Ghostbusters 4K UHD (1984)

[Kyle15]

That's classic "product box will protect the discs inside which are the only thing you're paying for" packaging. Wowee zowee Best Buy usually does better than that!

[maverick22]

Be thankful it was still a box though.

I didn’t think of ordering 2 this time around. Crap!

[i007spectre]

Originally Posted by Trekkie313

Anyone get a DeepDiscount shipping notice?

Nada.

[erixon20]

Originally Posted by Trekkie313

Anyone get a DeepDiscount shipping notice?

not yet.

[CreasyBear]

Originally Posted by Trekkie313

Anyone get a DeepDiscount shipping notice?

Negative.

[Doctor Mister]

Originally Posted by Trekkie313

Anyone get a DeepDiscount shipping notice?

Got a pending charge for it but no shipping notice yet. (In the US)

[coolguy25]

What a joke, nobody has even posted how the new Dolby Vision upgrade looks compared to HDR10.

Just a bunch of people whining about their package not arriving and how the slipcovers look.. smh

[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by Trekkie313

Anyone get a DeepDiscount shipping notice?

Yes, last Thursday.

[rdodolak]

Originally Posted by IdeaOfEvil

I bought two in the hopes that BB would ship them in a box - and they did. But of course all they included was a single sheet of toilet paper as the packing material, lol

[Show spoiler]

I only ordered one and mine came in a similar, if not the same, size box and they used air pillows. I wonder if they didn't have enough room in that box for air pillows.

[TheAznOne]

Nothing yet from DD smh but Amazon finally shipped. Arriving Tuesday.

[rjy33]

Originally Posted by coolguy25

What a joke, nobody has even posted how the new Dolby Vision upgrade looks compared to HDR10.

Just a bunch of people whining about their package not arriving and how the slipcovers look.. smh

Have to have the 5-6 days of shipping updates (no one cares when its on its way to you or if it was delayed). Add on the psychos writing paragraphs about Amazon sending them one with a tiny crease in the corner that they have to return. Oh and for good measure all the complaints about “scratched” discs. You know, the important stuff! By March we should get some actual A/V discussion. Maybe.

[rdodolak]

Originally Posted by coolguy25

What a joke, nobody has even posted how the new Dolby Vision upgrade looks compared to HDR10.

Just a bunch of people whining about their package not arriving and how the slipcovers look.. smh

We'll wait for you to provide us with the HDR10 to Dolby Vision comparison, but don't make us wait too long.

[BrandonJF]

Originally Posted by Blu Manchu

I'm quite surprised that after how massively anticipated this release has been that nobody has yet talked about the 114 minute preview cut of Ghostbusters. I'd love to know how it differs to the version we're used to, but have to wait until Tuesday to get my hands on a copy. If anyone has watched it, please share your thoughts on it, cheers!

Likely because that one might be a bit of a slog to get through - I am interested, but I have a feeling some may be hoping others will report on anything of note so the rest of us can skip right to them. It's otherwise not going to be an enjoyable watch - it's in as rough a shape as you'd expect (likely taken from someone's VHS tape) with no music in the opening sequence I checked out, so I'm assuming the preview occurred before the score was in place. Definitely a curiosity that I'm glad is there, but it kinda made me want to run straight to the UHD.

I checked out a couple of the Dana auditions - the auditions are OVER AN HOUR. It's interesting, but it's a lot. I suspect most won't get through the whole thing. I watched most of Denise Crosby and Kelly McGillis and it's not just one audition. They present them running the same lines over multiple call backs as well.

I went to Afterlife and liked it more than when I saw it in the theater. My first impression was that I loved the first half and my enjoyment went down as the fan service ramped up in the second half. While some of what I complained about was not as bad as I thought, I did still think some of my other issues remain.... I just didn't care as much. It could be because the presentation was so great. This has a demo-worthy Atmos track. May be one of the best I can recall.

[Geoff D]

Felt exactly the same way about Afterlife, enjoyed the first half far more than the second.

[Croweyes1121]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

Felt exactly the same way about Afterlife, enjoyed the first half far more than the second.

Is it weird that the thing that took me most OUT of the film was the old cast? It was just so odd given the age difference. I was actually very engaged by the contemporary story and just didn’t think it was necessary by the time I got to the end of the film. It almost made it feel like one of those too-self-aware promotional commercials all of a sudden instead of the end of the movie I’d been watching for 100 minutes. Also…wouldn’t the last versions of their GB uniforms have had the GBII logos on them? I also didn’t like that the actress who portrayed Gozer looked so little like the original actress. Everything else was so spot-on that that kind of stuck out to me.

[RipleyLV426]

Don't take this as gospel haha but here's a quick screen cap (just from my phone on looking on my 4k projector of this release, previous 4k and regular blu ray. Just to kinda give a taste maybe of what the comparison looks like. Grain is in tact, detail is great! Atmos is sounding hefty with the first proton pack scenes I'm watching now!

[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by Croweyes1121

Is it weird that the thing that took me most OUT of the film was the old cast? It was just so odd given the age difference. I was actually very engaged by the contemporary story and just didn’t think it was necessary by the time I got to the end of the film. It almost made it feel like one of those promotional commercials all of a sudden instead of the end of the movie I’d been watching for 100 minutes. Also…wouldn’t the last versions of their GB uniforms have had the GBII logos on them? I also didn’t like that the actress who portrayed Gozer looked so little like the original actress. Everything else was so spot-on that that kind of stuck out to me.

Also exactly how I felt! It honestly seemed more like a parody skit when they appeared at the end, it almost derailed the whole thing for me - BUT the stuff with ghostly you-know-who is such a heartfelt moment that it overcomes the rest and brings the movie full circle. As for

[Show spoiler]Gozer, that's Olivia Wilde. Didn't remember hearing her name mentioned with this movie so it was quite a surprise (she's not credited at the end either), I thought she did alright though the costume looks a bit funky, I actually prefer the old-school one with a few Christmas tree baubles stitched onto a bodysuit!

[Egons Ghost]

Oh man, I loved Afterlife Gozer.

[Dr. Chim Richalds]

I've only been through a bit of it so far. I'm not DV/HDR expert so I'm not the person you want comparing the two. I ran straight to the preview cut. As was mentioned above, it's rough - rough sound effects, no music, many scenes with pending VFX are black and white. It's 4:3 with letter box in the middle - like an old non-anamorphic DVD but in VHS quality. So, yeah, rough. Cool to see alternate takes/lines and extra footage. A lot scenes bookend with different lines ("undersea sponge migration" is now back the script lines about the rock fall, there's more reference to the Board of Regents meeting, etc.).

The TV edit of the GB1 is 4:3. SD but pretty well cleaned up (not VHS-y). Still the aspect ratio is hard to tolerate. I remember them using the elevator scene as an example of why letterboxed movies were better than pan & scan when letterboxed movies first came out - still feels claustrophobic.

Atmos on Afterlife is as mentioned above - reference. Just awesome all the way through.

Have not watched any GB2 material yet (was outta town, have kids, gonna be a while - you'll all see it before me.

Packaging on mine was in great shape (I'm sure everyone's relieved to know that) and the lighting looks great for now (Best Buy preorder).

Quick question for anyone who has also received it - I'm imagining the digital codes for the first 2 movies don't somehow magically unlock any new extras, right? I have the digital versions of those two and don't see the need to re-redeem unless somehow there's a benefit (can't imagine there would be).

[Brian81]

My copy from Best Buy came in a box, but it looks like the same size as Deep Discount uses which holds about 24 cases. No pillows or brown paper, just the box with a lot of space.