The Specialist/Tango & Cash Blu-ray Double Feature Available for Preorder (1 Viewer)

I have Tango & Cash on single bluray with is that DNR I see on lt? It looks too smooth, its okay just needs a better job done of it. Also have it laserdisc that looks gritty, that's how I like it.The Specialist, I'll keep the region 2 DVD, or maybe buy the bluray for add on to sit on the shelf and gather dust. I hardly play The Specialist, but when I do. I play it for days.

andySu said:

I have Tango & Cash on single bluray with is that DNR I see on lt? It looks too smooth, its okay just needs a better job done of it. Also have it laserdisc that looks gritty, that's how I like it.The Specialist, I'll keep the region 2 DVD, or maybe buy the bluray for add on to sit on the shelf and gather dust. I hardly play The Specialist, but when I do. I play it for days.

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Tango & Cash uses an older master but there is film grain present, it's not that bad, no additional manipulation, it just is what it is and your laserdisc will have noise and not film grain and trust me when i say the blu ray is better than a laserdisc edition, most if not all laserdics editions came from SD masters which had their own issues to begin with.

FoxyMulder said:

Tango & Cash uses an older master but there is film grain present, it's not that bad, no additional manipulation, it just is what it is and your laserdisc will have noise and not film grain and trust me when i say the blu ray is better than a laserdisc edition, most if not all laserdics editions came from SD masters which had their own issues to begin with.

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I ran this a few times back 1990 and few others in the projection team.

andySu said:

I ran this a few times back 1990 and few others in the projection team.

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Oh for sure it's far from perfect but what i mean is it uses an older master that has not been overly sharpened or manipulated by digital tools, if it was a Universal release it would have edge enhancement halo's, it would have excessive noise reduction and it would look awful, it looks okay for what it is, which as i say comes from an older master.

A lot of these older catalog titles from Warner from the eighties and nineties look okay, not stunning or anything but okay, i will take that over digital manipulation and trying to make them look like something they are not.

I like Teri Hatchers dance introduction, she was super sexy in this film.

It look fair with the colours with white sparks on the power cables when the make a prison break. Or backing up to chapter 2, where the hired gun who doesn't speak much English. The dangling lights that get crashed into by the cars with white flashes of sparks look fair. I could find another film that is way, way worse looking.

I like playing the opening. "Okay lets do it".

I like the smoothness of the helicopter panning from surrounds that starts at 0:01:08 and at 0:1:10 pans onto centre and gets a bit higher as it moves into the scope frame.

They copied Jackie Chan's Police Story for that opening scene where Stallone stands in the road and pulls his gun forcing the truck to stop and...........okay i'll stop there, no spoilers from me other than to say it's worth watching for the Russell/Stallone pairing with some funny dialogue between the two of them and Teri Hatcher's dance at the club.

FoxyMulder said:

They copied Jackie Chan's Police Story for that opening scene where Stallone stands in the road and pulls his gun forcing the truck to stop and...........okay i'll stop there, no spoilers from me other than to say it's worth watching for the Russell/Stallone pairing with some funny dialogue between the two of them and Teri Hatcher's dance at the clu

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Good god no the Hollywood clichés. I have a few, Jackie Chan on laserdisc.

andySu said:

Good god no the Hollywood clichés. I have a few, Jackie Chan on laserdisc.

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Jackie Chan is great, i remember watching the end of a lot of his Hong Kong shot films and he would always get injured doing his own stunts. No one is talking about The Specialist, to be honest i thought it a little boring, the year that one came out was 1994 and Speed was da bomb while Blown Away was second place for me and The Specialist came in a distant third, what i don't like about it is that it should have been a gritty revenge thriller but ended up looking far too soapy and clean.

FoxyMulder said:

Jackie Chan is great, i remember watching the end of a lot of his Hong Kong shot films and he would always get injured doing his own stunts. No one is talking about The Specialist, to be honest i thought it a little boring, the year that one came out was 1994 and Speed was da bomb while Blown Away was second place for me and The Specialist came in a distant third, what i don't like about it is that it should have been a gritty revenge thriller but ended up looking far too soapy and clean.

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The Specialist I can easily get into that wow cool Dolby film mix.

I remember THE SPECIALIST mainly because it was shot in my home country (Puerto Rico). Nothing else about the film really stands out IMO. I love Tango & Cash, though. Jack Palance was his usual over-the-top self and the film is littered with other great character actors and terrific action set pieces. Pure popcorn fun. Don't think I'll be needing another edition as my standalone BDs are just fine. Warner should revisit some of these 90's action movies with some extras.

Tango & Cash laserdisc Warner Bros opening a bit of dirt on the print. This wasn't visible on the bluray that suggests ether clean up or diffrent print or other?




Tango & Cash title laserdisc never mind the rough edges its on digital purse freeze.



Tango & Cash laserdisc First image of the film the sky colour is not as deeper as the bluray that suggests possible boosting or other.



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Tango & Cash First image Bluray, the sky colour (bear in mind my camera had a bit of havoc with slightly higher level)

But look at the dusty sand to the sides it looks a bit pale by a shade. The colour of both is within a hairline no major differences.

Dolby matrix PCM laserdisc vs the bluray PCM are about the same.

Discrete Dolby TrueHD 5.1 is great.

andySu said:

Tango & Cash laserdisc Warner Bros opening a bit of dirt on the print. This wasn't visible on the bluray that suggests ether clean up or diffrent print or other?

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The laserdisc is created from an SD master, the blu ray is created from an HD master, you can't compare properly because of this, image quality will be more faithful on the blu ray. No contrast boosting on the blu ray, they also don't use prints for blu ray, laserdisc is usually great for sound but always inferior for image quality when compared to a blu ray.

FoxyMulder said:

The laserdisc is created from an SD master, the blu ray is created from an HD master, you can't compare properly because of this, image quality will be more faithful on the blu ray. No contrast boosting on the blu ray, they also don't use prints for blu ray, laserdisc is usually great for sound but always inferior for image quality when compared to a blu ray.

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Do you own the laserdisc pressing?Well actual I can compare as I have both discs playing right now.

There is a bit of sly, framing bewtween the two.