Home Alone (1990) (25th Anniversary Edition) (Remastered)

[Kent2000]

I love the slaphazard way the discs are flipped over on one another, as if to advertise how easily they can and will be scratched!

[mamamikey]

Originally Posted by Kent2000

I love the slaphazard way the discs are flipped over on one another, as if to advertise how easily they can and will be scratched!

Haha I can see that CE being clearance out fast

[worldchmps]

The first movie was never really bad to begin with so why a 4k remaster? Is it just a money grab? I have the double pack. Is it worth upgrading? I think I paid $15 for the two movie set. I can live without the DVD's. I know 4k is the rage now but my tv is a 1080p and my Blu Ray is a standard BD player. I like remasters when they fix problems. As I understand it to do a 4k from scratch from original film takes a lot of time but because of the resolution they can fix a lot more than if only doing a 2k print. But if the 2k was already good, then rebuying is for what, a teeny tiny better print and maybe a new extra? Right now I'm 50/50 on rebuying the first movie and 75/25 against buying the second since it won't be a remaster.

If they have 4k streams, does it still pay to buy physical discs, especially ones in 1080p?

If you have a UV version in 2k but a 4k stream version comes out do you automatically get upgraded to the new version?

[Vlad Draculi]

So is it a 4K remaster then? Becuase I'm hearing differently on different sites.

[Dylan34]

The first film is a 4K remaster for sure. It does pay to do a 4K scan. The first film transfer is not that great.. Looks like it came from a DVD era master and has a super soft look. Not a whole lot of fine detail either. Hopefully, this 4K remaster changes some of that. If Fox did the scan from the negative, then it should look quite a bit better than it does now!

[roywilbury]

Originally Posted by Dylan34

The first film is a 4K remaster for sure. It does pay to do a 4K scan. The first film transfer is not that great.. Looks like it came from a DVD era master and has a super soft look. Not a whole lot of fine detail either. Hopefully, this 4K remaster changes some of that. If Fox did the scan from the negative, then it should look quite a bit better than it does now!

I have no doubt that a 4K scan will likely look better. But it’s worth noting that the original “Home Alone” appears to have been shot with a rather soft look. It looks that way in part by design. Even a 4K scan will retain some of that softness.

[42041]

Originally Posted by roywilbury

I have no doubt that a 4K scan will likely look better. But it’s worth noting that the original “Home Alone” appears to have been shot with a rather soft look. It looks that way in part by design. Even a 4K scan will retain some of that softness.

I'd say that the current disc is so transfer-limited that its hard to say anything concrete about what a cutting edge re-do would look like (aside from the inherent limitations of the visual subject matter).

[GP Legend]

Originally Posted by Dylan34

The first film is a 4K remaster for sure. It does pay to do a 4K scan. The first film transfer is not that great.. Looks like it came from a DVD era master and has a super soft look. Not a whole lot of fine detail either. Hopefully, this 4K remaster changes some of that. If Fox did the scan from the negative, then it should look quite a bit better than it does now!

How do you know it's a 4K re-master?

[Pieter V]

Even it is a YouTube compression video, this new 4K master looks nice.

HOME ALONE 25th Anniversary Collection - YouTube

HOME ALONE: ANNIVERSARY COLLECTION:
Home Alone – 4K Blu-ray Restoration, DVD and Digital HD
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York Blu-ray, DVD and Digital HD
Home Alone 3 – DVD
Home Alone 4: Taking Back the House – DVD
Home Alone 5: The Holiday Heist – DVD

https://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=17499

Only Home Alone gets a 4K restoration/remaster. *Facepalm*

[meremortal]

Originally Posted by mamamikey

Haha I can see that CE being clearance out fast

It is definitely awkward packaging. Back when I had a much smaller collection I used to be more accepting towards these kind of collectibles. But now almost a decade into blu ray's life these are just getting tougher to organize. Digibooks and steelbooks are about as far as I'll go now since they seat comfortably with the other releases. So as cool as the battle plan map and similar widgets from other sets are, I'm willing to forgo them for the benefit of shelf uniformity of standard releases.

[seannyd]

Originally Posted by meremortal

It is definitely awkward packaging. Back when I had a much smaller collection I used to be more accepting towards these kind of collectibles. But now almost a decade into blu ray's life these are just getting tougher to organize. Digibooks and steelbooks are about as far as I'll go now since they seat comfortably with the other releases. So as cool as the battle plan map and similar widgets from other sets are, I'm willing to forgo them for the benefit of shelf uniformity of standard releases.

Not only that but it's an eyesore. Who wants what looks like a spilled can of paint on their shelf? I love collectibles but make it worthy of display instead of something that makes it seem like you forgot to clean up after yourself.

[Liquid_Swords]

I'd rather look at a picture of Buzz's girlfriend than to look at the ugly paint can.