The Fog (1980) 4K UHD

[Dailyan]

Originally Posted by JohnCarpenterLives

I was so excited for these releases, but now I'm just starting to get mad. Even returning them would be huge pita. This seems like a clear-cut case of defective products, and they should be recalled.......but I don't think they will be. My only hope is that the DV playback will be fine.

To be fair from the other thread; it seems that They Live is a winner.

[JohnCarpenterLives]

Originally Posted by Dailyan

To be fair from the other thread; it seems that They Live is a winner.

Originally Posted by Geoff D

There's a bit in They Live's 4K where it definitely goes down macroblock avenue, and - surprisingly enough - it's on a shot with a lot of smoke and bright light (when Nada is running away from the second police raid and there are lots of those red flares on the ground) which is what trips up The Fog's 4K so badly. I don't think there's any deliberate improvement on SC's behalf here, that's giving them way too much credit. IMO it's because the source itself is so much brighter and a lot less grainy than The Fog that the encoder isn't troubled by it, but as soon as it comes under any kind of pressure it shits the bed big time. This is what makes me very worried for how EFNY's UHD will turn out as it's another earlier effort shot with less than stellar glass (made only a year after The Fog) and featuring a lot of darkness and a fair bit of flame and smoke here and there.

I don't know, man.

[Dailyan]

Originally Posted by JohnCarpenterLives

I don't know, man.

Oh, no. I didn't see Geoff's post.

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