The Martian 4K UHD (2015)

[Pieter V]

Originally Posted by JayEmm

I am not aware of any 4k screenings of the film. I if it was finished in 4k I SHOULD have known about it.

Oblivion was definitely 2k, pretty sure Prometheus was too. Not sure about the Counselor. It's easier to do a 4k finish when the film isn't full of CGI and VFX.

Prometheus 2K.

https://www.theasc.com/ac_magazine/J...heus/page1.php

Wolski decided to shoot Prometheus with the Red Epic, which had just been released. He chose the Epic for its small size — “it’s a little bigger than a Hasselblad” — and 5K capability. Although he shot Prometheus in 5K at 5:1 compression (occasionally switching to 3:1 compression for scenes with very fine detail, like water or foliage), he notes that the original photography had to be converted to 2K in post to match the resolution of the visual-effects work. “On a movie with this many visual effects, going to 4K would have quadrupled the visual-effects budget,” notes Wolski.

The Martian: 2K Master

DOP Dariusz Wolski filmed The Martian on RED DRAGONs in 5K, shot in native stereo on 3Ality rigs (the film finished effectively in 2K).

https://www.fxguide.com/featured/lif...f-the-martian/

[dvdmike]

The Martian bluray/UHD comparison will be very interesting, Fox may be playing naughty games here.

[Geoff D]

How so?

[dvdmike]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

How so?

May, as I need more proof but what I have seen of the digital copies and the retail discs the colours are seriously muted and I mean seriously muted.
Bluray can look better, and the film didn't look that way in either the state of the art cinema or local fela pit I saw it in.
I get bluray cannot resolve the same colour and contrast spaces but, not like this.
And I hope I am very wrong, and I very well may be.

[Geoff D]

Ah, so the hobbling of HD may have begun in earnest? Oh joy.

I didn't think much of the movie but now I'll have to get the Blu and see if stacks up against the memory of the version I saw in my local flea pit a couple months ago, which looked great.

[dvdmike]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

Ah, so the hobbling of HD may have begun in earnest? Oh joy.

I didn't think much of the movie but now I'll have to get the Blu and see if stacks up against the memory of the version I saw in my local flea pit a couple months ago, which looked great.

I loved the movie, saw it 3d in xplus and 2d in the flea pit and it was not that bleached of colour, mind you I may be very wrong and I seriously hope I am.

[PeterTHX]

Originally Posted by dvdmike

May, as I need more proof but what I have seen of the digital copies and the retail discs the colours are seriously muted and I mean seriously muted.
Bluray can look better, and the film didn't look that way in either the state of the art cinema or local fela pit I saw it in.
I get bluray cannot resolve the same colour and contrast spaces but, not like this.
And I hope I am very wrong, and I very well may be.

Originally Posted by Geoff D

Ah, so the hobbling of HD may have begun in earnest? Oh joy.

[dvdmike]

Originally Posted by PeterTHX

That's not my best side

[saprano]

Originally Posted by dvdmike

The Martian bluray/UHD comparison will be very interesting, Fox may be playing naughty games here.

Same thing happened with DVD. Some newer titles did not get the best transfers they could of. This was obvious because there are DVD's that looked better.

Inception is one example. Absolutely terrible looking DVD.

[Jimmy Smith]

Originally Posted by saprano

Same thing happened with DVD. Some newer titles did not get the best transfers they could of. This was obvious because they are DVD's that looked better.

Inception is one example. Absolutely terrible looking DVD.

Inception came out in 2010. Anyone still buying DVDs by then probably didn't give a damn about picture quality

[saprano]

Originally Posted by Jimmy Smith

Inception came out in 2010. Anyone still buying DVDs by then probably didn't give a damn about picture quality

That's besides the point.

[Geoff D]

Agreed saprano. The quality of DVD mastering started to dip even before that, I bought the Donner Cut of Superman II on DVD in 2006 and the compression was shocking, it was VCD-esque at times. (Oh look, it's Warners again.)

[dvdmike]

I need more reference but two transfers I have seen are not pretty if I have time tomorrow I will compare to some trailers maybe

[saprano]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

Agreed saprano. The quality of DVD mastering started to dip even before that, I bought the Donner Cut of Superman II on DVD in 2006 and the compression was shocking, it was VCD-esque at times. (Oh look, it's Warners again.)

Thankfully not all studios take this route.

[dvdmike]

Originally Posted by saprano

Thankfully not all studios take this route.

Warner have always been low rent tho

[ray0414]

Originally Posted by dvdmike

I need more reference but two transfers I have seen are not pretty if I have time tomorrow I will compare to some trailers maybe

Im confused, what are you comparing exactly?

[dvdmike]

Originally Posted by ray0414

Im confused, what are you comparing exactly?

Digital streaming versions and some shots and clips online taken from retail blu's and the actual retail blu's if I can get my hands on it again

[Adrian Wright]

Originally Posted by dvdmike

Digital streaming versions and some shots and clips online taken from retail blu's and the actual retail blu's if I can get my hands on it again

Would be interested in seeing these Mike if you can get a hold of em please

[dvdmike]

Originally Posted by Adrian Wright

Would be interested in seeing these Mike if you can get a hold of em please

Will do tommorw at some point hopefully

[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by saprano

Thankfully not all studios take this route.

Sure, it seems to be Warners' habit to lowball pretty much everything, whereas Universal's DVDs for new releases even now are still excellent, never mind their new Blu-rays. Stuff like Lucy is simply amazing, whereas with Warners there's always this nagging feeling that they're stripping a little off the top.