"Dark City: Director's Cut" coming to Blu-ray on July 29 (1 Viewer)

[Dave Mack]

noticed some scenes like this too. Kinda sloppy and makes you yearn for a totally DNR free film.

Especially the scene when Kiefer talks to Jennifer for the first time. Horribly matched.

 

[Henry Gale]

Wanting to be sure BD wasn't just a fad /img/vbsmilies/htf/smiley_wink.gif"> I am now catching up. I won't be reading these 384 posts, so forgive me if someone has mentioned this:

 

[Brandon Conway]

General consensus was that New Line over DNR-ed the picture quality. Otherwise the release is fine. But if you're sensitive to overdone DNR you'll probably be disappointed. (Before they were swallowed up by Warner, New Line had DNR issues. Pan's Labyrinth is another example).

 

[ManW_TheUncool]

Yeah, there's some DNR/EE issue w/ it -- though not quite as bad as some others (as even RAH was ok w/ it) -- *PLUS* some of the newly added footages for the director's cut, particularly some headshots of Jennifer Connelly, are jarringly soft (probably due in part to seeing them sequenced into the otherwise supersharp DNR/EE look of the rest of the film).

But for the going price right now (on Amazon), it's hard to complain too much about those issues, if you don't already own it.

It's a fave of mine, so I bit the bullet and bought it early on (at some WBShop sale). Wish they didn't overcook it like that, but OTOH, it's certainly not as bad as a handful other overcooked BDs (and is definitely worth owning at a good price, IMHO)...

_Man_

 

[Michel_Hafner]

There is now a new release in Germany from WB, without the sharpening and DNR nasties. Also high bit rate AVC. Unfortunately it's only the theatrical cut.
http://www.avsforum.com/t/1417993/de-es-dark-city-theatrical-blu-ray-is-out-sans-heavy-manipulation/0_50#post_22176616

 

[Dave Mack]

Yep. What the people who were complaining about were saying all along.