Originally Posted by Julie Walker

Everything I've read about Ghostbuster's indicates there is nothing 'wrong' with the transfer at all and that's how it was intended to look. Of course some people want everything dvnr'd to death to remove all traces of grain, and then the result is something like the Predator 'remaster' which looks awful.

Here are two reviews of the transfer. One from Robert Harris who I trust knows a thing or two about film.

"The HD video master of Ivan Reitman's 1984 Ghostbusters had the input of cinematographer Laszlo Kovacs, and as such must be considered incontestable as far as a Blu-ray is concerned.

Those who saw the film theatrically 25 years ago, may or may not recall that the look varied from sequence to sequence. While some interiors seemed to have a pushed, grainy look, fully exposed exteriors appeared to have far less apparent grain. Some of the film is sharp, some parts lesser so.

Created from an archival 35mm interpositive, what has been delivered via Blu-ray is Ghostbusters as it originally looked, and I couldn't be happier.

I'm certain that there will be some who will find the grain too course, to evident, too brown, too angular, not pretty enough, or in one of my favorite phrases, simply about one would expect from an old (read: antique) film from a bygone era.

Love it or hate, this is Ghostbusters as created and released in 1984."


http://www.hometheaterforum.com/t/28...ers-in-blu-ray

And another review that also mentions the image quality but gives it high marks despite the heavy grain.

http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Ghostb...-Blu-ray/3661/

So I think Sony is doing a great job presenting films as they should look on Blu-ray unlike some studios that love to destroy the quality of the image to placate those who hate grain and expect everything to 'pop' off the screen at them in a misguided understanding of what 'HD' is.

Originally Posted by Mike86

Dammit was hoping this thread was being bumped for the announcement of Ghostbusters 2 on Blu-ray.

Originally Posted by Drexl

At least that 4K initiative is getting us (presumably) better quality for catalog titles. I wonder if their version of On the Waterfront will trump Criterion's.

Originally Posted by Giles

way to go and screw the Criterion edition.

as for Ghostbusters - they have to do some serious scrubbing (DN'ring) to eliminate all that ugly graininess.

Originally Posted by rocket1312

I realize this isn't the best thread to be talking about this, but I'm pretty sure the Criterion On the Waterfront uses the new 4k restoration.

Originally Posted by Giles

as for Ghostbusters - they have to do some serious scrubbing (DN'ring) to eliminate all that ugly graininess.

Originally Posted by Josh Z

The grain on the last Blu-ray was exaggerated by the contrast boosting and other digital manipulations. With a fresh film scan, the movie shouldn't look anywhere near that bad.

Originally Posted by Josh Z

The grain on the last Blu-ray was exaggerated by the contrast boosting and other digital manipulations. With a fresh film scan, the movie shouldn't look anywhere near that bad.