated budgets to begin with plus another $20million for a 3-D facelift that's the same crap that comes around every 30 years reminds me why I still hate 3-D.

Sorry, but the current 3-D's going to die out from lack of hardware support (the TV sets aren't selling), the lack of films in 3-D Blu ray that aren't mindless action sequences strung after another or animation that looks better in 2-D, and maybe a brain cell or two if Hollywood grows up and realizes you can't keep throwing money into dung pits. Teens don't have THAT much money and even their parents have to be getting sick of throwing away the money they lend them, too.

Time to wake up and make movies for adults again!

There might be some hope... Charlie Sheen finally got fired when it became obvious to even the blind people in charge that his rollercoaster's wooden beams were rotting. We all know the park employees left that ride on automatic; nobody's watching the cars anymore.
 
I think they should be more concerned about "crappies" as in what most films are in 3D or 2D.
 
Content and the cost of the tech is killing 3-D.

Why they bothered to resurrect that worthless "good for amusement parks-only" tech I don't' know.

Agreed though on content.


Content overall is what makes most movies good or bad in ANY year or DECADE.

It's just that it seems like there was a higher percentage of good films made in decades past and that the stars, producers, and directors LIKED what they doing more back then, too.

I don't know why so many dispassionate people are making films today but it shows...
 
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