The Abyss 4K UHD (1989)

[matbezlima]

Originally Posted by jpilla415

"Anyone's ship yet?"
"Mine arrived without a slip. I'm in shambles."
"Streaming bitrates are not representative of the final disc encode."
"Color timing is off. I saw this in theaters in 1981, and that's not at all what I remember seeing."
"The cover art is atrocious."
"We don't know how they converted the screencaps from HDR to SDR."

Literally three and a half years after release: "Thinking of ordering this from Amazon. Do you think I'll get a slip?"

You forgot "TEAL" and "PISS-YELLOW".

[By_His_Strypes]

Originally Posted by Cinema84

I prefer the colors of my 1987 ABC 4 O'Clock movie taping in EP

Hang on to those recordings, it may be the last time some of them have been aired.

[Johnzilla2179]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

I likes what I likes, don't likes what I don't likes, explaining what I can using industry publications like AC, but that doesn't mean there isn't any room inbetween. There are very few UHDs that I'd reject outright as most usually have some sort of redeeming feature, especially when compared to increasingly creaky Blu-ray presentations, although there are some that I can't abide.

As much as we all enjoy your reviews, I really want you to just grade transfers with that last statement:
“Geoff, how do you feel about the Abyss transfer?”
“The Geoff abides.”

“Geoff, how do you feel about the Terminator 2 transfer?”
“The Geoff does not abide.”

[chewbabka]

Originally Posted by jpilla415

"Anyone's ship yet?"
"Mine arrived without a slip. I'm in shambles."
"Streaming bitrates are not representative of the final disc encode."
"Color timing is off. I saw this in theaters in 1981, and that's not at all what I remember seeing."
"The cover art is atrocious."
"We don't know how they converted the screencaps from HDR to SDR."

Literally three and a half years after release: "Thinking of ordering this from Amazon. Do you think I'll get a slip?"

It’s not as grainy as the Blu-Ray I just watched of [silent movie from 1923], there must be DNR!

[Mierzwiak]

Originally Posted by chewbabka

It’s not as grainy as the Blu-Ray I just watched of [silent movie from 1923], there must be DNR!

It's fake 4K, there was no 4K cameras in the 80s!

[KMFDMvsEnya]

Should be interesting to see if Reliance Mediaworks is included at the very end of the credits.

Might stay till the end to find out, or not.

[PonyoBellanote]

Originally Posted by KMFDMvsEnya

Should be interesting to see if Reliance Mediaworks is included at the very end of the credits.

Might stay till the end to find out, or not.

Reliance Mediaworks is not to fear. Fear if you see Park Road credited.

[Member-222782]

Originally Posted by matbezlima

You forgot "TEAL" and "PISS-YELLOW".

Tellow?

[Macatouille]

Originally Posted by wright96d

Download link is dead. Can someone re-up? Or throw it up on the internet archive?

Re-uploaded the ProRes trailer. Here's a re-encoded version that's a fraction of the size (but has untouched audio).

[KMFDMvsEnya]

Originally Posted by PonyoBellanote

Reliance Mediaworks is not to fear. Fear if you see Park Road credited.

Where did I express anything other than curiosity?

I am simply curious to whether Reliance Mediaworks years old efforts are the basis for this newest 4K transfer.

If the following credits are at the end, as at the end of the 4K tansfer of Titanic, then at minimum it can be inferred that the 4k scan is not a recent one but one created years ago.

And like Titanic, it is likely Park Road is involved with the 4K remastering and conducted their grain management and spatial detail processing.

Post Production Mastering and Color
Modern Videofilm
Skip Kimball

Restoration Processing
Reliance Mediaworks

[SpacemanDoug]

Originally Posted by Johnzilla2179

As much as we all enjoy your reviews, I really want you to just grade transfers with that last statement:
“Geoff, how do you feel about the Abyss transfer?”
“The Geoff abides.”

“Geoff, how do you feel about the Terminator 2 transfer?”
“The Geoff does not abide.”

or even better

"Geoff, how do you feel about the Abyss transfer?"
"meow"

"Geoff, how do you feel about the Terminator 2 transfer?"
"hiss"

[matbezlima]

Originally Posted by Mierzwiak

It's fake 4K, there was no 4K cameras in the 80s!

Reminds me of someone in a WhatsApp conversation I once had, he was confused and asking me why I bothered with old movies in 4K movies, as there certainly weren't 4K cameras back then.

[matbezlima]

Proof that I'm not making this up. And he was not being ironic.

Screenshot_20231201-012623_WhatsApp.jpg

[ImBlu_DaBaDee]

Originally Posted by jpilla415

"Anyone's ship yet?"
"Mine arrived without a slip. I'm in shambles."
"Streaming bitrates are not representative of the final disc encode."
"Color timing is off. I saw this in theaters in 1981, and that's not at all what I remember seeing."
"The cover art is atrocious."
"We don't know how they converted the screencaps from HDR to SDR."

Literally three and a half years after release: "Thinking of ordering this from Amazon. Do you think I'll get a slip?"

And links to YouTube “reviews” would be the free square in the middle of the bingo card.

[Doc Samson]

Originally Posted by Bolty

Yes I do. "Hard Times" with Charles Bronson had medium grain in the day scenes and a heavy to very heavy grain for the night scenes back in '76. I remember commenting to my girlfriend on just that fact and also how I thought the movie seemed to have a bit too much of an orange push as well. Don't remember that anything about the movie, but the grain structure and color timing I remember like it was yesterday. I swear on my DGA card!

I can't even remember what a movie I watched yesterday looked like!

[PeterTHX]

Originally Posted by Johnzilla2179

As much as we all enjoy your reviews, I really want you to just grade transfers with that last statement:
“Geoff, how do you feel about the Abyss transfer?”
“The Geoff abides.”

“Geoff, how do you feel about the Terminator 2 transfer?”
“The Geoff does not abide.”

[Member-222782]

Was finally able to watch the ProRes trailer, this time without audio. I LIKED what I saw. March 12 can't get here soon enough.

[wright96d]

Originally Posted by Macatouille

Re-uploaded the ProRes trailer. Here's a re-encoded version that's a fraction of the size (but has untouched audio).

I have to admit, I'm impressed. Some of the shots look ****ed with, and the vfx shots look extra ****ed with, but on the whole it looks great. And that's with me less than a couple feet away from a 27" monitor.

[Mierzwiak]

My body is ready for The Abyss, Titanic, Aliens and True Lies UHDs mastered in James Cameron's Sharp-O-Vision

[wright96d]

Originally Posted by Mierzwiak

My body is ready for The Abyss, Titanic, Aliens and True Lies UHDs mastered in James Cameron's Sharp-O-Vision

For what it's worth, I was less impressed with Titanic 4K from the same distance on the same monitor.