The Abyss 4K UHD (1989)

[sojrner]

Originally Posted by Resident Evil Labs

Haven't seen this is decades, remember it being great but a little slow. But I was expecting an action film back then or maybe a horror movie. As an adult I'll love it, and in 4K!

Such an excessive, overpriced, indulgent, demanding, glorious thing, this movie. Those long tales that show off the massive sets. The methodical pacing. The feel of living with the blue collar characters, who ring true with so many examples in my history. Wonderful acting, all. Just good stuff.

[rubystone356]

https://www.cinemark.com/movies/the-...pecial-edition

Cinemark for the abyss screening December 6th.

Jacob

[Rollo Tomassi]

Never owned this movie on an HD format, but I watched my VHS tape to shreds, so this will be a significant update for me, no matter what.
That said, I hope, they'll get it right....

[Dr. T]

Originally Posted by Rollo Tomassi

Never owned this movie on an HD format

Probably because one has never been released. The last transfer released on home video was 480i and meant for LaserDisc.

[Rollo Tomassi]

Originally Posted by Dr. T

Probably because one has never been released. The last transfer released on home video was 480i and meant for LaserDisc.

Duh, okay!

This is me goofing up again!

[gazza1975]

Originally Posted by Croweyes1121

Hot off the presses…actual note that will come from James Cameron inside the 4K edition:

“In a move which will probably be considered more radical by purists, we are offering the film in both pan&scan Blu-ray and widescreen 4K UHD formats, despite the fact that it is an "ultimate collector’s edition"-type product. I am quite proud of the pan&scan 1080p transfer of the film, and believe it to be superior in many ways to the 4K UHD, due to…reasons. The film was shot in the Super-35 process to allow for improved video transfer, and the result is that the pan&scan transfer does not suffer many of the horrible cropping losses normally associated with a widescreen film. I feel it is the most dramatically involving and effective version of the film, even in the current ultra hi-res video medium. However, for those interested in the original framing and composition as it appeared on the big screen, or who simply don’t enjoy their eyes bleeding during the presentation, the 4K UHD version is offered as well”.

So does that mean we are getting an open matte version on the blu ray and 4k versions - im confused as its not mentioned anywhere in the specs ? i will always prefer open matte films and the tv open matte abyss looks wonderful as does the open matte 3d of titanic

[rubystone356]

Originally Posted by gazza1975

So does that mean we are getting an open matte version on the blu ray and 4k versions - im confused as its not mentioned anywhere in the specs ? i will always prefer open matte films and the tv open matte abyss looks wonderful as does the open matte 3d of titanic

its a joke. the specs was for the laser disc version.
widescreen only
Jacob

[chip75]

Originally Posted by Rollo Tomassi

Never owned this movie on an HD format, but I watched my VHS tape to shreds, so this will be a significant update for me, no matter what.
That said, I hope, they'll get it right....

[Rollo Tomassi]

Originally Posted by chip75

A-frayed so! Sorry!

[Markgway]

Originally Posted by Sky_Captain

Fancy...

Same here.

[Croweyes1121]

Originally Posted by gazza1975

So does that mean we are getting an open matte version on the blu ray and 4k versions - im confused as it’s not mentioned anywhere in the specs ? i will always prefer open matte films and the tv open matte abyss looks wonderful as does the open matte 3d of titanic

It’s a rewording of an actual insert included with the laserdisc. 30 years later, and I’m still bitter, lol. Paid $100 for that box only to have JC tell me that the freaking pan and scan version was better. Pissed me TF off. lmao

[Danric]

This movie, I don't know how to explain it properly but it's so GRAND.
The intimidating heavy machinery, the sky high stakes, the tension of it all.
Sometimes I would pop the bootleg HD version that I have of the special edition and be like: Dang.
I love JC movies because more often than not it's different people trapped in the most extraordinary situation he could come up with.
Will definitely be getting this disc because regardless of nitpicks it's gonna be the best it has ever looked on home video anyway and as long as that breathtakingly intense resuscitation scene is there, I'm game.

[mar3o]

Originally Posted by matbezlima

Interesting. I say there are far more good transfers than bad ones. That said, I would love to see you making a list of amazing catalog UHDs regarding color for you, and the not-so-good ones. They would be amazing recommendations to everyone. The Wizard Of Oz, Singin' In The Rain, Vertigo, The Trouble With Harry, Lawrence Of Arabia, 2001 A Space Odyssey are just a few examples of UHDs with stunning colors. The Italian Job, though, suffers with color issues, mainly teal.

Wizard of Oz for sure. My Fair Lady is pretty gorgeous. I was actually quite surprised with last year's batch of Christmas films on UHD (A Christmas Story, Elf, Christmas Vacation - though Christmas Vacation did have some possible tinkering with some night shots that may be up for debate. I'm hoping Love Actually, Santa Claus: The Movie and Scrooged follow along this year.

Vinegar Syndrome has been putting out some beautifully-colored older films on UHD, though they tend to push things a bit too saturated at times.

Synapse's Suspiria is a stunner with Argento's use of gels and lighting, and that restoration really comes to life by Synapse. The Italian UHD is dreadful in comparison - the colors are much duller and not at all what could be considered accurate or as intended.

Arrow's Flash Gordon was incredible, and I expect their Barberella UHD to be alive with color as well. Most of their UHD output of older films has been pretty great color-wise lately. Their Argento UHDs have looked great. Silent Running isn't the most colorful film but the color is still beautiful on that one.

Those are just a few off the top of my head.

[mar3o]

Originally Posted by starmike

I did a quickie test and got a score of 2.

EDIT: Took more time and got a score of 0 ��

Nice. It's pretty tricky. From what I understand males struggle with color more often than females.

[mar3o]

Originally Posted by teddyballgame

So that was fun..here's one for you to try that isn't related to color but how fast you can make recognize proper angles, squares, mid-points etc.
The Eyeballing Game

Oof, that one's brutal. I'll have to spend a bit more time with that when I get the chance.

Originally Posted by milo bloom

I got a 24 on that test, which wasn't too surprising. Whenever they test my colors at the eye doctor, there's always a couple of them I get totally wrong.
Maybe that's why I've never noticed these teal issues that everyone else complains about.

Roughly 7% of men have some sort of color-blindness. It's actually something that is considered quite a bit in the board-gaming world today. Many game manufacturers pay a lot of attention on picking colors that are color-blind friendly so they don't rule out that whole group just because they can't tell what color they are on the board. Different shapes, patterns, and color-blind-safe colors for different bits to help players identify their own pieces from others. Of course there are different types of color-blindness too so that doesn't make it easy.

[Resettito]

The Abyss is really a masterpiece. I love all those films (and merely quite like True Lies from what I remember) but this one and T2 imo are at the very top.

[Member-222782]

If the PQ is up to par, these three releases (particularly Abyss) will get a LOT of use from me! I'll probably watch Abyss about once a month lol. So many great moments.

Couldn't watch the ProRes trailer. It's a download that took me a site called Team Up or something. Couldn't be bothered with all that.

[Resettito]

Originally Posted by Cinema84

If the PQ is up to par, these three releases (particularly Abyss) will get a LOT of use from me! I'll probably watch Abyss about once a month lol. So many great moments.

Couldn't watch the ProRes trailer. It's a download that took me a site called Team Up or something. Couldn't be bothered with all that.

Weird, the download is very straightforward, nothing to install.

[mar3o]

Yeah, no issues downloading the prores trailer straight-away. Maybe my ad-blocker is just blocking any re-directs. Everyone should be using uBlock Origin.

[peppapigstan]

Originally Posted by Dave_6

The ProRes trailer looks SO much better than the Youtube one. I hope the disc looks the same, or better. I know that's asking a lot though.

no i agree, i was quite mistaken that the YT video would be accurate bc there wouldn't be any grain to compress, but there's a nice layer of natural fine grain (even chroma noise too), the DNR reminds me of Crying Freeman/Cardcaptor Sakura's restorations (ik im a weeb lol) so not a 100% wax job