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2) Almost assuredly. I bought it in Sept 2021 from Amazon in the US and got the right version.

That's the point. The studios aren't interested in physical media because it doesn't make them the bucks they seek. Hopefully they continue to license stuff to boutique labels and those labels continue to be economically viable. The Disney deal is an interesting one to watch. It says, at...

The article does not seem to say discs will no longer exist. But it makes the reasonable point that it is hard to argue that disks are a major line item on any studio's balance sheet any longer. It was once how many (most?) films eventually turned a profit. That role is now played, if at...

When you say Dolby Vision\HDR10 is that is differentiate from the Dolby Vision without the HDR10 base layer (the base layer HDR10 being required on disk but not on streaming)?

That was my impression at the time. I have a vague recollection that Cameron himself agrees with you on this one.

cf. The Abyss where the Extended Cut restores critical plot points, like the wedding band.

So the UHD has one track that matches the 1984 LD, which is likely the original mono? And when people say the original soundtrack was lost what they probably mean is that the original soundtrack ELEMENTS were lost, so when the surround sound re-mix was done, they had to do a new foley track...

LOL. And the trailer that auto plays in the background on Amazon is a major spoiler for those that haven't seen this movie, imo.

I don't know the answer, but I am hoping to learn more. It clearly isn't as simple as I thought (ie, I thought the mono track on the new release was a simple transcription of the original but if the original is lost, that would't be possible).

Fantastic. Will do. Thanks.

Good to know. Thanks. That’s the “only” way to watch the Abyss (special edition) imo.

Did they include both the theatrical and special edition? Both in HDR?

HBO (theatrical cut) inside the US, again with the old master.

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I hope this is an interesting resource but I cant even keep up with Mubi and Criterion so I will wait to see what this is like.

And we may have different prejudices or preferences. I lean toward the film preservation camp, warts and all, ideally seeing it like it could have looked in the camera/or first screening when it was created. I am sure that creates a sensitivity or set of goals that other people may not share...

I take it this is still an issue (SE is still only showing up in SDR/1080p)? May convince me to wait to pick it up until the disk is released, I guess (since I assume the SE will be in HDR/4k on the disk). A bumpy rollout but I am sincerely glad these are coming out, even if a little strangely.

I agree. The size of my calibrated OLED (which was calibrated by the same guy that calibrates the Value Electronics Shootout each year, one of the biggest such events in the industry) tends to obscure that detail unless I get up close on it. EDIT: I understand Cameron must have got what he...

Thank you for respecting my experience on an ISF calibrated projection system.

Watched the opening c.15 minutes of the prior HD release and this new UHD edition and have to agree that in some shots actors look like they are animated (cgi) rather than real people in the new remaster, especially Reiser, versus how they look in the prior edition.

This is disappointing. Has this been documented anywhere?

I have a recollection of seeing this during a re-release in the 1980s in a theater and marveling at the production design. Years later I read about how all the neon was repurposed for Blade Runner, whose team apparently bought it for pennies on the dollar. I am pleasantly surprised this is...

It's a great set to start with. FYI they play fine on my 420.

Yeah this is a fun one, for sure. Perfect? Maybe not. But these movies are always a little shaggy around the edges. They remind me of the best Jackie Chan, or Buster Keaton: a tenuous plot merely in pace to connect outstanding action sequences. Compare the train action here versus this...

I didn't notice any.

Fantastic. I was dubious they first announced a second season, thinking they couldn't maintain the level of fun from the first season. But now I feel like lightning has struck three times, so I'll sign up for a fourth as long as they keep letting Martin Short devour the scenery.

One of the benefits of having management asleep at the wheel, I guess?

Coming. Finally. https://thedigitalbits.com/columns/my-two-cents/081723-0700

It was a missed opportunity, for sure.

Dan Trachtenberg interviewed on the Filmcast said Prey was shot for theaters. Could covid have changed that plan? Maybe but theaters were open when it was premiered on Hulu. Presumably someone ran the numbers and it was a better gamble to take the streamers money. A shame because it has...