I actually put in the 3-D episodes from the DVD and I still had the 3-D glasses from the original airings of the show. I guess you go them where ever Barqs Root Beer was sold. I saw the one with Sally and the Cop. Trippy with all those feathers flying around. Great effect.
The weird part was the glasses had been on my television and I don't remember how they got there. :)
That's awesome.
I'm just re-watching, after some years, on Hulu Plus - guess I won't get any 3-D here, darnit! But I love this anecdote.
"This is the reason why our living rooms are dying!"
That's freakin' great. I wish I had them, still. I was very young at the time those episodes aired.
shareYou can make your own glasses for this effect using an old pair of sunglasses. Simply knock out one of the lenses so that only one eye is viewing through a darkened filter. (Gray is better than the amber colored lenses.) This effect works on images that move laterally across the screen, and is effective (to varying degrees) with any action scenes, whether intended to be 3D or not. For example, try watching a football game or car race.
It does matter which direction the action is in and which eye is covered, but I'm not sure of the specifics. I think if the action is left to right then the left eye should be filtered. When a production company is planning a 3D sequence they stage action in a particular direction to complement the glasses which will be distributed for the event, and to make sure that the foreground/background effect is as intended. For example, that objects moving left to right are in the foreground, and those moving right to left are in the background. I'm not sure if they also use any other special camera filters or effects for the process.
Several shows, commercials and events were done using this cheap faux 3D technique. The upside of this process is that the program content looks normal to viewers who do not have the glasses.
I rewatched that season today and the box set had 2 pairs of 3D glasses. Yep they still work.
shareI'm green with 3-D envy!
I wasted $ on the early DVD releases-- can't remember which company, but back then I didn't realize that they used edited (chopped-down) syndicated versions instead of the complete originals. There oughta be a law!
Anyway, they sure didn't include any 3-D glasses.
I have a couple of different 3-D glasses around-- red/green and red/blue-- but they don't work on this type of 3-D process.
Come to think of it, does the old/inferior DVD release preserve the 3-D effect?
At this late date, if anyone can clear this up and/or recommend a source for 3-D glasses that work, please share. Thanks.