Looking for "The Terminator" (1984) theatrical color grading [FOUND]

[Evit]

Is the Amazon the H265? Different streams and encode make for different shift in colors.

The Amazon is sightly yellower.

I add only one comparison shot between Amazon H264 and H265, on the phone book scene.
https://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/1590

I would be hard pressed to see shifts in colors but I let others judge with better eyes than mine.

[Stamper]

I just saw the opening text is in french in this master, as well as the onscreen sets (Los Angeles, 1984 1:52 am)

This could explain the slight differences as it is a doctored master.

The grain retention is better I think than the blu-ray, but one would need to re-encode it and restore the real titles. Maybe using the h265 overlaid with the Blu-ray might produce results?

I don't see the difference in your grabs, but clearly see them on my provider box while I watch the film. Maybe the provider box inner settings as some color management that has some influence on reading the files.

[Evit]

About the grain, I don't know, I'm thinking digital noise from the compression is adding new artefacts on top of the real grain that we see in the Blu-Ray. This shot actually loses details in the darker parts on the left and there are less details on Sarah Connor's hair
https://screenshotcomparison.com/compari.../picture:5
Mixing Blu-Ray with this version would actually mean loosing details, and with the unnnoticeable color differences... I wouldn't loose my sleep over this Prime Video version, but it was definitely worth grabbing for the localized French titles alone!

[dvdmike]

Neither has real grain, but the BD in that shot resolves it better

[deleted user]

I'm with Evit, I think the Blu Ray looks better and whatever seems grainier in the WEB-DL probably is due to compression artifacts.

[Stamper]

You're probably right. It doesn't sync with the BD either. Aw well, it was worth a try

[deleted user]

That's life.

Sync could probably be fixed with TMPGEnd Smart Renderer, but if there are too many differences it might not be worth the work.

[Stamper]

I'm wondering where the got the textless shots.

[deleted user]

At least when it comes to trailers, these are provided by the distributor, including split audio (you can deactivate voices for example), but it might be completely different for movies.

[Stamper]

The weird thing is they use a random font and didn't bother to find the font from the film (which is very easy to find online).