Customer Reviews

SOS Planet (3-D Large Format)

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1 star:		(4)

 

 

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!)

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.

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.

This is, by all appearances, an original copy. But I cannot get 3-D effects on any computer, TV, or projection screen. It is a 2-sided DVD, with 3-D on one side and regular on the other. But nothing I did helped. I was quite disappointed since I purchased it to show to students and had actually acquired a classroom set of 3-D glasses. They had been looking forward to it. But it was a bust.

I have a brand new Toshiba 3D tv. I can watch Blu Ray 3D, Comcast on demand 3D movies, Side by Side or Top-Bottom with no problems, but this DVD did not work. It looked like a mess on the screen. Too bad because I wanted a copy because Comcast was showing this on their free on demand movie channel and the 3D was amazing. The Movie was not good, but the 3D had scenes where Walter Cronkite seems to pop out of the screen. You do not see many pop outs with todays movies in 3D. I'll keep searching.

This is NOT a 3D movie. I saw this movie at the Imaginarium and it was GREAT! The effects popped right into you. But this DVD does NOT work! It does not come with 3D glasses and I have half a dozen different types of 3D glasses and none of them show any 3D effect. The reviewers that rate this high should also mention what kind of glasses they were using.

Very good 3-D, mediocre movie. The 3-D works very well, but most is computer-generated instead of real video. It is a great addition to you HQFS 3-D collection.

....but it's yet another IMAX CGI animated 3D outing (the field-sequential shutter-glasses type of 3D). Walter Cronkite (yep, he's still alive) narrates this excuse to explore computer-generated 3-D eco-systems (ocean, rain forest, etc.). Strictly for those into the "underground" field-sequential 3D cult.