Anybody else on here on the 3D train?
Having recently finished setting up the projector (bin rescue), screen (£20, gumtree), and working out the glasses required (£20, eBay), I finally got my first taste of home shutterglass 3D.
We watched Pirates!, as I happened to have the disc in 3D already.
3D lends itself well to Aardman’s models and physical sets.
I like 3D best when it’s like looking through a window, or onto a stage.
It also turned out that my steelbook of The Hobbit contained the 3D copy too.
We’re only 30 mins through it, but there are some nice shots (I particularly liked the one of Bilbo watching Gandalf through the window)
I checked with CEX, and 3D discs are now mostly quite reasonably priced. So we went and bought about 70% of the local branch’s stock, for the princely sum of £20.*
While yes, it is a novelty, and a bit of a gimmick at times…It’s fun.
And gives me a bonus inexpensive collectable hobby!
*(Pro-tip: If you’re going to do similar, go when it’s not busy, and apologise to them in advance. The 3D discs are all mixed in with the standard ones, and the poor guys spent about 20 minutes hunting)
We fell in love with 3D and I still have all the discs because as you say, they’re packaged with standard copies as well.
We had to buy passive 3D because the active method would give my wife migraine headaches.
Just checking my online film list, I didn’t realise I had 38 3D films in total. I think Tron:Legacy was one of my favourites. Also, I know it’s hated (I disagree) but Ghostbusters (2016) renders some of the VFX shots into the black borders. This gives the film a 3D feel at times but when I watched it in “proper 3D” the effect works really well with the proton streams coming out of the TV.
Alternatively, something like Dredd 3D was quite disappointing. The slo-mo sequences looked great in 3D but to be honest, when watching the rest of the film, I forgot it was even in 3D!
In the end, I purposely bought 3D copies of The Hobbit a few years ago because they were cheaper (at CEX) than the standard copies despite having the same content.
Sadly though, our 3D TV died many years ago and because everyone was bored of the format, no new 3D TVs were being sold otherwise we’d happily get another one.
It’s a shame the shutterglasses cause issues. I can only watch so much before I need a break. Apparently the 2016 LG OLEDs were the last. Or you could set up two projectors with polarisers (I’m sure that would go down well in the living room!)
I decided against Tron the other day, as I already had a 2D copy. However, I’m hearing good things about it. Apparently it goes between 2D and 3D in the virtual world, which sounds like a very cool use of the medium.
Hobbit 2 in 3D extended edition, but missing the slip case, cost me £1.50 the other day. Not a clue why it was so cheap.