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The Arrow Blu-ray was already a noticeable upgrade over the 2012 MGM version, so there's definitely room to grow from there without even making the leap to 4K. And a good HDR grade in 4K could really make Killer Klowns sing. My copy is on the way, and I can't wait.

I brought that issue up when I wrote about Rio Bravo, and the way that Kirgo responded shows that it's still an open wound for her. And she's a big Hawks admirer, too, but Wayne's treatment of Carl Foreman and High Noon really rankles her to this day.

Hold that thought. Yes, the Blu-ray is based on the new 4K master, but there may be some issues with it compared to the UHD. He's working hard on the full review, so it should be up soon.

There's no review up yet. Those were just his preliminary thoughts that he posted on social media.

It's pretty safe to assume that SDR on UHD is always going to be Rec. 709, but there are exceptions. All the Toho Godzilla UHDs are BT.2020. Depending on your display settings, you may have to manually switch to BT.2020 in order to prevent everything from looking desaturated. But with the...

It's true that metadata doesn't necessarily prove anything, especially since it's sometimes just plain wrong, but clipping in the highlights doesn't necessarily prove anything either. Plenty of UHDs (especially early ones) have clipping because they were mastered poorly. It's been a learning...

Also, it's not a government standard, so the word "legal" doesn't really apply.

Absolutely not. It's just one of the capabilities of the format. You have 4K with HDR, 4K with SDR Rec. 709, and even a few 4K with SDR BT.2020.

I watched it this weekend, and I have no major complaints. I didn't notice any of the macroblocking that reviewer complained about, at least on my display, but I'll go back and check it out. My only question mark is the lack of an HDR grade. Normally, I'd say that this isn't the kind of film...

Hey, I thought that we agreed not to talk about George Lucas anymore in these threads!

Can't wait until mine ships! I know that you have reservations about HDR, but if any films could benefit from the improved contrast of HDR, it's this one and Proyas' Dark City.

No. They're. Not. That's the biggest misrepresentation that keeps coming up over and over again, and it's starting to get really irritating. Those who are on the side that these new reimaginings look good are nearly universally agreed that they wish that they'd been mastered differently. Pretty...

Like I said, ASC tends to gloss over the DI stage, especially when things were shot on film. I did just scroll through the credits on it, and there was definitely some digital compositing done, which would have been rendered at 2K along with the rest of the DI. Small VFX crew, though; less than...

I do have a subscription. I'll take a look when I get a chance. They tend to focus the most on the cameras, lenses, and/or stocks, but don't always drill too deeply into the DI process. We'll see.

It's important to remember that ShotOnWhat is user-generated content, no different than iMDB. Could be accurate, and I have used information from them in the past, but there's a lot of stuff on that site that I haven't been able to verify through any other source (save perhaps for iMDB, but...

Mine arrived today. Hoping to assay this weekend, but ye gods, do I have piles to get through. First world problems.

I'm guessing that the filmmaker in this case either didn't notice or didn't care. Maybe he didn't give this one the same undivided attention that he did to the others. Minor quibbles aside, I thought that True Lies looked fine in this new reimagination, even if it's not what I would have...

I think that we're reading a little too much into that statement. Making it "available to exhibition in North America" doesn't necessarily imply a re-release of any kind, limited or otherwise. All that statement is saying is that the 70mm print(s) will be available for any repertory house that...

At least this time he identifies some of his sources, instead of just quoting from them verbatim without attribution. The A.I. voice is still terrible, however, and really distracting when watching it. Although the pronunciation of the word "nugget" at the beginning is unintentionally hilarious...

Forgot this was coming. Ordering now.

That's what we were told. There's probably not a consistent story here, depending on who you talk to.

I understand that, and I agreed with that. But while most inventory issues these days do come down to replication issues of one sort or another, Disney has acknowledged off-the-record that they didn't anticipate the demand.

"Massive" is relative. By the current standards for physical media, these are bestsellers. They're not massive sellers compared to the salad days when physical media sales were much higher than they are now, but they're still a hit. Disney didn't anticipate getting as many preorders as they did...

Replication is an issue across the board, but it's not just that in this case. They also didn't forecast accurately. No, they're anything but the biggest sellers, but they're still selling significantly more than what's typical these days.

Disney had no clue about how these were to going to sell. They didn't replicate enough to meet the initial demand. There's more coming.

I'm monitoring one of our social media posts about the fact that the UHD for Dune Part 2 won't feature the IMAX aspect ratio, and amid the endless breast-beating over that fact, there are many other people saying things like "no 3D, no sale" -- when there wasn't even a 3D version of the film to...

The worst part is that I'm actually understating the issue. It isn't just that the studios don't care about physical media; they don't even care about their own catalogues at all. Leadership doesn't have a clue what titles that they already own. And since they've been actively pushing out the...

The only thing that's alarming is the fact that some people are unwilling to accept the fact that other people may have a different opinion than they do. And this kind of statement is coming from one "side" of the issue only. The irony with that more than one person who's unhappy with these...

I don't know that I'd recommend it as a blind buy unless you're already an established John Ford fan. Some of his classics like Three Godfathers and She Wore a Yellow Ribbon will be more appealing once you've spent some time with him, and might be a little off-putting if you haven't. It can take...

This 1913 novel: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/51942/51942-h/51942-h.htm