It seemed like yesterday when I picked up my 3-D glasses from 7-Eleven in preparation of being blown away by the halftime show during Superbowl XXIII. One Joe Montana comeback for the ages plus a lackluster selection for the halftime entertainment added up to a forgettable moment for 3-D.
Maybe it was the extremely cheap glasses that accompanied the performance, but 3-D didn't exactly take off after that. It wasn't until recently that 3-D jumped to the forefront of innovation in movies with films like Coraline and Avatar. (Side note on Avatar: am I the only person who hasn't seen this yet? I purposely stayed away from it during the holidays to appease my girlfriend who wanted to check it out together. It took all of my strength to do so because my friend Ryan, who I consider my most trusted movie adviser, said it was epic and completely lived up to all of the hype. If I'm the Sheriff of Nottingham in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves then he is the witch who is haunted by the painted man. In other words, when he recommends a movie, I do as he says. He described it as this generations' Star Wars. Can there be a stronger endorsement than that?)
The world of 3-D hasn't quite reached sports viewers on a mainstream level yet, but ESPN intends to change that.
They are planning on launching the first 3-D sports network later this year and will air events like the 2011 BCS National Championship game and World Cup matches this summer.
I don't know if this means that HD will officially be the laser disc of the sports world, but I'm excited to see how the technology will change regular sports viewing. My only hope is that they limit the number of 3-D games that feature the Chicago Bulls. Nobody needs to see a 3-D version of Joakim Noah running up and down the court.
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