A Few Words About A few words about...™ The Great Escape (Criterion) - in Blu-ray (1 Viewer)

[Marco S]

My heart sinks every time I hear another Stereo Track has been lost.

 

[Stephen_J_H]

My heart sinks every time I hear another Stereo Track has been lost.

I'm just glad they were able to go back to original dialogue and stereo M+E and put something together. Better than some of the faux stereo soundtracks we've had in the past.

 

[JoshZ]

This was apparently handled similarly to Arrow's Robocop Blu-ray. Same base 4K transfer as the MGM release, but the cleanup and color grading re-done from scratch.

I don't believe Arrow did any new cleanup or color grading on RoboCop. Their disc looks almost identical to the prior MGM copy with just a slight bump in overall brightness.

 

[Keith Cobby]

I watched the (ok) blu ray last week. Given that i probably won't watch it again soon i don't need another upgrade. Obviously a different matter if it was a 4k disc.

 

[Robert Crawford]

I watched the (ok) blu ray last week. Given that i probably won't watch it again soon i don't need another upgrade. Obviously a different matter if it was a 4k disc.

Yeah, I kind of wish it was a 4K disc, but I'm watching the Criterion Blu-ray right now and it looks great. If I get time in the near future, I'll try to do some comparisons between it and the 2013 Blu-ray.

 

[cda1143]

Yeah, I kind of wish it was a 4K disc, but I'm watching the Criterion Blu-ray right now and it looks great. If I get time in the near future, I'll try to do some comparisons between it and the 2013 Blu-ray.

Your views would be appreciated.

 

[ghostwind]

Your views would be appreciated.

You can look here for a comparison:

The Great Escape • US Blu-ray vs. US Blu-ray

caps-a-holic.com

 

[commander richardson]

You can look here for a comparison:

The Great Escape • US Blu-ray vs. US Blu-ray

caps-a-holic.com

I have looked and to be honest not much difference between the two....

 

[ghostwind]

I have looked and to be honest not much difference between the two....

Interesting - to me the differences are quite huge.

 

[willyTass]

“ to be honest not much difference between the two”...


Which is to be expected given Both came from the same multiple optical laden elements and both had 4k scans

 

[ghostwind]

“ to be honest not much difference between the two”...


Which is to be expected given Both came from the same multiple optical laden elements and both had 4k scans

Yet it's not the case. This one is a whole lot better, but if one can't see the differences, then stay with the old....

 

[cda1143]

You can look here for a comparison:

The Great Escape • US Blu-ray vs. US Blu-ray

caps-a-holic.com

Thanks for the link. I agree with you. Differences very apparent. I'm still very curious as to Robert Crawford's thoughts from viewing them in motion. (I don't believe RAH has compared the two.)

 

[Alan Tully]

Yup, I think the differences are very apparent. It was that cool colour that really bothered me (& just who decided on that?), the new colour scheme is correct as far as I'm concerned.

 

[trajan007]

I find the increased grain very distracting. Especially in outdoor scenes. Makes the image look unstable. Just my opinion.

 

[Winston T. Boogie]

This should be arriving today so I may watch it tonight. Looking forward to it.

 

[Robert Crawford]

I find the increased grain very distracting. Especially in outdoor scenes. Makes the image look unstable. Just my opinion.

That's how it looked in 1963!

 

[Paul Rossen]

My limited recollections from seeing The Great Escape in 1963 in a theater was- it didn't particularly any good.

 

[ghostwind]

I personally think it's a great looking disc/transfer. It's funny as most people (correctly) complain about discs/transfers with a lot of DNR and lack of grain, wanting a faithful representation, but then when they get a proper transfer, on some releases, such as this one, they don't like the grain.

 

[trajan007]

Its funny how our views of things can change. I guess I'm not a big fan of grain anymore.

 

[Alan Tully]

I find the increased grain very distracting. Especially in outdoor scenes. Makes the image look unstable. Just my opinion.

I wasn't aware of any increased grain, I just had another look & there is maybe a tiny bit, the picture is lighter, so you might notice it more, but that's a little bit of the picture blow up. I don't think that I'll notice any grain in normal viewing mode (unless I get up close to the screen & look for it). As I posted earlier on, the colour looks spot on to me. We've had a too cold Blu-ray & before that a too contrasty DVD & before that a flat non-anamorphic DVD. I just wish Criterion had released this in the UK, but I have a multi-region player now.

...& I'm not a fan of grain at all.