Cameron has long been a champion of higher frame rates.
Only thing I wonder about is how many cinemas have the facilities to project at anything other than 24fps. I'm not certain if even the DCI projectors can handle this.

Bob.

> "Could this be the "new" film look?"

So... the new "film look" is... VIDEO! ;-D

~jr

Thank you, thank you!!!

Maybe this is FINALLY the turning point where we get rid of this medieval, turn-of-the-century 24p rubbish.

Turn of the century film was often at 48fps. Lots of Edisons were, anyway.

Several years ago Roger Ebert was a proponent of MaxiVision, 35mm shot and projected at 48 fps, as a new standard for film. His thought was that the Maxivision cameras were capable of shooting either 24 fps or 48 fps and existing projectors could be cheaply retrofitted to become compatible with projecting 48fps. He estimated that it was 5 times better than standard 35mm projected at 24 fps.

http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/2009/05/thats_not_the_imax_i_grew_up_w.html

"Turn of the century film was often at 48fps. Lots of Edisons were, anyway."

Try to avoid taking an 'expression' too deeply there FW ;)

Avatar was at best a fancy looking remake of Pocahontas; question is - will Avatar 2 have an actual story?

> "Avatar was at best a fancy looking remake of Pocahontas"

Actually, I though it had a striking resemblance to FernGully: The Last Rainforest. I was shocked when Cameron said he had this story in his head for a long time and wondered how many times he had seen FernGully with his kids and not realized it. I've watched FernGully with my young kids several times and when they saw Avatar they said the same thing to me. It was definitely "FernGully in Space".

If you haven't seen FernGully it's a story of how the loggers cut down the trees of the rain forest and threatened the lives of the animals who lived there, told from view of these magical pixie fairies who also live there. Pretty much Avatar's plot exactly.

> "question is - will Avatar 2 have an actual story?"

Hmmm... maybe it will follow: FernGully 2: The Magical Rescue ;-D Actually, Avatar didn't need story. It was a special FX movie. Nobody paid attention to the story. Everyone watched the 3D and THAT is what's wrong with 3D (IMHO). It gets in the way of telling the story (assuming you actually have story to begin with) Perhaps once the novelty wears off? I'm old enough to remember when TV went from B&W to Color and I don't remember color getting in the way like 3D does. 3D is just annoying but I must admit, Avatar was some of the best 3D I've ever seen. There were moments when I forgot it was a 3D movie, and that's saying a lot!

~jr

"Maybe this is FINALLY the turning point where we get rid of this medieval, turn-of-the-century 24p rubbish."Hmmm, that was just eleven years ago. Let's party like it's 1999. [grin]

...Jerry