It Came From Outer Space to 3-D Blu-ray! (1 Viewer)

[Bob Furmanek]

Excellent, Greg's a good man and the best friend a 3-D film ever had!

Check out the comments on the audio in this review: http://bluray.highdefdigest.com/38302/itcamefromouterspace3dbestbuyexclusive.html

 

[Malcolm R]

Got a message that my copy is waiting for me at home. I don't have 3D capability yet, but it'll be something to look forward to.

 

[Afterlife2]

House of Wax [Blu-ray 3D] is $7.99 at amazon.

 

[Doug Otte]

I watched my copy last night. I don't have anything original to add, but I was also amazed at the gorgeous 3D picture quality and luscious sound quality. Even the orchestral parts were very clear and realistic. Thanks to everyone who made this release possible.

 

[RJ992]

Y'know, during the avalanche, I almost completely forgot that this was a 3.0 audio track! 3-D Archive truly worked miracles on this title.

 

[Gary Seven]

Gave this a sample the other night (I have to watch it all with the wife) and loved the 3-D on this disc. The telescope scene was neat with a nice pop-out affect. One thing I noticed was the depth of field... foreground is in focus as well as the background which very much helps the 3-D affect. This is lost when contemporary films of today post-convert to 3-D.

 

[Mike Ballew]

I agree with you, Gaston. Modern 3-D films, even those shot in native 3-D, very often "hide their parallax inside the bokeh." That is, they employ a shallow depth of field plus a very small interaxial to hide minuscule parallax values within the "background blur" of any given shot. It is a misguided strategy to ameliorate eyestrain in those dilettante 3-D spectators scattered among any average audience. I invite others to take off their 3-D glasses from time to time when they watch, say, Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk and see what I mean.

It Came from Outer Space generally has low enough parallax values to allow physically pleasant viewing without diminishing the scale of the stereo effect. In other words, while not overly showy, the 3-D on view here has clearly discernible depth and volume while being very comfortable to watch. Modern filmmakers could learn a lot from It Came from Outer Space.

 

[StephenDH]

Just finished watching my copy which arrived today.
Congratulations to all concerned on a beautiful restoration.
I hadn't seen it in 3D since c1981 and it's as impressive now as it was then.
There's so much to enjoy, including the owl on a string and the rubber spider.
The switching between sets and location exteriors must have been a logistical nightmare but makes for some very impressive visuals.
Two questions: why does Putnam's house have a fireplace but no chimney?
Why does Putnam make such a big deal about seeing the aliens' true form at the mine when he's already had a good look much earlier in the movie when his car almost ran over one of them?

 

[Doug Otte]

I forgot to mention: When they first get to the impact crater, there's a shot of rocks falling (used twice, because it's so good), and I jumped and chuckled out loud (both times, because it's so fun) when the rocks seemed to jump out into my lap!

 

[F451]

I just want to thank all concerned for producing such a clean image and for the fabulous #D presentation!

(May I suggest a restoration of the Randolph Scott films "The Stranger Wore a Gun"/Columbia, 1953 and "Bounty Hunter"/WB,1954.)

 

[revgen]

^Golden Age 3-D westerns are long overdue. The only 3-D Blu-Ray version I know of that's planned for release is Gun Fury (1953), which is supposed to be released by TT sometime next year. So that's roughly five years of waiting since Dial M For Murder was released in October 2012.

 

[Bob Furmanek]

We would LOVE to restore those titles but Sony and WB company policy requires they do all the work in-house.

 

[Camps]

We would LOVE to restore those titles but Sony and WB company policy requires they do all the work in-house.

Sounds like we'll have to wait forever for a 3D blu of "Phantom of the Rue Morgue."

 

[Jimbo64]

I have faith we will get them all remastered for 3D blu-ray, it's been a great year for golden age 3D releases!

 

[Matt Hough]

Sounds like we'll have to wait forever for a 3D blu of "Phantom of the Rue Morgue."

And it's one I'd love to see in 3D. During the early 1980s renaissance, House of Wax and Dial 'M' for Murder were trotted back out to theaters where I saw them for the first time, and I always hoped we'd get Kiss Me Kate and Phantom of the Rue Morgue, too, but neither of those ever showed up in my neck of the woods. Now we have Kiss Me Kate on 3D Blu-ray, so I'm still wanting Phantom.

Please, Warners!

 

[RolandL]

And it's one I'd love to see in 3D. During the early 1980s renaissance, House of Wax and Dial 'M' for Murder were trotted back out to theaters where I saw them for the first time, and I always hoped we'd get Kiss Me Kate and Phantom of the Rue Morgue, too, but neither of those ever showed up in my neck of the woods. Now we have Kiss Me Kate on 3D Blu-ray, so I'm still wanting Phantom.

Please, Warners!

In 2D on TCM - FRIDAY OCTOBER, 21 2016 AT 01:15 AM

 

[Camps]

In 2D on TCM - FRIDAY OCTOBER, 21 2016 AT 01:15 AM

Ha! Who cares about 2D?? (Pfffft...)

 

[Race Bannon]

What's the story on Hondo? Is the 3D print available? I know there's some kind of story where it was shot in 3D but never ran in 3D, or only in limited markets for a limited time. Seems like it was thought to be right at the end of the initial wave of 3D, and they scuttled it or something.

 

[Mike Ballew]

Hondo exists in 3-D. I've seen it projected from a DCP, and I've watched it at home on a now-defunct streaming service, 3DGO. Hondo did play 3-D playdates in 1953 and '54. The Paramount Blu-Ray release a few years ago sadly omitted the 3-D version. Many of us hope for a future 3-D Blu-Ray release, but no definite plans are in place for that, as far as I know.

In my view, the 3-D in Hondo is very well done and really adds to the film. And if you've seen it, perhaps you will agree it is a fine film, even in 2-D.

 

[Peter Apruzzese]

What's the story on Hondo? Is the 3D print available? I know there's some kind of story where it was shot in 3D but never ran in 3D, or only in limited markets for a limited time. Seems like it was thought to be right at the end of the initial wave of 3D, and they scuttled it or something.

Hondo had plenty of 3-D playdates:

With an average price of 49-cents a ticket in 1954, HONDO finished up the year with an impressive domestic gross of $4,100,000, a very large percentage of those being stereoscopic playdates. In 1954, HONDO was the 16th highest grossing film of the year, and the 106th top grossing film of all time. After Warner's HOUSE OF WAX, which grossed an astonishing $6,500,000, it was the second highest grossing 3-D film of the 1950's.

More info here:
http://www.3dfilmarchive.com/home/hondo-3-d-release

I saw the DCP of it last year at MoMA and it's spectacular.