Space Adventure Cobra: The Movie 4K UHD (1982) coming from Discotek

[Dailyan]

Just announced at Otakon. Coming in October.


https://twitter.com/IIuvatar_/status...35329199296517

[Kyle15]

Dear god a 4k?? Discotek is committing MURDER

[Doctorossi]

Ok, Discotek... this is your opportunity to demand access to the pre-DNR master.

... but I know you’ll just release whatever they give you.

[Doctorossi]

Originally Posted by Kyle15

Dear god a 4k?? Discotek is committing MURDER

[DJR662]

Why is it when I Google this movie, it says year of release 1982 instead of 1986?

[Dailyan]

Originally Posted by DJR662

Why is it when I Google this movie, it says year of release 1982 instead of 1986?

Mistake on my part. Fixed.

[professorwho]

If Discotek, a tiny as f**k company can go 4K, then Criterion has NO EXCUSE.

[Pieter V]

https://twitter.com/IIuvatar_/status...35329199296517

[NLScavenger]

Scheduled for release in October.


https://twitter.com/strongest_human/...34634320617474

I hope they have access to a pre-dnr'd master.

[Kyle15]

Originally Posted by Doctorossi

Would "slay" have been better and more 2019 for you?

[professorwho]

Originally Posted by Justin Sevakis

New encode, same transfer.

So yeah, it's DNR'd, but apparently the HDR is insane.

[professorwho]

No Combo pack. Just the UHD disc. They're doing it to keep the price down.

[kuzronk]

UHD only is perfectly fine if everything is on the disc itself, please have the Yello soundtrack.

[Doctorossi]

Originally Posted by professorwho

If Discotek, a tiny as f**k company can go 4K, then Criterion has NO EXCUSE.

Discotek can "go 4K", in this case, because they're just going to be distributing work that's already been done for them.

[Doctorossi]

Originally Posted by Kyle15

Would "slay" have been better and more 2019 for you?

No. Replacing "murder" with a synonym really doesn't help me understand what you're trying to say.

[professorwho]

Originally Posted by Doctorossi

Discotek can "go 4K", in this case, because they're just going to be distributing work that's already been done for them.

True, but the same can be said for a lot of what the Criterion Collection puts out. They've used a lot of 4K scans licensed from other distributors.

[reanimator]

Originally Posted by Doctorossi

Ok, Discotek... this is your opportunity to demand access to the pre-DNR master.

... but I know you’ll just release whatever they give you.

Maybe, maybe not. Discotek released BDs of the GALAXY EXPRESS films -- which are about as DNR scrubbed as SPACE COBRA. However -- Discotek added a subtle artificial grain layer to their U.S. releases, which helps quite a bit. Guess we'll have to wait and see.

Either way, kudos to Discotek for going 4K!!!

[professorwho]

Originally Posted by reanimator

Maybe, maybe not. Discotek released BDs of the GALAXY EXPRESS films -- which are about as DNR scrubbed as SPACE COBRA. However -- Discotek added a subtle artificial grain layer to their U.S. releases, which helps quite a bit. Guess we'll have to wait and see.

Either way, kudos to Discotek for going 4K!!!

Well, this is Justin Sevakis' first ever UHD, so I'm not sure if adding fake grain is on the table for a first shot... (Justin is the Blu-ray compressionist for everything that Discotek puts out)

[KubrickKurasawa]

4K Anime. I'm in!

[Doctorossi]

Originally Posted by professorwho

True, but the same can be said for a lot of what the Criterion Collection puts out. They've used a lot of 4K scans licensed from other distributors.

It isn’t the same- Criterion uses a lot of 4K scans, but that doesn’t mean that an HDR grade is available/paid for. For this release, the HDR grade is already done and Discotek only has to manufacture.