Reservoir Dogs 15th Anniversary Edition from Lionsgate on 10/24 (1 Viewer)

[Ron Reda]

Ugh, still debating whether or not to open the copy I bought today and ditch the previous release.

 

[Matthew Marino]

I know some of these aren't exact frames but I had a long day at work so they shall suffice. In all pictures the UPPER RIGHT IS FROM THE NEW TRANSFER:

 

[Lee-c]

Wow, that is a huge improvement! Black levels are definitely much better. Looks like color saturation and color accuracy is better, too.

 

[TravisR]

I grabbed the last copy at my local Target. Nice to see those screen shots.

 

[David Dias]

Thank you for the screenshots Matthew, it was very cool of you. I am now so glad I caved and bought this new edition!

 

[Brent M]

Great comparison shots, Matthew. Looks like this new DVD blows the old one away!

 

[Matthew Marino]

I watched the whole movie last night and snagged another comparison where I thought the improvement was substantial:

 

[Brent M]

WOW! I can finally get rid of my 10th Anniversary DVD now.

 

[Ryan L. Bisasky]

I've got a question about the framing of the slow mo wall shot. (the first capture). On the original dvd, the framing is like this
and on the 10th and 15th aniversery dvds, the framing is like this

was the original dvd miss framed?

 

[Stephen_J_H]

Looks to me like the original DVD was zoomed. Framing looks ten times better in the 10th and 15th anniversary editions.

 

[Luke Pacholski]

According to this post, yes.

 

[Magnus T]

Thanks, Ryan. One question, though. The black bar on the bottom seems to have equal contrast as the top one, i.e. true blacks. On my TV the 10th Anni. version is grey, it's not even remotely black. Are the greengrabs done without any enhancements?

Edit - Thanks, Matthew.

 

[Matthew Marino]

Magnus, I did no enhancing of any kind. The bottom bar in all the pictures is from the old release while the top is from the new release.

 

[Magnus T]

Sorry, Matthew. My bad. I popped Reservoir Dogs 10th... in my DVD player and you're right. The black bars are black. It's the movie it's self that is grey when it should be black.

 

[Ron Reda]

I broke down and opened my copy last night. Wow, am I glad I did! I thought it looked quite good. While some of the long shots in the warehouse lacked some detail, I thought the medium shots looked good and the close ups looked excellent! I'm not 100% certain, but it seems as though the audio was better as well. The tune that plays in the background when they're walking in front of the brick wall in the beginning sounded particularly good. The drums sounded very crisp, tactile and cavernous! I also noticed smaller details like the humming in the background of the warehouse scenes. I'm sure it was there before but this time it sounded more pronounced. Several times, I muted my proecssor to determine if there was something outside making the noise or if it was in the movie. All in all, I think this time, we've got a winner!

Oh, BTW, that Harry Knowles guy is complete jerk!!! I mean, was there a need to curse gratuitously in the extras? I mean, come on. What a slob.

 

[Brent M]

He pretty much represents all that sucks about Hollywood and the filmmaking process these days. He's a complete tool.

 

[Roy Batty]

There's not such a thing as cursing gratuitously, but yes, I concur, he is a complete jerk. Not for the cursing (I couldn't care less), but because he can not articulate a single sentence with any meaning. He could have just said "awesome, dude!" and be done with it.

 

[Shawn DuHast]

This review from IGN backs the above screenshots!
http://uk.dvd.ign.com/articles/741/741336p1.html

 

[David Dias]

From the review:

"...this edition does indeed look noticeably better than the previous version: from the very first scene, contrast is sharper, focus more clear, and colors resonate more deeply. Additionally, the audio options have also been improved, producing deeper and more resonant sound..."

Then at the end he writes:

"...one would be hard-pressed to find a really good reason given the new bonus materials to plunk down $15-20 bucks to buy this DVD."

Excuse me, but I guess picture and sound quality is completely secondary huh? He praises the video and audio and then basically says you should keep the crappy 10th anniversary edition. Apparently he's unaware of the missing dialogue from the 10th anniv. since he never mentioned it in his review.

 

[Ron Reda]

"Additionally, the audio options have also been improved, producing deeper and more resonant sound..."

Sweet, I made the same observation!