Pitch Black 4K UHD (2000)

[The Great Owl]

I just pulled the trigger on this from Diabolik.

[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by Scottishguy

Can you imagine the environmentalists on here reacting to that. Never forget those toxic slips

Gimme mah radioactive slip cover yah tree huggin' hippies!

[lgans316]

Coming soon to HBO Max at 1080p SDR @12 Mbps

[Desk.]

Who was the artist for that cover - Vic Reeves? Bleurgh!

An extremely welcome entry into the world of 4K from Arrow, but I can't exactly say it was a title at the top of my wants list.

Desk

[Dubstar]

I remember hearing this in Dolby Digital EX 6.1 at the theater and it sounded amazing - as far as I can recall not one home video release has retained said mix, nor this one ... ugh, they could have easily remixed it to 7.1

[brian9229]

Oh f@#$ yeah!!!! Gotta say, this would have been the dead last title I'd expect Arrow to visit on their inaugural UHD release. Something from Argento would've been my guess, or hope, "Cough" Inferno.

[KRW1]

Originally Posted by BluProofie

Would this be a risky blind buy? I’d like to support Arrow doing UHDs.

I don't think so if you like a decent sci-fi action thriller and stands up to repeat viewings. It has one of my favourite opening sequences of all time. Proper demo stuff. I'm not going to whine about it, but I'd have loved an atmos mix.

[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by Dubstar

I remember hearing this in Dolby Digital EX 6.1 at the theater and it sounded amazing - as far as I can recall not one home video release has retained said mix, nor this one ... ugh, they could have easily remixed it to 7.1

Theatrical Dolby EX is 5.1 channels with a matrixed centre rear, this information is usually carried over to the home mix even if it's not flagged. Did you never try engaging PLIIx or Neo:6 or whatever to see if the centre rear was there?

[KRW1]

I never tried that Geoff, thanks. Something to play with when this arrives.

[Socko]

I don't say it often, but Day 1 !!!

For those that have the right TV's, this must look gorgeous with all the coloring going on throughout the movie.

[Socko]

Originally Posted by BluProofie

Would this be a risky blind buy? I’d like to support Arrow doing UHDs.

As others have said already, no. This movie has some outdated elements in it, but it looks good overall, it sounds good, great music and it is a visual pleasure.

[Ill_Be_Back]

Awesome, maybe Arrow could put out The Terminator on 4K with original mono. Maybe another release of Robocop too.

[Dubstar]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

Theatrical Dolby EX is 5.1 channels with a matrixed centre rear, this information is usually carried over to the home mix even if it's not flagged. Did you never try engaging PLIIx or Neo:6 or whatever to see if the centre rear was there?

I don't think it was matrixed but I could be wrong. Peter Jackson's "King Kong" was the same situation, thankfully Universal did a decent DTS-X remix with the new core 7.1 bed.

[Charlie_C]

Originally Posted by Ill_Be_Back

Awesome, maybe Arrow could put out The Terminator on 4K with original mono. Maybe another release of Robocop too.

[Johnzilla2179]

Kinda surprised that Universal isn’t releasing this one themselves, and also that there doesn’t seem to be a mention of the 20th anniversary (at least not that I saw). I was unsure from the description, but does anyone know if Dark Fury will be in HD at last?

[Scottishguy]

Originally Posted by brian9229

Oh f@#$ yeah!!!! Gotta say, this would have been the dead last title I'd expect Arrow to visit on their inaugural UHD release. Something from Argento would've been my guess, or hope, "Cough" Inferno.

Pitch Black is the bread that will pay for the jam.

[Johnzilla2179]

Originally Posted by Ill_Be_Back

Awesome, maybe Arrow could put out The Terminator on 4K with original mono. Maybe another release of Robocop too.

I really hope that they (or Uni themselves) put out a 30th anniversary 4K of Tremors.. That film has been treated so badly in home video incarnations and is really deserving of a remaster.

[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by Dubstar

I don't think it was matrixed but I could be wrong. Peter Jackson's "King Kong" was the same situation, thankfully Universal did a decent DTS-X remix with the new core 7.1 bed.

I don't know what else to tell you: Theatrical Dolby EX is a matrixed centre rear format. Always has been. AFAIK Dolby didn't move to a discrete centre rear(s) for theatrical mixes until Dolby Surround 7.1.

[edit] And their home codecs didn't have more than 5.1 discrete channels of information until the DD+/TrueHD era, which is why theatrical DD EX was matrixed in the first place: typical Dolby backwards compatibility with regular 5.1 systems.

[Ill_Be_Back]

Originally Posted by Charlie_C

I know, I'm kidding myself but I want to believe.

Originally Posted by Johnzilla2179

I really hope that they (or Uni themselves) put out a 30th anniversary 4K of Tremors.. That film has been treated so badly in home video incarnations and is really deserving of a remaster.

Yeah, the current releases are terrible. I would take the first tremors on 4K.

[Braktastic]

That's so weird. I was just thinking that I would like to see this in 4K UHD the other day.