Jurassic Park Collection 4K UHD (1993-2015)

[rashbeep]

Originally Posted by LSK

https://ultrahd.highdefdigest.com/57...ahdbluray.html

Apparently JP III looks great too.

I very much liked how JP and TLW looked on UHD.

those video ratings are terrible

JP and JW the same video score? lmao

[Mierzwiak]

Their TLW video score is lower than JP loooool

This site is a joke.

Originally Posted by Riddhi2011

It does appear to be a new scan (looks about 2K), especially looking at that fine grain structure.

It's not even close to being a new scan, even 2K. They did go back to the source of BD.

[Talal86]

Glad I didn't buy the set, hopefully JP will get a proper remaster down the line

[bratpack]

just watched JP1 we had a blast been a while since we seen it im really happy with the 4k copy and the HDR cannot wait to get to 3 and world but will watch lost world next my least favorite lol

[Cherokee Jack]

Originally Posted by buckeye1

With all the negative reviews here makes me not want to watch this. I should be getting my steelbook from Best Buy this week. I do have the 2011 trilogy and makes me want to return this set before I even get it. Can I get a few positive reasons I should keep it?

I'm happy with mine because I prefer the 4K JP disc over any I've watched previously and because the set was quite cheap after selling my old trilogy and the included codes. On top of that I'll be redeeming the Fallen Kingdom movie money as well. Haven't even watched III or World yet and I already feel I've gotten my money's worth.

Honestly, the set is cheap enough that I wouldn't be at all bothered by having to double dip for a superior JP 4K experience in a year or two if it becomes available.

[Geoff D]

Remember me saying that JP3 had black crush? Here you go, look at the interior of the plane on the left and note that whatever detail is left looks posterised and odd: http://caps-a-holic.com/c.php?go=1&a...117138&i=2&l=0

Extrapolate that across several other scenes in the movie - which aren't in the capsaholic comparison, unforunately - and that's why I rag on it like I do.

In terms of what they've done to roll off the grain it literally looks like it's been Nolan'ed, the grain is so indistinct and the detail is so soft. Bleurgh. At least the Nolan UHDs had the excuse of being Nolan'ed but JP3 has no such crutch, it's been fudged big time for no apparent reason other than Universal gotta Universal.

[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by CinemaScope

They probably have, & in 4K, but how many shots from those rolls of negative actually went through the camera? Any shots containing any special effects were scanned, had the effects done & then were squirted out back to negative stock, I'd think the scanning was 2K, it may even have been 1K for some short shots, & these nothing Universal can do about that, except maybe re-do all the special effects from scratch. NEVER going to happen, nor should it, many tens of millions of dollars to keep a few people happy.

There's literally a handful of digital shots and opticals in JP1. Most of that negative WOULD be camera original, so....

Originally Posted by Rocklandsboy

That's the shocking thing here. Some Universal catalogue titles look amazing. Why not Jurassic Park? If they can't be bothered wifh a genuinely brilliant Spielberg blockbuster then what hope is there for anything else?

I worry about Back To The Future.

My JP set is on its way from Amazon. Not quite sure what to do with it when it arrives.

The heck of it is, I'm not sure that Señor Spielbergo truly cares about Jurassic Park. Yes, he was involved for the 3D remaster blah blah blah (why not, if Universal are going to do it) but the movie doesn't appear to be some treasured baby for him. Just as soon as he could get away he left the production and went to Europe to shoot Schindler's List, editing JP by night as the story goes, and even though I adore JP I wouldn't blame him for regarding it as some trivial entertainment compared to what he was working on simultaneously.

[LordoftheRings]

It's only fifty bucks for 8 discs. And we get that Vudu stuff bonus, 4K digital downloads. ...Ultraviolet for Eskimos.
The only missing discs are the 3D ones for Jurassic Park and Jurassic World, that's all.
Here we have four brand new 4K transfers in one T-Rex package with elevated dts:X audio.
Just that is worth $50 ... no?

Five years from now we'll have six JP movies, in 8K. ...And four of them in 3D, from the UK.

[Geoff D]

4 of which are mediocre in both BD and UHD flavours, the other 4 are luvverly.

[LordoftheRings]

Plus you get a movie ticket for the next JP flick, a $15 value! Is it for the 3D IMAX presentation?

[LordoftheRings]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

4 of which are mediocre in both BD and UHD flavours, the other 4 are luvverly.

Still not a bad deal...50/50

* We cannot expect everything to be always perfect like The Matrix 4K package and Saving Private Ryan 4K. That'll be the day.

[gnj1958]

I'll keep the $50 and spend it on something else.

[mzupeman]

Originally Posted by MagellanvsHimself

3.5 is kind for the video review. The transfer is trash - Universal using a DNR baked in transfer and then magnifying the issues through a higher resolution is sad.

I think that’s a bit harsh. ‘Trash’ isn’t the word I’d use at all, even if it could have been better.

[K1NG J0RDAN]

I watched JP1 the other night and found it to be a nice upgrade over the old blu. Last I watched the blu I felt the colors were very washed out. But here they are nice and bold.

Moved on to The Lost World last night and wow that film sure got an upgrade! A childhood favorite of mine (guilty pleasure I guess lol) I very much enjoyed watching it again.

For now I’m happy with what we have regarding JP1. I feel there’s only so much you can do when the CGI is finished in 1K. They’d have to rework all of it to ever truly have a groundbreaking “new” transfer.

[MD-Blu]

So is this set worth getting in 4K pq wise?

[Mierzwiak]

Originally Posted by LordoftheRings

four brand new 4K transfers

[LordoftheRings]

Originally Posted by gnj1958

I'll keep the $50 and spend it on something else.

That too is a very fair option, in particular if you have already the full Quad on Blu, the great last package before this one, that includes JP in 3D, and also JW in 3D. ...A six-disc BD set.



It demands some consideration, some financial thinking, some fan addiction, some impulsive purchases, some lottery winners, some love @ the movies with T-Rex roar higher elevation.

[LordoftheRings]

Originally Posted by Mierzwiak

I sure was humorous when I posted it.

[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by K1NG J0RDAN

I watched JP1 the other night and found it to be a nice upgrade over the old blu. Last I watched the blu I felt the colors were very washed out. But here they are nice and bold.

Moved on to The Lost World last night and wow that film sure got an upgrade! A childhood favorite of mine (guilty pleasure I guess lol) I very much enjoyed watching it again.

For now I’m happy with what we have regarding JP1. I feel there’s only so much you can do when the CGI is finished in 1K. They’d have to rework all of it to ever truly have a groundbreaking “new” transfer.

Fair enough that you liked it, but the movie has only a few minutes of actual CG. Not kidding, literally just a few minutes' worth. So the "oh, the CG was low-rez, the movie will never look better!" reasoning as to why the whole movie couldn't look better is fundamentally incorrect. Even the CG itself looks better in scans of frames taken from prints and old magazines, and Universal's own promotional stills derived from the 4K transfer done for the 3D look a damned sight better than this UHD IMO.

[JohnCarpenterFan]

Jurassic Park's CGI looks fantastic on 35mm. I don't see how it couldn't on UHD. Some studios just need to get rid of this mindset that films should look neutral and that darker scenes should be overexposed to the point that you can see every tiny pebble on the ground.

The reason the CGI holds up so well on 35mm is because the warm golden push helped blend the dinosaurs into the background during the daytime scenes and the darkness during the night scenes helped cover up any shortcomings.

Universal should have gotten a clue and used a reference print when creating the UHD master, perhaps even consulted Dean Cundey. This is just embarrassing and shows why the use of reference prints should be the standard provided they still exist.