3D Blu-ray Disc You LAST BOUGHT or WATCHED Thread

[Joe D.]

Originally Posted by tommygunz

Finally watched star trek beyond 3d. I really liked the movie but, I am pissed at the 3d conversion. Don't get me wrong, it's serviceable with a couple of high points (old town, and outward shots of the enterprise) but, this movie should have been ooozing with 3d richness... It felt like it was trying hard as hell to improve its converstion but, just couldn't break free... Paramount should consider a relaunch box set containing all 3 with star trek getting the 3d treament, and trek beyond receiving a remastered 3d treatment. They should at minimum match star trek into the darkness. I consider 3d as the ultimate token of appreciation for our honest support of the movie genre. Fill makers makers are recouping hundreds of millions off of our double dip (pay to watch then, paying to own), the least they all can do is thank us with supreme converstions... Furthermore, I feel american consumers should never have to import an american movie. I really DGAF about you comes to mind everytime I see a non-US 3d release of a US movie. Terrible...

Hi Tommy,

Glad to know i wasn't the only one disappointed with the 3D effects. For a while feared it was my monitor. . Maybe that's why I didn't enjoy the story line as much as hoped for. Was waiting for more warp speed depth.

[Joe D.]

Originally Posted by levcore

After being ambivalent towards every single X-Men movie up to this point I was pleasantly surprised by Apocalypse and I thoroughly enjoyed it. It's my favourite X-Men movie now. Apart from as you mention some ropey CG/ green screen work it's pretty awesome from start to finish. The 3D really impressed me too.

Hi levcore,

Agreed. Best entry of the series and really great 3D.

[Joe D.]

Originally Posted by Hardkore

Lately I had gotten in the mood for some classic era native shot 3D. Some of the best 3D around. A lot of the 3D studios put out now a days are pretty good but are still not as good as when shot with actual 3D cameras.

Hi Hardkore,

Got all three in your snapshot and love them all.

Do you have House of Wax? Highly recommended. GOG is a good one too and despite the write up, so is Dial M for Murder.

[Hardkore]

Originally Posted by Joe D.

Hi Hardkore,

Got all three in your snapshot and love them all.

Do you have House of Wax? Highly recommended. GOG is a good one too and despite the write up, so is Dial M for Murder.

Of the 3 you mention, I have GOG. I have thought about getting House of Wax.

[Hardkore]

I absolutely love this movie! The 3D is awesome too! It is so clear it was filmed with 3D in mind. From the depth and dimension, aerial shots, and POV angles, this ranks up there. The story is great too.

[levcore]

Originally Posted by Hardkore

I absolutely love this movie! The 3D is awesome too! It is so clear it was filmed with 3D in mind. From the depth and dimension, aerial shots, and POV angles, this ranks up there. The story is great too.

One of my absolute favourite movies of this century. I LOVE John Carter. I agree that the 3D is really good too.

[Damon1281]

I watched The Young and Prodigious T. S. Spivet tonight. An interesting story with a little awkward pacing. As far as the 3d goes, it is great 90% of the time and has quite a few well done pop-outs. For 3d alone, this tentatively breaks into my top ten. I'll have to review my collection first, which is starting to become large.

[RockyIII]

Originally Posted by Hardkore

Lately I had gotten in the mood for some classic era native shot 3D. Some of the best 3D around. A lot of the 3D studios put out now a days are pretty good but are still not as good as when shot with actual 3D cameras.

A buddy of mine for the UK-based AV site told me that ICFOS is very good 3D despite the movie being so 'old'

[BleedOrange11]

Originally Posted by RockyIII

A buddy of mine for the UK-based AV site told me that ICFOS is very good 3D despite the movie being so 'old'

Every single one of the 1950s 3D movies has very good 3D.

[Joe D.]

Just watched Warcraft. Great 3D and fun film.

[the13thman]

Just arrived from Amazon Germany:





Dark Star 3D is some kind of bootleg because it comes on a BD-R, which I'm not too happy about, but I guess they would all be like that so either I accept that or send it back.

I checked it out up to the end of the credits, no pop-out of course but what I saw of the conversion was interesting - the ship seemed more claustrophobic while the primitive effects came alive a bit more. The starfield behind the credits seemed pushed back in the centre, with the left and right sides kept forward, creating a V shape. I'll have to watch it all at some point, it's one of my favourite films so I was intrigued by a 3D version but I need to get over the fact that it's on a BD-R, that annoys me more than anything else...

[Joe D.]

Originally Posted by the13thman

Just arrived from Amazon Germany:





Dark Star 3D is some kind of bootleg because it comes on a BD-R, which I'm not too happy about, but I guess they would all be like that so either I accept that or send it back.

I checked it out up to the end of the credits, no pop-out of course but what I saw of the conversion was interesting - the ship seemed more claustrophobic while the primitive effects came alive a bit more. The starfield behind the credits seemed pushed back in the centre, with the left and right sides kept forward, creating a V shape. I'll have to watch it all at some point, it's one of my favourite films so I was intrigued by a 3D version but I need to get over the fact that it's on a BD-R, that annoys me more than anything else...

Hi 13th,

Is it a bootleg of an actual manufacturered 3D or one of those Asian rip offs?

If so, is it better than what you could have done with simulated 3D?

[Chloenator]

Yes, I got this early from Best Buy!

[Gizz]

Watched





3D Edition


Enjoyed it but I liked the 2014 first film better. The 3D was great shame that there will not be a sequel.

[the13thman]

Originally Posted by Joe D.

Hi 13th,

Is it a bootleg of an actual manufacturered 3D or one of those Asian rip offs?

If so, is it better than what you could have done with simulated 3D?

It's a bootleg in that it's on a BD-R and is completely unauthorised. The Laser Paradise logo comes up when playing the disc, but it has extras including an audio commentary that isn't on my UK edition. I would assume the conversion is similar to those Asian rip offs, I found this listing for Azumi in 3D (from the same company) that leads me to believe that it never came out on an actual manufactured blu ray: http://www.schnittberichte.com/svds....ssung&ID=98048

As for the quality of the conversion, from what I saw it was better and worse than what my TV could do autoconverting. My TV tends to produce good depth but pulls lights out further than they ought to be. It's not going to be a good conversion I'm sure. But I need to watch the whole thing to make a proper assessment and Amazon just delivered these two beauties, so I think they're up next to watch:

[BlueRayLifer]

Watched House Of Wax in 3D. Very little popouts. I've never seen it before, although I've seen clips as a kid.

[BleedOrange11]

Originally Posted by BlueRayLifer

Watched House Of Wax in 3D. Very little popouts. I've never seen it before, although I've seen clips as a kid.

That paddleball scene is cinematic history though.

[the13thman]

I watched The Secret Life Of Pets in 3D, having previously enjoyed it in 2D.



Making a nice change from the Despicable Me series, this time Illumination don't save their best 3D for the end credits, the film is packed with strong-medium pop-outs (and pop-ins). Most of the non-action stuff takes place at screen level but pretty much every animal in the movie protrudes out of it at some point. The volume and separation are great, depth is less adventurous much of the time (the film takes what I call the "fish tank" approach to room interiors) but pretty good outdoors and in the more actiony sequences.

The film comes across as very Pixar-esque in many ways but when the 3D is let loose it's more like Dreamworks than Pixar. Naturally I'd have preferred it to go stronger more often but I was very pleased with this one overall and would absolutely recommend it over the 2D version.

[micnic]

Jurassic Park / Jurassic World


In a double feature (rewatch)
For me, both conversions seemed quite similar in terms of depth and pop out. There are on the slightly stronger side with very nice volume most of the time. They also share a fair amount of conversion errors with all the complex jungle scenery. They are still very satisfying.
The main difference is the general image quality. The amount of detail in Jurassic World is insane and in a whole other league than Jurassic Park. The latter looks much better than the awful 2D disc but is still quite filtered and therefore low on detail.

[levcore]

Originally Posted by BlueRayLifer

Watched House Of Wax in 3D. Very little popouts. I've never seen it before, although I've seen clips as a kid.

what?