3D is the future. No srsly gaiz.

3D is just a crappy gimmick from the 1950s, right? You always go to a movie expecting to be amazed and have it feel "like real life" and you leave disappointed and confused.

Yeah, that’s what everybody believes too. But it wont be the case for much longer now.

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After reading so much, hearing so much and talking so much about James Cameron's upcoming movie "Avatar", I believe 3D is the real future of cinema and electronic entertainment. 3D will follow along the same tracks as a certain other format with an acronym ending in "D". Comparing the early days of high-def to 3D these days does yield similarities.

It’s easy to be a skeptic when the guy with the new tech tells you that you don't know what real 3D media is. He mocks the classic red-and-blue paper specs and presents you with a clunky pair of plastic shades as a replacement, and you feel like you're being had. But the fact of the matter is, it's true. This new 3D just makes everything so much cooler, to an extent of intensity which will force you to sit back and remain silent.

This new technology isn’t the blurry, red and blue layers of old. It’s a sharp, solid and lifelike experience. The current example I have is Robert Zemeckis's Polar Express and his other 3D work, Beowulf. So real, you believe you could reach out and touch the movie.

And best of all, it didn't feel gimmicky.

The phrase “What’s the point?” has been synonymous with 3D for quite some time now. Movies work fine without it, and its inclusion certainly won’t expand the possibilities of cinematic design. But we had exactly the same doubts about the importance of HD a few years ago, didn't we? Remember that? How it wont make a lick of difference?

You didn’t need HD. In fact, you probably didn’t even want it at all, but once you’d seen it, your face shriveled with disgust at every glance towards your old standard-def TV. And ever since you’ve played in 1080p, how often has your favorite movie list been coupled with the phrase “That would look great in HD”?

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Well, lookie here, we’re the same way with 3D now! It may not be necessary in all circumstances, but it really feels like the same jolt you get when watching in HD. In fact, it’s almost like the missing piece of HD technology. We’re already used to high counts of "p", but when those graphics are augmented by ‘real’ 3D display, their true potential is realized.

We really just can’t help but re-imagine our favorite movie in this new third dimension.

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3D has a hard road ahead of it. There will be skeptics. There will be hard-asses. There will be seething, loathing masses who are outraged by this technological bastardization of all that they love. But then there will be people like me, who support the fledgling little format. It wont be overnight, but someday soon, 3D will take it's place in the world of cinema just like sound did in late 20s, color did in 1939, and HD did in this new millennium.

James Cameron's "Avatar" is schedule for release December 18, 2009.