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It’s as relevant as ever, I’d have thought. Skim through the terrorist attacks of the past few years and it’s done in the name of Islam...

I absolutely love this movie. One of Joe Dante's best movies.

Same here. Seems to me the HTF has been about accurate representations of films as intended when released. I honestly don't get why so...

I enjoyed this a lot. It’s not in the same league as the original, but then none of the sequels have come close in my opinion. It’s two...

As already explained before, the voice is AI generated because the guy is French (see here - but I also pics of his Dolby/Pathé/Hiventy...

Did you watch the technical analysis of the HDR and colour space? It is pretty clear that the UHD contains nothing that isn't already on...

Yes, to steal a phrase from Marshall McLuhan, the medium is the message. For me, the film stock is indivisible from the film. It’s all...

100%. The grain gave the movie a sense of verisimilitude that's gone now that it's all shiny 'n' peppy.

To your point, whether or not it was an intended effect, the grain can actually add to the visual experience, I.e., “Aliens”, it gave it...

Personally, my ideal for a film on disc is for it to look as close as possible to how the best quality film print at the time would’ve...

Thanks for the example. Surprised by it, as there was nothing to me setting the movie's remaster look aside (looks like a 4K...

I've watched both the 4K iTunes stream and the 4K disc. While the disc definitely looks better than the stream, I'm still not a fan of...

Okay. I watched it. It looks all smooth 'n' shiny and not like a movie from 1986. Degrained to the point of sterilization.