The Abyss 4K UHD (1989)

[raybestos]

Originally Posted by jess1581

You say that like it's a totally valid and ok thing to do....

No, neither valid nor OK in any officious or germane manner. But these days, it may be rather intelligent, as in "try before you get burned" by bad transfers, altered 'reimagined' content, etc.

We're living in a time when savviness on the part of consumers - who speak with their wallets - is necessary and important. Sometimes that world delves into the clandestine or gray areas. These "modernized" UHD releases of films we've loved for 40 years fall into that paradigm.

As I said, before plonking down $150 for the three Cameron films sight unseen, it might pay to do a little diligent research first - beyond apologist reviews of people who've been given free copies of the films to "review". One may then be secure in the knowledge whether he wants to stick with homemade bootlegged versions or even stay with the 25-year-old extant official DVD releases, because they look more in the order of what was released theatrically and filmed on film.

An unpopular, beguiling perspective, but an intriguing one all the same.

[dommie]

Well this is interesting. I preordered The Abyss on Amazon on February 2 and am still waiting for them to tell me that it's coming. Their last note to me was that my order was delayed and they would cancel it if I didn't respond saying that I was OK with the delay and to keep the order in place. On a lark, I went to Walmart and ordered the film yesterday morning. This morning, Walmart notified me that the film shipped today, less than 24 hours after I put my order in. So I have to ask, what's up with Amazon?

[iaragorn1]

Originally Posted by dommie

Well this is interesting. I preordered The Abyss on Amazon on February 2 and am still waiting for them to tell me that it's coming. Their last note to me was that my order was delayed and they would cancel it if I didn't respond saying that I was OK with the delay and to keep the order in place. On a lark, I went to Walmart and ordered the film yesterday morning. This morning, Walmart notified me that the film shipped today, less than 24 hours after I put my order in. So I have to ask, what's up with Amazon?

Amazon pushed out Best Buy, cornered the disc business and are now having a holiday.

I have Prime and I have all of the discs except The Abyss, Amazon says I get it Monday. YMMV

[KillerCannibal]

Did Disney use Super Glue to put this "New to 4K Ultra HD" sticker on? anyone who wants a clean mint slipcover is gonna need to be a goddamn wizard to get this off without a problem. Stickers like this as so dumb and pointless. Yea, no shit it's new to 4K, why do you think I'm buying it?

[Stanis]

Originally Posted by KillerCannibal

Did Disney use Super Glue to put this "New to 4K Ultra HD" sticker on? anyone who wants a clean mint slipcover is gonna need to be a goddamn wizard to get this off without a problem. Stickers like this as so dumb and pointless. Yea, no shit it's new to 4K, why do you think I'm buying it?

Mine arrived from Target today, only one of the three im buying. First thing i did was peel that sticker, it covered Mike! Took a bit, but it came off clean. Dont have time to watch tonight, Last Drive Ins season started tonight!

[Kaiju]

That sticker on the cover was a little *****.

[moparbob]

Go figure, got my copy from Walmart today and just got a shipping notice from Amazon which will be delivered tomorrow.

[dazzb]

Originally Posted by DigitalDeluge24

My copy arrived earlier today and I noticed that they've photoshopped the cover art to add more hair on top of Harris's head! I had a good chuckle before I threw the plastic wrap and slipcover in the trash.

You're my hero.

[SpacemanDoug]

Originally Posted by Markgway

I forgot to ask those in the know... does the 2.0 OG audio apply to the Special Edition or the Theatrical Cut or both?

Whenever I get the disk I can check for you though it'll be a little bit whenever it comes back in stock

[bludarkknight]

never mind the sticker least of my worries

the abyss 4k worthless as the slipcover is , now tied to the cat scratching post as that is all good for with some cat nip spray on it and little extra hair for ed , my cat Bear liked giving it a bear-hug



laserdisc or dvd version only not that 4k all the waiting and cameron ends up trolling with AI DNR and cheap fake atmos upmix near field , really now it never changes , what major disappointment

[SpazeBlue]

Originally Posted by bludarkknight

[Show spoiler]never mind the sticker least of my worries

the abyss 4k worthless as the slipcover is , now tied to the cat scratching post as that is all good for with some cat nip spray on it and little extra hair for ed , my cat Bear liked giving it a bear-hug



laserdisc or dvd version only not that 4k all the waiting and cameron ends up trolling with AI DNR and cheap fake atmos upmix near field , really now it never changes , what major disappointment

This is an intervention. You need help. We're here for you. We can get through this.

[Atomic Salad]

Originally Posted by bludarkknight

never mind the sticker least of my worries

the abyss 4k worthless as the slipcover is , now tied to the cat scratching post as that is all good for with some cat nip spray on it and little extra hair for ed , my cat Bear liked giving it a bear-hug



laserdisc or dvd version only not that 4k all the waiting and cameron ends up trolling with AI DNR and cheap fake atmos upmix near field , really now it never changes , what major disappointment

[gambit64]

Originally Posted by KillerCannibal

Did Disney use Super Glue to put this "New to 4K Ultra HD" sticker on? anyone who wants a clean mint slipcover is gonna need to be a goddamn wizard to get this off without a problem. Stickers like this as so dumb and pointless. Yea, no shit it's new to 4K, why do you think I'm buying it?

I used my wife's hair dryer. It worked well with True Lies. With the Abyss it mostly worked - left a little glue, but I used the sticker itself to nicely clean up the little bit of glue still stuck to the slipcover.

[jess1581]

Originally Posted by bludarkknight

never mind the sticker least of my worries

the abyss 4k worthless as the slipcover is , now tied to the cat scratching post as that is all good for with some cat nip spray on it and little extra hair for ed , my cat Bear liked giving it a bear-hug



laserdisc or dvd version only not that 4k all the waiting and cameron ends up trolling with AI DNR and cheap fake atmos upmix near field , really now it never changes , what major disappointment

[Kinsella5]

Originally Posted by bludarkknight

never mind the sticker least of my worries

the abyss 4k worthless as the slipcover is , now tied to the cat scratching post as that is all good for with some cat nip spray on it and little extra hair for ed , my cat Bear liked giving it a bear-hug laserdisc or dvd version only not that 4k all the waiting and cameron ends up trolling with AI DNR and cheap fake atmos upmix near field , really now it never changes , what major disappointment

I will take your digital copy code helping you rid yourself of that evil. Go towards the light Carol Ann!

[Doctor Jack]

I just watched this. I don’t care what anyone says, I thought it looked incredible. Should AI be used on all movies? No. But if this is the look Cameron wants in his movies, go for it. I think it works. Oh and the movie, which I haven’t seen in about a decade, is even better than I remember.

[Markgway]

Originally Posted by SpazeBlue

This is an intervention. You need help. We're here for you. We can get through this.

I can't wait until he sees True Lies!

[Phillip c. Niethe]

Got mine at a V-Stock, paid $39 a piece for Abyss and Aliens, heard about all the scalping prices, Ebay and Amazon should patrol their sellers when it involves new releases and state that accounts which sell items less than a year old can not sell beyond a 10% increase on original MSRP. It’s sad that people keep theses crooks in business paying them insane prices when patience would get them a copy on the cheep later down the line.

I viewed my copy of the Abyss and ignoring the fact that i overall love the movie in general, The picture quality does look infinity better than before but there is something definitely off about the image, maybe one day they can fix that AI tech but right now it makes everything look slightly unnatural…i did think the shots of the open sea and the ripples of the water make the AI tinkering very visible…reminds me of looking at a Micheal Turner pencil sketch of water turned to real life.

[3D4ever]

My WowHD copy has arrived in the UK and Evri has it. So I should get it early next week.

[Member-222782]

Originally Posted by Doctor Jack

I just watched this. I don’t care what anyone says, I thought it looked incredible. Should AI be used on all movies? No. But if this is the look Cameron wants in his movies, go for it. I think it works. Oh and the movie, which I haven’t seen in about a decade, is even better than I remember.

It does look incredible, as does Aliens. Haven't seen True Lies yet but I suspect it'll be more than watchable. I seriously don't get what people are complaining about. It's not the like the films look like Predator Ultimate Hunter edition - they still look nice and filmic, just very detailed. I really need to stay out of these threads and now that I'll have my copies, I can achieve that