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  1. Mike Ballew

    3D Petition to Restore and Release WB 3D Classic

    The 3-D Film Archive is emphatically not responsible for this petition, but we welcome this warm expression of fan support for our work. We would be delighted to help any studio preserve, restore, and present its classic 3-D library. With regards to the Blu-ray of Revenge of the Creature, we...
  2. Mike Ballew

    3D Petition to Restore and Release WB 3D Classic

    I support this petition.
  3. Mike Ballew

    3D Meet Bob Furmanek: HTF Golden Age 3-D Consultant

    Jobla, prayers for quick recovery. The sign of a real 3-D fan is tuning in to an information-packed podcast while recuperating. I salute you!
  4. Mike Ballew

    3D Meet Bob Furmanek: HTF Golden Age 3-D Consultant

    Stephen DH: I myself came to enjoy and appreciate Avatar on repeated viewings, but your rundown of all its "stories" made me laugh out loud.
  5. Mike Ballew

    3D Meet Bob Furmanek: HTF Golden Age 3-D Consultant

    Most respectfully, the term "base view" is not incorrect.
  6. Mike Ballew

    The Invisible Man + The Creature from the Black Lagoon Blu Ray Legacy Sets coming 8/28

    I just prepped my disc for HMD viewing. I can tell you that the base view for this disc is the right eye. The only other film in my collection with a right-eye base view is GOG. All other 3-D films I have encountered have had a left-eye base view. I cannot yet comment on picture quality, but I...
  7. Mike Ballew

    3D Meet Bob Furmanek: HTF Golden Age 3-D Consultant

    I just prepped my disc for HMD viewing. I can tell you that the base view for this disc is the right eye. The only other film in my collection with a right-eye base view is GOG. All other 3-D films I have encountered have had a left-eye base view. I cannot yet comment on picture quality, but I...
  8. Mike Ballew

    The Invisible Man + The Creature from the Black Lagoon Blu Ray Legacy Sets coming 8/28

    Great question! As far as I know... no. I don't typically send or receive anything via FedEx. I did not stop to wonder why or how they might know my number in order to text me. In my case, I received a text Tuesday morning, after I had already departed for work. When I got home, I found a slip...
  9. Mike Ballew

    The Invisible Man + The Creature from the Black Lagoon Blu Ray Legacy Sets coming 8/28

    Add my name to the list of those receiving their replacement disc via FedEx. I got a text message Tuesday, November 6th, alerting me to a FedEx delivery. They insisted on collecting my signature and on checking my photo I.D., which made it necessary for me to arrange to pick up my parcel at the...
  10. Mike Ballew

    3D Meet Bob Furmanek: HTF Golden Age 3-D Consultant

    Add my name to the list of those receiving their replacement disc via FedEx. I got a text message Tuesday, November 6th, alerting me to a FedEx delivery. They insisted on collecting my signature and on checking my photo I.D., which made it necessary for me to arrange to pick up my parcel at the...
  11. Mike Ballew

    3D Third Dimensional Murder short on TCM

    I used to own an anaglyphic print of Third Dimensional Murder in Super 8. I showed it at work one year for our office Halloween party. I thought people would be impressed to see a 3-D film from so long ago, but most folks reacted with polite but subdued enthusiasm. The film suffers from too...
  12. Mike Ballew

    3D Meet Bob Furmanek: HTF Golden Age 3-D Consultant

    One hallmark of classic Hollywood cinema is its glamour. Character, conflict and plot might be stronger or weaker from one film to the next, but the elements of mise en scène-- sets, costumes, lighting and photography, and not least the personal beauty and charm of the featured players--...
  13. Mike Ballew

    3D Meet Bob Furmanek: HTF Golden Age 3-D Consultant

    I sent my email. We shall see what we shall see.
  14. Mike Ballew

    The Invisible Man + The Creature from the Black Lagoon Blu Ray Legacy Sets coming 8/28

    To quote the message I received: "To resolve this issue immediately, I've created a replacement for your item at no additional charge. Here are the details: Order Number:113-0209689-xxxxxxx Here is a direct link to check on the status of your replacement order: --link-- At this point of...
  15. Mike Ballew

    3D Meet Bob Furmanek: HTF Golden Age 3-D Consultant

    See for yourselves: "To resolve this issue immediately, I've created a replacement for your item at no additional charge. Here are the details: Order Number:113-0209689-xxxxxxx Here is a direct link to check on the status of your replacement order: --link-- At this point of time I don't...
  16. Mike Ballew

    3D Meet Bob Furmanek: HTF Golden Age 3-D Consultant

    Everybody look out! The young lady responding to my complaint email at Amazon dispatched a replacement copy, and was willing to allow me to keep my original at no cost! This is highly amusing... but also not the outcome I was looking for. My religious convictions and conscience being what they...
  17. Mike Ballew

    The Invisible Man + The Creature from the Black Lagoon Blu Ray Legacy Sets coming 8/28

    Everybody look out! The young lady responding to my complaint email at Amazon dispatched a replacement copy, and was willing to allow me to keep my original at no cost! This is highly amusing... but also not the outcome I was looking for. My religious convictions and conscience being what they...
  18. Mike Ballew

    3D Meet Bob Furmanek: HTF Golden Age 3-D Consultant

    For what it's worth, here is what I wrote to Amazon: Select an issue: More order issues Select issue details: Other order question or issue Enter short summary of issue: Substandard Product This is a two-disc set. Disc one is fine, being identical (or nearly identical) to a disc already...
  19. Mike Ballew

    The Invisible Man + The Creature from the Black Lagoon Blu Ray Legacy Sets coming 8/28

    For what it's worth, here is what I wrote to Amazon: Select an issue: More order issues Select issue details: Other order question or issue Enter short summary of issue: Substandard Product This is a two-disc set. Disc one is fine, being identical (or nearly identical) to a disc already...
  20. Mike Ballew

    The Invisible Man + The Creature from the Black Lagoon Blu Ray Legacy Sets coming 8/28

    Hi, everyone, Working in post-production as I do, I hear my share of trade talk. I feel I know a fair amount of what's going on here and there all over town. I am convinced that Universal does not regard the Creature from the Black Lagoon Complete Legacy Collection as problematic. Therefore I...
  21. Mike Ballew

    3D Meet Bob Furmanek: HTF Golden Age 3-D Consultant

    Hi, everyone, Working in post-production as I do, I hear my share of trade talk. I feel I know a fair amount of what's going on here and there all over town. I am convinced that Universal does not regard the Creature from the Black Lagoon Complete Legacy Collection as problematic. Therefore I...
  22. Mike Ballew

    3D Meet Bob Furmanek: HTF Golden Age 3-D Consultant

    Every other 3-D Blu-ray in my collection makes use of frame packing to produce two full-sized 1080 x 1920 frames, one for the left eye and one for the right eye. Properly equipped Blu-ray players can play these files in 3-D or in 2-D. In 2-D, the player simply plays whichever "eye" is designated...
  23. Mike Ballew

    3D Meet Bob Furmanek: HTF Golden Age 3-D Consultant

    What a ray of sunshine. :blink: :)
  24. Mike Ballew

    3D Meet Bob Furmanek: HTF Golden Age 3-D Consultant

    I have been privileged to see The Maze in dual-strip Polaroid 3-D three times in my life. Each time there was a special energy in the air, a joyful hum that rose even among the most jaded old film trolls dotting the crowd. Even those who had seen the film many times (and who knew well what...
  25. Mike Ballew

    3D Top 30 Must Own 3D Blu-Ray Releases

    I agree. The 3-D in The Croods is absolutely gorgeous. And I happen to enjoy the characters and story.
  26. Mike Ballew

    3D Top 30 Must Own 3D Blu-Ray Releases

    I paid Amazon $21.99 for Cease Fire! upon release, which was considerably lower than its initial list price when I placed my pre-order. Me, I thought this reasonable.
  27. Mike Ballew

    3D Meet Bob Furmanek: HTF Golden Age 3-D Consultant

    Leave it to 3-D Film Archive to preserve not only our stereoscopic film heritage, but also the tried-and-true exploitation tradition of the square-up reel! :lol::D:) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Square-up
  28. Mike Ballew

    3D Meet Bob Furmanek: HTF Golden Age 3-D Consultant

    Ask yourself one question: Would you like to be the operator in a booth with two 5,000-foot reels of cellulose nitrate rolling at once, and two more off to the side? Widespread use of two-strip 3-D simply could not have been accomplished without a reliable safety film. So, regardless what Mr...
  29. Mike Ballew

    3D Meet Bob Furmanek: HTF Golden Age 3-D Consultant

    Stephen, as for Cinerama appearing out of the blue, well, it pretty much did. It was the brainchild of persons working on the East Coast. Some few studio executives saw it, yes, but they are surely to be forgiven for wondering just what theater in the world was going to equip three projectors...
  30. Mike Ballew

    3D Meet Bob Furmanek: HTF Golden Age 3-D Consultant

    I think a popular narrative has taken root in the minds of the lazier film historian and the casual movie buff alike, namely that color, widescreen, 3-D and stereophonic sound were ushered in solely to combat television. My thesis is that there is a nugget of factual truth there, but that there...
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