3D Top 30 Must Own 3D Blu-Ray Releases (5 Viewers)

[FoxyMulder]

Yup, I have an Oppo. How does that get done?

On my BD-83 you go into the menu while watching the film and use the controls to shift them down in the frame, i forget the exact details. Heres an online manual, check out page 34 for more concrete info on how it's done. http://download.oppodigital.com/BDP103/BDP-103_User_Manual_English_v1.2.pdf

 

[bujaki]

Thanks, Foxy. I'm going to try that option on my Oppo. The subtitles on the picture are very distracting.

 

[Charles Smith]

On the 93, just hold the subtitles button down till the message appears, then use arrow buttons.

 

[Paul Hillenbrand]

Yup, I have an Oppo. How does that get done?

While you are watching the movie from the Oppo 103D press the "option button" on the remote and a list of choices will appear at the bottom of the screen that includes"subtitle placement". When finished with selecting your choices press the option button again for it to disappear.

After viewing portions of "Flying Swords of Dragon Gate 3D", it has opened my eyes to what realistic Live-action 3D is capable of looking like on my home system. 3D is stunningly clear and IMO has a deph-of-realism to an almost infinite range (with my settings) that exceeds most other after-the-year-2003 BD 3D titles. Now I can compare 3D differences and I,m wondering why Peter Jackson put the brakes on the Depth in The Hobbit. Same aspect ratio, same cinematographic process, but what a difference in spectacle for a production that FSoDG has and was an example finished a year earlier than the 1st Hobbit..

The Hobbit : An Unexpected Journey (2012)
Aspect Format: 2.35:1
Negative Format: Redcode Raw
Cinematographic Process
Redcode Raw (5K) (dual-strip 3-D) (source format)

Flying Swords of Dragon Gate (2011)
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Negative Format: Redcode RAW
Cinematographic Process
Redcode RAW (5K) (dual-strip 3-D) (source format)

 

[Ronald Epstein]

Got my copy of Flying Swords yesterday. Will try to view it Sunday.

 

[Neil Middlemiss]

Got my copy of Flying Swords yesterday. Will try to view it Sunday.

I ordered a copy based on the recommendations here as well. It has arrived so I'm hoping to spin it tonight.

 

[Ronald Epstein]

I got through the first 37 minutes of Flying Swords.

I turned it off. Had enough.

The 3D was very good, no doubt. Excellent depth. Minimal pop-out

(at least for the amount of time I spent with it).

Just too silly for my tastes. Think part of the problem was that I watched the
dubbed version because the subtitles were just getting annoying. Came off
as being one of those bad "Godzilla" movies I watched as a kid. The voice
talents were awful.

Flying swordsmen. There was that Crouching Tiger movie years ago where
I believe I first saw this kind of stuff, and it was cool then. Here, it looks bad.

What can I say? Even 3D can't save this film for me, which is kind of odd since
I have seen a few bad movies where the 3D actually helps.

I wasted $20.....but I tried.

 

[FoxyMulder]

I got through the first 37 minutes of Flying Swords.

I turned it off. Had enough.

The 3D was very good, no doubt. Excellent depth. Minimal pop-out

(at least for the amount of time I spent with it).

Just too silly for my tastes. Think part of the problem was that I watched the
dubbed version because the subtitles were just getting annoying. Came off
as being one of those bad "Godzilla" movies I watched as a kid. The voice
talents were awful.

Flying swordsmen. There was that Crouching Tiger movie years ago where
I believe I first saw this kind of stuff, and it was cool then. Here, it looks bad.

What can I say? Even 3D can't save this film for me, which is kind of odd since
I have seen a few bad movies where the 3D actually helps.

I wasted $20.....but I tried.

Did you know they paid Jet Li a massive $12m dollars for this film, i find that amazing, a lot of money considering we live in austerity times, it's a pity you didn't like it, maybe try Rise Of The Guardians next, or not, my recommendations for 3D films are striking out here.

 

[Robert Crawford]

I got through the first 37 minutes of Flying Swords.

I turned it off. Had enough.

The 3D was very good, no doubt. Excellent depth. Minimal pop-out

(at least for the amount of time I spent with it).

Just too silly for my tastes. Think part of the problem was that I watched the
dubbed version because the subtitles were just getting annoying. Came off
as being one of those bad "Godzilla" movies I watched as a kid. The voice
talents were awful.

Flying swordsmen. There was that Crouching Tiger movie years ago where
I believe I first saw this kind of stuff, and it was cool then. Here, it looks bad.

What can I say? Even 3D can't save this film for me, which is kind of odd since
I have seen a few bad movies where the 3D actually helps.

I wasted $20.....but I tried.

That's why I try to be careful on what I recommend to you or anybody else. I try to make recommendations based on whether I think the person I do the recommending to would enjoy the film, not just the video or audio presentation of the BD.

 

[Tino]

I watched a minute of the dubbed and was horrified. Original language always for me. Too bad you didn't like what you saw. Different strokes...

 

[FoxyMulder]

I watched a minute of the dubbed and was horrified. Original language always for me. Too bad you didn't like what you saw. Different strokes...

Just wondering, is the British dub the same as the USA dub. ?

 

[Paul Hillenbrand]

I got through the first 37 minutes of Flying Swords.

I turned it off. Had enough...............................


I wasted $20.....but I tried.

Now you understand why I said I viewed portions of "Flying Swords of Dragon Gate 3D.

Didn't have your patience to sit through a solid 37 minutes for one particular scene, so I used scene selection and fast forwarding to experience its tremendous use of 3D. One man's junk can be another man's treasure. IMO, I don't feel I wasted any money, in fact I'm pleased to have such an example of what 3D is capable of producing. This has become my reference 3D disc for image quality.

Has anyone noticed any ghosting in any scenes on different displays? Didn't see any anomalies on my 65" Panasonic plasma with the 3D video parameters set on the Oppo at its maximum range/ability for a display of 999 inches. Also, when setting the display parameters to 65" I found I was perceiving video depth similar to "The Hobbit" at a 999 setting! (i.e 65 inch parameter 3D perception of FSoDG when watching The Hobbit with a 999 inch display setting applied) FSoDG takes full advantage of the 3D parameter when maximized. Strong 3D throughout.

 

[RolandL]

I got through the first 37 minutes of Flying Swords.

I turned it off. Had enough.

The 3D was very good, no doubt. Excellent depth. Minimal pop-out

(at least for the amount of time I spent with it).

Just too silly for my tastes. Think part of the problem was that I watched the
dubbed version because the subtitles were just getting annoying. Came off
as being one of those bad "Godzilla" movies I watched as a kid. The voice
talents were awful.

Flying swordsmen. There was that Crouching Tiger movie years ago where
I believe I first saw this kind of stuff, and it was cool then. Here, it looks bad.

What can I say? Even 3D can't save this film for me, which is kind of odd since
I have seen a few bad movies where the 3D actually helps.

I wasted $20.....but I tried.

Ron, Do you have Netflix? It's in 3D so you could have tried it out before buying or not.

 

[Ronald Epstein]

Roland, no, I don't have Netflix. I have it...but I don't subscribe anymore.

I am not going to kill myself over a wasted $20 3D film.

 

[RolandL]

I am not going to kill myself over a wasted $20 3D film.

I hope not!

 

[Reed Grele]

I haven't watched Flying Swords of Dragon Gate 3D in a long time, and have forgotten not only the plot, but whether or not the 3D was good. After I catch up with some recent releases, I'll have to give it another spin.

 

[Reed Grele]

James Cameron Rallies 3D Filmmakers

 

[Tino]

Great article. Thanks for posting it Reed.

 

[FoxyMulder]

James Cameron Rallies 3D Filmmakers

Disappointing, it sounds like he is asking for filmmakers to use more depth but avoid popout, very disappointing really.

 

[Paul Hillenbrand]

Disappointing, it sounds like he is asking for filmmakers to use more depth but avoid popout, very disappointing really.

Didn't read "avoid popout". "Go nuts" would include popout as a director's option.

What I didn't understand is that he wants "filmmakers to embrace this technology as an art form" and then states "it’s all going to come back because people turned their attention to 4K, which is a great technical base for glasses-free 3D. Are we up-to-date about glasses-free 3D TV ? Philips research and development used by Dolby and Ultra-D, to my knowledge, use one eyes image to synthesize the other eye. Good quality, but modified (interpolated between images) from the original format which would not be the director's intent, but the sets algorithm. I only see passive UHD delivering the unmodifed goods.