Pitch Black 4K UHD (2000)

[evanft]

Originally Posted by Resident Evil Labs

Would love an eventual 4K UHD release of Event Horizon and Resident Evil, I really like those two Paul WS Anderson films. Hell, even Mortal Kombat on 4K would be awesome. Never understood the hate for the man.

The entire Resident Evil series is getting a 4k release.

[Resident Evil Labs]

Originally Posted by evanft

The entire Resident Evil series is getting a 4k release.

When does it get released and were can I pre order? Thank you

[sonicyogurt]

Originally Posted by Resident Evil Labs

When does it get released and were can I pre order? Thank you

There hasn't been an official announcement yet, so no release date or price yet, but there is a thread about an early listing that popped up.

[thebigcheese3k]

Preordered! I’m hyped to see Arrow entering the 4K market!

[ninfan81]

Originally Posted by hoejunter

I don’t think it’s gone live on Amazon yet?

It was and it went "currently unavailable". It was $49.99 at the time.

[dobyblue]

This and Trainspotting were the first DVDs I bought in 2001 when I picked up the PlayStation 2; can’t wait for the 4K upgrade!

[soulreaper313]

Originally Posted by hoejunter

I don’t think it’s gone live on Amazon yet?

its back up again, this one seems to be a fast seller

[FubarFrenzy]

This is a great suprise, can't wait! I'd love to see the trilogy set in UHD. I actually loved Riddick.

[Bostonyte]

Ordered...love Pitch Black!

[kevin87]

Surprised this and Flash Gordon are the first 4K when they did a 4K scan of Sixteen Candles, seems like they'd have started there... but cool. I never actually saw this one, or even Riddick, but I did see Chronicles of Riddick on cable a couple times when we had premium cable years back and enjoyed it.

[slimdude]

Originally Posted by kevin87

Surprised this and Flash Gordon are the first 4K when they did a 4K scan of Sixteen Candles, seems like they'd have started there... but cool. I never actually saw this one, or even Riddick, but I did see Chronicles of Riddick on cable a couple times when we had premium cable years back and enjoyed it.

You should've watch Pitch Black first and then Riddick before you watched Chronicles in sequence, to get a better understanding of the overall story from the beginning.

[kevin87]

Originally Posted by slimdude

You should've watch Pitch Black first and then Riddick before you watched Chronicles in sequence, to get a better understanding of the overall story from the beginning.

At the time, I didn't know there was one before it due to the unrelated film titles. I had to catch it a couple times before finally seeing the whole thing anyway... but I didn't not understand it.

[dickdarlington]

Originally Posted by kevin87

Surprised this and Flash Gordon are the first 4K when they did a 4K scan of Sixteen Candles, seems like they'd have started there... but cool. I never actually saw this one, or even Riddick, but I did see Chronicles of Riddick on cable a couple times when we had premium cable years back and enjoyed it.

Arrow Films has a plethora of 4K scans at their disposal that they could’ve done 4K UHDs for.

These two titles make sense for testing the UHD waters. Flash Gordon and Pitch Black are two of their most mainstream releases to date. It also helps that Pitch Black also sold like gangbusters during the DVD era.

[jayembee]

Originally Posted by The Fallen Deity

It would be weird to upgrade the audio but not the video.

Exactly. That's why the wording is so weird.

[TM2-Megatron]

While I'm delighted that Arrow is finally going 4K, I have to say I hope they eventually include a standard blu-ray in their 4K sets, as well. I'd much rather pay a few dollars more for a 4K/BD set; that way extras wouldn't need to be squeezed onto a 4K disc as well, meaning more space for the encode.

[r9800pro]

Originally Posted by dickdarlington

Arrow Films has a plethora of 4K scans at their disposal that they could’ve done 4K UHDs for.

These two titles make sense for testing the UHD waters. Flash Gordon and Pitch Black are two of their most mainstream releases to date. It also helps that Pitch Black also sold like gangbusters during the DVD era.

Funny you mentioned that because Pitch Black was indeed one of very few DVDs I got back at that time and it was really hard since DVDs weren't available in my country and I asked a friend of mine who was visiting the US to get me some movies on DVD and Pitch Black was one of them. The Unrated Director's Cut version.

I watched it so many times back then and remember it by heart. Also used its DTS audio as a demo for my newly purchased PC 5.1 speaker system at that time lol

[Scottishguy]

Originally Posted by TM2-Megatron

While I'm delighted that Arrow is finally going 4K, I have to say I hope they eventually include a standard blu-ray in their 4K sets, as well. I'd much rather pay a few dollars more for a 4K/BD set; that way extras wouldn't need to be squeezed onto a 4K disc as well, meaning more space for the encode.

It's the same price if you buy them each separately, as it would have been buying 4K/BD.

[SymbioticFunction]

Originally Posted by r9800pro

...I asked a friend of mine who was visiting the US to get me some movies on DVD and Pitch Black was one of them. The Unrated Director's Cut version.

Re: unrated director's cut. That rather misleading description got my hopes up back in the day, I recall being highly disappointed that there wasn't any additional violence.

[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by dickdarlington

Arrow Films has a plethora of 4K scans at their disposal that they could’ve done 4K UHDs for.

These two titles make sense for testing the UHD waters. Flash Gordon and Pitch Black are two of their most mainstream releases to date. It also helps that Pitch Black also sold like gangbusters during the DVD era.

Not everything with a noted "4K scan" on an Arrow release was actually finished in 4K tho

[MerrickG]

As much as I love this movie $49.99 ain’t happening