David Lynch's 1984 - Dune

[da_X_Y_Zperson]

Saw this in JB the other day, has a $28- $29 price tag(kind of high for a back catalogue title), anyone picked this up as yet? Thoughts on PQ

[Mr.Terry]

Could be a lot better but still not bad,I'd have to call it acceptable.One of my all time favourite books.The movie needs to be redone by a director that could do it justice.

[Psycho Taxi Driver]

My least favorite Lynch I'll stick to my DVD copy

[Mr.Terry]

I haven't seen the DVD copy but I'd bet it's about as good as the Blu in terms of PQ.Just guessing though.

[Mobe1969]

As a fan of the book AND the film, I got to say the blu ray is breathtaking in comparison to the dvds. And I'd have tried at least three different DVD versions.

I really think Lynch captured to well the feel and essense of the book. I can't read Dune without his imagery now. The more recent scyfy series was pretty mediocre visually and production wise in comparison

[jkington]

How is the quality of this release in comparison to the US Blu-ray which has been out for a few years now?

[donuthaters12]

Originally Posted by jkington

How is the quality of this release in comparison to the US Blu-ray which has been out for a few years now?

I'm wondering that too

[victortubeman]

I have 3 DVD version of Dune and they all look Pretty bad,so the blu-ray I wished for even a little improvement.
The blu-ray has obviously been remastered and even on a 110inch screen looked very good.Some scenes,special effects now look dated etc but the film is a massive upgrade to the DVD,s.

[polygon1371]

Australia has generally been pretty good with releasing Lynch titles on BD, much better than the US. In fact I think we were one of the first countries/regions to get Eraserhead, Lost Highway and Wild at Heart along with Japan (FWW was pretty huge there, while it bombed everywhere else). I know we still haven't got Mulholland Dr., but I'm hanging out for the Criterion release, so I'll probably order that when it becomes available. Can anyone get some high-res screen captures to compare Dune with the older US release?

[Supernaut]

After some quick comparisons, it looks to me to be the same encode. The only differences are the inclusion of a French DTS track and D-Box enabling on the US disc. Both VC-1 codecs and DTS-HD MA 5.1 Audio, same extras and looks to be the same master/encode. Similar stream sizes, around 300 megs difference, but that could simply be explained by the French DTS track included on the US disc. Different menus however and the AU disc is a very nice picture disc!

YMMV as this is a quick comparison from a non-professional cinephile.

[rip63]

Originally Posted by polygon1371

I know we still haven't got Mulholland Dr., but I'm hanging out for the Criterion release, so I'll probably order that when it becomes available.

The UK BD release is beaut. Great extras too.

[L-Rouge]

Ill have to grab this, love the film!.

[Atomic Salad]

Don't suppose anyone knows what the differences are between the 2013 version (ViaVision) and the 2020 version (Lionsgate)? The new one has a stereo track that the old one doesn't, not sure if there is anything else though.

[PowellPressburger]

Decided to post here regarding the new ViaVision Blu-Ray Lenticular set with the Extended TV cut

Compared a little of the Plaion/Koch German Extended TV Cut BLU with the new ViaVision. Possibly nearly identical, maybe KOCH edges it a smidge… but what I really love about the ViaVision BLU is it also has the 2.0 Stereo track for the TV cut, while the Koch was 5.1 only. That said for all I know the 2.0 could be a 5.1 downmix but I’ll leave that for others to investigate.

[Rutger Lundgren]

Originally Posted by PowellPressburger

Decided to post here regarding the new ViaVision Blu-Ray Lenticular set with the Extended TV cut

Compared a little of the Plaion/Koch German Extended TV Cut BLU with the new ViaVision. Possibly nearly identical, maybe KOCH edges it a smidge… but what I really love about the ViaVision BLU is it also has the 2.0 Stereo track for the TV cut, while the Koch was 5.1 only. That said for all I know the 2.0 could be a 5.1 downmix but I’ll leave that for others to investigate.

Thanks. How about the extended cut of the documentary? Anything of note added or mostly filler?

[PowellPressburger]

Originally Posted by Rutger Lundgren

Thanks. How about the extended cut of the documentary? Anything of note added or mostly filler?

Looks like running time of Koch was 82 mins

Extended on ViaVision is 92 mins

Having seen the 82 min version over 2 years ago, have no clue what was new.

Really can’t recall why Koch went with the 82 min version over the 92 to begin with. Ultimate Ed … not quite… esp since the new Ultimate cardboard box set contains the SpiceDiver version in 1080p as opposed to 720p upscale. (At least Id read it was an upscale.)

[yetanotherone]

The Koch and Via Vision extended cut encodes are byte to byte identical.

[WorkShed]

Originally Posted by yetanotherone

The Koch and Via Vision extended cut encodes are byte to byte identical.

Good to know! Wish they also had the Spicediver cut, but we can't have everything, can we?

[yetanotherone]

Originally Posted by WorkShed

Good to know! Wish they also had the Spicediver cut, but we can't have everything, can we?

Indeed, though in this case one could just download the fanedit that is freely available online, so it's not as bad as in other cases where the material is otherwise inaccessible.

I also checked the theatrical cut and it's identical to Koch's encode (which does beat the Arrow blu-ray, so it's probably the best blu-ray of the film).

[WorkShed]

Originally Posted by yetanotherone

Indeed, though in this case one could just download the fanedit that is freely available online, so it's not as bad as in other cases where the material is otherwise inaccessible.

I also checked the theatrical cut and it's identical to Koch's encode (which does beat the Arrow blu-ray, so it's probably the best blu-ray of the film).

Although the latest German release has that cut in 1080p, which is a little rarer to find and not a 4K uprez of a 720p version.