Logan's Run Steelbook (Zavvi Exclusive) (Sci-fi Destination Series #3) (UK)

[neoz]

Logan's Run Steelbook Zavvi Exclusive Sci-fi Destination Series #3 UK

Release Date: Mar 29, 2021 (This will Live - Feb 06, 2021 @ 1800 UK Time/Noon for RC Members)

Purchase Link:

Zavvi

Artwork:



Back and Interior:

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[SpeakerToAnimals]

I was hoping this and THX 1138 would finally get a Steel.

[dallywhitty]

Waiting for Blade Runner to go on sale like

[Voltaire53]

Originally Posted by dallywhitty

Waiting for Blade Runner to go on sale like

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It'll be interesting but I already have BR in steelbook format more than once (and in 4K) so, despite being my favoirite movie, it's not one I'm rushing to see in this series.

[karsten]

Did anyone purchase that "Sci-fi Destination Series" release?

If they did, would you happen to know if its colour grading matches that of the edition pictured below? Or is it (I hope) different?



I've always found that blu-ray to have too much overly yellow/green colour regrading. E.g., above is a cap from that blu-ray; below from the DVD:





More comparisons:

https://caps-a-holic.com/c.php?d1=73...61&i=5&l=0&a=0

If the colour grading of this "Sci-fi Destination Series" release were less overly green/yellowish (i.e., more like that of the DVD release), I'd buy it in a heartbeat. Haven't been able to find any screencaps of it, though.

[Bobafett345]

That's so odd. At first I thought it was just restoring the natural color correction, but that first shot from the link you provided it's really obvious from the ice set. The blu ray really removes the reflection from the ice on the rocks on the set.

Now I know why HD DVDs should have won the format wars.

:P

[karsten]

Originally Posted by Bobafett345

That's so odd. At first I thought it was just restoring the natural color correction, but that first shot from the link you provided it's really obvious from the ice set. The blu ray really removes the reflection from the ice on the rocks on the set.

Now I know why HD DVDs should have won the format wars.

:P

I've lost count of how many blu-rays I've come across which have tampered with colour grading and slathered the picture in ugly and unnatural urine-yellow and/or pea-soup-green revisionist tints. It's epidemic.

Studio Canal seems to do this as a matter of course, but it's not confined to any one company. In the case of some films that have received multiple releases, each new "remastering" makes the picture sallower and greener. Ugh.

I don't know if it's the fault of the format, or that the current generation of colour graders grew up with Instagram filters, or that the monitors they're using have their blue and magenta levels pushed WAY too high, so they're overcompensating with too much sallow yellow and pea green, or what. But it's awful. And it's hard to correct for it with one's own TV colour settings.

[karsten]

Originally Posted by Bobafett345

That's so odd. At first I thought it was just restoring the natural color correction, but that first shot from the link you provided it's really obvious from the ice set. The blu ray really removes the reflection from the ice on the rocks on the set

It's true. I never owned this film on DVD. My initial introduction to it was the blu-ray. And from the first viewing, I was always aware that the colours were off.

I actually went back and purchased the very DVD that caps-a-holic used as a comparison . . .



. . . and sure enough, watching it, the movie finally looks right, colour wise. The ice appears white and blue on the DVD -- like actual ice -- not green, like a mucus-covered set, as it does on the blu. The lead actress's green dress constrasts with other set colours on the DVD, rather than everything being various shades of green (from highlights to midtones to shadows), as on the blu-ray. Etc.

So colour-wise, the DVD makes for an enjoyable viewing experience -- because watching the blu-ray, one is continually aware in every single scene that the colours are wrong. It's very frustrating and distracting.

HOWEVER, for all that, the DVD is still not a proper substitute for the blu-ray, because it's clearly from a print, rather than from an IP or a negative, so the resolution and PQ is much poorer (even apart from the innate limitations of SD DVD compared to HD blu).

I twisted the TV colours as far as I could to get the blu-ray's hues looking something like the DVD (max blu, minimum green, minimum red to avoid too much magenta as a consequence), and the result is a reasonable compromise, but not ideal.

That's why I was hoping that the steelbook would exhibit different colour timing compared to previous blu-ray -- to get HD picture quality but avoid the greenified revisionist grading.

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EDIT TO ADD: For the outdoor scenes, the blu-ray's colour grading looks okay. It's in the indoor shots where it's blatantly off -- and that covers nearly the entire movie, which consists 90% of indoor settings.

[Jedidad]

I have that new zavvi edition and I found that scene and the water is blue. I took a photo with my phone but can’t get it to load.

[karsten]

Originally Posted by Jedidad

I have that new zavvi edition and I found that scene and the water is blue. I took a photo with my phone but can’t get it to load.

Thank you very much. That's encouraging.

If you don't mind, could you check just one more scene, please? The ice-cave scene that the previous poster mentioned. (It's the one that I show in my text link to caps-a-holic.)

Does that ice cave look greenish or blue? If it's greenish, then it must be the same blu-ray colour grading as the previous release. But if it's blue, then it's definitely back to a more natural colour grading, more like that of the DVD (which is what I'm hoping for).

Again, thanks.

[MifuneFan]

It's not going to be different from other releases. Also, the DVD's colors are clearly off. I'd say, even if not perfect, the BD's grading is much better.

[Bobafett345]

What were #1 and #2 in zavvi's "Exclusive Sci-fi Destination Series?" I can only find 3-5.

[wjasoncul]

Originally Posted by Bobafett345

What were #1 and #2 in zavvi's "Exclusive Sci-fi Destination Series?" I can only find 3-5.

Forbidden Planet and THX 1138

[andreasp19]

Originally Posted by Bobafett345

What were #1 and #2 in zavvi's "Exclusive Sci-fi Destination Series?" I can only find 3-5.

#1 - Forbidden Planet
#2 - THX 1138

#6 - Bladerunner

[Bobafett345]

Thanks everyone! I didn't even realize there was a #6 planned.