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ThumpTheShoes:
   There are a number of DVDs floating about that have the two 3d shorts in field-sequential format. Does anyone know the source of these copies?
   I am used to seeing the anaglyph versions of the Stooges' 3d efforts - "Pardon my Backfire" is barely watchable, and "Spooks!" (the version I'm used to, anyway) is a really bad 2d conversion complete with fake-3d print damage. For years, I accepted the fact that the only way I would ever see these films was by way of the existing anaglyph coversions.
   Just today, however, I managed to get hold of the field- sequential DVD and I am quite happy with the 3d effect. While there is a marked lack of resolution in the picture quality department (a side-effect of the process, as well as generational dubbing and mpeg compression) the overall "feel" of the films is very pleasing with a great amount of spatial depth and the occasional image that pops out of the screen. There is also the occasional splice, scratch and even video dropout which indicates that the elements for the DVD were sourced from analogue tape at some point.
   I'd just like to know if these films were ever broadcast in field-sequential format or if some chucklehead spent a heap of time compiling the video elements.

Thanks for looking,
ThumpTheShoes

PS. I just realized that this is my first post. I've been checking in on the forums for over a year and haven't said anything! I'm not anti-social, I swear it!
   -TTs

locoboymakesgood:

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--- Quote from: Pilsner Panther on February 11, 2005, 02:02:34 PM ---
--- Quote from: locoboymakesgood on February 11, 2005, 01:18:55 PM ---I have an original CBS recording of Spooks and Pardon My Backfire from the 80s that my father taped. They were broadcast in 3D. I have no idea where that tape is, though. :-\

It was some Halloween special or something. I saw the tape a few years later as a kid. That was neat.

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Broadcast in 3D? That can't be, because 1950's 3D in theaters required a special setup involving two synchronized 35mm projectors, and the audience had to wear cardboard and cellophane 3D glasses with one red and one blue lens. I actually own a pair, but they're not good for anything except inducing headaches, nowadays.

Maybe you think you saw those shorts in 3D because of the scenes where things are thrown at the camera (i.e., at the audience). But believe me, you didn't.

 ::)

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Actually, it's quite likely that he did, Pils.  3-D films can and have been broadcast on TV on quite a few occasions.  You still have to have the 3-D "glasses" to get the effect, of course.

I distinctly remember somebody broadcasting those shorts in 3-D a long time ago.  I couldn't have told you exactly when or which network it was, but I remember watching it with my friends wearing glasses that we obtained from the local 7-11 store for the occasion.


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Believe me. I've been a Stoogephile since I was a wee lad in the 80s, and have seen Pardon My Backfire and Spooks many, many times. There was 3D glasses my father obtained somewhere and I watched the shorts in actual 3D, compared to the broadcast versions that aren't. I still wish I had that tape, it was awesome.

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