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===Views on technology=== Ebert was a strong advocate for [[Maxivision]] 48, in which the movie projector runs at 48 frames per second, as compared to the usual 24 frames per second. He was opposed to the practice whereby theaters lower the intensity of their projector bulbs in order to extend the life of the bulb, arguing that this has little effect other than to make the film harder to see.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060219/ANSWERMAN/602190302/1023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070420012335/http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060219/ANSWERMAN/602190302/1023 |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 20, 2007 |title=Ebert's "Movie Answer Man column", February 19, 2006 |work=Chicago Sun-Times |access-date=October 17, 2009 }}</ref> Ebert was skeptical of the resurgence of [[3D film|3D effects in film]], which he found unrealistic and distracting.<ref>{{cite news |first=Roger |last=Ebert |url=http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/2008/08/dminus_for_3d.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080817035951/http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/2008/08/dminus_for_3d.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 17, 2008 |title=D-minus for 3-D |newspaper=[[Chicago Sun-Times]] |date=August 16, 2008 |access-date=October 17, 2009 }}</ref>
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