Maverick (1994) Blu-ray

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Originally Posted by svenge

The only Maverick DVD previously available was a DVD-10 [one side being anamorphic WS, the other P/S] that had a window-boxed image from a blurry-as-hell, washed-out master encoded with 1997-era first-gen software.

The BD is more than acceptable when seen through the prism of being a mid-tier catalog title headlined by 2 currently past-their-prime stars and a dead guy, all set in a relatively unmarketable genre (being a "Comedy Western" of sorts). It was never going to get a restoration comparable to The Wizard of Oz from Warner Bros. to begin with. The zoomed-in image and intermittent EE/haloing isn't great by any means, but it doesn't have any fatal flaws such as the pervasive "jaggies" as seen on WB's Lethal Weapon releases.

In short, those of us who like Maverick (myself included) are lucky to have even got it on a BD at all, let alone one that isn't a total fiasco.

While "2 currently past-their-prime stars" is debatable... James Garner isn't dead.

But agreed on the rest. Maverick actually looks fantastic on Blu-ray. And quite frankly, if the cropping was so horrible it would have been bothersome WITHOUT having to be shown first.