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Mr. Beaks is coming at ya in 3-D at the 3-D Film Expo -- IT CAME FROM OUTER SPACE!!!

Didn't read the review/news by runningsore	Sep 17th, 2003 01:59:36 PM
Did I make it?
YES...YES...YES!!! by runningsore	Sep 17th, 2003 02:01:06 PM
FIRST!!! Yes I know, *uck me up my stupid ass....I don't care! I'M FIRST!
I remember my first exposure to 3-D by vikingkitty	Sep 17th, 2003 02:01:57 PM
My local NBC affiliate ran a presentation of "The Creature from the Black Lagoon" in the early 80's, and promoted the hell out of the fact that 3-D glasses could be picked up at your local Wendy's.
It must be said by IFartOnYourGrave	Sep 17th, 2003 02:31:00 PM
Fuck first posters, fuck them up their stupid asses...
Jaws 3D by jimmychitwood	Sep 17th, 2003 02:35:44 PM
i remember seeing that in the theatre...it sucked, i even knew that at 12...
Already saw Creature and Outer Space in 3D. by Durendal	Sep 17th, 2003 02:38:31 PM
I've already seen these two in 3D, as well as another classic known as The Maze. They were at a nifty dollar theater in Spokane, Washinton, about two hours from where I live. The theater gave out the 3D glasses and everything. Ah, if only I had been familiar with Mystery Science Theater 3000 at the time. They're classics, I know, but they're still pretty bad by today's standards, but it's a good kind of bad.
third dimension by septimus_p	Sep 17th, 2003 02:47:50 PM
As good as IT CAME FROM OUTER SPACE and HOUSE OF WAX still are, I have fond memories of some pretty bad 3-D flicks that were still corny fun at the movies: GORILLA AT LARGE and a tripped-out horror flick about an ancient aztec relic called (I think) THE MASK. 3-D went best with cheese! Oh Yeah, one other thing: for a truly 3-Dimensional candidate for 2004, vote WESLEY CLARK FOR PRESIDENT IN 2004! Rhodes Scholar, Viet Nam vet, a fellow who has a master's degree in economics and was also supreme commander of NATO. Doen't W.'s silly dress-up landing on that aircraft carrier look awfully silly next to a FOUR STAR GENERAL? Bush is toast!
First 3D movie was... by RenoNevada2000	Sep 17th, 2003 02:58:34 PM
A 16 mm print of CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON screened at a friend's birthday party when I was around 8 or 9 years old. Nothing cooler than a backyard full of kids (they were projecting onto a large bedsheet) ducking and screaming the night away to this.
East Coasters don't dispair! by RenoNevada2000	Sep 17th, 2003 02:59:42 PM
The Film Forum in New York City will be running DIAL M FOR MURDER in 3D starting January 2. I'm definitely driving in (2 hours) for that.
Dammit! by IFartOnYourGrave	Sep 17th, 2003 03:14:44 PM
Why can't cool stuff like this be in my town?
ANTON SIRIUS DONT LOOK LIKE A GEEK!!! by dorisday	Sep 17th, 2003 04:08:40 PM
I'm a Torontonian who was watching the cable access channel which carried all of the Film Festival press screenings. Anton Sirius got up and introduced himself as being from "AICN News" at one of these press conferences. I was totally surprised. He's tall, blonde, young and he doesn't look like a geek at all. And I'll bet he loved his digs at the Candy Factory Lofts
I've seen It Came From Outer Space... by Cap'n Chaos!	Sep 17th, 2003 04:19:43 PM
I saw it in 3-D at KSU a few years ago and, quite frankly, I thought it was pretty crappy even among the ranks of '50s sci-fi. It could have been a bad print, but the 3-D seemed pretty bad too. Oh if only I could have been there the prior year when they screened Creature.
3-D films still shown in Milw, WI by AZhippieboy	Sep 17th, 2003 05:38:44 PM
Being a huge fan of 3-D movies, I had the pleasure of finding a theater in Milwaukee, WI that still shows 3-D movies. I was lucky enough to watch a showing of House of Wax, and Friday the 13th part 3 last year before I moved to Arizona. Although I love it down here, I still miss that theater. For you guys in or near Wisconsin, check out www.timescinema.com for upcoming 3-D movies. Next month, they're showing Friday the 13th 3 around Halloween.
fucking them up their stupid asses by ChickenGeorgeVII	Sep 17th, 2003 06:07:34 PM
THE ANAL PROBE IN 3-D!!!!!!!! THE ANAL PROBE IN 3-D!!!!!!!! THE ANAL PROBE IN 3-D!!!!!!!! THE LORD HAS BLESSED US WITH THE ANAL PROBE IN 3-D!!!!!!!.....And thus, Amen! - - - George, The 7th Chicken!!!!
3d film expo by MiltonWaddams	Sep 17th, 2003 08:03:48 PM
a lot of reasons to film the main character blowing bubbles towards the camera and possibly confetti peices. where do i sign up?
Creature from the Black Lagoon by Syd Mead	Sep 17th, 2003 09:14:33 PM
Was okay, not perfect but okay. It was only good because of the awesome make up design. The creature was a classic. Scared the shit out of me as a little kid. Since there is probably less than 100 features made in 3D at least a hand full won't completely suck hard great dane cock. Here's another one that did... Comin' At Ya ! Made in the early 1980's when 3D had its half assed second coming of sorts. No it wasn't a porn but a cheesy western if I remember it correctly. It's so easy to forget crap.
Nice reference to 'Comin' At Ya!' by crimsonrage	Sep 18th, 2003 01:44:57 AM
Ferdinando Baldi's 80's 'sort-of' remake of his Spaghetti Western masterpiece 'Blindman', which had Ringo Starr as a Mexican bandit! Anyone who liked the blind gunfighter stuff in 'Once Upon a Time in Mexico' would be advised to see 'Blindman'. Rodriguez was clearly inspired by it.
3-D movies can be fun but also a pain in the butt! by TheFoywonder	Sep 18th, 2003 01:51:32 AM
Especially if they are of the blue/red glasses varierty. We briefly considered running ROBOT MONSTER in 3-D for SCHLOCKTOBERFEST but it just wasn't meant to be. For my money, the best 3-D movie I ever saw in a movie theater was the 1985 animated movie Starchaser: The Legend of Orin. ONLY 30 MORE DAYS UNTIL SCHLOCKTOBERFEST 2003: SCHLOCK & AWE! www.schlocktoberfest.com
Caught "It Came from Outer Space" at college back in the late 70 by Rolling_Stone	Sep 18th, 2003 01:54:57 AM
Still does.
Seats are available on stand-by by plasmon	Sep 18th, 2003 02:18:42 AM
I've got a festival pass to "The World 3-D Film Expo" and I want urge that those who are motivated to do so have a fighting chance of seeing one of the sold out films by getting there early enough. For sold out performances they are checking the number of empty of seats just before start time and letting in people who have been waiting in a special stand-by line in. At "Creature From The Black Lagoon" there were 17 or so open seats, so at least that many people got in to see the supposedly sold out show. I would guess you should be there at least two hours (perhaps even 3 hours) early to make sure you can get a seat. Most shows are not sold out. The most pleasant suprise for me so far has been "Kiss Me Kate". I'm not a musical fan but it was well acted, sung, and danced, and had some nice use of 3D without getting silly about it. Another surprise was "Gorilla at Large" with a very young Raymond Burr and Anne Bancroft and some entertaining performances from Lee J. Cobb and Lee Marvin - there is a lot of use of 3D but again in a fun way. And the classics like "House of Wax", "It Came From Outer Space", and "Creature From The Black Lagoon" have never looked better to me, with true polarized 3D. Even "Robot Monster", which is infamous for its ridiculousness, looked fantastic - and I hadn't remembered that the musical score was by Elmer Bernstein as was the musical score for the "Cat-Women Of The Moon", a truly silly sci-fi effort. So give some of the future films a shot if you're willing to stay in line. Start time for "Dial M For Murder" is Fri Sep 19 at 9:30. Other films can be checked out at www.3dfilmfest.com.
i remember watching Dial M in a big cinema and smoking weed by CuervoJones	Sep 18th, 2003 05:43:07 AM
that was like 4D at least!
Beaks.. you try too hard dude by BilboFett	Sep 18th, 2003 11:52:18 AM
Man.. do you have a thesarus out everytime you write? Do you talk like this in person? Your prose is difficult to navigate, and its an effort to even comprehend what your main point is. Sorry bud.
Metalstorm! Snort!!! by Poetamelie	Sep 18th, 2003 02:36:50 PM
"Metalstorm: the Destruction of Jared-Syn" is right up there with "Freddy as FRO7," "Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever," and "Married To It" for the all-time worst, most pretentious movie titles. Thank you for the best laugh I've had all morning! Time to kick back and watch "Gymkata," now that I'm in the mood.
Comin' At Ya! by mascan	Sep 18th, 2003 06:49:44 PM
Ugh . . . I remember this for the mental scar it left . . . the scene with the baby crapping straight down at the camera . . . don't know how that made it past the MPAA, but I've never been the same since.
Fort Ti / The Maze by plasmon	Sep 19th, 2003 10:32:03 AM
To give a feel for some of the films, here are some comments about two of them from last night, both lesser efforts... FORT TI (1953) is a B-movie roughly structured around a real life group of pre-American forces in 1759. Helping the British overseers, the Americans, who uniformily speak in modern idiomatic American English, are fighting their evil enemies, the French and the Indians. The real-life rag tag guerrillas are portrayed as highly disciplined and uniformily well-dressed (wearing imitation Robin Hood green felt forest get-ups). The injuns all wear indian costume #4. Fight scenes are all ridiculous, with guns being magically reloaded in a matter of seconds, hand-to-hand combat that compares with a high school students effort, a love story with no believeability, a spy story with no impact, and an anti-climatic attack on Fort Ticonderoga. But the movie exists for 3-D. There are frequent thrusts of flames into the camera, guns and cannons point right at the audience, hatchets go flying past your head, all of it entertaining but mostly just little bon-bons to entertain the audience. SPOOKS was shown, a Three Stooges short of the boys trying to sell pies in a deserted neighborhood in the middle of the night when they enter a house where Dr. Jeckel and Mr Hyde are about to transplant a brain from a luscious young female into a gorilla who is in a cage. Hijinks ensue with knives flying toward the viewer as well as many pies into the faces of all. A lesser short not really rescued by anything in 3-D. THE MAZE is a 1953 British film that is really slow going until the final 10 minutes when... No, I won't say what happens but for those who have seen the ending it will be memorable... The acting is uniformily British average for the time. The 3-D effects are actually quite good. There is very little gratuitous stuff flying at the camera, mostly the sets always have furniture or something in the foreground and people placed at various depths, emphasizing the 3-D medium in subtle and typical British fashion. DOOMTOWN was the final short, a very interesting puff-piece produced in 1953 about one of the first publicized atomic bomb explosions in Nevada. This is the explosion that has the famous scenes of phony houses exploding from the blast wave as well as cars and trucks. What I hadn't known that these were filmed in 3-D. Actually they used two cameras side-by-side hoping that one of them would survive the blast but sometimes both cameras survived making it possible to produce a 3-D image. Some people in the audience were cheering when the bomb went off and caused all the destruction, I guess there are people like that everywhere, but I was quietly awed by the brief but very rare images that have survived. I don't remember the name of the person who has worked on re-constructing the film but kudos to him. Thats all, this should give an idea of one night of the festival. Not the best night, but entertaining none the less.
Festival Over by plasmon	Sep 22nd, 2003 04:54:58 AM
The festival is finally over! There were 35 shows, usually a feature with a short that would have played with the feature back 50 years ago. THIS WAS ONE OF THE COOLEST FILM FESTIVALS I'VE EVER BEEN TO! The films shown covered most of the 3-D releases from the early 50s and offered a great sampling. Included was some real rare stuff, British test films, several scenes from Howard Hughes's SON OF SINBAD with Vincent Price, Jane Russell in another Hughes production of THE FRENCH LINE complete with both an original uncensored dance sequence and a censored version that was the one that was released, stereo film experiments from pre-1923, and even the deservedly unknown Harry Mimmo in DOWN THE HATCH, and many, many other films. Its unlikely that a festival like this is going to be shown again, but it will be fondly remembered by me.
3-D FILM EXPO by juanpa	Sep 23rd, 2003 04:16:50 PM
First of all, SPY KIDS 3D was not areal 3-D when you compare with the wonderful experience of films were shown at the Hollywood Egyptian's 3-D FILM EXPO. I never thought ther were so many films in great shape and good 3-D...no color lens...Polaroid style...so you could feel clean and great the effect. Congratulations to organizers for great Festival and my best support to the kind people who host the Festival eveyday ... I enjoyed at all

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