Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone 3-D (1983)

[filmmusic]

Oh, no.
Mill Creek has Spacehunter and it released it on DVD!

http://www.examiner.com/review/dvd-r...double-feature

[deltatauhobbit]

Originally Posted by filmmusic

Oh, no.
Mill Creek has Spacehunter and it released it on DVD!

http://www.examiner.com/review/dvd-r...double-feature

They put Krull out on blu but if they also have rights for Spacehunter, I highly doubt it will ever get a (decent) 3D release, let alone a 2D release anytime soon. It's a shame the 80's 3D flicks aren't getting any respect. Maybe if the golden age 3D blu's continue to sell well that might change.

[Buscemi]

If this ever hits Blu, it has to be in its original aspect ratio. The DVD used a cropped print (Columbia released the film in different aspect ratios, the 3-D version in 2.39 and the flat version in 1.85).

[filmmusic]

Originally Posted by Buscemi

If this ever hits Blu, it has to be in its original aspect ratio. The DVD used a cropped print (Columbia released the film in different aspect ratios, the 3-D version in 2.39 and the flat version in 1.85).

You're talking about the current DVD?
Because the 2001 DVD isn't cropped.
It's in the original aspect ratio (1.85:1)

[Buscemi]

The DVD case might say 1.85 is correct but it was filmed in 2.39 (3-D cameras at this time could only film 2.39). The flat prints were cropped (or used different camera angles, depending on whose story you believe) to 1.85. Many viewers of the film during its original release will also confirm the 3-D version was in 2.39.

[filmmusic]

Originally Posted by Buscemi

The DVD case might say 1.85 is correct but it was filmed in 2.39 (3-D cameras at this time could only film 2.39). The flat prints were cropped (or used different camera angles, depending on whose story you believe) to 1.85. Many viewers of the film during its original release will also confirm the 3-D version was in 2.39.

Yes, but I meant the original aspect ratio of the 2D film is 1.85:1 (you said it yourself) and that is the ratio on the DVD.

[ryanasaurus0077]

The Mill Creek release will definitely be a grab for me (or, at least, it should satisfy me until we get a decent 3D release Stateside) if it uses the left eye print; all American home video releases I know of (the RCA/Columbia VHS, the Goodtimes VHS, the Columbia TriStar VHS, and the Columbia TriStar DVD) use the right eye print (and yes, I used my RCA/Columbia VHS as a reference point; the zooming titles all lean closer to the left side of the screen, and I checked with those who owned the other editions to see if that was also the case with theirs, which, apparently, it is).

[GundarkHunter]

Originally Posted by Buscemi

The DVD case might say 1.85 is correct but it was filmed in 2.39 (3-D cameras at this time could only film 2.39). The flat prints were cropped (or used different camera angles, depending on whose story you believe) to 1.85. Many viewers of the film during its original release will also confirm the 3-D version was in 2.39.

Not entirely correct. Spacehunter wasn't filmed with one of the over/under setups; they shot with a dual camera setup in a Super 35 format and cropped to the 3D over/under ratio. In the home video version, scenes are opened up top and bottom, which is why in the VHS version, you actually see some shots of a parking lot that would've been cropped out @ 1.85 or 2.39:1.