Invasion of the Body Snatchers 3D Blu-ray (1956) [Region Free] [BD-R] - Blu-ray Forum

Variety Films 3D · 09-26-2023, 05:55 AM

Pre-order now live from VarietyFilms.net, ships during October.

See a varied collection of both native & AI converted vintage 3D material from the 1870s to the 1970s... & beyond in this 2-disc Blu-ray 3D set with lenticular cover! (only compatible with 3D disc players & displays)

It starts with an AI conversion of the timeless sci-fi Invasion of the Body Snatchers. Join Miles, a professional who thinks he's got life all figured out, as he slowly & terrifyingly begins to realize that all is not as it seems in the small town of Santa Mira, in this Twilight-Zone-esque mystery of thrills & chills. The 3D journey continues with new bonus material such as 100th anniversary highlights from The Ten Commandments, stereo cards, Daring Adventures & Abbott & Costello 3D comics collections, a newly formatted look at a somewhat abandoned 3D project of the 70s & more. - Also includes bonus material from the out-of-print Vintage 3D collection, such as stereo cards, early 3D films, highlights from the Robinzon Kruzo 3D Soviet film, Bible slides, the full-length AI converted The Lost World and more.

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Invas...lu-ray/346579/

NJPete · 09-26-2023, 05:26 PM

Paramount licensed Invasion of the Body Snatchers for a 3-D conversion?

gazadams · 09-26-2023, 06:08 PM

have ordered this

philsfan · 09-26-2023, 11:29 PM

Intrigued and in for one...

Just_Discovered_3D · 09-27-2023, 01:35 AM

Interesting. Especially the (presumably 3D?) Lenticular Cover. This website looks, aside from the YouTube embeds, like something out of 2001 or so though, very "Web 1.0"

Freakyguy666 · 09-27-2023, 02:44 AM

Ai conversions are relatively new and will be disappointing for most discerning 3D aficionados so be careful spending your money on this…to me it has a long way to go and is currently just a hair above auto conversion/junk/trash status…

UFAlien · 09-27-2023, 03:12 AM

Trailer looks awful. The "AI" algorithm gets more depth placement wrong than it does right, and there's no actual separation/occlusion to speak of. It's not a believably three-dimensional image, just a warped image.

davidbe · 09-27-2023, 03:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Freakyguy666

Ai conversions are relatively new and will be disappointing for most discerning 3D aficionados so be careful spending your money on this…to me it has a long way to go and is currently just a hair above auto conversion/junk/trash status…

I take it you have not seen Nightmare Castle. If you rate an autoconversion at 0 (where it belongs) and the best multi-million dollar Marvel movie conversion at 10, I'd rate Nightmare Castle at 8.

It remains to be seen if Variety Films will do as good a job on this movie as Deep Vision Studios did on Nightmare Castle.

davidbe · 09-27-2023, 03:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by UFAlien

Trailer looks awful. The "AI" algorithm gets more depth placement wrong than it does right, and there's no actual separation/occlusion to speak of. It's not a believably three-dimensional image, just a warped image.

I guess Variety Films did not do as good a job on this movie as Deep Vision Studios did on Nightmare Castle.

Freakyguy666 · 09-28-2023, 03:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by davidbe

I take it you have not seen Nightmare Castle. If you rate an autoconversion at 0 (where it belongs) and the best multi-million dollar Marvel movie conversion at 10, I'd rate Nightmare Castle at 8.

It remains to be seen if Variety Films will do as good a job on this movie as Deep Vision Studios did on Nightmare Castle.

You take it wrong, sir. I not only have seen it, I own it.

The process was not autonomous and the difference is stark…

WaverBoy · 09-28-2023, 06:27 AM

The conversion of Nightmare Castle is very good indeed, and the conversion of The House on Haunted Hill is looking even better. AIPOP is currently the indie 3-D conversion team to beat. I’m amazed at what they’ve achieved so far.

philsfan · 09-30-2023, 03:44 PM

Well, mine came today. Will post after watching...

gazadams · 10-05-2023, 05:28 PM

watched mine last night and i thought it was very good . But certainly would of liked it stronger . The extras are great though with some in varying quality

Zivouhr · 10-05-2023, 07:20 PM

I watched the side by side trailer and it looks like an auto conversion based on that trailer anyway, with very mild 3D from what I saw for the Invasion of the Body Snatchers clips.

Variety Films 3D · 10-10-2023, 05:18 PM

UPDATE:
Well today is release day . . . and also the day to announce that this title has been cancelled during pre-orders in a cautionary measure, due to confusion regarding the public domain status of this film. So if you got one from the original test batch, most of which shipped early, congratulations, you got one of only 30 copies that will ever be made. It's worth noting that this set contained many extras, most of which were native 3D vintage material, and much of these, including all the new ones and most from the out-of-print Vintage 3D collection, will instead be released with Outlaw Territory.

playingphysicist · 10-11-2023, 01:58 AM

"Body Snatchers" had its copyright renewed on 1983-05-17 - not sure how there was ever any confusion about this.

Variety Films 3D · 10-11-2023, 02:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by playingphysicist

"Body Snatchers" had its copyright renewed on 1983-05-17 - not sure how there was ever any confusion about this.

The copyright notice is one year prior to its' actual release which in some cases can invalidate it, plus a couple of sources list it as public domain, that's how. Not worth looking into though. Will probably upload the 3D conversion to YouTube at some point for all to enjoy as they don't seem to be enforcing that avenue, and the extras have been moved to another Blu-ray release.

FelixFlankin · 10-11-2023, 02:57 AM

That's what I get for not preordering. Haha

aaron2970 · 10-11-2023, 02:07 PM

well the cancellation was a surprise-glad mine made it to me

philsfan · 10-11-2023, 03:46 PM

Popped it in last night. While i respect the effort that went into making this and I never want to upset our eventual AI overlords, I had lots of problems with the conversion. 3D was decent in some spots but there was this strange, warped "breathing" of the background which was distracting and odd. Was stone cold sober watching this, but I imagine this background would be what you would see on special fungus. The only reason I finished it was due to the quality of the movie itself. In contrast, I thought the extras on disc one of the 3D photographs were extremely neat, and in one of the earlier examples the womens arm was literally popping out of my TV. I think future conversions will need to be tweaked significantly to make them of any interest to the average 3Dphile on this site.

10-10-2023, 05:18 PM	#15
Variety Films 3D Active Member Top contributor Member since:Dec 2018	*UPDATE:* Well today is release day . . . and also the day to announce that this title has been cancelled during pre-orders in a cautionary measure, due to confusion regarding the public domain status of this film. So if you got one from the original test batch, most of which shipped early, congratulations, you got one of only 30 copies that will ever be made. It's worth noting that this set contained many extras, most of which were native 3D vintage material, and much of these, including all the new ones and most from the out-of-print Vintage 3D collection, will instead be released with Outlaw Territory. Last edited by Variety Films 3D; 10-10-2023 at 09:02 PM.

09-26-2023, 05:26 PM	#2
NJPete Active Member Top contributor Member since:Jun 2016 Location:New Jersey 4K collection:101 Blu-ray collection:1658 DVD collection:15 MA collection:3 Digital collection:1	Paramount licensed Invasion of the Body Snatchers for a 3-D conversion?

09-26-2023, 06:08 PM	#3
gazadams Expert Member Member since:Aug 2015	have ordered this

09-26-2023, 11:29 PM	#4
philsfan Expert Member Member since:Dec 2009 Location:Lancaster, PA 4K collection:362 Blu-ray collection:952 Blu-ray reviews:1	Intrigued and in for one...

09-27-2023, 01:35 AM	#5
Just_Discovered_3D Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Aug 2021	Interesting. Especially the (presumably 3D?) Lenticular Cover. This website looks, aside from the YouTube embeds, like something out of 2001 or so though, very "Web 1.0"

09-27-2023, 02:44 AM	#6
Freakyguy666 Banned Member since:Jan 2014 Blu-ray reviews: 3	Ai conversions are relatively new and will be disappointing for most discerning 3D aficionados so be careful spending your money on this…to me it has a long way to go and is currently just a hair above auto conversion/junk/trash status…

09-27-2023, 03:12 AM	#7
UFAlien Blu-ray Guru Top contributor Member since:Oct 2008 4K collection:128 Blu-ray collection:475 Blu-ray reviews: 14 Trading Score:29	Trailer looks awful. The "AI" algorithm gets more depth placement wrong than it does right, and there's no actual separation/occlusion to speak of. It's not a believably three-dimensional image, just a warped image.

09-28-2023, 06:27 AM	#11
WaverBoy Blu-ray Knight Member since:May 2013 Location:Seattle, WA Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:5	The conversion of Nightmare Castle is very good indeed, and the conversion of The House on Haunted Hill is looking even better. AIPOP is currently the indie 3-D conversion team to beat. I’m amazed at what they’ve achieved so far.

09-30-2023, 03:44 PM	#12
philsfan Expert Member Member since:Dec 2009 Location:Lancaster, PA 4K collection:362 Blu-ray collection:952 Blu-ray reviews:1	Well, mine came today. Will post after watching...

10-05-2023, 05:28 PM	#13
gazadams Expert Member Member since:Aug 2015	watched mine last night and i thought it was very good . But certainly would of liked it stronger . The extras are great though with some in varying quality

10-05-2023, 07:20 PM	#14
Zivouhr Blu-ray Grand Duke Member since:Dec 2011 Location:USA 4K collection:3 Blu-ray collection:127	I watched the side by side trailer and it looks like an auto conversion based on that trailer anyway, with very mild 3D from what I saw for the Invasion of the Body Snatchers clips.

10-11-2023, 01:58 AM	#16
playingphysicist Expert Member Top contributor Member since:Nov 2021 4K collection:61 Blu-ray collection:176	"Body Snatchers" had its copyright renewed on 1983-05-17 - not sure how there was ever any confusion about this.

10-11-2023, 02:57 AM	#18
FelixFlankin Special Member Top contributor Member since:Feb 2012 Location:Phoenix, AZ 4K collection:743 Blu-ray collection:2131 Trading Score:6	That's what I get for not preordering. Haha

10-11-2023, 02:07 PM	#19
aaron2970 Banned Member since:Dec 2017	well the cancellation was a surprise-glad mine made it to me

10-11-2023, 03:46 PM	#20
philsfan Expert Member Member since:Dec 2009 Location:Lancaster, PA 4K collection:362 Blu-ray collection:952 Blu-ray reviews:1	Popped it in last night. While i respect the effort that went into making this and I never want to upset our eventual AI overlords, I had lots of problems with the conversion. 3D was decent in some spots but there was this strange, warped "breathing" of the background which was distracting and odd. Was stone cold sober watching this, but I imagine this background would be what you would see on special fungus. The only reason I finished it was due to the quality of the movie itself. In contrast, I thought the extras on disc one of the 3D photographs were extremely neat, and in one of the earlier examples the womens arm was literally popping out of my TV. I think future conversions will need to be tweaked significantly to make them of any interest to the average 3Dphile on this site.

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