Planet of the Apes - The Ultimate DVD Collection

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While provoking neither the decades of spin-offs of the Star Trek franchise or the cultural staying power of the Star Wars universe, Planet of the Apes nonetheless lives in the hearts of many a Sunday afternoon TV-watcher. A high water mark for prosthetic movie magic, this primate-vs-man epic--spanning four movies, a TV series, and an animated series--was as integral to the 1970s as Led Zeppelin or muscle cars. So how to properly pay tribute to a science fiction franchise about intelligent apes roaming a post-apocalyptic earth?

In a freaking ape head boxed set, man.

It's true. 20th Century Fox packaged the entire run--movies, TV series, animated series, and the 2001 Tim Burton remake--in Caesar's head. Actually, the 14 discs are efficiently packaged in a fold-out book that slides into the bust's back. The bust is smartly dressed in green canvas, with zippers that don't actually lead to pockets. The hair is a luxurious mane that could have been wasted on at least three toupes. Put this masterpiece of DVD packaging on a shelf and watch it catch the gaze of everyone who walks into the room. Unfortunately, the set does not come with any supplemental reading material; an essay or two on the impact of Planet of the Apes would have been nice. The set is limited to 10,000 copies and comes with a numbered certificate of authenticity. For those who don't want to commit to the full ape head experience, most of the discs in this set--sans the animated series, TV show, and Tim Burton remake--can be had in the Planet of the Apes Legacy Boxset --Ryan Boudinot

Customer Reviews:

YOU'LL GO APE! OVER THE ULTIMATE BOX SET!.......2007-07-03

Wow! What a set! If you love POTA's Then you gotta have this set! All the films,TV episodes,documentaries and cartoons.....you name it,it's here! all remastered and looking great! It even comes in a very cool Caesar ape's head! The only thing they could have added is the director's cut of "Conquest". This is a must have for the ape fan!

Planet of the Apes - The Ultimate DVD Collection.......2007-06-01

Planet of the Apes - The Ultimate DVD Collection
is the ultimate it is the best planet of the apes dvd collection and roddy McDowall is the best to R.I.P RODDY MCDOWALL.

Amazing Planet of the Apes.......2007-03-22

It took about week to see all of the movies and the series, but it is worth so much more.

Ultimate DVD Box Set.......2007-02-14

This has got to be the ultimate DVD box set. Not only is every single filmed Apes project included (think about that for a moment, every single Apes project put to celluloid), not only are all the movies are anamorphic (squee), but it's all packaged in an authentic Ape head replica. Maybe you gotta be geeky, but that's just freaking awesome!

I've displayed my Ape head in the living room for the time being and I get a kick out of the jumps and creeps it gives people. Truly a set for the fans, completists and DVD collectors.

Going Ape over my new Ultimate Collection.......2006-12-27

It's as simple as this: Every Ape Movie, Episode, Cartoon, and even Burton's revisioning- All in one very cool Ape Bust.
The best part - aside from having it all in one collection - is that they restored "Battle for the Planet of the Apes." I hated the version I owned in the Legacy Box Set because they had removed the scenes about the bomb. (If you're as big a fan as I, you know the scenes I mean.) I was furious about that, because those scenes are essential to tying the whole story together. But now that they are back- I am happy as a monkey in banana cream pie.
This really is the ULTIMATE collection for the ULTIMATE apes fan.

The Ultimate 3-D Horror Collection (Includes H3D Viewing System)

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One star for the movies, five for the 3-D!!
Great system, movies are OK but amatuerish stuff
Ultimate 3-D rubbish?
3-D makes up for serious flaws

The Ultimate 3-D Horror Collection (Includes H3D Viewing System)
Starring: Cindy Pena , Ken X , Chris Lerude , Robert Croker , and Michael Walker (IX)
Director: Jeff Leroy , and Brad Sykes
Manufacturer: Sling Shot
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ASIN: B0000694YZ
Release Date: 2002-09-10

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Experience incredible 3D effects! Step into your TV. The world opens up. The 3D action comes right off the screen and the effects surround you. The images are so real. Enjoy hours of great entertainment: Nature, Travel, Sports, Adventure, Horror and more! The 3D Theater is easy to set up: The video transmitter and wired glasses easily connect between your TV and DVD player or other source so you can view 3D DVDs (To Include IMAX and MANY MORE) and most other 3D videos and DVDs. Images take on a whole new dimension! Two pairs of wired high performance 3D shutter glasses Video Synchronization Controller RCA video cable Instruction manual Plus 3 3D Movies

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One star for the movies, five for the 3-D!!.......2003-11-05

CAMP BLOOD (USA 1999): Whilst hiking in woodland near the deserted Camp Blackwood - site of an unsolved murder ten years earlier - four young city-dwellers are targeted by a masked psychopath who kills their guide (Courtney Harris) and stalks them through the woods with murderous intent...

HUNTING SEASON (USA 2000): A woman (Cindy Pena) arms herself with an arsenal of lethal weapons and heads into the woods to take revenge against four masked hunters who beat her boyfriend (Michael Walker) to a bloody pulp and subjected her to a brutal sexual assault.

THE ZOMBIE CHRONICLES (USA 2001): Whilst searching for an isolated town with a history of strange occurrences, a young reporter (Emmy Smith) picks up a grizzled hitchhiker (Joseph Haggerty) who tells her two stories involving flesh-eating zombies which are reputed to haunt the area.

Billed as 'campy, horror-filled fun', the three movies which make up Slingshot Entertainment's 'Ultimate 3-D Horror Collection' were filmed on camcorder utilizing the Nu-View field sequential 3-D format, with no attempt to disguise their microscopic budgets or their origins as bona fide video productions. In a word, they're dreadful. In interviews, Brad Sykes - director of CAMP BLOOD and THE ZOMBIE CHRONICLES - cites the early works of George A. Romero and Sam Raimi as key influences on his career, but while those filmmakers used their lack of adequate funding to challenge the mainstream with cutting-edge works which substituted imagination and energy for glossy aesthetics, Sykes and his cohorts have used video technology merely to imitate their cinematic counterparts, resulting in (literal) home movies with delusions of grandeur...

CAMP BLOOD has the strongest narrative, but Sykes' script adheres closely to an established blueprint (with obvious nods to the likes of FRIDAY THE 13th, THE BURNING and THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE, which the director readily acknowledges) without adding anything even remotely new or interesting to the formula. THE ZOMBIE CHRONICLES is a complete waste of time, hobbled from the outset by Haggerty's painfully amateurish performance in a key role, and the two stories which make up the bulk of the running time are utterly routine, made worse by indifferent performances and lackluster direction. HUNTING SEASON - directed by Jeff Leroy (editor on all three productions) - is marginally superior, featuring a spirited performance by Amazonian beauty Pena as the vengeful, leather-clad harpy seeking revenge on four irredeemable slimeballs, leading to a genuine twist in the tale. However, while Leroy's direction is lively and competent (including a fair number of off-the-screen 3-D effects), the rock-bottom production values and unflattering camcorder photography conspire against any and all good intentions. These aren't 'fun' movies in the sense that Ed Wood's movies are 'fun' (he, at least, believed in what he was doing and was sincere in his efforts, despite a lack of talent); they are, in fact, aggravating, boring and almost completely devoid of any redeeming virtue, and most viewers will feel justifiably angry and cheated by such unimaginative, badly-conceived junk.

And yet, this release amounts to a dual-edged sword: The movies are packaged here with a video transmitter and wired glasses - almost twice as expensive if purchased separately - which allows viewers to experience 3-D movies in the field sequential format, and Slingshot has sensibly included both 3-D AND 2-D versions of the films on each disc. Whereas anaglyphic presentations (using red-blue glasses) tend to distort colors and obscure dimensional effects, the field sequential process (polarized glasses) offers a near-perfect reproduction of 3-D images, preserving all the color and resolution inherent in the material. Some flicker is evident during brightly-lit sequences, but this is reduced markedly when viewed in a darkened room (ideally, the lights should be turned off altogether). However, while all of the titles under discussion generate an extraordinary illusion of depth (particularly HUNTING SEASON, which features a number of eye-popping landscape shots), the visuals are often afflicted by crosstalk (that is, left-eye images retain residual imagery from right-eye images and vice versa, leading to ghosting and eye-strain), and the image flattens out whenever the filmmakers resort to slow motion or speeded-up action. Often, background details are reduced to an indistinct blur which defy all attempts to resolve them into a dimensional image, and foreground details (grass, hanging branches, etc.) are often similarly unfocussed. However, these problems are not insurmountable, and the field sequential format is tailor-made for the reproduction on DVD of any 3-D movie photographed with truly professional polarizing equipment (HOUSE OF WAX, FLESH FOR FRANKENSTEIN, etc.). Sadly, while 'The Ultimate 3-D Horror Collection' keeps the field sequential process in the public eye and paves the way for GENUINE 3-D movies on DVD (with 'flat' and 3-D versions on the same disc), the technology is tainted by association with this kind of direct-to-video garbage, thereby hindering its acceptance within the mainstream.

For the record, the movies were all photographed full-screen at 1.33:1, which is preserved on DVD. Despite the Dolby Digital 5.1 symbol on the packaging, they're all 2.0 mono. Picture quality is fair to middling, and extras are limited to a couple of trailers. The discs are all-region, and there are no closed captions or subtitles. Running times: CAMP BLOOD (73m 24s), HUNTING SEASON (77m 30s) and THE ZOMBIE CHRONICLES (71m 15s).

Great system, movies are OK but amatuerish stuff.......2003-01-23

Think of the price as paying for the system and glasses which work quite well and the DVDs as free bonuses, and you'll be OK. The flicks are all camcorder stuff with some interest but overall, don't expect too much. Use the glasses and seek out other, real 3-D movies from other sources.

Ultimate 3-D rubbish?.......2002-10-07

I recently bought this Ultimate 3D horror collection. I already have the Ultimate 3D Imax collection which is excellent. However the Horror collection was a complete disappointment. I think they must have had a budget of about [$] (and that is for all three films). The acting is apalling and the entire films looks as though they was filmed with a couple of cheap camcorders with the Nu-View system attached. The 3D effects are iffy at best. If you're choosing between this and the IMAX 3D package then DEFINITELY go with IMAX. I just wish, being a big fan of 3D films, that the big hollywood studios would take note that there is a lot of demand for 3D DVDs, and re-release all their big production 3D movies of past years in field sequential format on DVD. Maybe someday!

3-D makes up for serious flaws.......2002-10-05

I must admit that I am an older viewer and remember when 3-D movies were the craze. I saw "Creature From The Black Lagoon" as well as "Friday the 13th part 3 in 3-D". The films in this box set are nothing more than a showcase for the 3-D viewing system. This is not a bad thing a the 3-D is generally of good quality. The instruction manual pertaining to the 3-D set up is good and no one should have a problem. My only complaint is that it still is not a true 3-D system as the scenes are often clouded by improper camera angles or lighting. One will often experience double vision or massive "flickering" due to the 3-D effect. As the technology is not in place, this is a forgivable aspect as the effects that do come off are astounding. The three films presented are a much different matter. They are of the horrendously low budget variety and without merit, their only purpose is to illuminate three dimensional effects. I would recommend that only those intersted in 3-D bother with this collection.

The Ultimate 3-D Horror Classics (The Little Shop of Horrors / Night of the Living Dead / Seven Doors of Death)

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Some Explanations
Not real 3-D
the other reviewers speak the truth...
Not 3D, this is criminal
Great system, but the movies ARE NOT IN 3-D !!!!!

The Ultimate 3-D Horror Classics (The Little Shop of Horrors / Night of the Living Dead / Seven Doors of Death)
Starring: Classic 3d Horror Collection
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ASIN: B00007KK4A
Release Date: 2003-04-29

Customer Reviews:

Some Explanations.......2007-06-13

There's been a lot of grousing about the fact that these movies "aren't in 3D". That's what I thought, too, until I realized that they looked so lousy that something actually had to be wrong.
So, I went back to the instructions (which are weak to say the least) and discovered something I don't think these other buyers have.
You're supposed to test the equipment before you just dive in and watch the 3D versions of these DVDs.
There's a 'left eye/right eye' test, that really needs to be done first. What happened when I tried it, was that I discovered that my channels were reversed.
Okay.
What to do next?
The little junction/ amplifier box they include, has a "mode" button on it. You press it once and it reverses the projection, making the right and left eyes come out in the proper order.
The result is, the flicker is gone (mostly) and the movies are in 3D.
It's not terrific 3D, but it is stable and there's a depth that makes these old classics really come alive.
I must admit, I'm a real glutton for 3D, and having "Night Of The Living Dead" shown using the process, added greatly to the enjoyment for me. Plus it was cheap thrills: my copy of this set cost a mere $11.98 (your price may vary).
So I'm recommending this, with reservations, because a 3d version of any of these flicks is unlikely to ever come around again, and this is already out-of-print. Plus, the glasses look way cool.

Not real 3-D.......2005-11-14

The only depth of any kind that you see might be a small section of the room floor or grass. Otherwise, no depth at all. These movies are NOT 3-D, and it is a complete ripoff.

The 3-D system that comes with it really works with real field-sequential movies, but you might as well buy the system with real 3-D movies (IMAX collection). Don't buy this! Even with real 3-D movies, the 3-D is good, but there is a lot of flicker.

the other reviewers speak the truth..........2005-08-18

...these three films are not in real 3D. Some 3D elements were added, like computer-generated blood spatters or shards of flying glass, but these were not part of the original film (all three films are public-domain, so they can do whatever they wish with the prints).

However, the system that comes with this box set is very impressive when used with true 3D films (i.e., IMAX films Alien Encounter, Haunted Castle, etc. or 3D DVDs of 50s/80s flicks like Creature From the Black Lagoon, dial M for Murder, House of Wax, Jaws 3D, etc.).

I would recommend the Imax pack over this (also available at Amazon)--those films were filmed in "true 3D". Also, there is another 3D box set with just one movie: The Creeps. This is a more recent release and the DVD with this set is in true 3D and very good 3D at that.

Other movies you should pick up for this system are "SpyKids 3D: The Extreme 3D Edition (HQFS)" [make sure you get the HQFS version] and "3D Transitions". Santa vs. the Snowman is pretty good, too. These are probably the best of the titles out there for this system, other than the underground releases found on various auction sites (Andy Warhol's Frankenstein, Creature from the Black Lagoon, It Came From Outer Space, etc.).

Not 3D, this is criminal.......2005-05-01

These are not real 3D films, this should be made a criminal offence to con the public with this sort of rubbish, glasses perfect, films 2D and will always be 2D, so make sure you are buying real 3D movies when looking for 3D DVD's.

Great system, but the movies ARE NOT IN 3-D !!!!!.......2003-01-23

First, you'll get a nice 3-D system and some great glasses that provide an excellent 3-D effect when watching 3-D movies. However, THE MOVIES IN THIS SET ARE NOT 3-D! They were shot as flat, standard movies, and these DVDs are still the same, flat versions, except processed so that these glasses are required to view them. They claim they are converted to 3-D but don't be fooled for a moment. It is outrageous that with hundreds of real 3-D movies out there, these people are pulling this hoax, especially when they also sell real 3-D stuff. This will result in making the public very angry. Avoid this set and buy the IMAX or HORROR ones instead.

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