Mars looked blue when I watched the 4K weeks ago. As I think I mentioned earlier, I actually thought it was supposed to be Earth since the narration discusses Earth in that shot!
Paramount doesn't send us "early screeners".
They send final retail product, so what we watch is the same as what you watch - unless there's a major goof that they catch between the discs they send to us and the actual release date.
But we got final retail product.
The dialogue does discuss how the Martians had their eye on Earth, so it seems plausible that the story would've then showed our planet.
Yes, the continental structure isn't quite right for Earth, but c'mon - it's a sci-fi movie from 1953. No one expects perfection.
I admit that when I...
I flipped back and forth between the Criterion BD and the Paramount 4K of "War"... and thought they looked really, really similar.
Outside of the early shot of Mars, I didn't notice any differences in colors.;
The 4K looks darker - or the BD looks brighter, if you prefer - but in a massive...