OliverK
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The striking luminosity and color is what makes it so sad that the completely over the top processing was applied. This could have been close to reference quality on large screens, now it falls apart at closer viewing distances.John Hermes said:Zulu could have some more fine detail, but I'm not going to throw the baby out with the bath water. It has striking luminosity, like looking out a window, and the color is outstanding. My friends were awe struck by these aspects of the transfer. So, while it's not perfect, it looks pretty darn good to me. I'm very happy to have it in my collection.
It would love to see how Zulu looked before it got the "special treatment" and I would also like to know what source was used for the Blu-Ray.
Regarding The Big Country: It certainly is not perfect but it still looks like film and not video. Imo The Big Country never had the potential to look as fantastic as Zulu and with the limited budget that it was afforded the results are what I would still call respectable but definitely not great - we unfortunately do not have a Ben Hur budget to spend on every classic movie. On seond thought I owuld have to take it off that list because of the incorrect squeeze that was employed - I can take it out of the transfer but I think that I am in the minority there and a Blu-Ray should respect the correct aspect ratio and proportions without the viewer having to resort using special add-on equipment like a scaler.