| Author | Subject: 3-D Time Machine |
| William J. Feehan | Posted At 18:39:41 04/15/2002
Wouldn’t it be neat if we could see the classic 1960 Time Machine in 3-D. Just imagine seeing the almost touchable Weena, or being uncomfortably too close with the Morlock’s horrifying face and teeth stained with human blood as he strangles George. So real you may have to restrain yourself from forming a fist and punching the back of the guy sitting in front of you to get the Morlock to release his strangulation hold on George. Or to occupy the three dimensions of George’s library, rubbing shoulders with the Doctor, Anthony, Walter and Filby as they argue the concept of movement in the forth dimension. Or to see with George’s eyes, in 3D, as he caresses the console and gazes at the beauty of his invention. To sit in the seat of the Time Machine seeing the crystal lever within arms reach. How fantastic it would be!!!! I don’t see why they can’t make The Time Machine in 3-D. They made the 1953 horror The House of Wax, staring Vincent Price in 3D as well as JAWS released in 1975 to name a few. |
| Jim Macumber |
Re: 3-D Time Machine (Currently 0 replies)
Posted At 19:05:59 04/15/2002 William...what a great idea !!! It would be fantabulous !!! Unfortunately, it would be impossible to do. IF they had elected to film it in 3D in 1960, the technology WAS ALREADY developed & it could've been done. However, it does require filming from two different perspectives at all times....(the two movie cameras must function in tandem to film what your 2 separate eyes would see)...and since it was filmed from only one camera angle, there would be NO alternate perspective to pair it with to create the 3D. Wonderful idea but 42 years too late for the possibility to be decided on. The films that were made in the 50's with the 2 different 3D processes were not popular enough to warrant the film industry to continue with it. The glasses were just "too much bother" for most people to deal with...so it was a good idea which simply did not last. Too bad it could not have found a nitch in the cinema to continue. Jim |
| Don C. |
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Posted At 23:05:23 04/15/2002 Ah..but I was watching some of it in 3-D just the other day. If you get the 3-D glasses that have one dark lens and one clear not the red/green kind you can watch the film in 3-D. The effect works best when objects move left to right or vice versa. These glasses work by slowing down the light waves to the eye with the dark lens creating a lag time relative to your other eye thus creating the second perspective and the result is a 3-D effect. You might get a headache after doing this a long time. |
| Francois Beaulieu |
Re: 3-D Time Machine (Currently 0 replies)
Posted At 23:36:35 04/15/2002 The 3-D effect Don is talking about only works with scenes where there is constant motion from left to right or from right to left. But the catch is you have to switch the filter from one eye to the other when the movement changes direction and the 3-D effect varies with the speed of the movement and, often, only part of the image is in 3-D. Also, the best effect is achieved when the camera itself is moving laterally. It's an amusing effect, but it does not compare with images shot as Jim describes - with twin-lens stereoscopic cameras. One problem with the 3-D effect is that it tends to be overwhelming when used in motion pictures. It forces you to focus on the area of the scene where the 3-D effect is most prominent instead of on the entire scene. Therefore, it tends to be less "atmospheric" and also, somewhat distracting ! |
| Bruce Holroyd |
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Posted At 08:04:20 04/23/2002 Yes! William...another fantastic idea! And Don.... I tied it with those glasses you speak of... I have several pairs left over from some of the 3-D Discovery Channel specials... and they work marvelously in certain scenes! Case in point.... when Rod walks around his invention for the first time (Scene 7, "Full-scale model", on the DVD)! Or, in Scene 14, "Anybody Here?!?" (again, the DVD, ), when he approaches the Great Eloi Dining Hall... these are a couple of scenes that lend themselves well by using the glasses Don mentions to convey the third dimension of space! He added that the glasses do tend to get bothersome and that you can't wear them continuously! Frncois further states that the glasses have to be reversed for opposing movement on the screen! But, for now, guys... this is the only way to view the movie in 3-D! Maybe we will all get to see it one day in true depth perception... but then, all good things come in their own time! |
| Tom Wahl |
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Posted At 20:04:41 05/12/2002 I guess I can chime in on this one a bit. I worked at an IMAX theater for a while and I learned a few things about 3D. There are two seperate films and two projectors for IMAX 3D, at least thats the way IMAX and other LF systems work. It is possible now for about a million bucks to convert a regular film like the original time machine to large format (15/70) but in 2D only. The film would still look great on the IMAX screen. As far as 3D goes, I know of no process that can render 3D from 2 D images |