Arcadian 4K UHD 2024 (Capelight)

[danman227460]

Capelight is releasing Arcadian in 4K on Oct 24:

https://shop.capelight.de/en/Arcadia...lu-ray/6424285

[DR Herbert West]

Decent little monster movie.

[Nitroes]

Arcadian - Official Trailer (2024) Nicolas Cage, Jaeden Martell - YouTube

Still on my watch list.

https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/movie/detai.../hnum/11945306
https://www.amazon.de/dp/B0DF26MLFK/

Blu-ray.com reference page

[tfisher1231]

Die hard Nic Cage completionist here. Can't believe this almost slipped by my notice. I see that the blu-ray in Germany has the same release date as this 4k, yet the blu-ray is available for pre-order and the 4k isn't. I haven't somehow missed my chance to order this, have I? I'm assuming this hasn't actually gone up for sale yet. Can anyone confirm?

[danman227460]

Originally Posted by tfisher1231

Die hard Nic Cage completionist here. Can't believe this almost slipped by my notice. I see that the blu-ray in Germany has the same release date as this 4k, yet the blu-ray is available for pre-order and the 4k isn't. I haven't somehow missed my chance to order this, have I? I'm assuming this hasn't actually gone up for sale yet. Can anyone confirm?

Are you buying from Amazon Germany or Capelight's site? The preorder is up on their site.

[tfisher1231]

Originally Posted by danman227460

Are you buying from Amazon Germany or Capelight's site? The preorder is up on their site.

Amazon. Just always seems easier to me for international because it autofills my info from my US account and I don't have to try and navigate a page that's not in English for payment and shipping info.

[FantasticMrFox]

Originally Posted by tfisher1231

Amazon. Just always seems easier to me for international because it autofills my info from my US account and I don't have to try and navigate a page that's not in English for payment and shipping info.

I might again recommend JPC as an alternative to Amazon. They're reliable, and you can switch the language of the website to English. From what I understand from other international importers, shipping cost should be similar to Amazon. Their customer support is helpful and easy to deal with.

https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/movie/detai...945306?lang=en

[FantasticMrFox]

It's now up at Amazon too

https://www.amazon.de/Arcadian-4K-Bl...A3JWKAKR8XB7XF

[Filmmaker]

It’s been a long time since I’ve seen a 4K upgrade this demonstrably superior to its 1080p counterpart. Utterly demolishes the U.S. Blu-ray.

[bud_brigman]

Originally Posted by DR Herbert West

Decent little monster movie.

Even with dodgy CGI, the movement/shape(shifting) of the creatures was legit unsettling. I was pretty impressed with this one.

[Sky_Captain]

FFS, of course it's under the £20 limit for the 10% off at Rarewaves.

[DaylightsEnd]

Originally Posted by Filmmaker

It’s been a long time since I’ve seen a 4K upgrade this demonstrably superior to its 1080p counterpart. Utterly demolishes the U.S. Blu-ray.

Excellent news. Mine despatched on October 23 and should arrive in sunny Florida any day now.

[Filmmaker]

Originally Posted by DaylightsEnd

Excellent news. Mine despatched on October 23 and should arrive in sunny Florida any day now.

My only complaint is I wish these German companies would start offering English audio on their trailers, but where it counts—the film proper—oh yeah, it’s a big improvement. All that weird ass posterization on the U.S. disc, particularly in dark scenes and in the fur of the creatures, is completely abolished and the grain (likely fake digital, but nevertheless) looks immaculate.

[DaylightsEnd]

Good gawd, the rubbish cgi cartoon/video game monsters are soooo bad. This film would’ve been way better with far fewer of them, much less overblown action with them, and much less of them on-screen in general. The cgi designers always fall in love with these daft creations and directors go way overboard with it just about every time. This could actually have been pretty creepy and suspenseful with clever, respectfully-used practical effects. The cgi-fest is once again a big missed opportunity.

[Nitroes]

eBay

Watched it today wasn't expecting much but I really liked it.

Story was good and the cast was quite strong.

CGI was fine I suppose they could go practical but that would reduce what the director wanted.

The different shooting styles was pretty annoying it took me 10mins to get used to the shakeycam and then they mixed it up a bit and finally the long shot at the end with the titles was just horrible.

Bought it from Rarewaves as I had a £5.00 voucher saved up from points https://www.rarewaves.com/products/4...n-in-der-nacht

[Nitroes]

Will be de-caging the artwork so will go for:

[Sky_Captain]

"Do you think we can eat it?"

[Show spoiler]

[Nitroes]

Got my copy and a flick through it it looks and sounds fab.

Glad I got the 4K.

[LanceL]

I looked up the monsters on YouTube and they have a very brightly modified look at them. These things are goofier than I thought. And Goofy was used as inspiration, so that shouldn't be a surprise. How clear is the UHD? Or, rather, can you actually see them?