3D

[Susan]

Are there any particularly good 3D movies out there? I don't mean IMAX either. Good ol' fashioned movies. I was remembering as a kid how once in awhile there would be a promotional thing and they'd show a 3D movie on tv.  One of them I recall as my first was "Gorilla at large", which was very hammy but I was little and the whole idea was kinda fun..heck we just thought the glasses were cool even tho our mothers told us we'd go blind if we kept wearing them around. I wonder why they never show anymore on tv - I can see to an extent kids are spoiled with their lavish cgi movies. But it was fun to sit and adjust your tv with the goofy old guy in th suit and watch a really bad movie with those glasses and a bowl of popcorn. I still have an old pair of glasses from the last 3D movie i ever saw on tv, I don't recall the name it either, i guess it's on the glasses which are put up in a drawer somewhere. What were some of your favorite 3D movie memories?

I haven't been to these new imax and themepark places that show 3d or 4d movies, are the glasse even the same?

[AndyC]

I used to love those. I still have a tape somewhere of a Halloween double feature of the Mad Magician (Vincent Price) and Gorilla at Large, with the Three Stooges short, Spooks (also 3-D), in between. I can also remember seeing Revenge of the Creature and other movies on TV. I used to have several pairs of glasses that I accumulated from these. Don't know if they're still kicking around somewhere.

I used to look forward to the occasional 3-D special on TV in the 80s, as did many of my friends. Wish they'd still do it.

I would just be satisfied if all the old 3-D movies were released on DVD with the 3-D intact. That used to p**s me off when a 3-D movie came out on video without the 3-D. With DVDs, it should be possible to offer both versions. I'd love to see some of the old classics, as well as a few from the 80s, like Parasite, Treasure of the Four Crowns, Metalstorm and Spacehunter. Not to mention Friday the 13th Part 3, Amityville 3D and Jaws 3D. Some might be better than others, but the 3-D effect is still fun.

[The Burgomaster]

Probably the best 3-D movie of all is HOUSE OF WAX with Vincent Price.  ANDY WARHOL'S FRANKENSTEIN is another good one.  I have 3-D versions of both on DVD.  You need the special "shutter" glasses and the synchronization box to watch them.

CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON and IT CAME FROM OUTER SPACE are also pretty good.  JAWS 3-D, FRIDAY THE 13TH, PART 3, SPACEHUNTER, and that DESTRUCTION OF JARED SYN movie (I can't remember the full title) have some good effects, but the movies stink.

I have some other 3-D movies that require the shutter glasses, such as HUNTING SEASON, ZOMBIE CHRONICALS and CAMP BLOOD.  They were all shot on video and are pretty cheesy, but some of the 3-D effects are decent.

[Jay]

that DESTRUCTION OF JARED SYN movie (I can't remember the full title)

MetalStorm

[Bubba Ho-Tep]

"House of Wax" is by far the best, just for that scene with the paddleball guy.

[Susan]

Burgo - what's the difference in shutter glasses and 3D?

[peter johnson]

Alfred Hitchcock's "Dial M For Murder" was originally released in 3-D.  I caught it in Boulder, back when they still had single-screen art-houses, in 1983.  Really amazing scene wherein the gal reaches out of the screen & into your lap for the scissors she uses to stab one of the bad guys!
peter johnson

[Deej]

The only 3-D film I've ever seen is John Wayne's Hondo. It was on the local Fox station when I was a kid, and you had to buy the glasses at 7-11. I recorded it, and watched it a few times, but strangely, the 3-D eventually wore out, not sure if it was the tape or my eyes.

[The Burgomaster]

Susan wrote:

"Burgo - what's the difference in shutter glasses and 3D?"

Nothing.  The shutter glasses system is just another type of 3-D system.  Instead of having red and green lenses, or gray polarized lenses, you have gray lenses that operate on an electric shutter system.  The lenses "flicker" on a rapid alternating pattern (right eye, left eye, right eye, etc.) that synchronizes with the flickering of the picture.  If you watch the movie without the glasses, the picture appears blurry and vibrates (it will give you a quick headache).  When you put the glasses on, it produces a 3-D effect.  You can buy the glasses and the synchronization box online.  I have also seen them in Best Buy.

[JohnL]

>What were some of your favorite 3D movie memories?

None. 3D doesn't work for me since I only have sight in my left eye.

[Vermin Boy]

I recently caught a midnight 3-D screening of an old kung-fu movie, Revenge of the Shogun Women, at the Coolidge Corner Theater in Boston. A lot of it worked pretty well, including possibly the most tasteless use of 3-D ever: In a long pillaging scene, there's a shot of a raider raping a woman, with her leg sticking out into the audience!

The most memorable part of that experience, though, came after the movie. When the movie ended (around 2 in the morning), we decided to walk back to my friend's dorm wearing the glasses. We had barely left the theater when a cab drove by, and the passenger rolled down his window and screamed, "THIS IS THE REAL WORLD, NOT 3-D, MOTHERf**kERS!!!" Doesn't even make sense when you think about it.

[Acidburn]

My son and myself just recently watch a 3D version of Shreck.  You should be able to find it at any wal-mart or store like that. It was actually very fun since it was my sons first 3D movie.

[james]

hi,
whtat up.......read your message on your 3d dvd of house of wax and the others you mentioned.......i have the shutter glasses also...i was wondering could you help me out...... on those titles......can i get any of thease copys...if so  please help.....                                          thanx james...

[james]

hi,
whtat up.......read your message on your 3d dvd of house of wax and the others you mentioned.......i have the shutter glasses also...i was wondering could you help me out...... on those titles......can i get any of thease copys...if so  please help.....                                          thanx james...

[The Burgomaster]

james:

I bought HOUSE OF WAX and ANDY WARHOL'S FRANKENSTEIN on Ebay.  The guy who was selling them also had some other titles like JAWS 3-D, DIAL M FOR MURDER, etc.  The HOUSE OF WAX print is very good.  The FRANKENSTEIN print is pretty good, but the picture jumps in several places and is a bit scratchy at times.  I think they are DVDs that he created himself, maybe from imported VHS tapes or something.   The other movies like CAMP BLOOD and ZOMBIE CHRONICLES are available online (I can't remember the website, but if you search for those titles or search for 3-D, you will probably find the site).  I have also seen them in Best Buy.