RESTORATION DETAILS:
The aim was to create an image just as crisp as audiences had enjoyed in 1992. The first step was to scan the 35MM image negative of the film in 4K DPX LOG 16 bits on Scanity – but the restoration team at Hiventy Laboratory in Joinville-le-Pont noticed a problem with the...
I did watch the UK UHD BD several months back. It's not perfect (weird color grading and some hit and miss DNR), but it's waaaaay better than the original U.S. and UK BDs. My guess is the remastered BD would be too.
I've always believed this would eventually be coming to the U.S. this year via UHD BD. It's too famed of a title not to be. Just a matter of time for an announcement IMO.
Agreed. I bought the UK version which uses the same master, but less/no DNR. However, it's still nothing special to be sure and something is off with the audio.
I think this movie, properly remastered (to perhaps use the more correct words), can/should look beautiful given the cinematography...
There was a discussion about Total Recall's encoding issues in RAH's thread. However, this is one of those issues that is greatly mitigated with Dolby Vision (which I don't have). In addition, it's one of those issues that some are more sensitive to than others...like everything I suppose...
That's good to know, but their encoding on the Rambos, Red Heat, and Total Recall was problematic. Mind you, the underlying transfers on these were excellent, but the encoding...ugh.