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I cannot believe they would do that. They have literally added simulated digital water with reflections under the dragon, a CG effect that was impossible in the 1980s. No doubt it makes for a more seamless presentation. This is a film that was Oscar-nominated for Best Visual Effects, and...

It was shot in anaglyph 3D with something called a "Triangle lens" developed by Mike Browning and Volk Mol. As such, the 3D is baked in, so it wouldn't be a suitable candidate for 3D-Bluray. Left and right eye images were not photographed separately...

He acquired some fun movies, and by some accounts, he saved a few that might very well have been lost or survived only in poor quality. I hope provision had been made that his archive can find a suitable home where the materials will be fully cataloged and cared for.

That's a good idea. Well maybe not 10x, but an increase in output would certainly be welcome. At the current rate too many titles will simply never make it.

I saw this theatrically. It's quite an achievement, although not something I would casually recommend. Takes you to another world. Quite an unpleasant one it must be said. All kinds of grotesque and tortuous. I'm glad he finally finished it.

It's great to see what was involved and clear up any doubt and uncertainty. The processes are very clearly and thoroughly explained in Jack Theakston's video. I've been intrigued for years, so this is all fascinating to me. Great news that they had access to the separation negatives from...

Avatar certainly had the widest 3D release up to that point, but there were several features that played in 3D on multiple screens near me well before Avatar. In Real D I saw Monster House, Coraline, Meet the Robinsons, Kung Fu Panda, Beowulf, Journey to the Center of the Earth, The Final...

We're coming into the 70th anniversary of 3-D's Golden Age. Other than Bwana Devil in 52, the majority of these films were released in 1953 and 54. If WB were to prepare even one or two of these titles for release to coincide with that anniversary, it would be so very much appreciated. WB...

I've waited years hoping to see it in 3-D. I know some people wouldn't care, but I wouldn't be remotely satisfied with The Bounty Hunter in 2D. If it's only 2D, I'll make do with the recorded version. I don't need to own that. It is so much more fun seeing these films in 3-D, and such a...

Would they have filmed 3-D if Costello hadn't fallen ill, or had they already dropped those plans before the cast change? We got some great 3-D films in the Golden Age, but such things we missed out on we'll never know.

I wouldn't worry about it. Too much has already been said. At one point arrangements had been made for this to go ahead as a 3-D Film Archive restoration, but UCLA conducted separate negotiations and came on board and ultimately it is their restoration that went forward and has been screened...

good to know.

It's certainly a shame they didn't film both Them and IFM in 3-D. In addition to The Maze, Menzies also filmed two 3-D segments for an unfinished Sol Lesser film. I wonder if they would've attempted a visual gag like this in 3-D: Stereoscopic depth would give the game away (although it...

The individual who made the 'Kickstarter boys' comments made no such caveat. His comments stank of institutionalist elitism. There's no moral high ground in taking a widow's money to bankroll a project over crowdsourcing. With the exception of the tv show, I have backed all of the...

I buy physical discs on at least a monthly basis. I could attempt to rationalize it, but I know at least some of it is just down to habit. I have been collecting from the VHS era through to dvd. However. I dropped out of collecting altogether for a five year period during the mid-2000s. I...

Columbia titles used to get region-free licensing but in recent years Sony has fallen in line with other studios and discs have been region-locked. You can see this with Indicator releases. I thought Indicator might include Man in the Dark in one of their ongoing Columbia Noir boxsets, but...

I would add to the other points that although I deplore the practice of region-locking, that battle is lost. It is what it is. But if you haven't gone multi-region at this point, you're missing out. The only alternative is hope and pray that one of the region B labels will license the title...

When a studio releases the disc themselves (which is generally the case with new releases), they will often leave it region-free. It makes their life easier, because the same disc will often be just repackaged from one region to the next. Sometimes these discs have 20 different languages on...

I loved this one when I saw it theatrically several years ago, and I found more to like on second viewing. There are some brilliant 3-D moments in this, and that's definitely a highlight, but there's also a lot of bad 3-D. A lot of good examples of what works and what doesn't, if you're...

Josh Steinberg said the same thing and a lot of people agreed with him. I took another look at Jack the Giant Killer again last night. A very nice restoration. The animation effects in that film were created by the same team that worked on Brothers Grimm, and it was released the same year...

It is not my intention to criticize, I would rather voice concerns ahead of time than after the fact. I mean no disrespect. I too am excited to see the restoration. However I feel there's a line that can be crossed where restoration gives way to 'improvement', and modification of the original...

I would think there are few surviving members of the cast and crew who could speak more authoritatively . I'm not convinced that it has: Well I hate to be disagreeable, but I dispute the notion that adding motion blur to vintage stop-motion is a case of 'had to". Maybe that's going to be an...

Two points I would like to express before this comes out: 1) It seems that some sort of digital motion-tweening or motion-blurring effect has been applied to the puppetoon sequence, apparently to smooth out the stop-motion animation. Presumably this may have been applied to the dragon...

Anaglyph only? The VHD release would've been discrete 3D. How are the extras? They list interviews with VFX artists that worked on the film. Doesn't seem to have the audio commentary of the 101 Films release.

I can see how some might be underwhelmed, but I really like this one. The scenery is beyond spectacular, and the native dual 70mm photography is top-notch. It was shot with the IWerks 3-D rig, state-of-the-art for the time. The storyline and acting is basic stuff, and the running time and...

... hopefully, there will be a next time! Perhaps Paramount will release it themselves at some point. I imagine it was probably all but finalized by the time the BFI announced the release, and at that point they were asked about the Perspecta. I wish labels and studios would pay closer...

I picked up the BFI release recently. Regrettably, no different. From the booklet: Significant efforts? Makes one wonder what's going on behind the scenes. Baffling and frustrating. Although if they sincerely did try, I suppose that's to be appreciated, even if it was not to be, whatever...

He won't have to. The sunk cost on these sequels is guaranteed to be tremendous. No way they come close to making back even a fraction of that on streaming-only. A gross on the level of the original Avatar was only possible with a generous theatrical window. Disney will want this to succeed...

Twilight Time also released two other Columbia 3-D titles, which I'm sure have temporarily slipped you mind. Rather good ones too, one of which is a western. Sadly nothing since. Four of the unreleased Columbia 3-D titles are westerns.

Fort Ti is a Columbia title. It should be with Sony, along with other William Castle 3-D titles Jesse James Vs The Daltons and Drums of Tahiti. Sony also has The Nebraskan.