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In addition to the steelbook packaging, this one is a two-disc set which also includes an anaglyph version, two pairs of glasses, and possibly more and/or different extras. I won't know for certain until I dig into it -- I can't read Italian!

Region B, according to the listing for it in a couple of places, but I haven't had a chance to put it in and test it yet. I'll be watching it this weekend.

I just had to go to Italy to get this. . . I see there are some ancient posts here about a U.K. version, but has anyone picked up this Italian Steelbook yet?

I didn't get a chance to watch the whole thing last night since I'm caretaking for a wife with a new Frankenknee, but I did manage to run down and pop it in last night. In my case, the last time that I saw it was in 1991 at a 3D revival in the Twin Cities, and it's always been one of my fondest...

Flesh for Frankenstein has arrived, but the funny thing is, I started watching Creature first. But I'm about to check it out.

Me three. Just got the shipping notification a few hours ago for my whole Black Friday package.

A resurgence would just be blip on a downward trendline anyway. Look that the staggering resurgence right now in standard Blu-ray and UHD releases; it's impossible to keep up with all of them. But no matter how many incredible titles are coming out by the end of this year -- and it's a metric...

Godzilla vs. Kong looks fabulous in 4K. That's one case where I would definitely stick with the UHD over the 3D version.

It's a completely different movie in 3D than it is flat. "Crazy" does not even begin to describe some of the pop outs -- one famous actor's death scene has to be seen in 3D to be believed.

Considering that they spent $70 million to finish the film specifically for HBO Max, I would say that is an accurate assessment. Not going to happen.

It is not simply a matter of the levels on the disc being low. Even with the volume turned up, the dynamics are compressed and the bass is frequently lacking. Some have speculated that Disney is mastering their audio for streaming and using those tracks for discs as well. It is as good a...

This is a 3D poster:

Mine hasn't even shipped yet. Sniff.

There have been 8 track sound systems throughout film history -- Sony's SDDS had 8 channel capability. But Sensurround never used anything like the one that you describe. It already had to sacrifice tracks on 70mm for the bass guide tones.

That would have to be a pretty big grain of salt to find a patent on an 8 track version of Sensurround. Most prints were optical mono with some in 4 track mag (plus optical for the bass control tones.) Even 70mm would have only been six track, and some of those tracks would be lost to the...

Is the fact that they called it Quadrophonic a marketing gimmick because it was a 4 channel mix with the standard L/C/R/mono surround layout, or was it a true Quadrophonic mix with no center and split surrounds?

Have you seen the 3D version? It will change your life! If you think that won the internet, wait until you see me describe it as an undisputed masterpiece: https://letterboxd.com/sbjork/film/ape/

A fair amount, yes. But the coolest thing about it is how deep the image goes into the frame. Popout effects are easy (provided that you don't cross the frame too much) but having things seem to go really far away is a bit trickier. That relies on good composition, proper convergence, and...

I just watched Silent Madness yesterday. It had some impressively deep 3D on my system. Not quite as much depth as my personal gold standard A*P*E, but very good indeed. Plus, the popout effects that it does have are carefully composed within the frame and rarely cross the top or bottom...

I ordered my copy along with the UHD for The Beastmaster back when they were originally announced and Silent Madness was part of the mystery package. I received mine early last week. Still haven't watched it yet because last weekend was already tied up with a planned LOTR UHD marathon with...

Because Shout. Short of the occasional sale like they have going on now, they generally stick to their own SRP. Amazon discounts.

I tried looking over at that Blu-ray dot com thread, and it is a fairly typical dumpster fire for that forum so I lost patience trying to dig out relevant posts. The best that I could tell before giving up is that some members seem to be complaining that Paramount or Shout re-converged the...

Shout/Paramount did a very good job with the disc. The image is clean, and while it is still understandably soft due to the over/under ArriVision 3D, thanks to the new scan it looks sharper than it ever has before on any previous 2D version (we won't talk about the anaglyph version.) There is...

I plan to today. Tim Salmons at The Digital Bits just reviewed it and he said that overall it was good, with some of the effects not working as well as others. But I know that he just added a 3D capable display for the review, so he has not had a chance to use it very much prior to that...

That's part of the rub in the 4K era, though -- I love 3D, but 4K with HDR can be spectacular, and you can't have both at the same time. Valerian looks amazing on UHD, even coming from a 2K DI, mostly due to the HDR and the wide colour gamut. The colours are absolutely gorgeous on that film. I...

There are some mighty big strawmen in there. Don't recall saying anything about "art," which would be a strange word to apply to Friday the 13th: Part III anyway. I used the word "cheap" purposefully -- like anything else in the world, pop out effects can be done well or done poorly. Even in...

Received my Shout F13 set yesterday. Looking forward to taking the 3D version of Part III for a spin. That's one of the few of the Eighties 3D wave that I never caught in the format theatrically. The 2D version has always made it clear that while there are too many cheap pop out effects, it...

To be fair, in the case of Pacific Rim, that was not even an option, and home Atmos was still relatively new when The Martian was still released. But that is indeed a huge problem in general, and not just with 3D discs -- studios continue to shaft the Blu-ray versions of movies with lesser...

I love the movie in any form, but it presents an interesting dilemma on disc. The 3D Blu-ray is one of the best examples of the format despite it being a post-conversion job, with a great sense of space and depth. However, the UHD is also one of the best examples of that format, especially in...

I only see a few passing references to it by searching this thread, but in all seriousness A*P*E has some of the best depth that I have seen on any 3D Blu-ray. The opening title sequence simply doesn't work and can give you a headache, but once you get past that point it is surprising just how...