Anyone here succumbed to 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray?

[A24 4,326]

On 06/12/2021 at 10:04 PM, crocodile said:

Got this today and about to start watching. I love this film and can't believe it's 20 years old now. For anyone wondering, this and the US Criterion edii are identical. Both labels collaborated on creating this new transfer. 

 

 

Karol

 

 

 

Nice! Looks like an Edward Hopper painting.

[bruce marshall 1,315]

On 19/10/2021 at 8:38 PM, bruce marshall said:

I have good news- I think

 

Looks like FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON is being reissued on DVD, in its original form.

Maybe, someone here can confirm this.

I was wrong.

It's still in its mutilated form.

Disgraceful.

1 hour ago, AC1 said:

 

Nice! Looks like an Edward Hopper painting.

Still no chapter stops?😒

[Tallguy 3,376]

From the Earth to the Moon. I have the original DVDs and I treasure them. 

[rough cut 1,714]

Anyone else here own the Jurassic Park 4K disc?

 

It’s weird that the back says Dolby Vision when, as far as I know, that’s not what’s on there (also evidenced by reviews on 

blu-ray.com and thedigitalbits.com).

 

Anyone else noticed this?

 

[Corellian2019 383]

According to a post by Geek Gab News on Instagram, it seems like Duel will be released in 4K this year

[Disco Stu 15,495]

Godfather Trilogy 50th anniversay 4k Blu box set is retailing for $183!!  Good Lord that's 61 bucks per movie!  Anyone who pays that price is a sucker, all physical movie releases come crashing down in price soon after release.

 

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09PX315QX

[Holko 9,499]

6 minutes ago, Disco Stu said:

Good Lord that's 61 bucks per movie!

Not if you subtract the immense value of the collectible art cards first!

[Disco Stu 15,495]

I paid $45 for the Back to the Future 4k trilogy at release, and now it's $34 on Amazon.  I am amazed that Paramount is asking so much for this.

[crocodile 7,984]

Bet there will be a basic release of this too or something. This price is ludicrous. 

 

Karol

[Disco Stu 15,495]

31 minutes ago, crocodile said:

Bet there will be a basic release of this too or something. This price is ludicrous. 

 

Karol

 

And here it is.... still charging $91!  Obviously one can argue the movies are worth that, and that price would've been normal 20 years ago at the peak of the physical media market, but the reality of the market today is that stores have to sharply discount releases, and usually very soon after release, to sell through their inventory.

 

https://www.amazon.com/The-Godfather-Trilogy-4K-Blu-ray/dp/B09PP57DW7

[rough cut 1,714]

Also, that box only contains the new “Coda” of part III. No love for the original cut.

[filmmusic 1,823]

17 minutes ago, rough cut said:

Also, that box only contains the new “Coda” of part III. No love for the original cut.

where did you see that info?

It says:

Bonus discs include both the Theatrical and 1991 cuts of THE GODFATHER PART III

[rough cut 1,714]

Oh sorry! I followed the link and was looking for it, but completely missed it.

[Naïve Old Fart 9,498]

23 minutes ago, filmmusic said:

Bonus discs include both the Theatrical and 1991 cuts of THE GODFATHER PART III

"1991 cut"? Er...

Don't you mean the 2020 cut?

[Corellian2019 383]

It seems that there are three versions of Godfather Part III:

 

-the 1990 theatrical release

-the "director's cut" later released on VHS/DVD

-Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone

[Mr. Who 919]

They should release a box set with the complete Godfather scores while they're at it!

[Tallguy 3,376]

It seems people are raving about the new 4K Criterion Citizen Kane.

 

I'm starting to have a small library of 4K titles. I don't have a player but I have 4K digital versions (that they came with) of all of them. It's annoying when the digital copy doesn't have the same features as the disc. (e.g. Superman doesn't have the theatrical edition with the original sound mix.)

[Naïve Old Fart 9,498]

1 hour ago, Corellian2019 said:

It seems that there are three versions of Godfather Part III:

 

-the 1991 theatrical release

-the "director's cut" later released on VHS/DVD

-Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone

Thanks, but... THE GODFATHER PT. III was released in 1990, hence my initial confusion.

[Jay 37,287]

It's not confusing.  He said:

 

4 hours ago, filmmusic said:

Bonus discs include both the Theatrical and 1991 cuts of THE GODFATHER PART III

 

 

Theatrical = 1990

1991 = director's cut

[Corellian2019 383]

My bad, the film was released in 1990

[Jay 37,287]

On 28/12/2021 at 9:16 PM, Corellian2019 said:

Sony announced the new "Ghostbusters Ultimate Collection". I'm tempted to get it solely for this curiosity:

 

 

 

 

[A24 4,326]

The review of Dune we've all been waiting for!

 

 

[Disco Stu 15,495]

Truly terrible cover art for the just announced 4k blu of Singin' in the Rain.

 

[JoeinAR 1,949]

27 minutes ago, Disco Stu said:

Truly terrible cover art for the just announced 4k blu of Singin' in the Rain.

 

Really, seems like its an homage to the original promotion.

[Disco Stu 15,495]

12 hours ago, JoeinAR said:

Really, seems like its an homage to the original promotion.

That doesn’t make it automatically good!  I think the obvious better choice is him hanging off the lamp-post.

[JoeinAR 1,949]

 Can't argue with that logic.

[A24 4,326]

 

[rough cut 1,714]

That looks sweet.

 

I hope they give The Mutant Chronicles the same treatment. I’d pick it up in a heartbeat.

[bruce marshall 1,315]

Remind me again:

Is 4k supposed to be equal to 35mm or as close as any format comes?

Thank you for your cooperation citizens!

[A24 4,326]

Yes, in terms of resolution, it's something like that. In theory you need up to 5K for 35mm.

[bruce marshall 1,315]

Well in.that case.....

I'll wait for 5k before upgrading!😁

 

[A24 4,326]

The industry skipped 5K and is going for 8K.

 

[Chen G. 3,943]

6 hours ago, bruce marshall said:

Remind me again:

Is 4k supposed to be equal to 35mm or as close as any format comes?

Thank you for your cooperation citizens!

 

Kinda but not really.

 

In theory, Super-35mm resolves 3.2K-2.8K, depending on stock speed and exposure. But if you only look at picture information, it’s a lot less: probably around 2.5K - the rest is grain.

 

It’s typically scanned at 4-6K for the purposes of oversampling.

[bruce marshall 1,315]

I doubt my.45inch screen notices the difference.

Maybe 60 or more will

[Chen G. 3,943]

4 minutes ago, bruce marshall said:

I doubt my.45inch screen notices the difference.

 

It doesn't. Even at 60'' you'd need to sit pretty close to benefit from a 3K-sized image.

 

The size of the image compared to the grains does make a difference, even on smaller monitors: that's why Nolan's IMAX footage "pops" even in an 1080p copy: out of those 1080p, much less is grain.

[A24 4,326]

I could easily see the difference between DVD and Blu-ray on my 50" Plasma screens but DVD was still okay. Now that I have a 65" OLED, not every Blu-ray looks that great anymore (brand new movies always look good though) and DVD no longer looks okay. 

[crocodile 7,984]

1 hour ago, AC1 said:

The industry skipped 5K and is going for 8K.

 

No doubt. I don't think there would be any point of having that kind of set up at home though. 4K is an overkill already. And something tells me there won't be any physical media vehicle for this either.

 

Karol

[A24 4,326]

36 minutes ago, crocodile said:

No doubt. I don't think there would be any point of having that kind of set up at home though. 4K is an overkill already.

 

 

Could be. It's probably why some say that the biggest difference between standard Blu-ray and Ultra-HD is not the extra resolution but the HDR implementation. 

 

That being said, I'm perfectly happy with standard Blu-ray. I rarely buy 4K discs.

[bruce marshall 1,315]

50 minutes ago, Chen G. said:

 

It doesn't. Even at 60'' you'd need to sit pretty close to benefit from a 3K-sized image.

 

The size of the image compared to the grains does make a difference, even on smaller monitors: that's why Nolan's IMAX footage "pops" even in an 1080p copy: out of those 1080p, much less is grain.

The IMAX footage in DUNKIRK , whether on bluray or streaming, was amazing.

It far surpassed the 70mm theatrical presentation!

49 minutes ago, AC1 said:

I could easily see the difference between DVD and Blu-ray on my 50" Plasma screens but DVD was still okay. Now that I have a 65" OLED, not every Blu-ray looks that great anymore (brand new movies always look good though) and DVD no longer looks okay. 

Yes, DVD, looks very good at 720p.

You notice the difference on the credits, where the DVD is not nearly as clear.

You can read even the smallest text on BR

[1977 1,743]

And the award for worst revisionist artwork for a home video release goes to...

 

 

 

 

 

 

[filmmusic 1,823]

The cover was further revised and they cut those photoshopped hands. Not that it isn't ugly now.

 

 

 

The steelbook seems much better:

 

[A24 4,326]

38 minutes ago, filmmusic said:

 

The steelbook seems much better:

 

 

Looks like a Western ...

[crocodile 7,984]

Recent arrivals:

 

 

Karol

[Alan 689]

4 hours ago, crocodile said:

Recent arrivals:

 

 

Karol

 

American Werewolf In London has a fantastic transfer

[JoeinAR 1,949]

Does it finally have a werewolf or just that silly werebear.

[Andy 4,085]

Phenomena… you have good taste. 

[Disco Stu 15,495]

I just preordered the 4k blu-ray releases for Jurassic Park and The Lost World, coming out May 10th (the other 3 Jurassic movies I don't care about are getting released too).

 

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09VLF6RMV/

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09VLD3LJP/

[Jay 37,287]

Had those not been released in 4K until now?

[Disco Stu 15,495]

Doesn't look like it, both World and Fallen Kingdom say pre order, coming May 10th.

[Jay 37,287]

I had to look it up because I could have sworn they were already on 4K

It turns out I was right!  They came out in a boxset from 2018, so this must be the premiere of them as separate SKUs?