The Abyss 4K UHD (1989)

[Ben_C]

My US copy arrived from WOWHD yesterday. Pristine discs. Watched the SE tonight and it played flawlessly. Happy days.

[petermaverick]

Originally Posted by Ben_C

My US copy arrived from WOWHD yesterday. Pristine discs. Watched the SE tonight and it played flawlessly. Happy days.

I'm interested who delivered your order to your door, Evri or Royal *ail?
How long did delivery take?

My order of the same title has been with Evri since Tuesday 30Th and made zero progress.

Sadly a lack of wow, and not evri one is a winner

thanks

[LordoftheRings]

Originally Posted by -JKR-

Can't contain myself for how funny that was.

Anyway, have just finished it confirm that it was quite messy and distracting.

Not a fan of the transfer. Movie's great as always, though.

Lawrence of Arabia 4K Blu-ray it ain't.

[Ben_C]

Originally Posted by petermaverick

I'm interested who delivered your order to your door, Evri or Royal *ail?
How long did delivery take?

My order of the same title has been with Evri since Tuesday 30Th and made zero progress.

Sadly a lack of wow, and not evri one is a winner

thanks

Mine had Evri on one of the labels on the packaging. I was pleasantly surprised at how quickly it arrived tbh - had the dispatch email last Friday and it turned up the following Friday, and I didn’t bother to keep any tracking to see it’s progress.

[petermaverick]

Originally Posted by Ben_C

Mine had Evri on one of the labels on the packaging. I was pleasantly surprised at how quickly it arrived tbh - had the dispatch email last Friday and it turned up the following Friday, and I didn’t bother to keep any tracking to see it’s progress.

Many thanks to you, apreciated. Have a good bank holiday

[bebbsie23]

Originally Posted by petermaverick

I'm interested who delivered your order to your door, Evri or Royal *ail?
How long did delivery take?

My order of the same title has been with Evri since Tuesday 30Th and made zero progress.

Sadly a lack of wow, and not evri one is a winner

thanks

I get a lot of stuff from WOW delivered by Evri. Once Evri receive it, it's usually delivered within 2 days (if they don't lose it). I'd try to get in touch with Evri and chase it up. Good luck!

[anephric]

My Scandinavian disc turned up yesterday, since nada for UK, and with a little trepidation, I've absolutely enjoyed watching the special edition again. Huge wave of nostalgia. I've deliberately not watched this for years waiting for blu and then 4k, but I wore my laserdisc out in the antediluvian days of LD.

As has been said, aside from the general lack of grain and odd shot of people with waaaay too pronounced eye and forehead wrinkles, this transfer doesn't stray too often into AI weirdness. I had more of an issue with the revised colour timing, which makes the grading seem a bit anaemic now when you're used to how rich it was, but still. The Atmos is immense though!

I'm firmly of the opinion this is Jim Cameron's best film. It ticks all the boxes.

[petermaverick]

Originally Posted by bebbsie23

I get a lot of stuff from WOW delivered by Evri. Once Evri receive it, it's usually delivered within 2 days (if they don't lose it). I'd try to get in touch with Evri and chase it up. Good luck!

As much as I don't blame hard working ordinary staff at Evri in the least, and appreciate your comment 100%. I was out and about on Sunday 5Th and passed a most dedicated Amazon driver.

I have no issue with Evri drivers doing this as second jobs, hotels and restaurants work in much the same way but they just employ more staff.

Have a good day now

[Ben_C]

Presumably it’s already been mentioned, but the archive footage in the first interview with Jimbo on the extra disc looks absolutely horrid. I’m guessing it’s been run through his funky AI grain-remover, but it ends up looking like you’re watching a moving watercolour painting.

[Geoff D]

Yes, it's quite stupendously horrible. Thankfully they left all the legacy extras alone tho.

[SpacemanDoug]

I finally got my 4K disk and I examined it a bit. As discussed prior, way deep into this thread's history, the Atmos track was reported to have at least two audio errors at the end of the special edition with the music due to the branching (originating from the 2000 DVD release's 5.1 track). Well sadly, I managed to find a THIRD error and it's in that same sequence again.

It starts at 2:38:40 right after Bud types "keep pantyhose on". That entire sequence had an alternate special edition cue but the Atmos track uses the incorrect theatrical cue until 2:39:06 whenever it switches to the special edition cue, then of course back to the theatrical cue whenever you hear the incorrectly pitched note. I was able to figure it out because of the way it was mixed, the special edition cue sounds far more airy and somewhat distant, compared to the more upfront mixing of the theatrical cut's music.

I know that it's been quite a while since these errors were discussed, but I figured I'd mention this third error anyway (and I'd argue it's the biggest one of them) that way it wasn't entirely unreported. Unsurprisingly, the 2.0 and 5.1 tracks do not have these errors, so if you wanna watch the special edition error free, avoid the Atmos track entirely.

[PeterTHX]

Originally Posted by SpacemanDoug

Unsurprisingly, the 2.0 and 5.1 tracks do not have these errors, so if you wanna watch the special edition error free, avoid the Atmos track entirely.

Literally sounds like a nothingburger.

[SpacemanDoug]

Originally Posted by PeterTHX

Literally sounds like a nothingburger.

this response was a nothingburger

[PeterTHX]

Originally Posted by SpacemanDoug

this response was a nothingburger

Then why get so persnickety about a glitch 99.99% of people wouldn't notice?

[SpacemanDoug]

Originally Posted by PeterTHX

Then why get so persnickety about a glitch 99.99% of people wouldn't notice?

why get so rude when anyone points out a glitch that they feel like pointing out?

[CompleteCount]

Originally Posted by bebbsie23

I get a lot of stuff from WOW delivered by Evri. Once Evri receive it, it's usually delivered within 2 days (if they don't lose it). I'd try to get in touch with Evri and chase it up. Good luck!

Evri (formerly My Hermes) have the worst of reputations, and we've all seen the footage of drivers thrown packages over fences, kicking them around, etc. But my local Evri driver (Jim) is a bloody saint! He's instructed to discretely/quietly leave the packages in the back garden in a pre-agreed spot, and he does exactly that, every time. In fact, the man is like a goddamn ninja, and if it's raining, he'll put the packages in a plastic bag to stop them getting wet! The wife leaves ice-cold cans of Coke out for him in the blazing weather, and chocolate in the colder months to show our appreciation. Not bribery, just appreciation.

[sojrner]

Originally Posted by SpacemanDoug

I finally got my 4K disk and I examined it a bit. As discussed prior, way deep into this thread's history, the Atmos track was reported to have at least two audio errors at the end of the special edition with the music due to the branching (originating from the 2000 DVD release's 5.1 track). Well sadly, I managed to find a THIRD error and it's in that same sequence again.

It starts at 2:38:40 right after Bud types "keep pantyhose on". That entire sequence had an alternate special edition cue but the Atmos track uses the incorrect theatrical cue until 2:39:06 whenever it switches to the special edition cue, then of course back to the theatrical cue whenever you hear the incorrectly pitched note. I was able to figure it out because of the way it was mixed, the special edition cue sounds far more airy and somewhat distant, compared to the more upfront mixing of the theatrical cut's music.

I know that it's been quite a while since these errors were discussed, but I figured I'd mention this third error anyway (and I'd argue it's the biggest one of them) that way it wasn't entirely unreported. Unsurprisingly, the 2.0 and 5.1 tracks do not have these errors, so if you wanna watch the special edition error free, avoid the Atmos track entirely.

Sounds like a subtle yet annoying error to add to the pile. I, for one, appreciate you pointing it out. While the other audio errors are more obvious and if this one was standalone it would be easier to dismiss, taken together, it all adds to the frustration of all the jimmyCam releases. Thanks.

[SpacemanDoug]

Originally Posted by sojrner

Sounds like a subtle yet annoying error to add to the pile. I, for one, appreciate you pointing it out. While the other audio errors are more obvious and if this one was standalone it would be easier to dismiss, taken together, it all adds to the frustration of all the jimmyCam releases. Thanks.

I'm at least glad in this case that there's an option without the errors

[Geoff D]

And there's even an error free 5.1 DD track on the UHD if ye can access the lossy backup

[SpacemanDoug]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

And there's even an error free 5.1 DD track on the UHD if ye can access the lossy backup

There is?

I didn't realize that, it didn't even let my player select the track