The Hunt for Red October 4K UHD (1990)

[Flotus1]

I watched the 4K of this last night, avoid at all cost. Too dark, soft images in a few spots, doesn't have the proper Russian subtitle text font and the dialogue is barely audible in a few places, stick with the Blu-ray, it has a lot of the same problems but at least I can see what's going on, I'm only keeping it because the steelbook is better looking than the standard artwork. In contrast, I watched the old Blu-ray of Crimson Tide the night before and that thing looked like a reference quality 4k disc. I sure hope Disney doesn't mess up the transfer when it finally comes to 4K.

[JohnCarpenterLives]

Is it squished, too?
https://caps-a-holic.com/c.php?go=1&...121175&i=7&l=0

This does look really dark. How is it with DV?

[Flotus1]

Originally Posted by JohnCarpenterLives

Is it squished, too?
https://caps-a-holic.com/c.php?go=1&...121175&i=7&l=0

This does look really dark. How is it with DV?

That's probably the only thing I didn't notice, I found it considerably darker than the blu, I only have HDR10 so I can't speak to DV but my guess is not that much brighter.

[Geoff D]

Dodgy tone mapping is dodgy

[JackyJacquard]

Originally Posted by Flotus1

doesn't have the proper Russian subtitle text font

Does the blu-ray have the correct font? Or is it remastered too

[Flotus1]

Originally Posted by JackyJacquard

Does the blu-ray have the correct font? Or is it remastered too

No, same thing on the blu-ray, not remastered. The same release from 2008.

[NtheCut]

Originally Posted by Flotus1

I watched the 4K of this last night, avoid at all cost. Too dark, soft images in a few spots, doesn't have the proper Russian subtitle text font and the dialogue is barely audible in a few places, stick with the Blu-ray, it has a lot of the same problems but at least I can see what's going on, I'm only keeping it because the steelbook is better looking than the standard artwork. In contrast, I watched the old Blu-ray of Crimson Tide the night before and that thing looked like a reference quality 4k disc. I sure hope Disney doesn't mess up the transfer when it finally comes to 4K.

If I can't count every single one of Alec Baldwin's chest hairs in the shaving scene then NO THANKS.

[Flotus1]

Originally Posted by NtheCut

If I can't count every single one of Alec Baldwin's chest hairs in the shaving scene then NO THANKS.

[NtheCut]

Originally Posted by Flotus1

What? He's a stud in this movie.

[KcMsterpce]

Originally Posted by Flotus1

I watched the 4K of this last night, avoid at all cost. Too dark, soft images in a few spots...

IDK man, I fired up the 4k just now and took a few chapter skips (because I am afraid that if I started watching it right off the bat, I'd be going to bed way past my bed time).
I think it looks great. There is ZERO issues about it being "too dark".
Sure, it looks soft in spots, but that's completely inherent to the source material. There is a lot of closed-in location shooting on the set, and with the requirement to keep focus based on the lenses utilized during each shot... it can be challenging maintaining focus pull. Also, a LOT of shots are about focusing on a specific person/object in frame, and that might have a depth of field that requires 6 inches of focus amidst the rest of the frame being sacrificed, thus negating any chance of sharp precision within the entire frame of a shot.
I would even wager that some (or all) of that is intentional, to give the sense of claustrophobia that comes from being in a submarine. Believe me, I can tell you that being in a sub can be... less than freeing.

Basically, though, if you have issues with the darkness... I wager it's somethin' to do with your display chain from main source to final output.