G.I. Joe : Retaliation 3D Blu-ray (2013) [Region Free] [Theatrical Cut only] [GI]

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by HD Goofnut

Okay, I'll debate this. Brightness, contrast, CGI, and other effects are done by the actual crew working on the film either during the production or post-production period. They are all part of the same project.

A film that was entirely shot in 2D, then is revisited by technicians at a studio to convert it in 3D is an totally different animal. This would be an entirely separate project. Do you think anyone at Fox contacted McTiernan or any of film crew concerning Predator 3D or what about Proyas and his crew for I, Robot? You'd be naive to think so.

Now, in the case of this G.I. sequel it could have been the original film crew that did the 2D to 3D conversion although that is doubtful. Also, even if they did does that make it right? If the director wanted the film or portions of it shot in 3D don't you think he would have procured some 3D cameras.

Actually, he originally did desire to shoot the movie native stereoscopic but, he let go of that idea at the start of production due to limitations of the original release schedule.

This info all comes from a follow-up Q&A with Jon Chu after the DGA screening of G.I. Joe:Retaliation 3D just this week. The Director had nearly finished the post when the studio then decided that it would be of some benefit to release the film in 3D. Sooooo, an additional 9 months was added to post with StereoD doing the 2D -> 3D conversion. No native stereoscopic capture occurred during the additional extension period.