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Summary: The failed attempt at 3-D spoiled the movie.
Review: I saw this movie when it was in theatres with the gray glasses and was amazed. It was the only 3D movie I had seen where the effect actually "worked". I have only seen similar results in IMAX 3d movies. I was thrilled when this came out on DVD, but I was disappointed as soon as I opened the box and saw the Red/Blue glasses. I spent a full hour trying different color/tint/brightness/contrast settings to get the 3D effect to produce something besides a double image. If the scene I freeze-framed was adjusted properly in the foreground, the background would have a double image and vice versa. I ended up taking the glasses off and watching the last half of the movie in Black and White. The movie was campy fun, but not worth owning without the 3D effect.
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Summary: Excellent Package, Set up very important
Review: I'll start by saying that "Comin' at Ya!" is an excellent DVD package. It is a great film for anyone who enjoys either 3-D films or Spaghetti Westerns; it is also the home of some of the best 3-D effects ever seen on the screen. Originally, on the film's release in 1981, it was presented in the Polaroid Vectorgram 3-D process, which meant that the film could be shown from a single projector (other Polarised processes require two projectors fitted with Polarisers). The effect was excellent and provided realistic out of screen and depth effects. Unfortunately, the Polaroid process is impossible to achieve on television or home projection sets, simply because the process requires reflective screens. For the DVD release, Rhino opted for the cheaper, more user-friendly Anaglyphic 3-D system (using the Red and Blue lenses). The effect of this translation is excellent. Looking at other Amazon.com reviews, I can see that some reviewers have used the 3-D process incorrectly. If you intend to get a decent 3-D effect, please consider the following guidelines:View the DVD on a 13/14-Inch television set Adjust the color tint on your T.V screen to fit the 3-D lenses View the DVD with the Red lens of the glasses on the right eye and the Blue lens on the right eye (as the glasses are enclosed) Watch the DVD in a darkened room Sit 6-8ft back from the T.V screen If you have another pair of 3-D glasses, refold them so the Red lens covers the right eye. The glasses that come with the DVD are not very clear Having looked at some of the Amazon.com reviews, many people claim that the two pairs of 3-D glasses enclosed with the DVD are folded the wrong way. This is not true. The DVD uses reversed Anaglyph 3-D which means that the Red lens MUST be placed over the right eye and the Blue lens over the left. If you wear the glasses with the Red lens over the left eye, you will not experience any off the screen effects. And finally, we come to the film, is it any good? Well, it depends on what you like, but after you get immersed in the excellent 3-D effects, you won't care much about the movie itself. The film's story is simple, and is used as a vehicle for the 3-D effects (there are a lot of them!) Basically, H.H Hart (Anthony) is about to marry Abilene (Abril). But a few off the screen effects later, evil brothers Pike (Quintano) and Polk (Palacios) interrupt the ceremony and kidnap the bride. Understandably upset, Hart goes on a crusade to free Abilene and punish those responsible for her kidnap. But as the story unfolds, Hart (with the help of an Irish priest, whose presence seems quite pointless) discovers that Abilene's kidnap is only a small part of a bigger operation. Simple, but easy to follow. All in all, this package is a steal; you get one of the best 3-D DVD transfers available and two pairs of 3-D glasses. This film beats any of the 3-D VHS tapes previously available, including Elvira's presentation of 'The Mask'. I own both and prefer 'Comin' at Ya!' Rhino DVD have done a great job with this one and it is a great buy for anyone who loves 3-D effects. The effects say more than story ever could.
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Summary: Good 3-D Effects, but you can set you Tv
Review: In English : The Movie is an spaghetty western shoot in Spain, Is a bad/good movie, with Tony Anthony plays like Clint Eastwood's cousin. Well the principal atractive is to see the 3-D effects. They Work, but the most important thing is to set your Tv. The color shoul be turned down until the Edge of black and white (the red color should be only less).Another advice is to turn upo the bright of the Tv. If you see the screen more than 2 meters distance, the effect or three dimension works very well...
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Summary: Lighten up! This is still fun! :-)
Review: Most of the reviewers seem to say this movie is bad and the 3-D did not work for them. I got a copy of this, and surprisingly the movie is not THAT bad and the 3-D works! Comin At Ya was billed as "The First 3-D Movie of the 80s!". It was actually made in Italy, and was put in 3-D just to give it an edge in theatres. It's a spaghetti western! The plot is about a gang of woman-stealing banditos that raid small border towns looking for girls to sell to Mexican whorehouses. They pick the wrong man's wife to steal at a wedding, and he goes after them to save all the women! It's a basic plot, and R-RATED. Not for the kids, unless you let them watch this sort of thing. I saw most all of these movies in the theatres - Comin at Ya, Metalstorm, JAWS 3-D, Amityville 3-D ... etc! Back then they used the polarized lenses which were gray. On DVD they have to use anaglyph 3-D which means you wear red-blue glasses. Both in the theatres and on TV the worst part always comes when they stick something in your face. It rarely works, and you see 3 or 4 images coming at ya! But the depth of the backgrounds work pretty darn well, and now and then the effect is pretty good! The bat attack scene has some hay falling that looks good, any of the wide shots look pretty good, and they dump some beans on you that works too! Here are the tricks: - make sure the red lense is over your right eye closest to your right hand- don't use other glasses than the ones that come with the set different movies have different glasses and they rarely work interchangeably- sit back at least 2 yards from the television, and make sure you are center to it. Sitting close or too far left or right kills it - adjust the colors to your liking. You should see color almost normally, but it will always look funky! - Do not view on an HDTV! It won't work- If your eyes get tired either close your right eye and watch it through the blue lens for about 10 seconds. Watch it in bursts if you get a headache. - Watch this in the dark! Daylight will not help at all. Enjoy it for what it is! The 3-D was almost as problematic in the theatre as it is here. Few people have figured out how to do 3-D well especially with these movies that were never shot well in the first place... This is a drive-in movie with a little more depth at times - think of it like that and you'll be fine!
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Summary: Lighten up! This is still fun! :-)
Review: Most of the reviewers seem to say this movie is bad and the 3-D did not work for them. I got a copy of this, and surprisingly the movie is not THAT bad and the 3-D works! Comin At Ya was billed as "The First 3-D Movie of the 80s!". It was actually made in Italy, and was put in 3-D just to give it an edge in theatres. It's a spaghetti western! The plot is about a gang of woman-stealing banditos that raid small border towns looking for girls to sell to Mexican whorehouses. They pick the wrong man's wife to steal at a wedding, and he goes after them to save all the women! It's a basic plot, and R-RATED. Not for the kids, unless you let them watch this sort of thing. I saw most all of these movies in the theatres - Comin at Ya, Metalstorm, JAWS 3-D, Amityville 3-D ... etc! Back then they used the polarized lenses which were gray. On DVD they have to use anaglyph 3-D which means you wear red-blue glasses. Both in the theatres and on TV the worst part always comes when they stick something in your face. It rarely works, and you see 3 or 4 images coming at ya! But the depth of the backgrounds work pretty darn well, and now and then the effect is pretty good! The bat attack scene has some hay falling that looks good, any of the wide shots look pretty good, and they dump some beans on you that works too! Here are the tricks: - make sure the red lense is over your right eye closest to your right hand- don't use other glasses than the ones that come with the set different movies have different glasses and they rarely work interchangeably- sit back at least 2 yards from the television, and make sure you are center to it. Sitting close or too far left or right kills it - adjust the colors to your liking. You should see color almost normally, but it will always look funky! - Do not view on an HDTV! It won't work- If your eyes get tired either close your right eye and watch it through the blue lens for about 10 seconds. Watch it in bursts if you get a headache. - Watch this in the dark! Daylight will not help at all. Enjoy it for what it is! The 3-D was almost as problematic in the theatre as it is here. Few people have figured out how to do 3-D well especially with these movies that were never shot well in the first place... This is a drive-in movie with a little more depth at times - think of it like that and you'll be fine!
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Summary: Bad 3D Bad Movie
Review: Not only is this movie bad (don't even waste your time) but the 3-D glasses don't even work! All you see is a double red and blue image and it's not even in focus. This DVD will leave you seeing double.
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Summary: Ridiculous but fun 3-D film
Review: Originally released in 1981 in full color polarized 3-D (using clear gray glasses) this DVD presents a down-converted "anaglyph" version, which uses the red and blue lensed kind of glasses. The effect is not nearly as good as the theatrical version, but it is still fun. The film itself is very stupid; it has little dialogue or storyline. As you would expect from the title, the main agenda of the filmakers was to point or throw things at the camera as often as possible in 90 mins. The DVD version restores a prologue (about 8 mins) which was cut from the 1981 theatical release. The same producers and stars later gave us the not so classic "Treasure of the Four Crowns" (1983) also in 3-D and this one is even funnier!
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Summary: Set Up is Important
Review: Originally, this was released to theaters in color, but using Polarized glasses for the 3D effect. The glasses looked gray, but allowed you to see two images (left and right) both projected on the screen at the same time (with corresponding Polarized lenses on each projector). This is how all of the "classic" films are done in the theater. This video version uses what is now the only widely available means for producing 3D on television: red and blue glasses. (Polarizing lenses are difficult, if not impossible, with a TV screen.) The result is about par for the course with most color films in 3D I've seen on TV (such as the 3D showing of John Wayne's "Hondo" a few years back.) Black and white films (such as "The Mask") fare better with red/blue glasses, since there's no color in the actual film to throw off your eyes. "Comin' At Ya" wasn't shot well in the first place -- the plane of focus changes to fast and too often and most of the film is spent sticking things into the lenses of the camera. But, it's still fun nonetheless. Two points about the DVD release: In my copy, the lenses in the glasses were reversed; it took awhile for me to figure out that *duh* the red lens goes over the right eye. Secondly, adjustment of your TV set is critical to get any effect at all. The tone of the reds and blues must match the glasses fairly closely and the color intensity on your set probably needs to be turned town slightly. On practically all TV presenations I've seen of 3D films, a segment is shown with a test pattern to allow you to adjust the color on your TV for the movie. (Even if your set is calibrated, it probably still needs tweaking to match the glasses you have, since there are variations in these things.) Rhino should include such a test segment on future releases. If you're a fan of Spaghetti westerns, it's well worth a look and is considered by afficionadoes as a "late entry" in the Spaghetti western cycle. All in all, it's a pretty good presentation of the film, and the film itself has limitations in its 3D format.
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Summary: Funny BadMovie Sometimes Good 3-D Effects, Sometimes Not!!!
Review: The Movie is funny, bad movie with Anthony acting like Clint Eastwood cousin, Shoot in Spain, If you want to see all the 3-d effects it's important to adjust at perfection the Tv screen.
My advice : Turn down the color on the Edge to the Black&White, and turn Up the brightness (sometimes it's difficult to achieve, but believe me, it works)(be patient) The bests 3-d shotts are in general the Wide Shots, the problem is sometimes in the close ups
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Summary: Good idea - poor execution
Review: This film is rarely in focus - a key to 3-D effects & eyestrain. NOTHING comes off the screen. Some scenes do actually show some depth but not enough to make the film worth sitting through. Let's hope someone trys the polarized version on DVD and keeps it in FOCUS.
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