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post #421 of 559
8/6/12 at 2:32pm
I finished watching this on Saturday. Overall I really liked it much much better than the previous US BD release... Although the one scene that really stood out to me as looking bad was the scene before Cohaagen kicked over the fish tank. With the martian background.That scene really looked bad to me compared to the rest of the movie.
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post #422 of 559
8/6/12 at 2:41pm
That's an optical. It is what it is.
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post #423 of 559
8/6/12 at 2:44pm
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Originally Posted by Geoff D View Post

That's an optical. It is what it is.


So is half the film to be fair
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post #424 of 559
8/6/12 at 3:30pm
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Man, it took a while to find these posts. Is there no way to search by User inside a thread anymore?
Black:
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Dark grey shot, cuts to black shot:
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The opening credits are actually blacker-than-black, so it is unusual that the end credits sit atop near-black.
Wanna see something weird though? Pay close attention to the opening logos in a dark room. After the Tristar logo, there's about a second of "black" that hovers in the low 20s (on 16-235), and then over the course of a half-second there's a gradual fade down to true black, followed immediately by the Carolco logo. Feels sort of like the lights going down in a theater. Odd choice, but a choice and not a technical fault of constantly-raised blacks.
A couple comparisons of US 2006 vs UK 2008 vs 2012.
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Fabric and face.
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Detail boost all over.
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Thanks for posting these, I have the UK version and have been debating replacing it with this but after looking at these caps I'm not sure, they all look kinda lousy to me.
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post #425 of 559
8/6/12 at 4:14pm
About to watch this with a buddy before we go to the movies and see the new one!
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post #426 of 559
8/6/12 at 4:21pm
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Originally Posted by vipervick View Post

About to watch this with a buddy before we go to the movies and see the new one!

I would just do the first half

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCYpo1ENSVA&feature=player_detailpage#t=18s
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post #427 of 559
8/6/12 at 4:37pm
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Originally Posted by General Kenobi View Post

Thanks for posting these, I have the UK version and have been debating replacing it with this but after looking at these caps I'm not sure, they all look kinda lousy to me.
That's our Total Recall ::Reading Rainbow bumper music::
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post #428 of 559
8/7/12 at 7:20am
Saw the disc a few days ago, was pretty happy with it. What I don't understand is the people complaining about the changing hues of Mars throughout the film... it looked entirely consistent to me when you account for a day/night cycle.

As for the video, it looks exactly like the screen shots. It looks like something filmed in the 80's, it looks like a relatively fine grained transfer from a new scan of the negative, and overall it looks a bit too bright without the deep, contrasty blacks we're all used to in modern film. People keep talking about the director of cinematography not being happy with the theatrical relase of Total Recall because the image looked flat and washed out and that's what's on display here.
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post #429 of 559
8/7/12 at 11:54am
So, in the scene where Cohaagen is tearing Richter a new one, the camera's on Michael Ironside and he's lit with a pinky-red hue, it cuts to Ronny Cox and then back to Ironside, who's now lit with a strong orange tone. That's one quick-ass day/night cycle.
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post #430 of 559
8/7/12 at 11:59am
one mars day = 24.6 hours biggrin.gif
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post #431 of 559
8/7/12 at 12:01pm
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Dropped frames on mine, as well. Turned off 1080p/24 on my Sony BD player, which then displayed 1080p/60 on my Samsung TV, but the frame skips were still there nonetheless.

I have the same problem of seeing frame skips. It's really annoying. I'm playing it back on a Panasonic DMP-BDT110 outputing 1080p/60 using HDMI to a Panasonic TC-P55GT30. Is there any way of fixing this problem? Is there a Blu-Ray player that doesn't have this problem with this type of disc? This is the only Blu-Ray that does this of the 150+ discs that I own.
Edited by pmil7991 - 8/7/12 at 12:07pm
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post #432 of 559
8/7/12 at 2:13pm
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I have the same problem of seeing frame skips. It's really annoying. I'm playing it back on a Panasonic DMP-BDT110 outputing 1080p/60 using HDMI to a Panasonic TC-P55GT30. Is there any way of fixing this problem? Is there a Blu-Ray player that doesn't have this problem with this type of disc? This is the only Blu-Ray that does this of the 150+ discs that I own.

It's the TV, not the player. I have the same player and don't have skipping set on 24p mode. Another person reported the issue with a Panasonic plasma too.
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post #433 of 559
8/7/12 at 2:29pm
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Originally Posted by Geoff D View Post

So, in the scene where Cohaagen is tearing Richter a new one, the camera's on Michael Ironside and he's lit with a pinky-red hue, it cuts to Ronny Cox and then back to Ironside, who's now lit with a strong orange tone. That's one quick-ass day/night cycle.

Yeah, that's the biggest offender of the entire disc, IMO.
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one mars day = 24.6 hours biggrin.gif

No, that explains the 24Hz sync issue. biggrin.gif
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post #434 of 559
8/8/12 at 5:45pm
Just to break up the thread a little

http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/nostalgia-critic/36160-total-recall-with-sci-fi-guy
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post #435 of 559
8/8/12 at 5:56pm
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post #436 of 559
8/9/12 at 1:32am
SciFi guy is lame..... rolleyes.gif
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post #437 of 559
8/9/12 at 11:31am
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Originally Posted by Spiritual_Chaos View Post

They should re-record the commentary track WITHOUT Arnold.


Worst ever, and he got paid like 30.000 for it or something?

On the other hand, one could make the argument that Ahnald's commentary for this movie is the absolute best. ever.

http://youtu.be/ncR2_pnzngM
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post #438 of 559
8/9/12 at 12:28pm
Was he under the impression that Verhoeven had not seen the movie?
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post #439 of 559
8/10/12 at 12:16am
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Was he under the impression that Verhoeven had not seen the movie?

Was he under the impression that he was governor of California??? All politics aside, I couldn't have seen anyone else that could have played in this macho movie. I love it! smile.gif
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post #440 of 559
8/10/12 at 2:58am
No, I didn't get that vibe at all listening to the commentary. If anything, I felt Ah-nowd was at times clumsily trying to be in character to explain his character's motivations, feelings and reactions to situations. which could have literally been done like a comic book with thought balloons over Arnie's character's head. See.....?

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post #441 of 559
8/10/12 at 2:49pm
If you have the original BD, then we'd like you to compare the both of them. If you don't, then it means nothing if you have the newest...all we want to know is...do we double dip???

Check out my avatar...that's me with Ray Harryhausen...my most prized posession!
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post #442 of 559
8/10/12 at 3:17pm
I'd like to know how it compares to the UK edition which I own.
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post #443 of 559
8/11/12 at 1:32am
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If you have the original BD, then we'd like you to compare the both of them. If you don't, then it means nothing if you have the newest...all we want to know is...do we double dip???
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I'd like to know how it compares to the UK edition which I own.

There are plenty of comparisons, both via written word and screenshot, if you read through the thread. And since it seems to be pretty evenly split between this new release and the Optimum UK release, you probably won't get a definitive answer.

Compared to the original US release, either the Optimum UK release or this new release is a clear upgrade. Check out the screenshots and buy whichever one you prefer.
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post #444 of 559
8/11/12 at 6:55am
I have the previous US BD release. I thought overall this new one definitely looked and sounded better. For only $8 it was easily worth a double dip.
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post #445 of 559
8/11/12 at 12:19pm
This newly remastered Total Recall looks WAY better than the old Blu-ray, and is available for under ten bucks. Why not double dip?
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post #446 of 559
8/11/12 at 12:21pm
watching the UK edition I noticed that the blacks weren't that okay in every scene. The extras with the director interview reveild(spelling?) pictures with better blacks than the actual feature. Especially the "morning" scene with Arlold and Stone. The same scene has deeper blacks in the interview with Verhoven. I wonder if the US edition have deeper blacks overall?
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post #447 of 559
8/11/12 at 3:09pm
Just double dipped and put in the new one. The beginning credits were very red. Popped in the old BD and the beginning credits in red were faded. Finally popped in the SD in the round red Mars package and it was the same as the old BD, faded colors.

This edition is a "DOUBLE DIPPER," so sell off your old BD!
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post #448 of 559
8/12/12 at 1:56pm
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Originally Posted by General Kenobi View Post

Thanks for posting these, I have the UK version and have been debating replacing it with this but after looking at these caps I'm not sure, they all look kinda lousy to me.

The UK version is a travesty: really green, huge contrast boost, a ton of DNR. MBE is vastly superior.
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post #449 of 559
8/12/12 at 2:06pm
Travesty? Huge? Ton? Hyperbole much?
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post #450 of 559
8/12/12 at 2:51pm
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Originally Posted by Partyslammer View Post

No, I didn't get that vibe at all listening to the commentary. If anything, I felt Ah-nowd was at times clumsily trying to be in character to explain his character's motivations, feelings and reactions to situations. which could have literally been done like a comic book with thought balloons over Arnie's character's head. See.....?

LOL, I listened to a brief portion of the commentary but Ahnuld's "insights" were just laughably superficial. The transfer does look rather nice, however. smile.gif
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