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What was the rationale? That sounds annoying.

I do think there are some curiously color timed scenes in Batman 1989, but there are a lot of good ones too. I think most of the movie's color looks rather good. There are strange looking colored scenes on the original BD. I also think the UHD BD is still a big improvement over the the BD in...

Yeah, I find the cast and characters superior in Part I. It's hard not to miss Brando and Caan. But the sequence of events, turning points, transformation of Michael, young Vito, etc. with both stories being told have the edge in II for me. However, it's like arguing between a 10 vs 9.999...

I've gone back and forth since the DVDs were released in 2001 (my first viewing of the films) of whether I like the first movie or Part II better. I know several people who do the same. It almost depends on what day you ask me. Today? I would give part II a tiny edge. Ask me tomorrow which...

Watched The Godfather II last night on the original Blu-ray. It indeed felt like being home again. The color. Wonderful. Just adds so much to the tone of the movie I am used to. Honestly, I thought the compression was pretty darn adequate for a 2008 BD. I don't doubt there could be...

I watched all three UHD BDs this past week. JVC 4K projector. With the original BD color timing so ingrained in my head having watched those every 1-2 years since the initial release, it felt weird watching the UHD BDs with the different color timing. If affected me more on the first film for...

If they would have just created a new 4K SDR rec 709 master from the 2007 raw scan (along with the newly found footage) with improved H.265 compression that would have been perfect. All so simple too, but...

It's perhaps unfair on my part, but it looks to me as if they are working out of a house. Do they have all of the reference tools and equipment to do this work versus being in a studio? I realize the impact Covid played, but just sayin'. I could hypothetically see where things could go astray...

It's a little curious why Paramount didn't include the remastered BDs in either set (especially the more expensive Collector's Edition). Even for Star Trek, they included them. Of course, for Indiana Jones, they never made remastered BDs. Not sure how calls are made on these.

Yes. The 2008 Blu-ray Coppola Restoration (from 2007) regular US Blu-ray boxset looks like this:

I hope this is brought to the studio project leads(s) awareness by someone.

I watched all three movies on UHD BD, projected, and then popped in the '08 BDs chapter skipping around. They do hold up very well. This situation could have been a lot worse if the BDs never existed. Timing (and color timing!) is everything.

It seems like a very deliberate effort. "Get rid of some of that ugly grain, show more highlights, and get rid of those weird bold colors...make it look more like reality for crying out loud!" I still recall back in 2008 on some of the forums, people complaining about the colors. I still...

I get it, but that shot just looked weird to me. Given SDR cannot capture the entire range of 35mm, I wondered. But case closed there.

RAH, Sometimes it looks like the '08 BDs have some borderline highlight clipping. For example, in his shot, the upper part of the lamp base to the lamp shade almost looks like a limitation of SDR. Or was it truly intended? In HDR, this becomes resolved. I'm trying to understand if this was...

Interesting. I'll be honest: I have no idea what an original film print in good quality might look like from Apoc Now or 'Drac. I didn't get the feel of a modern look of the UHD BDs (which I found stunning) but these kind of things seem to change format to format. By comparison: the original...

Given how much smaller the physical market gets every year, I would be shocked if it were not the last.

Crappy boxes and Paramount often go hand in hand.

I spent closer to $60 from Deep Discount and sold off the codes for $15. So $45 cost for the discs. If I don't like these, hopefully I can sell off the set for something of that price. Not the worst. I will be watching Part I tonight, projected. Keeping my expectations in check, but trying...

Agreed. Even the Indiana Jones UHD BDs, which look excellent, have a little grain muckery going on noticeable in some sky shots.

And my UHD BD set it scheduled to arrive on Monday. Set-up is: Panasonic 820, JVC front projector, and 117.4" scope screen.

Yep, I meant the 1080p BD format.

I get that. But another possible perspective playing devil's advocate or doing a thought experiment: If the 'Willis intent' worked in 2007 for BD/1080p, it still could have worked for 4K audiences in 2022 (and beyond) who generally have higher standards, much bigger screens, more accurate...

I'm mixed on this. I preordered the UHD BD, but I think I might prefer to watch these with Mr. Willis' intent even with a bit less detail. Such intent easier captured in rec 709 without the tone mapping variations of HDR.