4K Blu-ray Confirmed, Coming in

[dvdmike]

Originally Posted by gkolb

I am wondering about this batch of movies announced by Sony -- The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Salt, Hancock, Chappie, Pineapple Express, and The Smurfs 2. --, were these really shot and finished in 4k? I mean with all the cgi in ASM2, Chappie and Smurfs 2 it seems crazy that all the effects and characters were rendered, shot/finished in 4k.

So are these movies mostly up-converts? It seemed some of the Fox movie titles from a month or 2 ago would also have to be up-converts.

There is nothing in these 6 titles that makes me interested in purchasing in UHD.
Now a number of the maybe in the future ones look like great stuff, but I already have them on regular blu.

Sony have been doing this for ages, I saw Chappie in 4k theatrically

[MisterXDTV]

Originally Posted by dvdmike

Sony have been doing this for ages, I saw Chappie in 4k theatrically

Sony has been doing what? Rendering VFX @4K?

I had no idea....

[dvdmike]

Originally Posted by MisterXDTV

Sony has been doing what? Rendering VFX @4K?

I had no idea....

Yep, they do love a 4k finish.
Don't forget they have a 4k digital cinema business and a download service they needed the content

[MisterXDTV]

Originally Posted by dvdmike

Yep, they do love a 4k finish.
Don't forget they have a 4k digital cinema business and a download service they needed the content

Their commitment to great quality delivery is just top in the business....
Too bad their catalog is not the best of the majors

[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

Plus, if Crystal Palace continues to do as well over the next several years as they're doing now, might not be a bad idea to wait for the next phase of UHD (HDR and HFR)....for more clarity of fast counter attacks and the flying eagle.

Sssssssh! Don't jinx it!

[dvdmike]

Originally Posted by MisterXDTV

Their commitment to great quality delivery is just top in the business....
Too bad their catalog is not the best of the majors

It's a great catalouge, just a shame these titles dont show it.

Just be happy this didn't happen:

[Geoff D]

While I agree they've got a tasty catalogue (though with every new Blomkamp movie it's being taken down a notch) that launch slate is hardly have been worse than that flick IMO. Hell, a Sandler movie is high art next to Smurfs 2.

[Brightstar]

so these are gonna be called 4k UltraHD disks ? and not blu ray

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by MisterXDTV

Sony has been doing what? Rendering VFX @4K?
I had no idea....

Originally Posted by dvdmike

Yep, they do love a 4k finish.
Don't forget they have a 4k digital cinema business and a download service they needed the content

Actually, often, the norm has been, even with 4K finishes from Sony Pictures, is to have created much of the vfx in 2K.

A notable exception to that industry-wide practice with ‘4K movies’ was Tomorrowland in which many vfx shots were actually produced (created) in 4K, rendered in 4K and output in 4K…. https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...d#post10965985

[Wendell R. Breland]

Originally Posted by Brightstar

so these are gonna be called 4k UltraHD disks ? and not blu ray

The official BDA name is: Ultra HD Blu-ray. Expect to see several variations on this name. This reminds me, I need to tweak my avatar that I have had for sometime now.

[bailey1987]

Originally Posted by dvdmike

It's a great catalouge, just a shame these titles dont show it.

Just be happy this didn't happen:

Yes, and to think at the time I was furious that they changed the title to The Next Level.

[Trekkie313]

Originally Posted by bailey1987

Pictures on The Digital Bits:

http://thedigitalbits.com/columns/my...ts/111015_1315



http://www.prnewswire.com/news-relea...300175276.html
http://www.sonypictures.com/corp/pre...rahddiscs.html

Give us the real Spider-Man sequel, Spider-Man 2 (2004). Thanks SONY!

What is up with Sony really? They didn't like TASM2 by their own admission and audiences agreed, why keep pushing it? Especially when they already have a 4K scan of the better movie.

[dvdmike]

Originally Posted by Trekkie313

Give us the real Spider-Man sequel, Spider-Man 2 (2004). Thanks SONY!

What is up with Sony really? They didn't like TASM2 by their own admission and audiences agreed, why keep pushing it? Especially when they already have a 4K scan of the better movie.

I liked it

[Dex Robinson]

Originally Posted by Wendell R. Breland

The official BDA name is: Ultra HD Blu-ray. Expect to see several variations on this name...

Half of the forum members here think that the abbreviation for Blu-ray Disc is "BR". If they can't get that right, they'll never figure this out.

[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by Trekkie313

Give us the real Spider-Man sequel, Spider-Man 2 (2004). Thanks SONY!

What is up with Sony really? They didn't like TASM2 by their own admission and audiences agreed, why keep pushing it? Especially when they already have a 4K scan of the better movie.

Becuz they didn't make nearly as much money on it as they thought they were going to, they've gotta claw back a few more $$$ from somewhere.

[dvdmike]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

Becuz they didn't make nearly as much money on it as they thought they were going to, they've gotta claw back a few more $$$ from somewhere.

That and it is a pretty film in places.
Also one of the newest films in their launch line up

[bailey1987]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

Becuz they didn't make nearly as much money on it as they thought they were going to, they've gotta claw back a few more $$$ from somewhere.

correct me if I'm wrong but didn't it just make a few hundred million dollars less then the prior films if that? for a total that is still a good few hundred million dollars more than most other films? Bonkers is all I can say.

[dvdmike]

Originally Posted by bailey1987

correct me if I'm wrong but didn't it just make a few hundred million dollars less then the prior films if that? for a total that is still a good few hundred million dollars more than most other films? Bonkers is all I can say.

Hollywood accounting plus all the merch sales they lost

[Drewbee87]

TASM2 will be one of the first I buy from Sony's UHD releases. Hopefully the rest of the Spider-Man films won't take too long to come out.

[dvdmike]

Originally Posted by Drewbee87

TASM2 will be one of the first I buy from Sony's UHD releases. Hopefully the rest of the Spider-Man films won't take too long to come out.

Same