First Blood / Rambo: First Blood Part II / Rambo III 4K UHDs (1982-1988)

[Filmmaker]

Holy shitting shit, look at the size of this thing! I was expecting more of the same from EverythingBlu, but this thing is hung like a horse!

[DaylightsEnd]

Originally Posted by Filmmaker

Holy shitting shit, look at the size of this thing! I was expecting more of the same from EverythingBlu, but this thing is hung like a horse!

I hope this is a gag, perpetrated with photoshop.

Mother of biatches, it's giamongous!

I hope I can order the junior kids portion.....

[Filmmaker]

Originally Posted by DaylightsEnd

I hope this is a gag, perpetrated with photoshop.

I never lie about the size of my package.

[kong73]

Originally Posted by Filmmaker

Holy shitting shit, look at the size of this thing! I was expecting more of the same from EverythingBlu, but this thing is hung like a horse!

Can't wait for mine to arrive !!!

[DaylightsEnd]

Just when you thought only tacky American fast-food franchises knew how to Supersize....

[batman2000]

Originally Posted by Filmmaker

Holy shitting shit, look at the size of this thing! I was expecting more of the same from EverythingBlu, but this thing is hung like a horse!

I’m confused is this disc an improvement?

[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by batman2000

I’m confused is this disc an improvement?

Good lord no. It's just got a whole bunch of tat with it.

[Mikezilla3k]

Originally Posted by Filmmaker

Holy shitting shit, look at the size of this thing! I was expecting more of the same from EverythingBlu, but this thing is hung like a horse!

[Show spoiler]

[batman2000]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

Good lord no. It's just got a whole bunch of tat with it.

Thanks for clearing up the confusion.

[PeterTHX]

FFS people, spoiler or delete repeat images. It's not that hard. Common courtesy.

[Filmmaker]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

Good lord no. It's just got a whole bunch of tat with it.

But I am honestly curious if the SC disc in this one is the exact same transfer as the 40th Anniversary disc they’re releasing in three weeks.

[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by Filmmaker

But I am honestly curious if the SC disc in this one is the exact same transfer as the 40th Anniversary disc they’re releasing in three weeks.

Is that one meant to be any different? Not being snarky, I plain don't know.

[professorwho]

Originally Posted by Surge92

Of the available Lionsgate Rambo 4Ks, does First Blood have the best encoding, etc.? That's the only one I really care about.

No. The first two, for whatever reason, have different encodes than the EU SC discs (presumably done by SC, as LG's encodes by Pixelogic/Radius60 wouldn't be anywhere near that bad), and are noticeably worse.

[Surge92]

Originally Posted by professorwho

No. The first two, for whatever reason, have different encodes than the EU SC discs (presumably done by SC, as LG's encodes by Pixelogic/Radius60 wouldn't be anywhere near that bad), and are noticeably worse.

So if I want the best 4K encode of First Blood, I should go with one of the European releases?

[professorwho]

Originally Posted by Surge92

So if I want the best 4K encode of First Blood, I should go with one of the European releases?

Yeah. Between the StudioCanal and Eagle Pictures releases, neither is 100% perfect (at least going by Caps), so just go with whichever one, I guess? I'm personally waiting for a newer disc, but that could take a while.

[Surge92]

Originally Posted by professorwho

Yeah. Between the StudioCanal and Eagle Pictures releases, neither is 100% perfect (at least going by Caps), so just go with whichever one, I guess? I'm personally waiting for a newer disc, but that could take a while.

Gotcha. I was leaning towards the new Eagle 4K steelbook that's coming out. I like the movie, but not enough to spend $60-70 on the UK deluxe version.

[Filmmaker]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

Is that one meant to be any different? Not being snarky, I plain don't know.

Literally why I’m asking. I truly don’t know but it’s labeled 40th Anniversary Edition, so it that just referring to the Steelbook packaging or is it indication of a new disc/encode? Is there any possibility this is an early release of one of the RAMBOs you’ve leaked are coming next year?

[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by Filmmaker

Literally why I’m asking. I truly don’t know but it’s labeled 40th Anniversary Edition, so it that just referring to the Steelbook packaging or is it indication of a new disc/encode? Is there any possibility this is an early release of one of the RAMBOs you’ve leaked are coming next year?

As far as I know the revised Rambos are being pushed for by Lionsgate and will be exclusive to them. I think I saw something about new special features for the 40th anniversary StudioCanal edition but the listings for it don’t mention anything.

[mjvmovieman]

I just watched the Rambo II/III remastered Lionsgate blu's from 2018 and they look really good to me. Am I crazy?

[Filmmaker]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

As far as I know the revised Rambos are being pushed for by Lionsgate and will be exclusive to them. I think I saw something about new special features for the 40th anniversary StudioCanal edition but the listings for it don’t mention anything.

This talk just inspired me to go on a deep dive on the internet and I came across this—“as is the norm, the disc itself is the existing release, and we get posh Steelbook packaging this time around”—so I guess now I know.