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  1. Nelson Au

    Press Release PHE Press Release: War of the Worlds (1953) (4k UHD) / When Worlds Collide (1951) (Blu-ray) Limited Edition

    I recall when the 4K stream first came out, one member on this forum was particularly annoyed at the banding in this release. Particularly in one scene where the army and tanks are out in a field and the dark sky was quite bandy.
  2. Nelson Au

    Press Release PHE Press Release: War of the Worlds (1953) (4k UHD) / When Worlds Collide (1951) (Blu-ray) Limited Edition

    I recall after an error was discovered in the Star Trek 2 blu ray, where a scene was erroneously placed, after a short period, Paramount relented and issued a corrected disc. It’s not over yet where Mars is concerned. It does appear to be hubris at this point, but I’m hoping there might be a...
  3. Nelson Au

    Press Release PHE Press Release: War of the Worlds (1953) (4k UHD) / When Worlds Collide (1951) (Blu-ray) Limited Edition

    To quote Bulldog from Frasier, This sticks! The QC people must not be qualified or are given incorrect information. Miss Kalas is doubling down again with the IB Technicolor print as reference. If only we can know this is what the film looked like in 1953. Perhaps Mars really was this blue and...
  4. Nelson Au

    Press Release PHE Press Release: War of the Worlds (1953) (4k UHD) / When Worlds Collide (1951) (Blu-ray) Limited Edition

    I did a quick search this morning because I remember that Ron Smith was the esteemed film archivist and VP of Preservation and Restoration at Paramount was involved in the work on The Ten Commandments. That I recall was highly regarded work. So when he left, I thought that was a big blow for...
  5. Nelson Au

    Press Release PHE Press Release: War of the Worlds (1953) (4k UHD) / When Worlds Collide (1951) (Blu-ray) Limited Edition

    I re-viewed parts of the featurette on the Criterion WotW blu ray where Ms. Kalas is interviewed and discusses the restoration of the film, she spoke about trying to restore the film to have the same look the film would have had in the 1950’s. To do that, they referred to a IB Tech print for...
  6. Nelson Au

    Press Release PHE Press Release: War of the Worlds (1953) (4k UHD) / When Worlds Collide (1951) (Blu-ray) Limited Edition

    I thought Paramount did the restoration of War of the Worlds and the source was provided to Criterion for their blu ray. So Paramount had corrected any errors. This is the impression I had from watching the Criterion extras Interview with Andrea Kalas of Paramount.
  7. Nelson Au

    Press Release PHE Press Release: War of the Worlds (1953) (4k UHD) / When Worlds Collide (1951) (Blu-ray) Limited Edition

    Hey Gary, I’m in complete agreement! The Imprint release of When Worlds Collide does look very nice! The only odd ball thing I saw every now and then was what looked like spherical aberration for a lack of a better descriptor, in the United Nations sequence and perhaps in other shots. It wasn’t...
  8. Nelson Au

    Press Release PHE Press Release: War of the Worlds (1953) (4k UHD) / When Worlds Collide (1951) (Blu-ray) Limited Edition

    I just heard about this release yesterday on The Digital Bits. This what I’ve been waiting for, a blu ray of When Worlds Collide! Yes, I have the Criterion War of the Worlds blu ray and the Imprint blu ray of When Worlds Collide. This is one of my favorite double features! It will be...
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