crocodile 8,019 Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 Watching Predator on UHD Blu-ray right now. People who enjoy the waxy DNR'd Blu-ray from 2008 will absolutely hate this... It's grainy and filmic not quite unlike Fox's transfer of Die Hard released earlier this year. They look like films now! The film itself, as we all know, is a classic. Perfectly executed piece of action/suspense cinema. Karol Unlucky Bastard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,373 Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 Oooh, I didn't realize there was finally a fixed Predator on the market. That's great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,019 Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 It came out today. But the standard Blu-ray is still the waxy version, sadly. Predator 2 also apoears to be brand new 4K scan. Or it appears to be anyway. The third one is a 2K upscale. But it will upset a lot of people who equate 4K with "sharp and "bright". But will satisfy those who want a more faithful reproduction. Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,373 Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 Amazon shows a new BD edition also coming out today (well, tomorrow). You really think its the old transfer and not the new one on that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 Speaking of Predator, I saw Arnie post a new pic of himself yesterday on his Facebook, he's thankfully looking really well again after his rough few months of poor health. Kasey Kockroach and crocodile 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,019 Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 He looks better in this pic than he did 10 years ago. The trilogy set I bought has Blu-ray discs too but it says 2008-2010 so I assume they must be the old ones. Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 38 minutes ago, crocodile said: He looks better in this pic than he did 10 years ago. I thought the same thing. Pity Dutch won't be showing up to save the next movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,210 Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 6 hours ago, Alexcremers said: I thought this was Solo Yes. There is a brand of tissues called "Solo" here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 He he he. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveMc 2,674 Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 Trying to subliminally corner that market, eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 Gotta make a livin'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 The Mummy The Mummy Returns In reverse chronological order. These are good popcorn flicks and they hold up. Sure, they don't make a lot of sense, especially the entirety of the second one, but who cares? They're movies about a guy wrapped in bandages coming back from the dead. The characters are fucking great, power couples O'Connell and Evy, Imhotep and that broad with the asps and ass whose name I can't spell, the frickin' epically scumbag brother and those guys repeatedly referring to The Mummy as "the creature." So many great characters that you care about and that's all that a movie needs, even if it makes no fucking sense that they would punish a criminal by giving him incredible magic powers. All the ridiculous action is a big bonus. Jurassic World This one, like The Mummy 3, came in a box set with the two movies I actually wanted. I just fall asleep during this one. Not Mr. Big and Holko 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasey Kockroach 2,344 Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 People care about Brendan Frasier? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 He was awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasey Kockroach 2,344 Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 7 hours ago, crocodile said: Watching Predator on UHD Blu-ray right now. People who enjoy the waxy DNR'd Blu-ray from 2008 will absolutely hate this... It's grainy and filmic not quite unlike Fox's transfer of Die Hard released earlier this year. They look like films now! The film itself, as we all know, is a classic. Perfectly executed piece of action/suspense cinema. Karol I don’t mean to be rude or anything but, are you buying all the 4K releases you continually discuss here? I’m envious if you are, I can’t keep up with the outpouring of releases! @Corellian2019 informed me that Fincher’s Panic Room is getting a 4K releas later this year. Can’t fucking wait! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 I have the 4Ks of JP series, Apollo 13 and Godzilla (1998). I still need the Ghostbusters (1984, Male) and Ghostbusters II. I enjoy the slick black packaging. The cover of Apollo 13 features photos of the crew as they once appeared as a photo op on a cliff at Universal Studios Hollywood which was recently removed. Universal Studios: UHD: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,019 Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 2 hours ago, Koray Savas said: I don’t mean to be rude or anything but, are you buying all the 4K releases you continually discuss here? I’m envious if you are, I can’t keep up with the outpouring of releases! @Corellian2019 informed me that Fincher’s Panic Room is getting a 4K releas later this year. Can’t fucking wait! Well...I suppose most of the film I talk about in this thread recently are UHD discs, yeah. I bought quite a few this year. About 50. Probably overdid it a bit but I also sold pretty much all of my regular Blu-ray and DVD discs at the same time so it wasn't that much of a blow financially. But I'm pretty much up to speed with older releases so only getting stuff as it comes out. Shame smaller labels like Criterion or Arrow don't plan to release anything. Oh that would be fantastic. I don't think there is even a Blu-ray release of PR. Not here anyway. I like this film. And why would asking a question be rude? I can't recall you ever be rude to me. Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 I'm only buying 4K UHD discs of films that really matter to me. I can't be arsed rebuying an entire collection yet again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 4 hours ago, Horner's Dynamic Range said: The Mummy The Mummy Returns In reverse chronological order. These are good popcorn flicks and they hold up. Sure, they don't make a lot of sense, especially the entirety of the second one, but who cares? They're movies about a guy wrapped in bandages coming back from the dead. The characters are fucking great, power couples O'Connell and Evy, Imhotep and that broad with the asps and ass whose name I can't spell, the frickin' epically scumbag brother and those guys repeatedly referring to The Mummy as "the creature." So many great characters that you care about and that's all that a movie needs, even if it makes no fucking sense that they would punish a criminal by giving him incredible magic powers. All the ridiculous action is a big bonus. Never liked 'em. I'd always just rather watch the originals again instead (Indiana Jones). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,019 Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 Oh no I won't be rebuying everything. Some smaller films are unlikely (at this time) to receive UHD release. And I probably won't replace my Marvel films as well. There is no point. The stuff I've got so far: Spoiler 7 Nolan films. Jurassic Park 1-3 collection Mission: Impossible 1-5 Game of Thrones Season 1 Spider-man trilogy E.T. Close Encounters Sicario Die Hard Logan John Wick 1-2 Planet of the Apes trilogy (2011-2017) Star Trek 1-3 (Abrams) Ghostbusters Crouching Tiger Deadpool Groundhog Day Black Panther Bram Stoker's Dracula Bridge on the River Kwai Phantom Thread King Kong Gladiator The Matrix Saving Private Ryan Blade Runner (both) The Revenant Predator 1-3 Ready Player One The Last Jedi Some of them I'll probably get rid of at some point. 1 hour ago, Quintus said: Never liked 'em. I'd always just rather watch the originals again instead (Indiana Jones). Still better than Crystal Skull though, right? Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 What's "Crystal Skull"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,019 Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 It's a spoof Indiana Jones film from 2008. Not quite unlike those Scary Movie horror spoof films that Wyans brothers did. Same principle. Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 Only worse. Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 It was okay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,019 Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 As far as disappointments go, this one was a very good one indeed. Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 The Love Parade (1929; Ernst Lubitsch) A wonderful, charming early talkie musical-comedy. Maurice Chevalier was a great movie star, his suave, sarcastic comedic persona is very entertaining. The actors who played the servants were hilarious. The gender issues are pretty outdated, but it's part of the old charm of it, I guess. Anyway, the point is glitzy production design, the silly comedy, the risque jokes, and the pretty melodies. Lubitsch Touch in full effect! @Cherry Pie That'll Kill Ya would love it. The main thrust of the plot is a womanizing man who is emasculated by marrying a powerful woman who can boss him around, and the story is resolved by her letting him take charge. Unlucky Bastard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,552 Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 @Disco Stu, if you like Lubitsch, try TO BE OR NOT TO BE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 2 minutes ago, Richard said: @Disco Stu, if you like Lubitsch, try TO BE OR NOT TO BE. A movie I've loved since I was a teenager! There are only a couple post-silent era Lubitsch movies I haven't seen. Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,552 Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 Even the Mel Brooks remake isn't that bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,373 Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 Panic Room is finally coming out in high def? That's great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 17 minutes ago, Disco Stu said: The Love Parade (1929; Ernst Lubitsch) A wonderful, charming early talkie musical-comedy. Maurice Chevalier was a great movie star, his suave, sarcastic comedic persona is very entertaining. The actors who played the servants were hilarious. The gender issues are pretty outdated, but it's part of the old charm of it, I guess. Anyway, the point is glitzy production design, the silly comedy, the risque jokes, and the pretty melodies. Lubitsch Touch in full effect! @Cherry Pie That'll Kill Ya would love it. The main thrust of the plot is a womanizing man who is emasculated by marrying a powerful woman who can boss him around, and the story is resolved by her letting him take charge. Yeah that sort of shit fascinates me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,552 Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 7 minutes ago, Jay said: Panic Room is finally coming out in high def? That's great! Jay, did you know that the bath in the bath scene, had no water in it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 McCabe and Mrs. Miller (1971; Robert Altman) The other movie I watched yesterday at home on a sick day (in addition to The Love Parade). One of my favorite movies of all time from one of my favorite filmmakers. A fascinating, beautiful film. The movie is so.... textural. Beatty is great in an anti-star performance as the bumbling, idiotic McCabe. Julie Christie also impressive as the world-wise brothel madam who only finds happiness in her opium habit. See also great character actors like Rene Auberjonois (of DS9) and Michael Murphy. The story is good, Beatty as the little guy entrepreneur getting crushed by the unforgiving machinations of corporate America. I especially love the main guy sent to kill him by the company, the super friendly, super scary British dude. But I feel like the main pleasures of this movie, as with pretty much all Altmans, is not in the narrative but the way he luxuriates in the setting and his characters. Filling the screen with weird characters, all the overlapping dialogue, the way the town is slowly built over the course of the film, the ice and snow. I love how utterly amoral this frontier town is. It makes sense, the kind of people who would initially populate places like this would not be conventional people. I LOVE THIS MOVIE. publicist 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,552 Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 Julie Christie. Aah! 😍 I watched DOCTOR ZHIVAGO, the other day, and she was just as (sigh) in that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,373 Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 23 minutes ago, Richard said: Jay, did you know that the bath in the bath scene, had no water in it? ok? I saw the film once in theaters 16 years ago and haven't seen it since. I don't even remember a bathtub scene, sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 2 minutes ago, Richard said: Julie Christie. Aah! 😍 I watched DOCTOR ZHIVAGO, the other day, and she was just as (sigh) in that! She's great! Special props to that movie (McCabe, I mean) for introducing me to Leonard Cohen when I were a younger lad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,552 Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 It's on the extras, @Jay. Foster will not do nude scenes, and she was neither naked, nor wet, for the bath scene. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,373 Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 ok? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeping Strings 2,363 Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 Scout's Guide To The Zombie Apocalypse - occasionally one of the free-to-view movie channels will screen something that just suits perfectly, and so it proved with this entertaining comedy-horror's terrestrial premiere on Film 4 last night. Maybe I'm just an overgrown schoolboy, but a bit where an attractive girl zombie's shirt gets snagged on a gate causing it to pop open and inspiring one of the titular Scouts to help himself to a quick grope made me howl. The #MeToo movement have been very quiet on the rights of undead women, for shame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 11 hours ago, crocodile said: Oh no I won't be rebuying everything. Some smaller films are unlikely (at this time) to receive UHD release. And I probably won't replace my Marvel films as well. There is no point. The stuff I've got so far: Hide contents 7 Nolan films. Jurassic Park 1-3 collection Mission: Impossible 1-5 Game of Thrones Season 1 Spider-man trilogy E.T. Close Encounters Sicario Die Hard Logan John Wick 1-2 Planet of the Apes trilogy (2011-2017) Star Trek 1-3 (Abrams) Ghostbusters Crouching Tiger Deadpool Groundhog Day Black Panther Bram Stoker's Dracula Bridge on the River Kwai Phantom Thread King Kong Gladiator The Matrix Saving Private Ryan Blade Runner (both) The Revenant Predator 1-3 Ready Player One The Last Jedi Some of them I'll probably get rid of at some point. Still better than Crystal Skull though, right? Karol Interesting list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,019 Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 25 minutes ago, JoeinAR said: Interesting list. That bad, huh? Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 There are many films I love on your list. A majority of films I love. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,019 Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 UHD's are still quite expensive so I'm trying to pick only the ones you want to keep. Some of them I'm not sure sure about (Trek) Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 All my new purchases are going to be 4K. But I may replace a few films I have. ET perhaps. My first was IT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 For me it depends on the movie and the likelihood whether it'll ever get a UHD release. In that case, I'll settle for a regular blu-ray. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,019 Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 E.T. looks gorgeous. The Blu-ray did as well but you'll have both in one box so it's a no-brainer. Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 From what I understand, Universal's home video department has an excellent track record for transfers and restorations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,019 Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 Sony does a good job. The Spider-Man films (especially 2 and 3), Ghostbusters, Groundhog Day... All excellent stuff. And also real 4K scans (unlike most releases out there). Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 Disney on the other hand is notorious for overly “modernizing” the look of its animated classics for HD releases Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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