Ghostbusters 4K UHD (1984)

[zepol]

Originally Posted by FilmFreakosaurus

Grain haters don't like grain. News at 11.

For me it's more like I don't like when it doesn't look like it did when it played at the movies. Only TOP GUN 4k with it's yellowish tint was ok.

[zepol]

Originally Posted by CreasyBear

Watching Ghostbusters on 4K is like watching it for the first time on a pristine 35mm print. It's a stunning transfer.

No it's not.

[Canada]

I had forgotten until I waiting to into the screening of Ghostbusters: Afterlife, that John Belushi was supposed to be in Ghostbusters.

[CreasyBear]

Originally Posted by zepol

Didn't look like that at the theater or drive-in in 1984.
Or the Criterion laserdisc.

Oh no, a fresh 4K scan of the negative doesn't look like a 480i laserdisc?!?!?

[zepol]

Originally Posted by CreasyBear

Oh no, a fresh 4K scan of the negative doesn't look like a 480i laserdisc?!?!?

I guess grain doesn't show up on laserdisc like it does on some 4k.

[FilmFreakosaurus]

Originally Posted by zepol

I guess grain doesn't show up on laserdisc like it does on some 4k.

More detail, more apparent grain structure.

[IndyMLVC]

Looks like the remaster is going to be part of a 3 film boxed set - 3 4K's, 3 blu-ray's + 2 bonus discs.

https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B09...SIN=B09LZ4XBVW

[RdCrestdBreegull]

I watched the 4KBD of Ghostbusters on a 4K HDR OLED and it was the best experience watching the movie I'd ever had. Don't understand how it can be seen as a bad transfer.

[Markgway]

Originally Posted by IndyMLVC

Looks like the remaster is going to be part of a 3 film boxed set - 3 4K's, 3 blu-ray's + 2 bonus discs.

https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B09...SIN=B09LZ4XBVW

Hope they get individual release too.

I haven't seen Afterlife, but the chances of me wanting to own it are slim.

[PeterTHX]

Originally Posted by RdCrestdBreegull

I watched the 4KBD of Ghostbusters on a 4K HDR OLED and it was the best experience watching the movie I'd ever had. Don't understand how it can be seen as a bad transfer.

It's really not - it's just the HDR is pretty aggressive which can exaggerate noise and grain. They can use the same HDR levels & transfer with the reissue and Dolby Vision will "tame" the wilder elements.

[rexinnih]

Originally Posted by IndyMLVC

Looks like the remaster is going to be part of a 3 film boxed set - 3 4K's, 3 blu-ray's + 2 bonus discs.

https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B09...SIN=B09LZ4XBVW

Nice, this is what I was banking on when I sold my 4K steelbook for a nice price.

[sfmarine]

According to the Amazon listing it will be available in May. We'll have to see what we get in the US when it comes to a release. They should be individual releases bulking it with Afterlife does make sense. I have not picked up the HDR releases of 1&2 so either way I'll be getting whatever is offered to us.

[DMRI2006]

Originally Posted by PeterTHX

It's really not - it's just the HDR is pretty aggressive which can exaggerate noise and grain. They can use the same HDR levels & transfer with the reissue and Dolby Vision will "tame" the wilder elements.

It's like a lot of those early Sony UHDs, they just come off as really, really "hot". CLOSE ENCOUNTERS is another one that could use a Dolby Vision re-do.

[KMFDMvsEnya]

I haven't seen this in person yet, disc is coming, but the CAH pictures sure looks like someone increased/cooked the average light levels of the image to make it POP, sacrificing subtlety and nuance for more HDARRRR.

Looking at Starship Troopers as a prime example of overdoing it for even on an HDR display.

[batman2000]

Originally Posted by zepol

No it's not.

Can you show what the difference is even if it’s with another 35mm film?

[NeilZ]

Originally Posted by Markgway

Hope they get individual release too.

I haven't seen Afterlife, but the chances of me wanting to own it are slim.

Smart move of them to ignore the other one with all the women.

[zepol]

Originally Posted by batman2000

Can you show what the difference is even if it’s with another 35mm film?

I remember seeing it at movie theater in 1984 and on VHS in 1985 and the cable tv. In the 90s' I saw it on Criterion laserdisc. Up to that point the laserdisc looked the best because of sharpness. I had no issues about color. Then I got dvd and it looked good. Then I rent 4k and it's whaaat? All of a sudden I notice it doesn't look like I have seen it before and I mean that in a bad way.

[mar3o]

Originally Posted by DMRI2006

It's like a lot of those early Sony UHDs, they just come off as really, really "hot". CLOSE ENCOUNTERS is another one that could use a Dolby Vision re-do.

No. what some of these need is a total HDR redo, not just rely on DV to fix it. Not everyone has DV and not all TVs handle it well. Too many releases rely on DV as a crutch to fix poor HDR10 grading. Those with no DV or sets that don't display it well are left out in the cold.

[Samu_]

Hey guys… have read through the comments and the feedback. I don’t mind grain at all…what do you think? Get this release or wait for the Dolby Vision upgrade?

[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by Samu_

Hey guys… have read through the comments and the feedback. I don’t mind grain at all…what do you think? Get this release or wait for the Dolby Vision upgrade?

If you haven’t bought it yet then I’d wait as you’re just going to get a betterer disc all-round with the updated version. Improved compression, greater control over the Light Cannon™️ HDR if you’re DV-capable, and the original 2.0 and 5.1 audio tracks to go with the Atmos.