This is the HDR critique I've been waiting for!
Shoutbox archive
Cinematographer Steve Yedlin 2hr panel "Debunking HDR" - https://www.yedlin.net/DebunkingHDR/index.html
The first Lost World JP 4K scan despite looking great in the first glace killed by the encoding issues and black crush; the rest is revisionist mess (the first 4K releases). There is NO mention for the OG unmatrixed 5.1 mixes of these films, means wait for the DTS LD sync for the first two and the DTS CD-ROM for the third one; if the scan and restoration done right than the first releases
Jurassic Park trilogy reedition in June in Dolby Vision and Atmos. Let's hope for a new scan and proper restoration.
Predator: Badlands | Teaser Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFkbsEKaoSE (They will talk! Burn Baby Burn - Burn that Predator franchise! Ugly Mother Fucker - Yea!)
Positive review for "DIRTY HARRY" UHD: https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Dirty-Har.../#Overview
A1 Evo Acoustica 1.0 released. https://youtu.be/wQHF0-MOMMY?si=QVtsGiX-s2VRAvKi https://drive.google.com/drive/mobile/fo...drive_link
For Raiders PCM track, you refer to that part before: https://fanrestore.com/thread-3193.html
A lot of old video masters are missing frames, usually around the reel changes. You'll need to adjust the captured track to match the UHD. There are some great guides in the Technical section of the forum. Welcome to the party!
I need some help. I'm new to laserdisc ripping, just captured the PCM from Raiders of the Lost Ark but it slowly drifts out of sync when muxed to the UHD. I've never been able to figure slow drift sync issues. Can anybody point me in the right direction?
Well, apparently, this time they're using the orignal artwork for "Barry Lyndon".
Nice! One thing that's been disappointing me about Criterion for over a decade or more is largely shite artworks on their releases when I prefer original artwork. Then there's Kino with either nice releases or wtfbbq were they doing?
@borisanddoris : actually, no, it has been existing for years on this Blu-ray: https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Kingdom-o...ay/110546/
I should have been more specific...Kingdom of Heaven Director's Cut is coming to UHD...in its roadshow format which was only ever on DVD. The BD was an early MPEG2 title that didnt have the roadshow elements (overture, etc.)
Yeah, well, the roadshow on this one is not really different compared to the director's cut if memory serves. I thought you were talking about "The Hateful Eight". That one really has more to show in the roadshow format.
At last, the roadshow version is coming to BD and UHD! https://thedigitalbits.com/columns/my-tw...41025-0629
positive review for TOMBSTONE: https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Tombstone.../#Overview
Tombstone (1993) announced for 4K Blu-ray https://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=36156
Figures... Maybe the old master would be necessary for a theatrical transition here and there, I'm not sure. I'll see. It's not for now anyway. I'm on Seinfeld and I still have Terminator on the backburner.
@MrBrown, well, whenever you can check, it would save me some time to not engage in a reconstruction that already exists in a satisfactory way.
I opened the box.. but never put in one of the discs.. 
oh, I mixed up "Brotherhood of the Wolf" with "Company of the Wolf". I have seen "Brotherhood of the Wolf", I have the german UHD Box, with the DC in UHD and the TC as bonus feature on BD. I think I also have some older german releases on DVD and BD...
MrBrown, I have both the French UHD and remastered Blu-ray, both extended director's cut, and was considering a recreation of the original theatrical cut
Oh, I did not see that movie, yet. But I preordered the upcoming german release.
We also lost the Belgian actress Emilie Dequenne on March 16th. You guys might have seen her in the French film "Brotherhood of the Wolf".
https://collider.com/fight-club-4k-relea...cher-cost/ And I still never trust that for what Fincher did to the two films "restored" into mess
Neat Video 6 is out, looks like a TON of fixes, improvements, new configuration, faster https://www.neatvideo.com/features/versi...tory/nv6pr
Panic Room looks like a general upscale even apart from the intermittent "fixes" and "changes". I really, really hope he doesn't do that w. Fight Club 
Yeah, Fincher has ruined "Panic Room" even more so than he did with "Seven". Everything looks artificial and oversharpened now. It's no longer a real home, it's a digital set: every curtain has been changed, many windows as well, every reflection erased, but lensflares added, go figure, and he CGIed the Coca-Cola can so you can read the brand instead of seeing its backside. Fincher is completely gone. He was my favorite at some point, he's now on my blacklist. I'll see if I can cancel my preorder.
At 5:48 for the Se7en part, ouch. Not only Fincher kept the revisionist changes, he also butchered the lightning to make it too bright for certain dark scenes. The same Fincher also butchered Panic Room after over eighteen years from it's Blu-ray format debut. Viewers want perfection, not tackle with revisionist, DNR and AI changes!
Very cool video. His opinions kind of dovetail into what I've thought of modern digital cameras. Just because you have the ISO to film it doesn't mean you shouldn't properly light it
for anyone who was sleeping on this, its both the UHD and D.C., its $12 w/ flat $4 shipping, no matter if you order 1 item or many. I got this on sale for $26, MSRP is $40 https://www.hamiltonbook.com/blackhat-uhd-blu-ray_4
"-only dialogue" Really? This is not the first time Lionsgate pull this bull when they released the shorten cuts, while the international cuts got it instead (Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard & Rambo: Last Blood). That pisses me off which even the additional scenes to fill up plotholes (and not just the violence to avoid an NC-17 rating) improves the overall experience cut from the shorten version of the film. In Rambo's case, the alternative opening significantly changed the tone of the movie after all
FYI. Looks like there are two different cuts of Den of Thieves 2: https://www.reddit.com/r/boxoffice/comme...s_2_could/
I kinda think the original looked more convincing, except maybe the grading. Oh, well, I didn't like the movie at all anyway, although Rook was the best part for me since everything else was terrible.
Not sure, was wondering myself. Maybe its the orignal streaming file and they fixed it for the BD/UHD?
What's the source on the theatrical shots? Is there a cam/screener out there?
Here is a comparison of the changes made in Alien Romulus to the Ash puppet: https://youtu.be/FSkAhWQhEas?si=7LVohWV6ZDfUAshs
Not surprising as Tarantino did not rescan the original negatives by reediting the entire movie; Lionsgate reused the 2K DI (back then, computers are not powerful enoguh to render the film at 4K DI until Spider-Man 2 in 2004) like Universal for Inglorious Basterds. The true 4K from Tarantino are the first three and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (with the dreaded 7.1 remix on the UHD; neither does the near-fielded 5.1 mix). The first two should sync with the LaserDisc PCM Stereo, while Jackie Brown can sync with DTS LD audio as the proper 5.1 mix. Reservoir Dogs: https://fanrestore.com/thread-1461.html and Pulp Fiction: https://fanrestore.com/thread-5695.html But no Jackie Brown for now which does have fantastic transfer to watch
Yeah, I don't get these people with their digital brain now: why would you smooth that piece of wood? It looked much more real and authentic with the lines on it.
Fincher's revisionist once again like Se7en does. Waited for the Blu-ray and 4K releases debut, just like that!?
this one does not look good https://slow.pics/c/4hiIA2qp?canvas-mode...it=contain
I'm sure I read somewhere that the bigger problem with the Woo films is access to elements as the owners did not take care of them at all. I'm not 100% but I think it was talking about Bullet in the Head being completely gone. Anyway fingers crossed they find something workable.
Since Hong Kong Rescue is gone to shame, looks like it finally go for the proper restoration of these movies at long last
Wow, its finally happening... https://variety.com/2025/film/asia/john-...236272850/
Train wreck of a movie anyway, just like Twisters. There's no fixing at this point. Just erase those from history.
Fix this! Fix that! How do you 'fix' something for which there is no complete or correct version? It's just an improvement until next time someone wants to fiddle with it...
Alien Romulus home release has fixed Rook - https://www.empireonline.com/movies/news...e-release/
I'll take it over low quality scans with questionable grading, or an LD era release
yeah, he did some revisionist changes. I wish he didn't, but it's honestly not that big of a deal
so, he DID use A.I., but not in how you think. I approve this usage https://ew.com/david-fincher-discusses-u...ox-8763180
Then stick with the DTS Cinema CD-ROM track instead? Even the DTS LD releases has fatal flaws that the true theatrical experience is the DTS Cinema audio track. What a waste, but a least tried for emunateD (the same with Pulp Fiction)