Jurassic Park Collection 4K UHD (1993-2015)

[guachi]

For me, animation (of creatures) is about motion and emotion. I'll include in "animation" things that probably aren't animation but here's my list - CGI, cel animation, puppetry, animatronics, motion capture, stop motion, etc.

Does the thing move and emote in a naturalistic way, or at least in a way we can imagine and alien or anthropomorphic rabbit can? The dinosaurs in Jurassic Park certainly move excellently, definitely more than in most modern CGI-fest superhero movies where often the people move strangely and appear to have no weight to them.

Motion and emotion are why, to me, characters like ET, Bugs Bunny, Yoda, and Gollum are so fantastic.

[legends of beyond]

I think both sides of this argument are correct in that while the CG in this movie is dated, it's a lot better than what current home video transfers are showing.

[Cremildo]

Its incredible by 1993 standards but its undeniable that things have improved dramatically today

They have. That doesn't mean that any given VFX-related stuff produced nowadays is necessarily better than excellent effects work in an older movie.

JW simply does not have more convincing CGI dinosaurs than the 1993 movie. I re-watched both last year. There is no doubt in my mind which one has better computer-generated imagery.

[Geoff D]

It helps that there's only a few minutes of actual CG beasties in the entire film though. JP's CG works so well because it had to intercut seamlessly with a myriad of practical creatures and ILM knew it. That blend of practical and digital has long since been traded in for an overwhelming slant towards towards digital VFX.

[pottyaboutpotter1]

J.A. Bayona has said Fallen Kingdom will use more practical effects which I'm excited for. And even if he uses CG, his use of CGI in A Monster Calls was magnificent. The Monster felt more real and alive than 90% of pure CGI characters in most movies.

[Ray_Rogers]

Originally Posted by pottyaboutpotter1

J.A. Bayona has said Fallen Kingdom will use more practical effects which I'm excited for. And even if he uses CG, his use of CGI in A Monster Calls was magnificent. The Monster felt more real and alive than 90% of pure CGI characters in most movies.

Let the CGI and practical effects compliment each other.
There still isn't a proper adaptation of Jurassic Park or The Lost World (Crichton) yet. Both Blu-ray discs are naff because older scan, DNR/EE, washed out colors. At least the audio and bonus features are fine.

[RalphoR]

Originally Posted by guachi

For me, animation (of creatures) is about motion and emotion. I'll include in "animation" things that probably aren't animation but here's my list - CGI, cel animation, puppetry, animatronics, motion capture, stop motion, etc.

Does the thing move and emote in a naturalistic way, or at least in a way we can imagine and alien or anthropomorphic rabbit can? The dinosaurs in Jurassic Park certainly move excellently, definitely more than in most modern CGI-fest superhero movies where often the people move strangely and appear to have no weight to them.

Motion and emotion are why, to me, characters like ET, Bugs Bunny, Yoda, and Gollum are so fantastic.

Jurassic Park always reminds me of a Ray Harryhausen movie. He brought flesh and blood as well as spirit to his creations and Spielberg (successfully) really tried to bring that same natural look as well as character to his cgi/practical dinosaurs. There were a few cool homage scenes to Ray's work that I thought were awesome. I know Spielberg, Tippet, Winston, et al were big fans and it showed. It truly made Jurassic Park that much better.

[batman2000]

will universal ever stop with the dnr and edge enhancement and fix titles like back to the future trilogy and mallrats?

[ROSS.T.G.]

Originally Posted by batman2000

will universal ever stop with the dnr and edge enhancement and fix titles like back to the future trilogy and mallrats?

Universal has been doing a solid job with their UHD titles thankfully. This should look solid fingers crossed.

[batman2000]

Originally Posted by ROSS.T.G.

Universal has been doing a solid job with their UHD titles thankfully. This should look solid fingers crossed.

any chance you think of a 4k mallrats?

[Hardback247]

I hope that the 4K version of Jurassic World will tone down the blue tint.

[kristoffer]

Originally Posted by batman2000

will universal ever stop with the dnr and edge enhancement and fix titles like back to the future trilogy and mallrats?

And The Big Lebowski. When BTTF is released again at some point it better have the DNR removed!

[tyrok]

Originally Posted by batman2000

any chance you think of a 4k mallrats?

I wouldn't bet on any Kevin Smith movie ever getting a 4K release.

[batman2000]

Originally Posted by tyrok

I wouldn't bet on any Kevin Smith movie ever getting a 4K release.

doesn't have to be a 4k blu ray just 4k mastered or just a new transfer the blu ray we got is awful

[guachi]

Originally Posted by RalphoR

Jurassic Park always reminds me of a Ray Harryhausen movie. He brought flesh and blood as well as spirit to his creations and Spielberg (successfully) really tried to bring that same natural look as well as character to his cgi/practical dinosaurs. There were a few cool homage scenes to Ray's work that I thought were awesome. I know Spielberg, Tippet, Winston, et al were big fans and it showed. It truly made Jurassic Park that much better.

Oh, yeah. Jurassic Park screams Ray Harryhausen with a budget. The stop motion of Harryhausen is jumpy, but the best still has the underlying motion down. The multiple skeleton sequence in Jason and the Argonauts is still genius.

I realize my dislike of much modern CGI makes me old-fashioned but at least I pretend I have valid reasons.

[The Rider]

Originally Posted by VickPS

I guess this is what happen when you show people a piece of shit of a master for more than twenty years..







To this very day Jurassic Park still have the most realistic CG of all time. Watch it on 35mm and you’ll see, nothing dated in it.. more like a window on the future actually.

Resolution could be a problem in 4K, but these animals in a proper faithful 35mm Master (aka NOT from Universal) will always look real.

The color grading looks wonderful, so fresh and modern, but not so clean and artificial like on Jurassic World.

Better than the colors of the 3D master.
I hope Universal restore this color grading for UHD and a remastered Blu-ray.

Do you know how close the HD Master from The Lost World is, depends on color grading? It looks to me, that Kaminski overlook the master and that is based on a newer scan than JP1 and JP3.

[The Rider]

Originally Posted by VickPS

That’s a stage lightning. You can see it in the gif in the exact same frame.

Edit——-

Just found these on ebay, go check them out.

It looks like something between the outdated Full HD transfer and the 3D transfer. How close is the 3D transfer to the original color timing?

[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by The Rider

It looks to me, that Kaminski overlook the master and that is based on a newer scan than JP1 and JP3.

You weren't asking me but yes, JP2 looks lovely and fresh compared to the other two movies IMO. The sharpness of it doesn't astound and amaze so a lot of people just glanced at it and went "it's shit" but Kaminski just doesn't 'do' sharp a lot of the time, he loves his star filters and other means of diffusing the image.

[The Fallen Deity]

It's so frustrating that the transfers of 1 & 3 didn't turn out as good as TLW's.

That transfer still holds up really well.

[The Edge]

Originally Posted by batman2000

call me when they release back to the future trilogy on 4k

Of course, being Universal, they'l find a way to screw that up again as well.