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Author Topic: An in-depth look at CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON, Robert Furmanek Expert Film Handler Posts: 113 From: Clifton, NJ, USA Registered: Jun 2012 posted 10-17-2012 11:56 AM                     Here is our new article on the 3-D history of CREATURE, plus a review of the Blu-ray. Check out the blue advertising flyer from 1976 with a quote from Frank Angel and the Thousand Eyes magazine! http://www.3dfilmarchive.com/an-in-depth-look-at-creature-from-the-black-lagoon-1 We've included some original never-before-seen 3-D artwork from the studio files. I hope you will find it interesting.  |  IP: Logged Edward Havens Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 614 From: Los Angeles, CA Registered: Mar 2008 posted 10-18-2012 04:13 AM                     Interesting? I only took a cursory look at it and was geeking out over the treasure trove of material. I look forward to being able to sit down and digest it all properly soon. Thank you.  |  IP: Logged Manny Knowles "What are these things and WHY are they BLUE???" Posts: 4247 From: Bloomington, IN, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 10-18-2012 10:25 AM                     Is "CREATURE" available as a 3D DCP?  |  IP: Logged Edward Havens Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 614 From: Los Angeles, CA Registered: Mar 2008 posted 10-18-2012 10:51 AM                     Not only is there a 3D DCP of Creature, today is the final day it is playing at New York City's Film Forum.  |  IP: Logged Manny Knowles "What are these things and WHY are they BLUE???" Posts: 4247 From: Bloomington, IN, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 10-18-2012 11:02 AM                     Wow! Looks like fun times. Would be neat to show that one.  |  IP: Logged Shawn Arndt Film Handler Posts: 37 From: South Milwaukee, Wisconsin Registered: Aug 2012 posted 10-19-2012 12:08 PM                        The article is awesome, very well done. I remember this black and white creature feature scaring the junk out of me when I was small. I'm glad that these parts of history are documented and people are caring for them to keep them alive.  |  IP: Logged Claude S. Ayakawa Film God Posts: 2738 From: Waipahu, Hawaii, USA Registered: Aug 2002 posted 10-19-2012 03:47 PM                        Very well written, Robert. The same goes for your DIAL M FOR MURDER post. I never saw DIAL M FOR MURDER in 3-D but I did see THE CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON in that format at the Liberty Theatre in Honolulu during it's first run in the fifties. Although I do not have a 3-D set yet, I just purchased the 3-D Blu Ray of DIAL M FOR MURDER the other day and hope to finally see it in 3-D when I get set up for it soon. Meanwhile, I watched the 2-D version and enjoyed it very much. I would like to get CFTBL, but it only comes with Universal's other horror films and it is priced more than I am willing to spend at the moment and will wait for the movie to become available as a single set or when the multi disc set go on sale this Christmas. -Claude  |  IP: Logged Robert Furmanek Expert Film Handler Posts: 113 From: Clifton, NJ, USA Registered: Jun 2012 posted 10-19-2012 05:13 PM                     Thank you very much for your kind words, they are very much appreciated. CREATURE is available in a stand alone, region free disc from Amazon UK. Here's a link: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Creature-Black-Lagoon-Blu-ray-Region/dp/B008LSAQPW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1350684816&sr=8-1  |  IP: Logged Fred Georges Master Film Handler Posts: 257 From: Lombard, IL, USA Registered: Jun 2000 posted 10-20-2012 02:53 PM                     Another superbly written & researched article. Oh well, Time to start bugging Universal for a remaster.  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 10-21-2012 02:01 AM                        So how incompetent do you have to be not to be able to align the elements vertically and randomly have some shots with the left and right eyes switched? That's how it is on the Blu-ray and probably the DCP as well.  |  IP: Logged Scott Jentsch Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1061 From: New Berlin, WI, USA Registered: Apr 2003 posted 10-23-2012 09:50 AM                        Great article! Even though the 3D Blu-ray is available, the largest 3D-capable display I have is only 47". This article makes me wish a theater within driving distance was showing it... Just checked and one theater within a 90-minute drive is showing it, but only on Sunday, when I have multiple conflicts already CFTBL is my favorite of the old horror monster movies!  |  IP: Logged Mark J. Marshall Film God Posts: 3188 From: New Castle, DE, USA Registered: Aug 2002 posted 10-23-2012 09:35 PM                    The dual strip prints that were shown at the 3D festival seemed like they were timed differently or something. One was significantly brighter than the other. I'm not sure if the negatives were that way or if they were just two mis-matched prints. I'm assuming that issue doesn't exist on the blu-ray?  |  IP: Logged Jack Theakston Master Film Handler Posts: 411 From: New York, USA Registered: Sep 2007 posted 10-24-2012 11:22 AM                     That was an effect of two prints being timed at different gammas for different reasons. The original prints were balanced, as is the DVD.  |  IP: Logged Kirk Futrell Film Handler Posts: 95 From: Nashville, TN / U.S.A. Registered: Nov 2008 posted 10-26-2012 02:13 PM                        We are about to show the anaglyph version and never got a clarification from anyone we asked which eye was red and which was cyan, so we had 600 printed with our logo with Left Eye Red/ Right Eye Cyan which is the most common way anaglyph 3d glasses are made today, according to an American Paper Optics representative. Unfortunately, the print is made for glasses to be Left Cyan / Right Red. So we will just tell everyone to fold their glasses with the logo on the inside. For what it is worth, besides the kind of ugly yellow over all color you get, and the headache the effect of the 3D looks great. So I would say this universal print is in great shape.  |  IP: Logged

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