Product Details

• Actors: Walter Cronkite
• Directors: Ben Stassen
• Writers: Ben Stassen
• Producers: Ben Stassen, Caroline Van Iseghem, Charlotte Huggins
• Format: Animated, Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Sling Shot
• VHS Release Date: May 20, 2003
• Run Time: 40 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00008W2NL

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12 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Effects...but is Environmentally Focused, April 12, 2006

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Jon (Texas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: SOS Planet (3-D Large Format) (DVD)

Sure this DVD is about environmental issues (reason for 4 stars), global warming, ect. but the special effects are spectacular! You have anything from a giant octopus popin' out of the screen at you, to monkeys throwing fruit through your tv screen! It is true most of the action is CGI, though there are a few live feeds. Overall, beyond the plot, its a fun 40 mins. Great for the whole family, kids will get a kick out it, gee my Father actually liked it, go figure!

P.S.
Most of the bonus features are in 3d, as well as, trailers for other DVDs like Haunted Castle, Alien Adventure(if you want a sneek peak before buying!)

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars What is it?, September 24, 2010

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Sam Brooks (Memphis, TN USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: SOS Planet (3-D Large Format) (DVD)

A word of caution to prospective buyers. This disk is not in the "field sequential" format. I have a Sony XBR52HX909 set with the requisite player and glasses and the image produced by the disk is a quivering mess (not in 3d). Significantly the packaging does not display the official 3D logo now used on proper field sequential disks. Exactly what format it may be is unclear - apparently it is not anaglyphic either.
In any case I have seen this program in 3D as a TV telecast and truthfully it has very weak content. If the 3D worked it would serve as a demo and not much more.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Great 3-d, but that's about it, April 5, 2010

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Richard Hughes - See all my reviews
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This review is from: SOS Planet (3-D Large Format) (DVD)

I received this dvd along with my x3d tvbox converter kit. The 3d is amazing. In order to get the 3D to work, you need specialized equipment (I have a box for my CRT TV) with glasses that 'shutters' so your eyes see the different images. Otherwise, you are stuck watching the 2d side. Other than that, the movie is terrible. It was originally written as a 'theme park attraction' for IMAX Theaters. It's focus is on the green house effect, overfishing and the deforestation of rain forests. There are very little facts on any issue. It talks about 2 minutes on a subject then goes to a 5 minute short computer animated clip with the helpless animals, only to get pwnd by mankind. The purpose of the movie is to 'spark public interest into finding more information' on these man-made catastrophes. If you want a movie to test out your 3d equipment, this movie was made for you. If you want to find out anything useful or new about the environment, don't waste your time on it. I give this 3 stars because of the 3d, only.