2010 BD

Watched this for the first time today.. and found an error!

Chapter 22. Timecode 1:22:29 Roy Scheider says "yes"

The image glitches and breaks up. Tried this on a Panasonic  BD35 and Playstation 3, same problem. Both machine firmwares are up to date, disc is spotless.

Another poster on a UK AV forum has confirmed he has found the same error.  We both have The US BD disc.

Anyone else seen this or could verify if you have the same problem?

cheers in advance.

I didn't notice anything on my previous viewings of the disc. I will fire it up later today and have a closer look.

I have a novel idea that the studios may want to look into:  They have marketing teams, right? People that their only job is to conduct research to find out what customers want. I assume that these people are in the business of giving people what they want so how about actually asking people what they would like to see released on Special Edition DVD? I nominate 2010. A flawed film, yes, but one that deserves better treatment anyway. We don't need 3 commentaries or a 2-hr making-of documentary, just re-master the film and produce a brief featurette on the movie and it's place in the pantheon of cinema.

James-

I checked out my blu ray of that sequence to which you refer. All I see is a slight jump in the image at the moment he says, "yes". It sort of looks like either a jump cut and some frames are missing, or the video tape it was sourced from had a slight glitch. I say video tape because the "jump" sort of looks like the image is also slightly tearing like a video image would. Just slightly, you really have to look for it to see it. But I don't see any image break-up.

So I checked the DVD too. The same jump appears at the same point. The jump looks the same as the blu ray.

Then I pulled out the old laserdisc from Image that came out about 1989. Guess what! The same jump appears at the same point on the laserdisc!

This tells me the 2010 blu ray disc was made from the same source as the laserdisc and DVD! Perhaps the original film elements always had that jump. But this little experiment does not explain why you see the image break-up. 

What is interesting is, as I said in an earlier post, the Blu ray is a cleaned up image compared to the DVD. It's brighter and dust spots has been removed. So I don't know if the same source was used to master the blu ray release. That just tells me the jump is likely in the film. 

Anyone else?

I see what you see Nelson (minus the DVD and LD comparison).

Fantastic.  I Have never owned this movie before, and I jumped at the chance when it came out on blu.  From what you are describing.. It's exactly what I am seeing too.  SO it's not an image "break up" at all!   Thanks for all your hard work!  Nice One!

I wonder if it's the only print available then?

Anyway.. Love the film to bits, and it's great to have it on Blu.. Jump and all!

You're welcome! I like the movie too as you can probably tell!

I see the same thing on my disc. It looks a lot like a brief "rewind". I never noticed it before it was pointed out here.

No breakup of the image follows though.

Olga Kowaite  At WB customer services has passed this anomaly off to the Technical dept for some answers!   Fingers crossed.

 Look forward to hearing what they come back to you with!

It's 2010, the Year We Make Contact!  

I was curious if there was an actual date mentioned in the film 2010 that the film does take place in 2010. I guess the only mention is Dr. Floyd saying that 9 years ago, the Monolith showed up and everything went wacko! 

I was just curious if the film has a specific date for the flight back to Jupiter to find Discovery 1. I can check the novel of course. I may watch the BD again that day.

Just watch it tonight and get it out of or into your system....or both. When Jupiter is on your mind, ya just gotta' have a go. Now, you've made me wanna watch it. I almost pulled it off the shelf a few days ago. See ya at the monolith.

  Sure thing Rachael!

The rate of my orbit is decaying....."I like to watch".....2010 it is for me, that ought'a boost my Oh-Two level....

I, indeed, watched 2010 last night. Now, I need a new sequel....

I'll probably watch it a little later. 

It would be interesting if they got Gary Lockwood to come back for 3001: The Final Odyssey. I enjoyed the book a lot, but I thought the ending was a tad of a disappointment,