Great news! The US DVD looked like it was sourced from the laserdisc master...I ended up importing the UK DVD which was 16:9 and 5.1 (and quite good). The Blu-Ray ought to be terrific
I thought there was supposed to be a remake but maybe it got canceled. Around here the DVD was always thought of as an early poorly done DVD and to be avoided. A well done BD would indeed be welcome.
I recently saw a HD braodcast of this and all I can say is it was mediocre quality wise at best, so if they just recycle then we may be disappointed. Time will tell. I'll likely be picking this title up so long as the price is decent.
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Originally Posted by qz3fwd /forum/post/21818930
I recently saw a HD braodcast of this and all I can say is it was mediocre quality wise at best, so if they just recycle then we may be disappointed. Time will tell. I'll likely be picking this title up so long as the price is decent.
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Originally Posted by qz3fwd /forum/post/21818930
I recently saw a HD braodcast of this and all I can say is it was mediocre quality wise at best, so if they just recycle then we may be disappointed. Time will tell. I'll likely be picking this title up so long as the price is decent.
The only HD version I've ever come across of it was on TBS a few months ago -- and it wasn't HD but standard-def stretched out to 16:9. Awful was the first word that came to mind
Again, the UK DVD had a remastered 16:9 transfer and 5.1 track we didn't get in the US. If the BD comes from that master (which it likely will), it ought to be fine...I picked that up from Amazon UK for a couple of bucks a few years back.
Keep in mind that Peter Hyams pulls double-duty as cinematographer on all of the films he directs, and he has a fetish for extremely dim, grainy images. He shoots mostly in available source light with high speed film stocks. Even with a perfect transfer, I wouldn't expect a whole lot of eye candy from this. At its best, it might look similar to the '2010' Blu-ray, which looks... just OK.
It should still be a big step up from the crappy DVD, though. So that's something.
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The only HD version I've ever come across of it was on TBS a few months ago -- and it wasn't HD but standard-def stretched out to 16:9. Awful was the first word that came to mind
Again, the UK DVD had a remastered 16:9 transfer and 5.1 track we didn't get in the US. If the BD comes from that master (which it likely will), it ought to be fine...I picked that up from Amazon UK for a couple of bucks a few years back.
No-it was on HDNet Movies, so was not molested like TNT did/used to do to movies. It was not SD, but clearly an old HD transfer, probably from the original DVD release. I have no problem with grain from all the dark scenes. It seemed a bit soft from what I recall, though much better than a SD DVD version.
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No-it was on HDNet Movies, so was not molested like TNT did/used to do to movies. It was not SD, but clearly an old HD transfer, probably from the original DVD release. I have no problem with grain from all the dark scenes. It seemed a bit soft from what I recall, though much better than a SD DVD version.
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Keep in mind that Peter Hyams pulls double-duty as cinematographer on all of the films he directs, and he has a fetish for extremely dim, grainy images. He shoots mostly in available source light with high speed film stocks. Even with a perfect transfer, I wouldn't expect a whole lot of eye candy from this. At its best, it might look similar to the '2010' Blu-ray, which looks... just OK.
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