Now, which site will be the first to give it a negative review due to the heavy grain?

Very much so. We totally need more Spielberg on Blu. Munich, Saving Private Ryan, A.I., Schindler's List, Raiders of The Lost Ark, Indiana Jones and The Temple of Doom, Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade (my personal fav of the Indy flicks, thanks to Connery), and Jurassic Park are very much needed on Blu.

Also...War of The Worlds...though...my main squabble with it is that BEYOND level of disbelief twist in the story.

I hoping for Munich before the rest, though that is because it is the only one I have not seen yet.

Great movie, but as everyone states, from AI on, Spielberg is heavy on the grain. If there is the usual Paramount DNR, they could potentially ruin the PQ.

True..........fuck...something to worry about now.

cant wait till this is availble for pre order

I know what you mean, just like some site will probably give Collateral a negative review for the same reason. failing to realize that the heavy amount of grain is a consense choice of the director.

Wait....maybe I remember it incorrectly. Damn, wiki proved that you were right.

To answer your latter question: It didn't bother me that it was like that. I just accepted it. They were aliens so....there's a level of disbelief there that at least I could allow.

The one saving grace that we can hope for that since it's a Spielberg movie is that he'll have direct influence in the mastering of the disc, so Paramount won't fuck up the PQ.

I'm betting the farm on it being IGN....

Spielberg AND Janusz Kaminski:

http://www.laserpacific.com/index.ph...g-projects/241

The happy ending was lacking but overall a solid movie. The wife loves this movie. Day one purchase.

I'd prefer The Abyss. I WOULD PAY $50 ON DAY 1 FOR THIS. Just sayin' in case they are listenin'.

It was all a dream.

Granted it has been awhile since I have watched it. I probably won't watch it till the Blu hits. I'll see if I can hold out....

qft

Good lord, the artwork is awful. It's even worse than Collateral. Like that film, the DVD artwork was no great shakes, but it looks like a Da Vinci painting compared to the new art.

http://www.dvdactive.com/news/releas...y-report2.html

Whoever they've hired at Paramount to re-do the Blu-Ray artwork needs to be fired immediately. It really is so bad it hampers my excitement for the release, because I'll see the packaging all the time after I've bought it.

Pretty sure the consensus was that Spielberg wasn't clever enough to pull something like that off. That's my consensus.

I see a trend here...seems every Paramount/Dreamworks title is going to have new art. Do they not have the original files or something? Unbelievable... I don't think that headshot could be any bigger. I guess they want to try to make it look new, instead of an upgrade of the DVD... that's the only explanation I can come up with.

Makes me long for the early days of the format...at least we got what we wanted - an upgrade of the original, artwork and all. Now we get crap covers, double feature discs minus extras, flippers, and kitchen sink releases...

It barely looks like it's Tom Cruise on there.

The cover art for this and Collateral are both terrible. What a disappointment. Why didn't they just use the post art?

Seems like a pretty big hint to me.

Also, that cover art blows, but as long as the disc looks and sounds amazing, I'll live with it.