Comments on: “Comin’ At Ya” Is Comin’ Back At Ya http://boxoffice.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/11/20/comin-at-ya-is-comin-back-at-ya/ Covering weekly box office grosses in the US and TV ratings. Wed, 3 Dec 2008 08:14:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: TPN :: Box Office Weekly » Blog Archive » Box Office Weekly #093 http://boxoffice.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/11/20/comin-at-ya-is-comin-back-at-ya/#comment-176379 TPN :: Box Office Weekly » Blog Archive » Box Office Weekly #093 Wed, 23 Apr 2008 18:33:58 +0000 http://boxoffice.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/11/20/comin-at-ya-is-comin-back-at-ya/#comment-176379 [...] In today’s show: Beowulf wins the box office – can Gilgamesh be far behind… NBC finds a novel way around the writer’s strike… and in this week’s commentary; I take an in-depth look at 3-D! All this and Munchkins finally get the recognition they deserve, today on Box Office Weekly. We’ll be right back after this. [...] [...] In today’s show: Beowulf wins the box office – can Gilgamesh be far behind… NBC finds a novel way around the writer’s strike… and in this week’s commentary; I take an in-depth look at 3-D! All this and Munchkins finally get the recognition they deserve, today on Box Office Weekly. We’ll be right back after this. [...]

]]> By: Jeffery Sargent http://boxoffice.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/11/20/comin-at-ya-is-comin-back-at-ya/#comment-136405 Jeffery Sargent Wed, 21 Nov 2007 17:38:52 +0000 http://boxoffice.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/11/20/comin-at-ya-is-comin-back-at-ya/#comment-136405 Treasure of the 4 Crowns. Stumbling down the asile after the employee screening, with a fever of 102, wailing "you motherf**kers" at the screen. That film, and it's hideous star Tony Anthony taking up brain cells I could be using for other things... Treasure of the 4 Crowns. Stumbling down the asile after the employee screening, with a fever of 102, wailing “you motherf**kers” at the screen. That film, and it’s hideous star Tony Anthony taking up brain cells I could be using for other things…

]]> By: Skot http://boxoffice.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/11/20/comin-at-ya-is-comin-back-at-ya/#comment-136284 Skot Wed, 21 Nov 2007 07:15:09 +0000 http://boxoffice.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/11/20/comin-at-ya-is-comin-back-at-ya/#comment-136284 They had polarization-process in the 50s as well, but it was tricky: back then, you had left-eye and right-eye prints, running through two synched projectors. This made for a bright image, but to make it work for a feature you had to either put the films on 12K reels or have four projectors for matched changeover. I had the pleasure of seeing a Three Stooges short projected in original two-projector 3-D, many many years ago at a rep theatre on the Strip. Cool effect. unfortunately, it was a Shemp. Anaglyphic (red/blue) process was considered the mass-market solution for getting 3-D movies out there without complicated or expensive hardware. And even then most film technicians agreed it was an inferior, headache-inducing technology. My Del Mar 3-D memory: One time, someone didn't adjust the special Dimension 3-D polarizing filter correctly on the projector. And because the 3-D effect only works when the polarizing lenses AND the glasses are aligned perfectly, I got to see a whole auditorium of patrons with their heads all cocked ten degrees to the right. They had polarization-process in the 50s as well, but it was tricky: back then, you had left-eye and right-eye prints, running through two synched projectors. This made for a bright image, but to make it work for a feature you had to either put the films on 12K reels or have four projectors for matched changeover.

I had the pleasure of seeing a Three Stooges short projected in original two-projector 3-D, many many years ago at a rep theatre on the Strip. Cool effect. unfortunately, it was a Shemp.

Anaglyphic (red/blue) process was considered the mass-market solution for getting 3-D movies out there without complicated or expensive hardware. And even then most film technicians agreed it was an inferior, headache-inducing technology.

My Del Mar 3-D memory: One time, someone didn’t adjust the special Dimension 3-D polarizing filter correctly on the projector. And because the 3-D effect only works when the polarizing lenses AND the glasses are aligned perfectly, I got to see a whole auditorium of patrons with their heads all cocked ten degrees to the right.

]]> By: chris http://boxoffice.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/11/20/comin-at-ya-is-comin-back-at-ya/#comment-136184 chris Tue, 20 Nov 2007 18:43:13 +0000 http://boxoffice.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/11/20/comin-at-ya-is-comin-back-at-ya/#comment-136184 Ahhh, the glorious days of Golan-Globus. You saw Treasure of the Four Crowns at the Del Mar. I was probably working. I remember sweet Mrs. Wilson, who owned the Drive-In, would come in on Sunday afternoons to see these movies. Of course, there was also the exquisite trash called "Flesh for Frankenstein," renamed "Andy Warhol's Frankenstein" (and others) from the early mid-seventies. Nothing like 3-D intestines "comin' at ya!" Ahhh, the glorious days of Golan-Globus. You saw Treasure of the Four Crowns at the Del Mar. I was probably working. I remember sweet Mrs. Wilson, who owned the Drive-In, would come in on Sunday afternoons to see these movies.
Of course, there was also the exquisite trash called “Flesh for Frankenstein,” renamed “Andy Warhol’s Frankenstein” (and others) from the early mid-seventies. Nothing like 3-D intestines “comin’ at ya!”

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