UHD Review Blu-ray Review A Few Words About A few words about...™ War of the Worlds -- in 4k UHD Blu-ray & When Worlds Collide -- in Blu-ray (1 Viewer)

[Bartman]

If Paramount did a new scan then that HD stream will be upgraded to it.

I checked, I streamed WWC from Vudu. Is it Vudu's policy to automatically upgrade?

 

[marshman1138]

You’re seeing it through a bit of haze. It’s 78 million miles away. You should see what Earth looks like on your OLED from that distance.

Orange is closer to the true colour of the "red" planet.

 

[Robert Harris]

Orange is closer to the true colour of the "red" planet.

Agreed. I wanted to get some confirmation as to the color on original 1953 prints, and am happy with what Criterion has given us. Not only per colo, but overall resolution. It’s a superior disc to the new 4k.

 

[Josh Steinberg]

I’ve had the 4K since the digital release in 2018 (same master as the new 4K disc) and I concur, the Criterion is more pleasing all around.

 

[Mark McSherry]

Glenn just put up his review. And he must check out HTF since he mentions Mr Harris' take.

 

[Richard Kaufman]

All the cool cats read Mr. Harris!

 

[Lord Dalek]

And yet...

 

[Tino]

I checked, I streamed WWC from Vudu. Is it Vudu's policy to automatically upgrade?

No

 

[davy2]

Nor is it 3D.

Thanks Robert, for this very helpful review. I am so thankful I have the Criterion version. I'd prefer to go with the intended look for one of my favorite sci-fi movies, than a screwed up 4k conversion any day.

 

[RolandL]

When Worlds Collide is on TCMHD right now. Looks like the Imprint Blu-ray except I'm seeing more details and deeper color than the dvdbeaver screen shots.

 

[Matt Hough]

When Worlds Collide is on TCMHD right now. Looks like the Imprint Blu-ray except I'm seeing more details and deeper color than the dvdbeaver screen shots.

Yes, I set my DVR to record it. I haven't seen it in decades.

 

[Josh Steinberg]

Yes, I set my DVR to record it. I haven't seen it in decades.

It’s still a lot of fun - some of the social attitudes and sciences are dated but I think it’s still a fun example of that early 50s sci-if/space movie genre. Look forward to hearing your thoughts on it.

 

[Robert Crawford]

I checked, I streamed WWC from Vudu. Is it Vudu's policy to automatically upgrade?

No

Vudu doesn't automatically upgrade digitals to 4K. However, they do upgrade HD digitals quite often. Just last week, I had about ten titles that were in SD that upgraded to HD.

 

[Bartman]

When Worlds Collide is on TCMHD right now. Looks like the Imprint Blu-ray except I'm seeing more details and deeper color than the dvdbeaver screen shots.

Good to hear some comments on WWC streaming. Now all we need is for someone to compare the stream and the Paramount Blu-ray!

 

[Nelson Au]

I had never considered the possibility that a technician whose never seen this movie before would think that the planet seen at the beginning of the movie would think it’s Earth. So he/she made it blue! That seems like a possible explanation.

Of course all that tech would need to do is review the earlier versions on home video. But I guess their Ib Print was what they went by. Here it is on DVD:


Josh’s comment in the other War of the Worlds 4K thread made me think of this line from another film:

Bowman: Well HAL, I’m damned if I can find anything wrong with it.

Hal: Yes…. it’s puzzling. I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything quite like this before.

I‘m imagining there might be a movement to have Miss Kalas removed from her post for this and other recent releases. I’m quite disappointed that she is doubling down that there is nothing wrong with To Catch a Thief.

From how I’m reading Mr. Harris’s review and another review from Colin is that The War of the Worlds on this 4K release is not benefiting from being on 4K.

For me, going 4K is not only about getting more detail that’s rendered more sharply or clearly on the fabric of Gene Barry‘s jacket or Ann Robinson‘s hair. Though the jump from DVD to blu ray did increase detail sharpness, but it seems it’s more about color depth, better image density and mid tones if I’m understanding the jargon. If there is no real improvement from The Criterion blu ray to the new Paramount 4K, I’m happy with the Criterion. It’s looks great. What I’m really looking forward to is When Worlds Collide. (And we’ll see a real collision on Monday in space. )

 

[Noel Aguirre]

When Worlds Collide is on TCMHD right now. Looks like the Imprint Blu-ray except I'm seeing more details and deeper color than the dvdbeaver screen shots.

Good to hear some comments on WWC streaming. Now all we need is for someone to compare the stream and the Paramount Blu-ray!

Looked excellent to me. I didn’t see any scratches per the review of the Imprint release.

 

[Capt D McMars]

I don't know if the Digital bits review was placed into the conversation, so here you go, for reference and thier 2 cents.

Uh-oh: Paramount’s WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE Blu-ray has an image quality issue too

Well, go figure. I’d planned on working on disc reviews today, but it turns out that Paramount’s War of the Worlds (1953) 4K color grading issue isn’t the only problem with that release. First though, the rest of The Bits team has turned in a couple reviews of their own... Stephen has taken a l...

thedigitalbits.com

 

[Nelson Au]

Thanks for that link Todd. Maybe Paramount have color blind people in the restoration department?

 

[B-ROLL]

All the cool cats read Mr. Harris!

Indeed ... 'though this one put him on paws !

 

[Lord Dalek]

The Imprint and Paramount aren't taken from the same source FWIW. You can see some obvious misalignment on a few of the Imprint caps on Beaver that isn't present in the Paramount and vice versa.