The Adventures of Indiana Jones 4K UHD (1981-2008)

[motorheadache95]

Originally Posted by captainsolo

If they address the color issue of the new Raiders master being totally revisionist and drop the awful new soundmix in favor of having all the theatrical audio tracks-mono, Dolby stereo and 70mm-AND replace the original effects and errors like the snake reflection then I'll be very happy. Currently I still run the 1991 Letterbox Laserdisc because it has the untouched film and the best soundmix of any release IMO.

And new scans for Temple and Crusade are a must since the old ones are still very tied to video masters in terms of timing and fine detail as they are indeed older master largely.

Seeing as Raiders is already a recent Spielberg-supervised 4K remaster, it's most likely going to be what is used for the UHD version. Temple of Doom and Last Crusade, however, those should definitely be new scans. We've had the same old HD masters for those films used since the 2003 DVD release (though they were really good for their time compared to a lot of other DVD-era masters).

Crystal Skull will be a 2K DI upscale-- that film, despite being shot on film, always had a weird artificial look to me, I think being down to some of the effects and cinematography. Not sure if a new HDR transfer will make this better or worse.

[BenjaminG]

Originally Posted by motorheadache95

Temple of Doom and Last Crusade, however, those should definitely be new scans. We've had the same old HD masters for those films used since the 2003 DVD release (though they were really good for their time compared to a lot of other DVD-era masters).

Yes, they were early Lowry Digital efforts. I must admit I've never really been a huge fan - they looked way too digital and "harsh", for want of a better description. The newer Raiders scan has it's detractors, but at least it looks filmic.

[motorheadache95]

Originally Posted by BenjaminG

Yes, they were early Lowry Digital efforts. I must admit I've never really been a huge fan - they looked way too digital and "harsh", for want of a better description. The newer Raiders scan has it's detractors, but at least it looks filmic.

To be fair, especially compared to the rushed Lowry masters for Star Wars, they were pretty great for their time, in the age of DVD and CRT TV's. I still remember running out to get the set in 2003, and it was awesome, but back then watching scope films letterboxed on a 27" 4:3 TV was brutal!