Alien: Covenant 4K UHD (2017) - Page 12 - Blu-ray Forum

Member-167298 · 05-23-2017, 08:23 PM

Why is the pre-order price so low with months left to go? This doesn't seem normal. Tempted to lock in a pre-order.

imsounoriginal · 05-23-2017, 08:26 PM

Just do it. You can always cancel it later anyway, if you change your mind.

On another note, just bought my ticket to see this again in a few hours. Hope I like it more.

nonametofame · 05-23-2017, 08:32 PM

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Originally Posted by StingingVelvet

Blacks were really grey in my podunk theater. Hoping the UHD has much richer darkness.

Saw this in a Dolby Cinema and Imax.

The black were very good in DV, but not as inky and rich as when I saw Logan, and the 4k HDR 10 disc mirror that.

In the Imax screening, blacks were quite elevated in comparison (resembling a weak LCD backlight) I believe it was a DLP projector.

My guess is that Convenant's blacks will look as good as a DLP projector for blacks on an OLED, but not quite at the level of Logan, in DV or on an OLED.

javy · 05-23-2017, 09:50 PM

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Originally Posted by bud_brigman

Just a warning: This film is not very nice to Prometheus. (I also loved Prometheus ... as an Alien movie, Covenant was okay. As a horror movie, it was aces.)

I'm planning to watch it this weekend. Horror with aliens? Sounds bad ass too me. That's exactly why I prefer Alien over Aliens. Though Aliens is tough in its own rite. Obviously.

Dubstar · 05-23-2017, 10:11 PM

What I thought was damn impressive was the Atmos mix - what a cacophony of sound running along the walls, behind you and over you; in several instances the object based placement is wonderfully vague , you hear a sound but you can't exactly point to where you think it is - it's tricking the ear. Ridley and his sound team really amp up the aural experience.

Gold Ranger · 05-23-2017, 11:03 PM

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Originally Posted by bud_brigman

Just a warning: This film is not very nice to Prometheus.

Yup. Been sayin' this since I saw it on Saturday

styxrogan · 05-23-2017, 11:09 PM

only one more terrible alien movie to go

ernestocolon30 · 05-23-2017, 11:38 PM

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Originally Posted by styxrogan

only one more terrible alien movie to go

Theres 4 more on the way

DJR662 · 05-24-2017, 12:46 AM

You would think they would have released an Alien UHD boxset (containing all four previous movies) prior to Alien Covenant's theatrical release. Kind of what Universal did with the recent Mummy release.

hazzad · 05-24-2017, 12:52 AM

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Originally Posted by ernestocolon30

Theres 4 more on the way

Scott has recently said he only has 2 more planned.

samlikesmac · 05-24-2017, 01:00 AM

Do we even know yet if this movie was actually mastered in 4K? IMDb still has no specific information on the resolution it was filmed in and mastered at. From what I could discern in LieMAX, it doesn't look like it was mastered in 4K. I don't think Ridley has mastered any of his new movies in 4K yet so I'm not holding out hope for Alien: Covenant.

ernestocolon30 · 05-24-2017, 01:02 AM

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Originally Posted by hazzad

Scott has recently said he only has 2 more planned.

Maybe [there will] even [be] a fourth film before we get back into the Alien franchise."[97][98] In November 2015, Scott confirmed that Alien: Covenant would be the first of three additional films in the Alien prequel series, before linking up with the original Alien,[99][100]

ernestocolon30 · 05-24-2017, 01:06 AM

puddy77 · 05-24-2017, 01:07 AM

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Originally Posted by samlikesmac

Do we even know yet if this movie was actually mastered in 4K? IMDb still has no specific information on the resolution it was filmed in and mastered at. From what I could discern in LieMAX, it doesn't look like it was mastered in 4K. I don't think Ridley has mastered any of his new movies in 4K yet so I'm not holding out hope for Alien: Covenant.

Nope.

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Originally Posted by puddy77

2k DI, or maybe 2.1k. From the June American Cinematographer:

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Final color correction was performed at Deluxe’s Company 3 in Santa Monica, Calif., where colorist Stephen Nakamura worked with Blackmagic Design’s DaVinci Resolve 12.5 to grade 2132x1374-resolution EXR files for a 2048x858 theatrical release;

Gold Ranger · 05-24-2017, 01:28 AM

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Originally Posted by ernestocolon30

Theres 4 more on the way

I know Awakening is next. I thought there was only going to be one more after that one, besides Blomcamp's Alien 5... What are the other ones?

ernestocolon30 · 05-24-2017, 01:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Gold Ranger

I know Awakening is next. I thought there was only going to be one more after that one, besides Blomcamp's Alien 5... What are the other ones?

Maybe [there will] even [be] a fourth film before we get back into the Alien franchise."[97][98] In November 2015, Scott confirmed that Alien: Covenant would be the first of three additional films in the Alien prequel series, before linking up with the original Alien,[99][100

Misthunter210 · 05-24-2017, 01:53 AM

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Originally Posted by DJR662

You would think they would have released an Alien UHD boxset (containing all four previous movies) prior to Alien Covenant's theatrical release. Kind of what Universal did with the recent Mummy release.

I was hoping this would be the case. I was going to pick up the bluray set because I haven't seen 3 and 4 but if the 4k is right around the corner, I don't want to be wasting money.

imsounoriginal · 05-24-2017, 03:31 AM

Saw it again, this time in Cinemark XD. I think it looked better than the AMC IMAX screening I went to last week. Blacks looked a lot better but they still weren't optimal. Having said that, there's a closeup of David

[Show spoiler]

where most of his face is obscured by shadow, and I remember seeing a bit more detail in his left eye in IMAX than I saw in XD. So maybe the XD version just darkened/crushed the blacks more. In any case tl;dr -- it looks better, but there may be detail lost. I'd like to see it in Dolby just for comparison's sake but twice in five days is enough. I'll just wait for the UHD.

StingingVelvet · 05-24-2017, 03:33 AM

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Originally Posted by hazzad

Scott has recently said he only has 2 more planned.

He said he wasn't sure, maybe even only one more. Also with this having a disappointing box office I wouldn't even bet on one happening necessarily.

Aliendejoe · 05-24-2017, 09:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Gold Ranger

I know Awakening is next. I thought there was only going to be one more after that one, besides Blomcamp's Alien 5... What are the other ones?

Ridley basically said in an interview Blomkamp's movie is dead.

I think the studio will evaluate Covenant succes (or lack of) to decide if Awakening is the final tie-in to Alien 1979 or do we get another one.

05-24-2017, 03:31 AM	#238
imsounoriginal Blu-ray Grand Duke Top contributor Member since:Dec 2008 Location:NYC 4K collection:322 Blu-ray collection:950 DVD collection:70 Blu-ray reviews:2 Trading Score:59	Saw it again, this time in Cinemark XD. I think it looked better than the AMC IMAX screening I went to last week. Blacks looked a lot better but they still weren't optimal. Having said that, there's a closeup of David [Show spoiler]just before he shuts Walter down where most of his face is obscured by shadow, and I remember seeing a bit more detail in his left eye in IMAX than I saw in XD. So maybe the XD version just darkened/crushed the blacks more. In any case tl;dr -- it looks better, but there may be detail lost. I'd like to see it in Dolby just for comparison's sake but twice in five days is enough. I'll just wait for the UHD.

05-23-2017, 08:23 PM	#221
Member-167298 Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Feb 2011 4K collection:474 Blu-ray collection:1321 DVD collection:102 iTunes collection:558 Trading Score:61	Why is the pre-order price so low with months left to go? This doesn't seem normal. Tempted to lock in a pre-order.

05-23-2017, 08:26 PM	#222
imsounoriginal Blu-ray Grand Duke Top contributor Member since:Dec 2008 Location:NYC 4K collection:322 Blu-ray collection:950 DVD collection:70 Blu-ray reviews:2 Trading Score:59	Just do it. You can always cancel it later anyway, if you change your mind. On another note, just bought my ticket to see this again in a few hours. Hope I like it more.

05-23-2017, 10:11 PM	#225
Dubstar Blu-ray Prince Top contributor Member since:Jun 2008 Location:down at Fraggle Rock Home Theater Gallery:1 4K collection:201 Blu-ray collection:1953 DVD collection:304 MA collection:4 Digital collection:33 Trading Score:29	What I thought was damn impressive was the Atmos mix - what a cacophony of sound running along the walls, behind you and over you; in several instances the object based placement is wonderfully vague , you hear a sound but you can't exactly point to where you think it is - it's tricking the ear. Ridley and his sound team really amp up the aural experience.

05-23-2017, 11:09 PM	#227
styxrogan Active Member Member since:Jan 2017	only one more terrible alien movie to go

05-24-2017, 12:46 AM	#229
DJR662 Blu-ray Knight Member since:Feb 2009 Trading Score:30	You would think they would have released an Alien UHD boxset (containing all four previous movies) prior to Alien Covenant's theatrical release. Kind of what Universal did with the recent Mummy release.

05-24-2017, 01:00 AM	#231
samlikesmac New Member Top contributor Member since:Apr 2010 4K collection:- Blu-ray collection:- DVD collection:- Digital collection:-	Do we even know yet if this movie was actually mastered in 4K? IMDb still has no specific information on the resolution it was filmed in and mastered at. From what I could discern in LieMAX, it doesn't look like it was mastered in 4K. I don't think Ridley has mastered any of his new movies in 4K yet so I'm not holding out hope for Alien: Covenant.

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