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Just to be clear, I was talking about the first Alien movie there. And the source material for that that I would point to is the '99 20th Anniversary DVD release. This is the one Scott himself says was mastered to be faithful in appearance to the original theatrical release.There is an order...

Xylon over on AVS posted screencap comparisons across several formats including the UOT dvds and the new Bds. The crush, or at least loss of shadow detail, can be seen in several scenes. Scenes that I thought looked particularly wonky (and this probably goes for the DVD release as well) include...

You can go here and click on the full screen comparisons and mouse over to see the changes from the Quad set to the Bd. Also there is a thread on this forum where one of the members was kind enough to post caps from a bunch of sources including the '99 DVD and laserdisc. Ridley Scott went on...

Hey Man, actually I haven't re-upped my B&N membership since it lapsed back in Feb. I was planning to get a new one in Nov for the Criterion sale (Hopefully at least one of the brick and mortars in my area will still be carrying DVDs by then as many will be removing their media sections in the...

I have to confess that I spent some time tonight recalibrating my display and after doing so, I would now rate these a little higher than I initially did. Just prior to getting the set I switched out projectors going back to my previous one- a Sony VW50. It's 5 years old now, and with 1700 hrs...

I didn't buy the complete set, just the OT set so I can't comment on the prequels. But I agree with your assessment of SW and ESB. 3 out of 5 is about where I would rate the PQ on these discs as well. The black crush baked in to these inhibit any truly natural look and the end result comes...