AMC Offers Collectible 3D Glasses for "Avengers: Doomsday" Fan Event

The collectible 3D glasses are coming back! AMC Theaters is doing a special promotion for fans who decide to see "Avengers: Doomsday" in 3D for their fan event on December 20th, 2026:

Personally, I'm happy to see this. Theaters used to give out collectible movie-themed 3D glasses more often when they were hyping up a major 3D release. I've got a box full of them that I should pull out and make a video for on my iCritic Media YouTube channel. This practice has largely gone away, but I'm assuming the massive hit of the previous two Avatar movies (as well as the overperformance of the 3D presentation for "Spider-Man: Brand New Day") likely convinced someone that doing this was a wise idea. There will be five designs to choose from and not only will most of these wind up on eBay, I can almost certainly guarantee you the Dr. Doom pair is going to be the hardest to find.

Now, if you miss this event, I wouldn't stress too much: there will almost certainly be enough pairs to spill over into other 3D screenings the next couple of days. Whether these survive past the opening weekend is another matter altogether.

Update

I fixed the date for when the fan event was actually happening (sorry folks, Disney ain't showing you the movie three months in advance no matter how confident they are in the quality of the film). I should also point out that another unusual aspect of this is that Fan Events are rarely shown in 3D (I don't even recall if they did this for Spider-Man), so that makes this even more unusual.

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Welcome Back: "Cars" 20th Anniversary Re-Release WILL be in 3D!

Hi everyone!

Sorry, I know it's been... two years since I last updated here. Sorry about that. I've been putting a lot of time into my (newly designed) website, YouTube channel, and podcast. Needless to say, this blog simply fell off the radar for me. I'm not going to promise weekly updates or anything like that, but enough things are happening in the 3D space that I feel the need to at least dip my toe back in the water. I think making shorter posts that are more direct with some of the news stories will likely make updates a bit easier. I'm not saying there won't be any more essays or longer opinion pieces, but for stories like today where you need information more than a thesis, a short post is probably better than no post at all.

Anyway... Pixar's "Cars" is getting theatrically re-released in theaters on September 4, 2026. My immediate question was whether or not this would include the 3D remaster that was made exclusively for Blu-ray 3D (back in the days when Disney was invested in the Blu-ray 3D format). The answer, it appears, is YES! That being said... you're going to have to look for it. In my area, there are a couple of larger AMC theaters that are showing 3D versions of the release, but in both cases, there are only a couple of screenings each day. If you live near a smaller theater (or in a less populated area), the 3D version may not be as easy to find. Either way, it will be nice to see "Cars" not only in theaters again, but to see the 3D version that was originally exclusive to home viewing.

I'm going to add that I personally like "Cars." I have always felt it was a charming film (even if it is not one of Pixar's greatest accomplishments). No full review here, but if you want to see some of what I've been up to, check out a mini-documentary I made about why "Cars" lost the Best Animated Feature Oscar to "Happy Feet."

It's good to be back, folks.

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