was this one in 3d in the the-ater? - Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone (1983) Discussion

[–] jeffman52001 19 years ago

The answer to your question,yes,"Spacehunter:The Adventures In The Forbidden Zone"came out in theatres in 1983,in 3-D and with gray glasses.I saw this movie when it came out in theatres,a great movie to see in 3-D.

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[–] kN3eLb4Z0d 19 years ago

Yep, definitely gray glasses. I'll never forget it.

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[–] gkar2025 18 years ago

I agree, this was one of the worst film I actually paid to see -- and unwillingly. Took a date to see Blue Thunder -- she was late getting ready, and this was the only movie that was not halfway over. So we went on in -- I will never get those two hours in my life back...

I can't remember if the glasses were paper or if they were plastic and collected at the end of the film. Anyone remember?

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[–] isotop235 17 years ago

Did you get laid?

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[–] Defenseman13 13 years ago

lol @ your "Plan A" taking a date to a movie about a helicopter. *facepalm*

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[–] The_Other_Snowman 18 years ago

I saw this in a theater in 3-D. Sort of. The projectionists mixed up the film so that it wasn't actually in 3-D until about halfway through. About ten or fifteen minutes to the end the roll of film disintegrated, and we all got to watch and cheer as the melting film was projected on the screen. It was cool.

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[–] xtremepizan 18 years ago

San Francisco. Castro Theater. Tommorow! (Oct 13)

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[–] diskoboy1974 17 years ago

It was in both red/blue and the 3-d with the grey glasses. It really depended on the theater.

Jaws 3-D came out around the same time. I saw it in polarized. My friends got the red/blue glasses - so alot of movies used both processes.

The grey glasses 3-D process is known as 'polarized 3-D' or 'field-sequential', BTW. If you look at yourself in a mirror while wearing a pair, you'll notice they produce a flicker effect.

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[–] BenGrimms_Thing 17 years ago

I remember a woman in her 70's or older swinging her cane at some ships that were coming at her, all of us that saw it just started laughing for what weemed like minutes. I was only 6 so I think that event was what made it stick in my mind.

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[–] U8RU486 14 years ago

I remember seeing this in the theater when I was six years old, this was the first 3D movie I saw, Gray lenses not Red and blue. I don't remember much about the movie, but I do remember a scene where the bad guy molests Molly Ringwald using some kind of device and it freaked the *beep* out of me. Two other movies I remember from this era were Timwalker (another movie that freaked me out) and MEGAFORCE!!! I loved Megaforce, it totally captured my imagination.

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[–] ttaskmaster 14 years ago

Field Sequential is a totally different process, used in home video systems.
Rather than two images being projected on a screen at the same time, as with Polarised, FS has one image on screen. It rapidly alternates the left image and right one. The FS glasses electronically shut one eye at a time, flicking rapidly back and forth in sync with the screen images.

Spacehunter works a lot better in FS.

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[–] homersoddishe 12 years ago

None of the 80's 3-D features was released in anaglyph (red/blue) 3-D in theaters. I don't think Spacehunter even appeared that way on DVD, though it did appear in Japan on a field sequential VHD disc format. They were all projected in theaters in single strip 3-D, polarized. Of these, only Spacehunter was actually shot with a two camera rig, which is why they can make a decent looking 1.85:1 DVD of it. The rest of the 80's movies were shot with a single camera that had a special lens that recorded both "eyes" on the same piece of film. Which is why even the blu-ray of Friday the 13th Part 3 is soft and grainy.

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[–] ttaskmaster 12 years ago

None of the 80's 3-D features was released in anaglyph (red/blue) 3-D in theaters. I don't think Spacehunter even appeared that way on DVD, though it did appear in Japan on a field sequential VHD disc format.

Spacehunter was screened in (at least some) UK cinemas in anaglyph. I know, because I 'acquired' several sets of the film reels! ;-)
Occasionally you get unoficial merchandising people selling 'original' film cells, which is usually cut up strips from the trailer screenings or possibly the cinema release like the ones I have, but never the actual film it was recorded on as they claim.
Either way, several of the Spacehunter ones out there include anaglyph cells.

It was released in anaglyph on Japanese videodisc (but not laserdisc). It is also still available on Japanese DVD with both FS and anaglyph options on the menu. This is a low-budget official release (actually made in Malaysia, I believe), albeit very limited, but it's thus been pirated and copies of that are plentiful enough.

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[–] gaugefilms 17 years ago

yeah there were glasses. This movie freaked me out when I saw it in the theater. I was about 7 years old and had to leave with my dad after the main characters enter some cave and there's some kind of squishy pods of some kind. All this in 3d when yor a kid was enough for me.

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[–] CGMCC 17 years ago

Yes, and I got the polarized gray glasses. Perhaps this film and The Wax Museum, starring Vincent Price, are the two best examples of excellent 3-D effects! I thoroughly enjoyed the realistic weapons in SpaceHunter which you could easily follow in three dimensions!

I have not seen 3-D used on DVDs for a High Definition TV, and I'm wondering if this is possible. It should be! If it's possible, I wish TCM, TNT, or the Sci-Fi channel would try it!

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[–] isotop235 17 years ago

I saw "Parasite" with Demi Moore in 3D. You know back in the "olden days" anything that got you into a theater was used...it worked! The movie stunk but the 3D stuff was a fun inticement.

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[–] erjw135 13 years ago

I saw it in theater and liked it enough that I bought the dvd when it became available. Some parts made me uncomfortable, but I like it better than the "newest" Star Wars films.

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[–] LeonardPine 9 years ago

Saw it when it was released in 1983. The glasses were grey lenses and cardboard frames. I still have them in my house somewhere along with my Jaws 3D ones which were blue and green lenses.

Always remember the laserblast pointed straight at the camera coming right out of the screen!

It's not a bad little film. Low-budget science fiction with some cool moments.

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