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VoodooXT posted:...goddammit Yeah, $20 per is way more than I ever pay for Arrow releases.
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Target also has a Buy 2 Get 1 Free sale going on, and I've been cleaning up on Scream Factory Hammer titles missing from my collection.
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I had no idea KL released a bluray of Deep Star Six last month, I just rectified that. I'm a sucker for deep-sea thriller/horror movies (The Abyss, Sphere, Leviathan, Underwater) so upgrading my DVD was a no-brainer.
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Xenomrph posted:I had no idea KL released a bluray of Deep Star Six last month, I just rectified that. I'm a sucker for deep-sea thriller/horror movies (The Abyss, Sphere, Leviathan, Underwater) so upgrading my DVD was a no-brainer. I've never seen Deep Star Six but I've got an Abyss sized hole in my heart because of a lack of blu ray and now 4k release. Will this fill that void?
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yoohoo posted:I've never seen Deep Star Six but I've got an Abyss sized hole in my heart because of a lack of blu ray and now 4k release. Will this fill that void? Also I'd kill for an Abyss bluray.
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CPL593H posted:Is there an HD version of the Abyss for tv and streaming? HBO had it streaming in HD a while ago, and apparently it was based off a new 4k scan. Supposedly the color grading is done and all the pieces are in place, they just need Cameron to sign off on the transfer.
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Xenomrph posted:It's closer to Leviathan in terms of quality. I mean it's pretty schlocky fun. All three of these are conveniently streaming on Prime. No idea if what they have for The Abyss is HD or not though. Edit: I just finished watching DeepStar Six and idk I really enjoyed it. It took itself seriously, had good production value, solid characters, and managed one legit jump at the end. I would watch the hell out of that again. yoohoo fucked around with this message at 04:51 on Nov 12, 2020 |
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The Abyss is not in HD on prime, I saw it and got excited for a brief moment until it started playing in 4:3. It does look marginally better than the DVD copy I still have, but not by much.
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There’s an open matte print of The Abyss, so that might explain the aspect ratio.
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Yeah it was shot in Super 35, which was a thing for a while. Still seems odd that whoever owns it wouldn't be doing quality control.
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CPL593H posted:Is there an HD version of the Abyss for tv and streaming? Yep, I have it. It's pretty good, though I think it's a bit too green. You can see caps from it here: https://caps-a-holic.com/c.php?d1=4512&d2=4513&s1=41957&s2=41974&i=10&l=0&a=0
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EL BROMANCE posted:There’s an open matte print of The Abyss, so that might explain the aspect ratio. I think I mentioned this before but I'm pretty sure James Cameron's preferred aspect ratio was 4:3 before widescreen TVs came around.
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CPL593H posted:I think I mentioned this before but I'm pretty sure James Cameron's preferred aspect ratio was 4:3 before widescreen TVs came around. James Cameron of all people didn’t like widescreen? 
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Xenomrph posted:James Cameron of all people didn’t like widescreen? More that he shot the movie with the TV presentation in mind.
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Xenomrph posted:James Cameron of all people didn’t like widescreen? he liked widescreen fine, but afaik every movie he made from like Aliens to Titanic was deliberately protected for 4:3 so you could watch it on TV and not be getting a jank version. this honestly probably explains why so many people have specific good memories of watching Cameron stuff on TV as kids.
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The Abyss BD is a loving white whale. Supposedly we may get it when Avatar 2: Underwater releases in 2025 or whatever. Wasn’t it a Fox production? Ugh. I hate that Disney owns everything.
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Elysium 4K announced which means all Blomkamp movies are on UHD, which is great, but now they may release a 4K collection of his movies and I already bought District 9 in a Steelbook. drat. My need for cool art is now conflicting w my love of consolidation. I can’t wait for John Wick 4 so I can get all 4 in a nice Steelbook and gain a little space. Does anyone else have these types of impulses? Part of why I won’t touch some of these Steelbook collections from Best Buy. The Matrix Trilogy? 3 UHD discs, one case. Great! Pairs well w my Matrix Collectuon on Blu-Ray. The 4 Batman movies? A single UHD in an individual Steelbook for each movie. Noooooo thank you. Boywhiz88 fucked around with this message at 23:06 on Nov 12, 2020 |
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Boywhiz88 posted:Elysium 4K announced which means all Blomkamp movies are on UHD, which is great, but now they may release a 4K collection of his movies and I already bought District 9 in a Steelbook. drat. My need for cool art is now conflicting w my love of consolidation. I can’t wait for John Wick 4 so I can get all 4 in a nice Steelbook and gain a little space. I can almost guarantee 4 will not be the last John Wick movie. And I think they're still making a series as well.
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Boywhiz88 posted:Elysium 4K announced which means all Blomkamp movies are on UHD, which is great, but now they may release a 4K collection of his movies and I already bought District 9 in a Steelbook. drat. My need for cool art is now conflicting w my love of consolidation. I can’t wait for John Wick 4 so I can get all 4 in a nice Steelbook and gain a little space. I'm avoiding picking up any of the Daniel Craig Bonds in 4K until they release the full set after the next movie, which at this rate will probably be 2025.
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Xenomrph posted:James Cameron of all people didn’t like widescreen? Not for analog 4x3 home video on his Super-35 films. Though, his 4x3 versions would be carefully reframed shot-by-shot to work best for TVs since just taking off the matte would result in frequent bad compositions. The Ultimate Edition DVD of Terminator 2 had a feature on this that showed the raw scan of the full 1.33:1 Super-35 frame, the 4x3 master, and the letterboxed master side-by-side for one scene. It's the same thing with Kubrick - the low resolution nature of analog SD video meant a lot of filmmakers would rather the image take up as much of the screen as possible without losing too much image. Which is why you'd have Vittorio Storaro opt for 2:1 on films he shot. With Blu-ray and UHD, this has become a moot point.
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Egbert, what do you do for a living? Because if it’s anything other than film historian/archivist, your talents are severely wasted. 
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Cacator posted:I'm avoiding picking up any of the Daniel Craig Bonds in 4K until they release the full set after the next movie, which at this rate will probably be 2025. Same here. The latest yet-to-be-released Bond movie is his last, yes?
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Xenomrph posted:Egbert, what do you do for a living? Because if it’s anything other than film historian/archivist, your talents are severely wasted. I'm a printer technician, which is fine, because it pays for my movie collecting. Ended up installing a printer for someone who was selling rare stuff out of their office, so I left with a few OOP Twilight Time and Disney Movie Club discs.
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Maxwell Lord posted:Yeah it was shot in Super 35, which was a thing for a while. Still seems odd that whoever owns it wouldn't be doing quality control. It was a thing for a while is an understatement in the level of "the pope is just a Catholic dude." It is still used today, and a lot of major films were shot using that format. It was especially common for big budget movies with a lot of special effects. It was the adoption of digital that put an end to its dominance.
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What HDR versions of film-originated movies do you all like? I haven’t seen that many, but so far Phantom Thread has impressed me the most with its restrained but effective boost and Blade Runner (not 2049) was abysmal—way too bright and washed out. All the richness and mood is lost. It seems like newer movies—whether shot on film or digital—look alright, but older stuff either doesn’t translate well or executives are maybe screaming at the colorist “we gotta use ALLLLLLL the nits!!!”
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Boywhiz88 posted:Elysium 4K announced which means all Blomkamp movies are on UHD, which is great, but now they may release a 4K collection of his movies and I already bought District 9 in a Steelbook. drat. My need for cool art is now conflicting w my love of consolidation. I can’t wait for John Wick 4 so I can get all 4 in a nice Steelbook and gain a little space. I had the Back to the Future 30th anniversary steelbook that had all 3 movies in 1 case, but I was okay with getting the Best Buy 35th anniversary set that had 1 steelbook for each movie. I've got the Saw movies in individual DVD cases largely because the special features still haven't been carried over to the bluray releases (except for 'Jigsaw', which I have as a steelbook), and the series isn't one that benefits hugely from a bluray upgrade in my opinion. Likewise, I've got two copies of 'Armageddon' on my shelf - one of the Criterion DVD and one of the generic bluray. I might cannibalize a spare 3-disc case and consolidate that, though. I've also got two copies of Mad Max Fury Road - a really cool steelbook version that I got first, and then the Mad Max High Octane Collection that I got on sale later. I haven't brought myself to try and get rid of the steelbook yet. Meanwhile I've got consolidated collections for the Blade trilogy, Resident Evil series, Underworld series, a consolidated steelbook for the Jurassic Park original trilogy (and while I currently have individual steelbooks for Jurassic World and Fallen Kingdom, I'd probably get a consolidated steelbook for the second trilogy if they make one), the first 4 Terminator movies, slim cases for the Matrix trilogy, and some others I'm forgetting. Edit-- mis-spoke on the Saw movies. The first movie's special features never got carried over, but the others did. Except for Saw III, where the DVD and bluray have totally different special features with no carryover whatsoever - and each version has a shitload of special features, it's kind of nuts; the DVD has 3 audio commentaries, and the bluray has three totally different audio commentaries, and they've each got a ton of featurettes and stuff that the other version doesn't have.
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What is wrong with the Disney versions of Ghibli titles? Are people just pissed that the Fanning sisters got to play leads in Totoro? I have all Disney Ghibli on my shelf except one GKids edition (The Cat Returns) and it’s making my OCD short circuit
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Alec Eiffel posted:What is wrong with the Disney versions of Ghibli titles? On quite a few of the titles, the subtitle tracks are actually dubtitles and don't reflect the Japanese dialog. The dubs are all the same between the two, the picture quality might be a hair better on the GKids issues. I know Princess Mononoke was one of the ones with dubtitles.
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Cemetry Gator posted:On quite a few of the titles, the subtitle tracks are actually dubtitles and don't reflect the Japanese dialog. So it only affects the subtitle tracks?
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Thankfully the only one I care about is princess mononoke and I got the jp blu a while back, I'm pretty sure that had both tracks. Also, is blade runner 49 pretty bad on uhd? That was one I was looking forward to picking up when I get a player.
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It’s native 4K so it’s typically a big step up. I haven’t had a chance to watch it front to back but it looked great to me!
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Kingtheninja posted:Also, is blade runner 49 pretty bad on uhd? That was one I was looking forward to picking up when I get a player. It's the one you want to show off your system with. That or Fury Road.
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Neither are native 4K, if that matters to you. Fury Road was shot in 2K, BR2049 in 3.4K. For the latter, that's better than nearly every other movie originally shot on digital.
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feedmyleg posted:It's the one you want to show off your system with. That or Fury Road. I've got a handful of other 4K discs just because they're what came in the steelbook with the bluray or whatever: https://www.blu-ray.com/community/collection.php?u=299446&categoryid=7&4k=1 Any other must-own 4K discs?
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Xenomrph posted:You've convinced me to buy the 4K of BR2049; I'm getting myself a 4K TV and UHD player for Black Friday. I happen to already have the Fury Road 4K disc because it came with the High Octane edition, I think that's the disc I'm going to use to test the system out. Alien is top-notch. The Shining as well. I’m a HUGE fan of Annihilation.
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Yeah, Fury Road is great for showing off UHD's color depth, but BR2049 just has so much incredible texture it shows it off in a whole different light.
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Fury Road is actually not great on UHD because some of the digital flames and explosions are kinda blown out and it takes me out of the movie a little bit. For a lot of movies it wouldn't be a big deal but Fury Road has a lot of explosions. Blade Runner and Blade Runner 2049 are both flawless.
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Oh yeah. The original Blade Runner looks amazing. Film really benefits from the format. So yeah, look for your favorite older movies on the format. I think the Burton Batman pops. I really like the Nolan trilogy. Casino looks great. 2001 looks great. I think Sony and Warner are putting out pretty consistent options. Gremlins looks good. I’m thinking of picking up Die Hard soon. (I know that’s Fox but still)
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