Sheer blissful insanity, this movie.

There was a minor, weird flirtation in the mid-80's with bringing 3-D movies to television. Our local sub shop chain was selling the red and blue glasses and Milwaukee's own channel 18 showed Robot Monster in 3-D.

To make the 3-D work, you had to mess with the contrast on your TV.

It never worked. At best, there was a bit of a Viewmaster feel to it but only if you stood on your head in a certain corner of the room.

(P.S. - I hate to say it but its beautiful failures like that that make me COMPLETELY pessimistic about our cinema culture's current weird flirtation with 3-D. At best, it's a gimmick. A VERY EFFECTIVE gimmick but after 20 Avatar types, who will care?)