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2D Glasses! Take the Headache out of 3D

2011-04-19 · Hank · watch on YouTube · Projects · announcement promotion

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2011 videos did not pass the QA gate (17 %); their analysis is shown but less reliable.

Hank announces 2D Glasses, glasses with the same polarization in each lens that let people who get headaches from 3D movies, like Katherine, watch them in 2D, sold at 2d-glasses.com.

What is said

00:00:19 — Katherine gets headaches from 3D movies (Tron); 10% of Americans feel discomfort

  • ★ After the comic complaint, Hank admits he actually likes 3D movies and goes to see all movies with his wife. — 00:00:19 · Katherine Green
  • ★★ When Hank proposed seeing Tron on opening night, Katherine let slip for the first time that 3D movies give her a headache. — 00:00:36 · Katherine Green
  • ★★ Hank says his research found that 10% of Americans, 30 million people, experience discomfort watching 3D movies: nausea, motion sickness or a headache. — 00:00:41
  • ★ Hank dragged Katherine to Tron anyway; she watched half of it pirate-style and still got a headache. (playful) — 00:00:54 · Katherine Green

00:01:08 — Hank has a 3D-glasses maker produce 2D glasses; Katherine's verdict; thanks to helpers; sign-off

  • ★★ Hank says, in a skit call with a 3D-glasses maker, that glasses with the same polarization in each lens ruin a 3D movie's effect, leaving a crisp, clear two-dimensional image. (playful) — 00:01:08
  • ★★★ Hank announces that, after phoning a 3D-glasses maker (in his skit ordering 5,000), he really made 2D Glasses for watching 3D movies in 2D. — 00:01:08
  • ★★★ Hank says the glasses are a big deal for him: he had an idea and then made it, making his idea real. — 00:01:24
  • ★★ Hank says Katherine has watched several movies with the glasses and prototypes and calls them wonderful, joking she can't just be saying so because she's his wife. (playful) — 00:01:27 · Katherine Green
  • ★ Hank thanks the people who made the glasses real: factory, web development, design and comic helpers, his dad for accounting and legal work, and DFTBA Records partner Alan and distribution help. — 00:01:39 · Alan Lastufka, DFTBA Records

00:02:02 — End-screen FAQ: where to buy, price, 3D TVs, talk-show joke, online only

  • ★★★ 2D Glasses are sold only online at 2d-glasses.com, with a special introductory offer of $7.99 per pair and $2 off when buying two. — 00:02:02
  • ★★ Hank says the glasses probably won't work with televisions made for three-dimensional viewing, which use a different technology. (hedged) — 00:02:13

00:02:40 — Portal 2 comes out; Hank will play it on HankGames

  • ★★ Portal 2 comes out in about 12 hours; Hank will play it on HankGames, where he is rushing to finish Portal 1 first. — 00:02:40 · HankGames

00:02:56 — Forgot to thank Victor; lighting changed because Hank saw Rio in 3D and Katherine enjoyed it with 2D glasses

  • ★★ The lighting changed because between filmings Hank saw Rio in 3D; it was beautiful, and Katherine enjoyed it without pain thanks to the 2D glasses. — 00:03:00 · Katherine Green

Humor (significant)

  • Hank says 3D movies are all the rage, and when he says rage... — 00:00:04 > «in some cases I mean actual, physical, literal RAGE»
  • Hank asks whether there isn't enough 3D in our lives already. — 00:00:08 > «Almost everything I have ever known has been 3-dimensional.»
  • Told that same-polarization lenses would ruin the 3D effect, Hank checks that this means a crisp, clear 2D image. — 00:01:19 > «Excellent. I will take 5000.»
  • FAQ: will you come on my nationally syndicated talk show to talk about your glasses? Of course, absolutely... — 00:02:22 > «though I don't like leaving my house, so, is it okay if I Skype it in?»

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