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Post by Ass_E9 on Mar 20, 2017 17:20:26 GMT
was it pretty impressive at the time?
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Post by schizkebab on Mar 20, 2017 18:09:57 GMT
I seen Jaws 3D and Friday the 13th Part 3 at the theater when they were released. I was about 12 or 13, so yeah, I was easily impressed.
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Post by bd74 on Mar 20, 2017 19:20:51 GMT
I guess it was impressive because we had nothing to compare it to. It was nice to just be able to view a movie in 3-D. I remember thinking that the 3-D glasses of the time (the white ones with a red and blue lenses) looked cool. I actually can't remember though what movie(s) I saw in 3-D.    By the way, in the 80s there was an old movie that aired on tv in 3-D. It was called "Gorilla at Large". |
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Post by ironjade on Mar 23, 2017 19:00:54 GMT
I guess it was impressive because we had nothing to compare it to. It was nice to just be able to view a movie in 3-D. I remember thinking that the 3-D glasses of the time (the white ones with a red and blue lenses) looked cool. I actually can't remember though what movie(s) I saw in 3-D. By the way, in the 80s there was an old movie that aired on tv in 3-D. It was called "Gorilla at Large". Unless you were watching an old anaglyph version of a 50s 3D movie, you weren't using coloured glasses. The 80s movies were projected via the Polaroid system using colourless Polaroid glasses. |
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Post by ironjade on Mar 23, 2017 19:03:20 GMT
I seen Jaws 3D and Friday the 13th Part 3 at the theater when they were released. I was about 12 or 13, so yeah, I was easily impressed. The opening titles of Friday the 13th Part 3 were the best bit. Jaws 3D was let down by some spectacularly crappy special FX but the 3D wasn't bad. |
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Post by Ass_E9 on Mar 24, 2017 19:53:02 GMT
 This looks like it might have been cool. |
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Post by ironjade on Mar 24, 2017 22:43:21 GMT
This looks like it might have been cool. If that's Metalstorm . . . it wasn't. |
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Post by Jayman on Mar 25, 2017 23:08:36 GMT
I seen Jaws 3D and Friday the 13th Part 3 at the theater when they were released. I was about 12 or 13, so yeah, I was easily impressed. Me too but I thought those 2 were terrible. The only good part in Jaws was when that arm was floating around in the water coming right at you |
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Post by ironjade on Mar 26, 2017 10:37:00 GMT
The best 3D experience I had in the 80s was seeing a re-release of Arch Oboler's "The Bubble" in SpaceVision 3D
In 2D, after about 10 minutes of it, you want to kill yourself but in 3D it's remarkable.
Although it's one of the worst movies in history, the 3D photography by Robert Bernier is the best I've ever seen.
Lots of 3D movies have objects being hurled at the camera and appearing to come out of the screen but "The Bubble" is the only live-action 3D movie where objects come off the screen and seem to be in the cinema with you.
It's a shame the ingenious Colonel Bernier's Trioptiscope lens system wasn't used more often but it was developed too late for the 50s 3D craze and too early for the 80s revival, although many people copied it but with less impressive results.
"The Bubble" is available on 3D Blu-ray and the effects hold up pretty well but if you ever get the chance to see it in a cinema, don't miss it.
The SpaceVision system was also used in "Flesh for Frankenstein" with equally impressive results although the movie itself, allegedly a comedy, is dreadful. Unfortunately Colonel Bernier was fired during shooting for being too slow and the difference in quality is noticeable.
Sadly FFF may never get a 3D Blu-ray release as the owners don't want to pay for the restoration and shot re-alignment.
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Post by Utpe on Mar 26, 2017 17:44:02 GMT
I never really bothered watching movies in 3D at theaters when I was a kid, but I tried a few times at home on my parents' CRT SDTV. FOX had something called, well, FOX-O-Rama back in the early '90s. They came with 3D glasses, and a scratch-and-sniff card for certain scenes. They would tell you when to put the glasses on. I believe the lenses were tan and green. I have no idea why they picked such odd colors. My mother also purchased a roller coaster simulation on VHS that claimed to have been in 3D. It never worked. Nothing looked 3D about any of the programs. I tried again with an episode of Chuck (2007 - 2012) some years ago on my HDTV and it still didn't look anywhere near three-dimensional. You really need those special glasses they use nowadays. The blue/red lenses never projected anything remotely resembling 3D. Plus, it used to give me a headache.  |
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Post by ironjade on Mar 27, 2017 9:33:53 GMT
a I never really bothered watching movies in 3D at theaters when I was a kid, but I tried a few times at home on my parents' CRT SDTV. FOX had something called, well, FOX-O-Rama back in the early '90s. They came with 3D glasses, and a scratch-and-sniff card for certain scenes. They would tell you when to put the glasses on. I believe the lenses were tan and green. I have no idea why they picked such odd colors. My mother also purchased a roller coaster simulation on VHS that claimed to have been in 3D. It never worked. Nothing looked 3D about any of the programs. I tried again with an episode of Chuck (2007 - 2012) some years ago on my HDTV and it still didn't look anywhere near three-dimensional. You really need those special glasses they use nowadays. The blue/red lenses never projected anything remotely resembling 3D. Plus, it used to give me a headache. Anaglyph 3D doesn't really work on CRT TVs: the definition is too poor and the screens are too small. It's a little better on large, modern flat screens but generally not worth the effort. The ColorCode anaglyph system claims to give better results but I think the makers are kidding themselves. Some years ago the UK's C4 screened a ColorCode version of "Flesh for Frankenstein" which was absolutely dreadful. |
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Post by ironjade on Jul 15, 2017 16:24:08 GMT
"Flesh for Frankenstein" and much earlier, "The Bubble", were both made using Robert Bernier's ingenious single camera SpaceVision system. As movies, both are pretty hopeless, but the 3D is the best I've ever seen.
I just noticed I already posted something similar some time ago but as SpaceVision doesn't get much publicity these days I'll let it stand.
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