Comin' at Ya!

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Summary: Bon Produit 3D
Review: Ce film est important surtout pour la 3D, qui est retranscrite sur petit ?cran de mani?re plut?t correcte. Bien que la qualit? des lunettes bleu et rouge laissent franchement ? d?sirer.( la qualit? des filtres est tr?s mauvaise...)
MAIS, si vous avez les lunettes d'un autre fournisseur le spectacle est plus que FUN, apr?s avoir effectu? certains r?glages sur votre ?crans t?l? ou PC. Uniquement en V.O mais il n'y a pas vraiment de dialogues alors vous pouvez acheter ce DVD pour passer 91 bonnes Minutes.

Rating:
Summary: Bon Produit 3D
Review: Ce film est important surtout pour la 3D, qui est retranscrite sur petit écran de manière plutôt correcte. Bien que la qualité des lunettes bleu et rouge laissent franchement à désirer.( la qualité des filtres est trés mauvaise...)
MAIS, si vous avez les lunettes d'un autre fournisseur le spectacle est plus que FUN, aprés avoir effectué certains réglages sur votre écrans télé ou PC. Uniquement en V.O mais il n'y a pas vraiment de dialogues alors vous pouvez acheter ce DVD pour passer 91 bonnes Minutes.

Rating:
Summary: Forget the Popcorn, pass the Aspirin!
Review: Comin' At Ya! is a scream. Not only is the 3-D nearly unwatchable, but the movie has a camp, over the top quality which is all the better because it seems unintentional.

When it was first released to theatres, "Comin At Ya!" made a big splash because 3-D hadn't been seen on theatre screens for several decades. The novelty was enough to bring people in, but the poor quality of the film was enough to nearly squash the return of 3-D before it even got started. That wouldn't have been a bad thing, necessarily, because it would have meant that Jaws 3-D, Parasite and The Man Who Wasn't There would never have been made.

3-D is a valid technical adjunct to filmmaking, but only when it is "tamed" and the filmmakers resist the temptation to throw things at the heads of the audience. There ARE good movies in 3-D. Excellent 3-D films include such classics as "House of Wax", "Dial 'M' For Murder", "Creature From the Black Lagoon" and "Kiss Me Kate", films which stand on their own merits, and which are actively enhanced by the addition of the third dimension.

Then there are the so-so 3-D films. Films which are not particularly memorable, but which are workmanlike and entertaining. Films in this catagory would include "The Maze", "Fort Ti", "Revenge of the Creature", and "It Came from Outer Space" (I know, I know. ICFOS is your favorite film. This is just a personal assessment.)

Then there are the 3-D IMAX films. Most of these have excellent quality 3-D, but little cinematic value. Such IMAX films as The Haunted Castle and Encounters in the Third Dimension are little more than 3-D roller coasters -- good at what they do, but not "Citizen Kane" by any stretch of the imagination, nor are they intended to be.

Finally, there are the totally junky low-budget films with no redeeming value whatever except for unintentional hilarity as in "Comin' At Ya!" and "Robot Monster" Everything about these films is terrible -- the movies are awful, and the 3-D is unwatchable and headache inducing. If the movie is funny or gosh-awful enough, it becomes a good party film. That is the case with "Comin' At Ya!" It's so bad it's good. My favorite scenes are the "bat attack" and the very long 3-D effects laden scene as the bad guys wait till "high noon."

Hint, though, don't watch it on a big-screen TV. It will look better on a 13 inch TV set clear across the room as far away as you can get it. Anaglyphic 3-D is a lot like life -- the farther you are from it, the better it looks.

Rating:
Summary: Forget the Popcorn, pass the Aspirin!
Review: Comin' At Ya! is a scream. Not only is the 3-D nearly unwatchable, but the movie has a camp, over the top quality which is all the better because it seems unintentional.

When it was first released to theatres, "Comin At Ya!" made a big splash because 3-D hadn't been seen on theatre screens for several decades. The novelty was enough to bring people in, but the poor quality of the film was enough to nearly squash the return of 3-D before it even got started. That wouldn't have been a bad thing, necessarily, because it would have meant that Jaws 3-D, Parasite and The Man Who Wasn't There would never have been made.

3-D is a valid technical adjunct to filmmaking, but only when it is "tamed" and the filmmakers resist the temptation to throw things at the heads of the audience. There ARE good movies in 3-D. Excellent 3-D films include such classics as "House of Wax", "Dial 'M' For Murder", "Creature From the Black Lagoon" and "Kiss Me Kate", films which stand on their own merits, and which are actively enhanced by the addition of the third dimension.

Then there are the so-so 3-D films. Films which are not particularly memorable, but which are workmanlike and entertaining. Films in this catagory would include "The Maze", "Fort Ti", "Revenge of the Creature", and "It Came from Outer Space" (I know, I know. ICFOS is your favorite film. This is just a personal assessment.)

Then there are the 3-D IMAX films. Most of these have excellent quality 3-D, but little cinematic value. Such IMAX films as The Haunted Castle and Encounters in the Third Dimension are little more than 3-D roller coasters -- good at what they do, but not "Citizen Kane" by any stretch of the imagination, nor are they intended to be.

Finally, there are the totally junky low-budget films with no redeeming value whatever except for unintentional hilarity as in "Comin' At Ya!" and "Robot Monster" Everything about these films is terrible -- the movies are awful, and the 3-D is unwatchable and headache inducing. If the movie is funny or gosh-awful enough, it becomes a good party film. That is the case with "Comin' At Ya!" It's so bad it's good. My favorite scenes are the "bat attack" and the very long 3-D effects laden scene as the bad guys wait till "high noon."

Hint, though, don't watch it on a big-screen TV. It will look better on a 13 inch TV set clear across the room as far away as you can get it. Anaglyphic 3-D is a lot like life -- the farther you are from it, the better it looks.

Rating:
Summary: Como curiosidad, buena
Review: Esta es el único DVD (si alguien sabe de otro, por favor avíseme) que está en 3D. Viene con dos lenges rojo-azul, los que deben ponerse al reves de como vienen rotulados (seguramente son de otra cosa).

Algunas escenas se ven en 3D, otras no. Yo vi esta versión en cine con lentes polarizados, y recuerdo que los efectos eran muy buenos, y las flechas se veían salir de la pantalla. Aquí no es tanto. Quizás al ver el DVD en 30" o más se vea mejor el efecto.

Como película es mala, pero si le gusta los 3D, comprela y agreguela a la colección.

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Summary: RHINO SHOULD STAY OUTTA THE 3RD DIMENSION!
Review: First of all, I had never seen this film in any version, until I bought the DVD release. After sitting through the opening credits, it became clear to me, that since Rhino(again) has no idea whatsoever, about releasing 3-D films on video(and now, DVD), that they shouldn't have bothered in the first place.

Secondly, this edition is a complete insult to the film in question, as NOTHING works about the 3-D process, despite it's letterboxed presentation. Sad, as I am a huge fan of 3-D films, not the IMAX ones, but the real ones("JAWS 3-D", "FRIDAY THE 13TH, PART III", "AMITYVILLE 3-D", "CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON", "PARASITE", "HOUSE OF WAX", "METALSTORM: THE DESTRUCTION OF JARED-SYN", "HONDO", et cetera). I guess I will never get a chance to see this particular film in it's proper acceptance. Ho-hum.

For those of you, who are interested in purchasing it, PLEASE, do not. Unless, you enjoy a double-image presentation, reminiscent of the reception to the local PBS channel, in my home town. There is no need to adjust anything on your television to view this DVD/video, as you will only be wasting your time, after, of course, your money.

I'd also like to take an opportunity to thank Rhino for another wasted 3-D video release, "ROBOT MONSTER". They've managed to make a "so bad, it's fun" film, completely incomprehensible.

I relish the olden days of Rhino Video, when the likes of Johnny Legend ruled the show.

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Summary: A fun spaghetti western that does not pretend to be great.
Review: First off let me state that I am reviewing "Comin' at Ya" from the perspective of someone who has seen it in the theatre. With regard to the DVD, I do own a copy and can agree with many reviewers that color films do not give a good 3-D effect when viewed in an anaglyph presentation. The main problem of the presentation is the color. Since the objective of the 3-D presentation is to completely seperate the images that the left and right eyes view respectively, you can see that red/blue glasses (also red/cyan) cannot accomplish this. Since each eye is seeing parts of both images you end up with double images. This is simply because the red and blue block each other but cannot block out some of the colors in both images effectively giving each eye two images to view. Irregardless of this, those of us who are fans of 3-D and 3-D movies are just happy to have a copy of the movie and will muddle our way through a viewing for what effect we can get. The year was 1981 when "Comin' at Ya" was released to the theatre. I was in high school at the time and like others my age who saw the commercials for "Comin' at Ya" was wondering what this was. It was a Friday afternoon when I had finished work at the mall. I happened to check out the theatre and that movie "Comin' at Ya' was playing. Since the commercials (a good ad campaign) had me curious, I decided to see it. That day I had one of the most fun experiences if not the most fun I had ever had in a theatre. The audience was filled with both types of 3-D viewers, the screamers and the cheerers. The guy behind me was shouting "don't do it", I on the other hand was shouting "do it" (this was in the opening scene when Tony Anthony was pointing a shotgun at the audience). "Comin' at Ya" made no pretense as to what it was; it was a 3-D movie that was simply going to throw everything at you and use a simple plot so you would not miss anything while you were busy ducking. This was an entertaining, interactive thrill ride that lasted 90 minutes and left you wanting more. Dan Symmes in Cinefantastique magazine referred to "Comin' at Ya" as bad 3-D (due to vertical and horizontal convergence) and since viewers like myself had not seen good 3-D we were apparently too ignorant to know the difference. Well smack me in the face with a brick, I along with the rest of the audience were too stupid to know that we really weren't enjoying ourselves. My thoughts toward his remarks involve the words egotistical and jealous. Tony Anthony wanted to make a 3-D movie. Not only in 3-D but entertaining as well. "Comin' at Ya' was an experimental film that took a basic western plot of the bad guy steals good guys bride, so good guy tracks down bad guy and applies several forms of justice (western justice...he..he). They made a fun movie that was soley responsible for revamping the interest in 3-D movies only to have it put down by those who tried to copy what they did and most of them failed miserably and destroyed any interest in 3-D movies. "Comin' at Ya' succeeded in the task of simply being a movie that was a lot of fun for an audience and did not pretend to be anything else-Bob

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Summary: One of the all time worst transfers to DVD ever!
Review: I consider myself to be a great fan of movies, not all knowing, but I take great enjoyment in cinema, and all of the various experiments. I never made it to a theater to see the low budget movie "Comin at ya!" so I don't know how good the 3D effects were on the big screen. What I CAN tell you is this.

As far as 3D effect goes, you would be better off purchasing a "Elvira Mistress of the Dark re-release of The Mask in 3D" rather than put yourself through what on my DVD has to be one of the poorest attempts at a 3D DVD ever. Few if any of the scenes show any depth, and the 3D transfer is almost always out of alignment (i.e. wearing the 3D glasses makes little difference to the picture quality or view ability).

I am only just delving into 3D as a hobby, and had greatly anticipated this movie's release to the superior format of DVD. But the fine folks at RHINO Home Video just couldn't pull it off.

I will be returning my copy, and hope that a re-released corrected version will be out soon!

Rating:
Summary: Why didn't it came out in sequential field format?
Review: I remember watching the movie at a cinema many years ago...It may be not the greatest movie, but compared to others I have seen, this one was enjoyable that first time.
I can't see why they didn't release this movie in sequential field format. It would have been a lot better to watch and enjoy.
If you, like me, still want to buy the DVD, be warned. The red and cyan colors on the movie are on the opposite way they should be, so if you don't have the original glasses, follow the instructions provided and wear the glasses the opposite way they should be(wear red on the right eye and cyan on the left).
The movie performed acceptably well on my computer screen, but did terrible on my TV. I still could enjoy it by using a projector and the glasses with the colors inverted though.

Rating:
Summary: Why didn't it came out in sequential field format?
Review: I remember watching the movie at a cinema many years ago...It may be not the greatest movie, but compared to others I have seen, this one was enjoyable that first time.
I can't see why they didn't release this movie in sequential field format. It would have been a lot better to watch and enjoy.
If you, like me, still want to buy the DVD, be warned. The red and cyan colors on the movie are on the opposite way they should be, so if you don't have the original glasses, follow the instructions provided and wear the glasses the opposite way they should be(wear red on the right eye and cyan on the left).
The movie performed acceptably well on my computer screen, but did terrible on my TV. I still could enjoy it by using a projector and the glasses with the colors inverted though.