Simon Pegg is Worried About What 3D is Doing to the Movie Industry

Echoing the opinions of Francis Ford Coppola and Roger Ebert, Simon Pegg took to Twitter today to voice his opinions on 3D movies. Even 3D porn was under fire: "Could you seriously masturbate knowing you look like the nutty professor?"

Comics writer Mark Millar sparked Pegg's Twitter tirade, after tweeting "Please don't force Nolan to direct Batman in 3d, Warner Bros. REAL LIFE is 3D. It's not a novelty anymore."

Nolan isn't exactly a fan of 3D, having said recently that "on a technical level, it's fascinating. But on an experiential level, I find the dimness of the image extremely alienating."

After retweeting Millar's tweet on the subject, Pegg then coughed out 10 tweets on his concerns about the future of indie movies, the cinemas' restrictions on showing 3D movies, and like Ebert said, how 3D is just an excuse to charge more money. If you missed them, here they are in chronological order:

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   simonpegg 3D used in films not aimed at children is like seeing someone you respect trying too hard. Like witnessing your dad in leather trousers. 28 Sep 2010 from TweetDeck

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   simonpegg 3D has it's place and it's fun but it's a variation not an evolution. Cinemas refusing to show 2D trails with 3D films is worrying. 28 Sep 2010 from TweetDeck

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   simonpegg It's like a cinema in 1979 refusing to show the trailer for Manhattan because it's in black and white. 28 Sep 2010 from TweetDeck

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   simonpegg I'm in three 3D movies and am very excited to be so but there is a growing propensity to convert 2D into 3D just to charge more at the door. 28 Sep 2010 from TweetDeck

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   simonpegg What hope for the little films? If this is evolution, natural selection will eradicate the indie movie with a pair of Buddy Holly specs. 28 Sep 2010 from TweetDeck

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   simonpegg Sorry about that, I was venting. Where was I? Ah yes, whatever happened to white dog poo? 28 Sep 2010 from TweetDeck

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   simonpegg I take back my first point because I can think of exceptions, Avatar, Piranha. It's fun and more credible now but it is not the next step. 28 Sep 2010 from TweetDeck

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   simonpegg I'm just a little concerned that the rise of the marketing machine as the executive power in modern film making will mean the death of it. 28 Sep 2010 from TweetDeck

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   simonpegg What about 3D porn? Could you seriously masturbate knowing you look like the nutty professor? Actually don't answer that. 28 Sep 2010 from TweetDeck

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   simonpegg I loved Avatar by the way to those who missed my point. 28 Sep 2010 from TweetDeck

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The three 3D movies Pegg mentioned he'll be in are The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, Spielberg's The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn, and presumably the Star Trek sequel—or maybe Mission Impossible IV. Or Paul. Or all of them... (Or last year's Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, as commenter Bryan pointed out).

Either way, Pegg raised some very valid points on 3D movies, particularly about the ones converted from 2D to 3D. We already know, thanks to a top CG supervisor in Los Angeles, about how 3D is just a big Hollywood scam to part with even more of your money—whether that be in the cinema, or at home—but let us know what you think in the comments below about Pegg's outburst. [@simonpegg]

UPDATE: To further implode your world, check out a tweet Pegg sent several hours later. Everybody wave to him, now! *waves*

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   simonpegg You know when you say "Did I just say that out loud?" If they ever make a Twitter movie, that should be the tag line. http://t.co/yRZrCsH 28 Sep 2010 from TweetDeck

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