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Originally Posted by grandmaster
Interesting thread. I was/am considering buying Superman the Movie on BD although I already have it on the standard def DVD. I was wondering how the picture quality is? Obviously the film was made in the late 70's so it's probably not going to look as good as a more recent release, but I was wondering how it compares to a standard def DVD print? Preferably from the viewpoint of having watched both, rather than a technical comparison about how it should look 
I have to admit the Superman Returns print is not as good as I thought it would have been on BD. Maybe it might be something to do with the fact that I had watched it previously on a standard def DVD on an upscaler. I mean it did look better on BD, but I definitely seen some issues like grainy scenes etc.
Also I don't like the motion blur either. If you look at the very last shot with Superman flying past the camera and looking at it, you can barely make out if he's smiling or anything. It's just kind of a blur. The same thing after he rescues the plane and flies away. The takeoff is good, but then we get a wide shot of him flying past and again its blurry.
I'm not a techie when it comes to encoding etc, but I'd have thought these kinds of issues would be eliminated by now, especially with the capacity on BD discs. |
For me it's a lot better trasnfer than Superman Returns. I know what you mean about that disc.