Josh Z

The Clockwork Orange Blu-ray was sourced from an old master with quite a bit of DNR applied. Warner Bros. completed a 4K restoration of the film that played at Cannes almost ten years ago, but never transferred that work to home video despite reissuing the Blu-ray several times since then. The Blu-ray left a lot of room for improvement and a 4K remaster ought to look much nicer.

Of course, it's up to you whether you consider that worth upgrading if you don't care for the film that much.

Josh Z

The old Basic Instinct Blu-ray from Lionsgate was such an ugly DNR mess that any new remaster almost can't help but be a huge improvement. The Studio Canal 4K does meet that standard, if not much more.

Overall, it looks fine. Not great, just fine. Its free of DNR problems, but there's nothing "HDR" about the image in the slightest. And yes, the colors are questionable. I found the teal annoying, but not as much of an eyesore as some other films I could cite.

I tried to do a comparison with the Blu-ray, but my disc apparently rotted and wouldn't play at all. I had to throw it away. However, I still have the even older DVD from 2001 (the one in the ice pick case). That disc really looks like garbage these days, but interestingly, almost all of the teal scenes on the new disc were also teal even that far back. It was perhaps not as noticeable due to the DVD format's limited color gamut, but it's there. If this is a problem, it's been a problem for a long time on all modern video formats.

PhantomStranger

Many, many of the original Basic Instinct pressings have rotted and won't play today. Any collector that purchased Lionsgate BDs from 2006-2008 should check their discs. AFAIK, Lionsgate won't replace them.

Adam Tyner

Zavvi lists it as a July 19 release.

Dan

^ Pretty sure that's the UK release I mentioned, unless it's somehow different.

Adam Tyner

It’s Studiocanal’s, yeah. Australian specifically, but it’ll be the same disc in every market. Lionsgate hasn’t made any indication of releasing it stateside, so I’m expecting to need to import.

dex14

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Mike86

It’s an interesting film and one that’s worth watching once. I just don’t see it as something I want to watch over and over. That’s what I meant. I’ve seen it once years back and haven’t had the urge to revisit it.

TomOpus

E Unit

There it is.

DJariya

What do they mean by "Original 4 movie collection"? I know 5 is terrible, but 6 was excellent and was the official send off for the TOS crew. So those don't get 4K treatment?

E Unit

Spiderbite

Yeah, I may just wait for the eventual 6 movies set before I buy this. And once again none of the extended versions are included in this it appears. So I still have my DVDs for that. Jeez.

Star Trek knows how to squeeze money from the fans in weird ways without ever giving them fully what they want.

Mike86

Dumb. I would upgrade, but why would Paramount only be doing the first four? I get splitting between the TOS and TNG crews. Makes no sense to do four of the six TOS films. I’ll maybe upgrade if they’re available individually otherwise I’ll wait. Too bad because the artwork for the four disc set is nice.

Mike86

So apparently The Digital Bits is reporting that the Star Trek 4K sets are being split into this first set with two more sets to follow.

The next will contain The Final Frontier, The Undiscovered Country, and Generations. The third set would have First Contact, Insurrection, and Nemesis.

Also good news in regards to Star Trek: The Motion Picture.

https://www.startrek.com/news/direct...VWsH3U5RDERiU4

DWilson

Just to be clear, is The Director's Edition the version with the enhanced fx that has never been on blu-ray, or just the longer version?

dex14

***ARTWORK/FEATURES REVEAL****
Coming to Blu-ray 9/7 from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment

DISC 1:

The Thing (1982) – Theatrical
Run Time: 1 Hour 49 Minutes
Video Rating: R

Bonus Materials:
• Includes 4K UHD, Blu-ray and a digital copy of The Thing (1982) (Subject to expiration. Go to NBCUCodes.com for details.)
• Features High Dynamic Range (HDR10) for Brighter, Deeper, More Lifelike Color
• John Carpenter’s The Thing: Terror Takes Shape
• Outtakes
• Theatrical Trailer
• Feature Commentary with Director John Carpenter and Kurt Russell

Original Language:English

Audio:
English DTS:X Master Audio
French European DTS Digital Surround 5.1
Latin Spanish DTS Digital Surround 2.0 Mono

Subtitles:

English SDH
French Canadian
Latin Spanish



DISC 2 (Blu-ray):

The Thing (1982) – Theatrical

Run Time: 1 Hour 49 Minutes

Video Rating: R

Bonus Materials:

• U-Control: Picture in Picture
• Feature Commentary with Kurt Russell and Director John Carpenter

Original Language:English

Audio:

English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
French DTS Digital Surround 5.1

Subtitles:

Josh Z

It's the one with the new VFX, which were unfortunately created at 480p originally and will have to be redone again.

Mike86

Wondering if eventually Scream Factory will do a 4K release of The Thing.

Dan

^ Maybe they'd include Dolby Vision...

randian

Why would Universal license it to Scream Factory if they're releasing their own disc?

milo bloom

Right, the one done around 2000 as Josh said is the one Robert Wise supervised.

If you're thinking of the SLV (Special Longer Version) that was created for TV and is only in pan and scan. It was released on VHS and LaserDisc, 4x3 of course.
I would also love this version to be redone in widescreen, as there's some dialog I think makes the movie so much better.

Mike86

Not a fan of that artwork. Prefer the painted style artwork that’s been used on numerous releases in the past.

T-bone22

At least we are getting DTS:X though!