The Abyss 4K UHD (1989)

[starmike]

I need a second set of eyes on this because I'm forming a theory.

Look at the shot of Bud after the line "Let's get the wellhead uncoupled, shall we?" (SE 12:17)

His head moves away from the camera a bit and then back. You can almost see some kind of bizarre "threshold" where the algorithm kicks in the further back his head goes, and when it comes back, the algorithm backs off.

[AlphaNoodle]

are all of these Cameron films actually available to preorder somewhere in the states?

[Croweyes1121]

Originally Posted by Harryhausen AF

There should be NO teal in a movie from 1989

This is just flat-out wrong.

The Abyss has ALWAYS had MANY teal scenes in it. It’s one of the most abundant colors in the film, and it always has been. It’s just an incredibly blue (and shades of blue, green, and blue/green) film. I’ve been analyzing this particular film for literally decades. SEHD itself had color grades on top of color grades to more closely match earlier versions and colors within scenes.

Are you actually arguing that the color teal itself was somehow not invented until the 1990’s? Saying that “no movie from 1989” should have ANY teal in it whatsoever is just…look, watch what you want, like what you want and dislike what you don’t. I’m honestly not here to argue with you. But to say that THIS movie has never had ANY teal in it…I can’t take that seriously.

[thebarnman]

Originally Posted by Croweyes1121

LOL

If only they’d had some more time to get this rollout right. I mean it’s just all so rushed, ammirite??

yournotwrong.

[thebarnman]

Originally Posted by By_His_Strypes

Do you think James Cameron was probably listening to Smooth Operator by Sade and got carried away w/ the smoothness dial?

No. He was actually looking at Sinéad O'Connor's head.

[By_His_Strypes]

Maybe what was meant to be said, The movie never had Teal'c in it.... but that would've been interesting.

[Croweyes1121]

I also just noticed another audio mistake from the branching DVD that I did NOT mention to the studio but that has ALSO been corrected. It's the additional establishing shot of the NTI ark after the crew deboards Deepcore. On the DVD, you could hear the audio fading between music sources to add that shot, leading to a bar or two being repeated in the audio mix. I thought it was an error introduced on the DVD, but TBH, my memory of that moment on the LD wasn't as clear as the other two issues, so I decided not to bring it up with the other two issues as I wasn't POSITIVE that it was a mistake that hadn't always been there. Turns out, it WAS a mistake with the DVD and it has now been fixed. It was still there in the theatrical showing last week but has now been corrected. Man, this makes me very, very happy.

[By_His_Strypes]

Originally Posted by thebarnman

No. He was actually looking at Sinéad O'Connor's head.

Hopefully, it spoke to him...

[Vader815]

Originally Posted by Harryhausen AF

Sorry but I find your comment misleading. MOST of the movie is teal in this 4k master it is not just some scenes. There has been a blanket teal tint added and only a small number of scenes dont have teal just like the 4k trailer shows. There should be NO teal in a movie from 1989 and teal is only something Cameron started using since his revisionist Aliens BD. It should be blue not teal same with T2 and all the rest.

Whatever else the disc does or doesn't do well, I keep seeing this idea that "teal" only came about in Cameron's later career, but Titanic's 35mm print had clear examples of a strong teal tint throughout.

[Dr. T]

Originally Posted by Vader815

Whatever else the disc does or doesn't do well, I keep seeing this idea that "teal" only came about in Cameron's later career, but Titanic's 35mm print had clear examples of a strong teal tint throughout.

Well that makes sense since teal was invented in 1996 a year before Titanic came out.

[Phantasia]

The grabs I see all look teal and unnatural. I think anybody trying to convince themselves that any of these remasters are faithful aren't being real with themselves.

[Telemachus]

hot take: teal is a fake word

[By_His_Strypes]

Water and Teal kind of go hand in hand... they are close like that.

[starmike]

Originally Posted by Dr. T

Well that makes sense since teal was invented in 1996 a year before Titanic came out.

If it's not from the Hollywood section of California, it's sparkling blue-green.

[Croweyes1121]

Originally Posted by Phantasia

The grabs I see all look teal and unnatural. I think anybody trying to convince themselves that any of these remasters are faithful aren't being real with themselves.

Not every scene on The Abyss is teal. Then again, I’m watching the whole thing and not just looking at screenshots. I do wish more screens would be posted of the other non-teal scenes, because there are many of them.

Anyway, I’m happy. If others aren’t, I’m sorry to hear it, truly.

[By_His_Strypes]

The only thing that I could see some complaining about is the SE footage towards the end. One scene in particular, but that would be nitpicking, when up until that point it was a visual feast for the eyes.

[PeterTHX]

Originally Posted by starmike

The shot of the helicopter in front of the wave looks so awful. The people in it aren't even masked properly, they look like cutouts.

They were bluescreen optical composites from 1993.

[blakninja]

Here's a screengrab of the SE i found.

[Show spoiler]

[jeff BD]

Still no place to stream the SE in 4K/Atmos?

[Croweyes1121]

I take back everything I said. I mean, maybe this is a *bit* extreme...


EDIT: Guys…c’mon…this is a joke. I REALLY thought that went without saying. Forgot where I was.