Wonder Woman 1984 4K UHD (2020)

[spider-neil]

It's not worse than Batman and Robin but that is a very low bar indeed.

[slimjean]

My biggest beef is that it being 1984 there seems to be a severe lack of pantyhose. A missed opportunity for some Gal hosed gams in 4K/3D goodness.

[DR Herbert West]

Originally Posted by spider-neil

It's not worse than Batman and Robin

It's just as good.

[HDMOVIESOURCE]

Watched this last night, the image is really poor quality. The Blu-ray.com review is laughable.

[merlinjones]

Re: dark screenshots. Why are the Warner masters always too dark - with everything lost in the inky shadows? Are they trying to get you to upgrade to 4K? Or...?

Given the film didn't play for me well in theatre I will wait to maybe get a blu-ray at Target on Thanksgiving when it probably be $5. (or not - this from a lifelong fan of Wonder Woman). : (

[XavierTheaterPotato]

Originally Posted by HDMOVIESOURCE

Watched this last night, the image is really poor quality. The Blu-ray.com review is laughable.

Get this man the Predator in 4K

[Randy Miller III]

Originally Posted by HDMOVIESOURCE

Watched this last night, the image is really poor quality. The Blu-ray.com review is laughable.

This is the A/V equivalent of "it's utter bollocks."

[gates70]

Originally Posted by HDMOVIESOURCE

Watched this last night, the image is really poor quality. The Blu-ray.com review is laughable.

Aren't you the one that gave Gremlins a bad review, amongst other excellent looking discs? Enough said, you don't know what good PQ is or you're watching with shitty equipment.

[Mierzwiak]

During its run on HBO Max, Wonder Woman 1984 didn’t impress visually. No surprise given the choked bitrate there, yet those same issues carry over to Warner’s UHD release too. Meant to carry the ’80s look, the grain filter – or rather its unnatural noisiness – intrudes constantly. It’s a mess, as if falling back on old habits Warner used early in Blu-ray’s life. Chroma artifacts appear more than detail, causing small pockets of discoloration. It’s especially apparent on faces in the mid-range.

https://www.doblu.com/2021/03/26/won...4k-uhd-review/

[trekky76]

For a reviewer the question I assume is how good it looks with the intended look in mind. I find the DC releases often to be lacking in the pq department and marvel is superior here but I know it's not the consensus.

[samlop10]

Watched the 4K blu-ray. I’d agree it’s reference quality. Beautiful filmic transfer with perhaps the best film grain rendered on a 4K disc yet. It’s definitely high up there with the beat 4K transfers on 4K blu-ray.

Audio is a little more reserved due to the lack of action, but it’s still a solid 4.5/5 for me.

I still enjoyed the film the third time around. I understand some of the complaints about the story but I still can’t help getting swept up in the 80s cheese mixed with just how positive Diana’s character is. I’m not saying it’s perfect at all but at least for me, the positiveness of the story is really contagious. Diana is not perfect in the film but her growth is commendable IMO.

Either way, the picture is very filmic and stunning and the Atmos track is no slouch.

[samlop10]

Originally Posted by Mierzwiak

https://www.doblu.com/2021/03/26/won...4k-uhd-review/

During its run on HBO Max, Wonder Woman 1984 didn’t impress visually. No surprise given the choked bitrate there, yet those same issues carry over to Warner’s UHD release too. Meant to carry the ’80s look, the grain filter – or rather its unnatural noisiness – intrudes constantly. It’s a mess, as if falling back on old habits Warner used early in Blu-ray’s life. Chroma artifacts appear more than detail, causing small pockets of discoloration. It’s especially apparent on faces in the mid-range.

I did not spot those issues at all. And the ‘grain filter’ and ‘noisiness’ is completely natural and intended since it was shot completely on film (35mm and IMAX). Chroma also looked practically perfect to me. The reviewer just sounds like he don’t know what he’s talking about.

[NickFoley]

They removed the grain? It was pretty awful during the HBO Max release.

[madfloyd]

I was shocked at how good this looked on my system. You can tell it's an upscale so in terms of detail it's not reference but the color grading is spectacular.

[samlop10]

Originally Posted by NickFoley

They removed the grain? It was pretty awful during the HBO Max release.

Nope. It’s there in all of its glory on the 4K disc. It looks great. Look at my comments above.

Edit: I think what HBO Max is doing is filtering the transfer of content with grain since they know the bitrate won’t keep up and it’ll create a bunch of compression artifacts. I noticed they did this with Zack Snyder’s Justice League. At first I was surprised how little compression issues the stream had, but then i also noticed the lack of film grain, especially given Zack shot it on 35mm. That’s when I noticed the DNR. So they’re avoiding major compression artifacts, but they’re also filtering fine detail away. Another reason to get 4K discs whenever available.

[samlop10]

Originally Posted by madfloyd

I was shocked at how good this looked on my system. You can tell it's an upscale so in terms of detail it's not reference but the color grading is spectacular.

Is it an upscale? It does have a lot of CGI so maybe that’s why the detail in some scenes isn’t reference, but I wouldn’t be surprised if they upscaled the effects but the actual stuff that was shot is native 4K (like what they did with The Martian, The Last Jedi, and Rogue One I believe).

[XavierTheaterPotato]

I've yet to receive my disc for this but It looked the way it does in Screenshots as it did when I watched it on HBOMax. It's literally intended to look that way

[mckee74]

Originally Posted by HDMOVIESOURCE

Watched this last night, the image is really poor quality. The Blu-ray.com review is laughable.

Just read some of your reviews. I think I'll judge for myself

[Pieter V]

Originally Posted by Randy Miller III

Damn, beat me to it!

No problem. But why didn't mention the IMAX scenes in your review?

[Fat Phil]

Originally Posted by HDMOVIESOURCE

The Blu-ray.com review is laughable.

...said the person renowned for laughable reviews.