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How could this be a 3D film? It's in black and white

posted 14 years ago by charlesadams1
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I'm guessing they released a plain black and white version for TV? Cause if it was 3D back in the '50s it had to have been done in that crappy blue and red way they used to do 3D. And you had to wear those dorky glasses.

That would have been the perfect topping for this brain throbber.

BTW...not saying anything but I KNEW the whole thing was a dream that dumb kid had from the beginning. Like I say, that isn't saying much cause this movie must have been made by a brain dead person to begin with.

[–] richithekiller 14 years ago

Loads of black & white films were in 3D during the original 1950's 3D boom. In the case of home format video it's anaglyph 3D. That's the two colour glasses system which suits B&W better than colour. Some were classics like The Creature from The Black Lagoon, others like Robot Monster were trash. It really depends on the talent of the camera man. Until Robot Monster gets an Avatar style HD3D make over anaglyph is the only way to see it in 3D. I calculate the chances of this as NEGATIVE, NEGATIVE, NEGATIVE!!!

[–] The-Silent-Photoplayer 14 years ago

3D movies in the '50s were shown using polaroid filters, not red/blue anaglyphs. ROBOT MONSTER was no exception.

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[–] MrBelette 13 years ago

Cause if it was 3D back in the '50s it had to have been done in that crappy blue and red way they used to do 3D

3D movies in the '50s were shown using polaroid filters, not red/blue anaglyphs. ROBOT MONSTER was no exception.

hee hee hee

[–] melnar1 12 years ago

Not Polaroid - polarIZED glasses. Two different things. Look it up.