Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990) New Oct 2014 Blu Ray release?

[supersonic395]

Just saw this on Amazon and was wondering if anyone has it?

It was released on October 20th 2014

Is it different from the crap 1080i 50hz release from last year?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Teenage-Muta...141884&sr=1-49

[oddbox83]

I just watched this last night.

It's 24p this time. However, that's not a good thing! The disc is really horrific and I'm not keeping it.

It's one of the worst examples of DNR tampering I've seen. It's removing tons of genuine detail, one example of the detailed texturing on the turtles skin. It becomes almost invisible, I only realised it was there half way through. It's really smeary, posterised, blocky... As if it matters at this stage, both 2.0 and 5.1 tracks are lossy 192/448 encodes.

And the award for how to make a bad transfer worse goes to Medium Rare. I'm not touching their releases with a bargepole now. Genuinely, I'd have preferred the look of a good DVD upscale.

I'm also baffled by the extra. A making-of promo piece for the second film. What it does show though, that even a grainy old pan and scan analogue transfer is easier on the eye than the tripe on the disc. It's softer yet way more detailed.

To think I almost paid extra for the steelbook edition this. I'm so glad I only paid a fiver (Amazon's 2 for £10) for the standard edition because it's a waste of money.

[supersonic395]

That's a real shame. Oh well.

[Rottweiler30]

Isn't the US disc region free?

[sjconstable]

Originally Posted by oddbox83

I just watched this last night.

It's 24p this time. However, that's not a good thing! The disc is really horrific and I'm not keeping it.

It's one of the worst examples of DNR tampering I've seen. It's removing tons of genuine detail, one example of the detailed texturing on the turtles skin. It becomes almost invisible, I only realised it was there half way through. It's really smeary, posterised, blocky... As if it matters at this stage, both 2.0 and 5.1 tracks are lossy 192/448 encodes.

And the award for how to make a bad transfer worse goes to Medium Rare. I'm not touching their releases with a bargepole now. Genuinely, I'd have preferred the look of a good DVD upscale.

I'm also baffled by the extra. A making-of promo piece for the second film. What it does show though, that even a grainy old pan and scan analogue transfer is easier on the eye than the tripe on the disc. It's softer yet way more detailed.

To think I almost paid extra for the steelbook edition this. I'm so glad I only paid a fiver (Amazon's 2 for £10) for the standard edition because it's a waste of money.

Thanks for that, I've been wanting to know about its quality for some time but couldn't find anything online. I guess it's the barebones US release for me then. I just wish they'd release a director's cut.

[Markgway]

Funnily enough I just ordered the Warner US release.

No extras, but the picture looks natural (the German disc uses the same print and has extras, but is also artificially brightened and looks wrong).

I'm not one of those people who remembers exactly what a film looked like when I saw it in the theatre, but I do recall TMNT always looking intentionally dark and grainy and the sequels much brighter.

[elvisranger]

Originally Posted by Markgway

Funnily enough I just ordered the Warner US release.

No extras, but the picture looks natural (the German disc uses the same print and has extras, but is also artificially brightened and looks wrong).

I'm not one of those people who remembers exactly what a film looked like when I saw it in the theatre, but I do recall TMNT always looking intentionally dark and grainy and the sequels much brighter.

what are the extras on the German edition?

[Rottweiler30]

I thought the AV quality on the US disc was very good.

[Markgway]

Originally Posted by elvisranger

what are the extras on the German edition?

There's a director's commentary and some deleted footage.

[oddbox83]

Seeing is believing, if it's cheap go on.

[Indiana Jonezzz...]

Originally Posted by oddbox83

Seeing is believing, if it's cheap go on.

Well, it was £1.80 so I went for it. I saw that you were the poster above who mentioned the bad DNR, yet the screenshots I saw in the review looked much like the US version with grain so I was confused. I'll no doubt end up flogging it and importing the US one though if it really is as bad as you say!

[Indiana Jonezzz...]

Originally Posted by oddbox83

Seeing is believing, if it's cheap go on.

Haha, yeah, you were right. This is seriously bad! US edition it is then .

[FaGiO]

So... which is the best master worldwide available, in terms of A/V and edit (more scenes, deleted scenes, extra...), of this movie?

[JustTheWayItIs]

Originally Posted by FaGiO

So... which is the best master worldwide available, in terms of A/V and edit (more scenes, deleted scenes, extra...), of this movie?

Can someone give a definitive answer on this?

[Jill Valentine]

Originally Posted by JustTheWayItIs

Can someone give a definitive answer on this?

Sorry I don’t know but I think you can watch them for free on Plutotv now

[UpsetSmiley]

Originally Posted by JustTheWayItIs

Can someone give a definitive answer on this?

The answer seems to be the US releases for picture & audio quality (from what I've seen is far superior to any of the UK releases) and the German releases for additional extras (brightness looks a bit blown out and encoding not so good compared to the US version https://caps-a-holic.com/c.php?a=1&x...7&l=1&i=4&go=1), both for completists.

[GlacierTuba]

Originally Posted by JustTheWayItIs

Can someone give a definitive answer on this?

Umbrella released the first film earlier this year. It's a 'scratch n sniff' version. No idea on the source used or if it's any better or worse than what's already out there.

I would imagine a 4K release in the not too distant future would not be unreasonable considering there is a new film out any time now and that the 1990 original was one of the biggest box office opening weekends of all time (I think that record was only beaten recently).

Great nostalgia for the original film. I remember the hype for it very well. Not so enthused about the two sequels or anything after those either.


EDIT: The Umbrella disc uses the same older transfer. It just has the 'stink o vision' track added to it. Not really worth the money they are asking for it imho.

https://dvdcompare.net/review.php?rid=7448

[drush9999]

I have the US triple feature, and the PQ is pretty good for what it is. The third disc is a coaster though.

[bongozoid]

Originally Posted by drush9999

I have the US triple feature, and the PQ is pretty good for what it is. The third disc is a coaster though.

Gosh, that's a shame for you that disc doesn't work.
Mine plays great and probably has the best PQ of the bunch.

[Jill Valentine]

Originally Posted by drush9999

I have the US triple feature, and the PQ is pretty good for what it is. The third disc is a coaster though.

Sorry but I got to give some love for the third one. My and my big brother would watch it a lot when we were kids. Good memories