3-D commercials?

I have two topics to write about today. First, I was thinking about the News Editing lecture today and how journalists make mistakes and I can think of many instances in the newspaper that a copy editor has made a mistake when putting in a photo caption, however, it was probably mostly the fault of the reporter.

When I do Civil War Reenacting with my family, I end up having a photo in the newspaper at least some of the time. One instance I can recall is when I was with my friend Lanah and my sister walking around the battlefield in our dresses when a man asked to take our photo. He asked for our names and assumed that Lanah was our sister and did not ask for her last name. When we opened the newspaper the next day, we saw that not only was her name spelled "Lona" but it also said, From left to right Lona, Elizabeth, and Carrie Allen at the Civil War Reenactment in Waconda, Ill. What was also strange was that I was on the far left so if anyone looked at the photo they would think that I was Lanah.

On a different topic I was wondering what everyone thought about some of the commercials during the Super-Bowl being in 3-D. While it is an interesting marketing ploy, it the viewer did not have 3-D glasses, which I doubt many people had, the commercial looked tacky and the video looked animated. It was almost difficult to watch.

I have really never bought into the 3-D thing because I find it difficult to watch anything in 3-D for more than 15 minutes. This is because the viewer has to keep their head straight the entire time or they will lose the effect. This is hard on the eyes. I am sure many of you agree.

In case you missed it, check out the Sobe commercial on Youtube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slbzIP-WYhk