Night of the Living Dead (1990) - Out of Print

[AndrewFM]

I see what you're getting at with the zombies, that's where it really hurts. Do you think somebody misunderstood what they were going for with these zombies? They were so cool to me because John Vulich and Optic Nerve researched what REAL dead people look like and found that yellow was a prominant colour (Return of the Living Dead did something similar a few years before with their blood-drained yellow man). Do you think some idiot at Sony thought this was something to be corrected, in the same way Sleepy Hollow was filmed with bright orange blood, knowing they would be fiddling with the colour in post?

[Mr Kite]

Originally Posted by Dickieduvet

"It's BLUE....WTF!!!!"

He's looking into it.

LOL nice one Dickie.

[rdodolak]

Originally Posted by IdeaOfEvil

What bums me out is that in the comments on TT's Facebook message about waiting to ask Sony about this problem is that someone posted up comparison pics of the bluray and dvd and TT replied to it and said that the shot's weren't as bad as the shots were showing. So there might already be some denial going on on their end
=(

I don't think so. Some of the images are much darker/bluer than what is actually on the disc. I'm sure a part of it is attributed to the individual's settings on their television and camera.

Take a look at Psicon's caps as they represent the way the disc actually looks.

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...34#post6536334

[whitesheik]

Originally Posted by Dickieduvet

Don spoke to Tom on the phone and posted the info on his FB page.

From what I understand, "Don" doesn't even have the disc, so it's all based on what he's read.

[AndrewFM]

Originally Posted by rdodolak

I don't think so. Some of the images are much darker/bluer than what is actually on the disc. I'm sure a part of it is attributed to the individual's settings on their television and camera.

Take a look at Psicon's caps as they represent the way the disc actually looks.

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...34#post6536334

If mine looks like that, I'm happy. Doesn't look blue, at all, to me.

[Mr Kite]

Originally Posted by whitesheik

From what I understand, "Don" doesn't even have the disc, so it's all based on what he's read.

To me at this point and this is just a hunch..........this is a fault and Tom had nothing to do with it?

[wormraper]

Originally Posted by tele1962

To me at this point and this is just a hunch..........this is a fault and Tom had nothing to do with it?

that's my suspicion. I'm actually not deadly sure with WHOM the coloring fault is with at the moment. bad enconding? someone at Sony screwed up the master... who knows at this point.

[ucfmatt]

Originally Posted by rdodolak

The blueness of the sky in both pics is way off though ... what settings are you using on your television?

Can you grab a comparison around the 55:29 mark?

I was using whatever I could from the 1080p 2-min sneak preview. VUDU isn't offering a rental on NOTLD at the moment.

Neither shot is really representative of how it actually looks while watching it, probably due to my nearly obsolete digital camera.

[rdodolak]

Originally Posted by AndrewFM

If mine looks like that, I'm happy. Doesn't look blue, at all, to me.

The blu-ray is darker than previous releases which makes it look, shall we say, a bit more blue. Does it look smurf blue, no. Is it darker, yes. On the other hand the transfer is clean and has grain intact.

[xiaNaix]

Directors do not have to sign off on these sorts of things. It's pretty clear Tom had nothing to do with the release. The film is owned by Sony and they were the ones who supplied the print to Twilight Time. Whatever happened was done by Sony.

[Captain Mal]

Originally Posted by odriley

Well I have my plan. If theres a recall, great. Id love to have this on bluray properly.

If not, im getting my money back and using 13 bucks of it to just download it off of VUDU on my ps3. Its HD and 1080p and looks exactly how it should. Sure its not AS good as blu but if its the best im gonna get then so be it. Still have my dvd too obviously.

Ill be hoping for the recall though.

That's what I plan on doing. VUDU gives new customers a $6 credit when they sign up on the PS3, so the HDX version will only cost me about $8 & some change. But I REALLY hope there's a disc replacement program.

I just don't see how this isn't an error on the blu-ray. The HDX version looks fine. The HDX version and the blu-ray should come from the same HD master?

[whitesheik]

Originally Posted by Dickieduvet

"It's BLUE....WTF!!!!"

He's looking into it.

Wow, the "quote" from Savini has gone from "BLUE" to "It's BLUE... WTF!!!"

Are you making this up as you go along?

[AndrewFM]

Originally Posted by rdodolak

The blu-ray is darker than previous releases which makes it look, shall we say, a bit more blue. Does it look smurf blue, no. Is it darker, yes. On the other hand the transfer is clean and has grain intact.

Yeah I can see it is darker, but it's not like someone has put Jabba the Hutt in the film. It looks like a darker version of the same movie, it does NOT look blue to me, at all.

[HyperRealist]

I never saw this remake. Do they call them zombies or are they ghouls like in the original?

[AndrewFM]

Originally Posted by HyperRealist

I never saw this remake. Do they call them zombies or are they ghouls like in the original?

"Those things"

As in "there's more of those things out there!"

[BluRayFiend]

an sorry people need to wake up an see what do you expect from a company that dosent answer their phone during regular business hrs cause when I ordered fright night I had some issues I tried to call them an never got through on the phone patience is key

[wormraper]

Originally Posted by tele1962

I give up............come on guys.

hey, I'll still have that beer with you (I have a wonderful belgian saison I brewed last month still sitting around )

[iamnoone]

I appreciate TT's willingness to look into this this week, so besides their first couple of FB posts aside, they are handling this quite professionally, on a weekend no less. And I think we can all agree SAE has handled the massive shipping of this title like true professionals at super fast speed. So these companies are trying.

I honestly don't think a recall/exchange will happen, though. Has such a thing ever been done with such a small "limited run" DVD that sold out like this before. I know OPERA was numbered, but they still had stock to sell and a single-disc unlimited release out there, so they had to correct the defect (and that title completely stopped playing, so it was completely defective) - or they'd have to remove it off the market completely. Financially, it wouldn't make much business sense to redo NOTLD90 - getting a new HD master from Sony, repressing, implementing a plan to exchange whatever number of people want exchanges (and who knows how many to press?), postage both ways, etc. - all for an item that won't sell any more as it's sold out - so why fix it just for the exhange only? The only reason would be for TT to keep its customer fanbase happy, but even if they do all this, I'm sure some fans will still be angry that they have to waste time sending it back in and maybe pay postage, etc. There really is no total win situation for TT here, as they'd take a big loss doing a recall on this, and many fans would still be upset anyway. I think offering the refund to all who want it is the logical choice and is what will happen, with an apology, of course. I'd prefer a remastered re-do myself, but I understand these things can happen and will just have to live with this.

I think if one good thing does come out of this, it's that TT will be extra careful from now on with the masters they receive, especially horror films as us horror fans are pretty passionate. They shouldn't take for granted that what Sony supplies them is correct. Get a horror fan of the film to stop by their office that's willing to check out their check-disc for free (maybe give him a free earlier DVD for his time) - or if that sounds dumb, at least spend $3 to buy a used copy of the earlier DVD off Amazon just to do a comparison before pressing and distribution. I think CHRISTINE will still come, and TT will make sure everything is right on that one.

[Bassaholic]

Originally Posted by BluRayFiend

an sorry people need to wake up an see what do you expect from a company that dosent answer their phone during regular business hrs cause when I ordered fright night I had some issues I tried to call them an never got through on the phone

Good grief. Your posts are turning me into a zombie. Please use punctuation.

[rdodolak]

Originally Posted by BluRayFiend

an sorry people need to wake up an see what do you expect from a company that dosent answer their phone during regular business hrs cause when I ordered fright night I had some issues I tried to call them an never got through on the phone

In all fairness, TT and SAE are two different companies. TT has hired SAE to distribute/ship the item where as TT is the one that pulled together the release. SAE is the one that answers the phones regarding orders not TT.