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Originally Posted by HeavyHitter
I am by no means claiming the UHE is perfect as it clearly has issues and some weird stuff going on, but we really don't know if the 2008 version has the intended look of the film either. It is an old MPEG-2 encoded telecine transfer with a lot of video noise (much of which is NOT film grain) that was made with DVD in mind at the time and we know how most of those old transfers have incorrect color timing among other issues.
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That's true to an extent, but I am just going by what others have said after reporting back from special released theatrical showings over the last few years. The general consensus is that minus the compression, video noise and artfacting, the print displayed was a lot closer to the 2008 Blu in terms of colours and contrast then any other version on home media. No its not exactly the same, and yes the 2008 Blu has issues, but you'd be deluded to tell me that the artificially boosted UHE master looked anywhere near how the film originally looked or was intended to look like.
I remember reading articles about people associated in the production of the film commenting how naterelly the scenes in the jungle were darker with bleaker colours then what you'd come to expect or something along those lines. The 08 Blu certainly goes closer to conveying that style then the UHE master.