The Fifth Element 4K UHD (1997) (20th Anniversary Edition)

[lgans316]

Originally Posted by Fat Phil

First impression - haven't watched the whole thing but holy shit, Batman. This looks approximately eleventy-seven thousand times better than the Sony disc. As David M said - nowhere near as processed so that alone would make it a must buy, but that ain't the half of it. The colour, boys and girls. Sweet fancy moses, da colour. The luverly warmth is back (oh how I missed it). All golden hues and lush colours bathing my eyeballs.

Oh man. Now you are tempting me to double dip just like I did with Leon. Wondering if the encoding holds up without DV?

[LoSouL]

Originally Posted by Fat Phil

First impression - haven't watched the whole thing but holy shit, Batman. This looks approximately eleventy-seven thousand times better than the Sony disc. As David M said - nowhere near as processed so that alone would make it a must buy, but that ain't the half of it. The colour, boys and girls. Sweet fancy moses, da colour. The luverly warmth is back (oh how I missed it). All golden hues and lush colours bathing my eyeballs.

I didn't know enough when this come out to understand what was wrong with it, but I haven't been able to unsee the sharpening since then, and that sounds pretty damn good.

[Fat Phil]

Originally Posted by mikematt101

Can you confirm what bonus features there are? Same as the old UK blu ray disc?

Absolutely nothing. Zip, zilch, nada, niente. On the UHD or the accompanying 1080p. So hold onto your old discs.

Originally Posted by andreasy969

I honestly wouldn't be surprised if SC (or at least the person that stated it) just had no clue what exactly they do have there, when they stated it's the same master.

Yup. I can't see how it could possibly be the same master. That would just fry my brain if that turned out to be the case.

Originally Posted by andreasy969

I did exchange Cliffhanger just because and to see if maybe they'd improve the encoding as well back then...

Keep me posted about that would ya. I find that disc borderline unwatchable in it's current lego brick form.

[andreasy969]

Originally Posted by Fat Phil

Keep me posted about that would ya. I find that disc borderline unwatchable in it's current lego brick form.

I already confirmed it being the exact same video encode back then - they only swapped the German audio track.

EDIT: see https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.p...&postcount=389

[mikematt101]

Originally Posted by Fat Phil

Absolutely nothing. Zip, zilch, nada, niente. On the UHD or the accompanying 1080p. So hold onto your old discs.

OK, that's disappointing. I don't have 4K and I'm happy with the old BD release, so I'm going to pass.

[wesslan]

Oh sounds nice, very close to buying it now even when owning sonys unwatched Give us a few more reviews and a caps-o-holic and I'm good.

[Desk.]

Originally Posted by Fat Phil

First impression - haven't watched the whole thing but holy shit, Batman. This looks approximately eleventy-seven thousand times better than the Sony disc. As David M said - nowhere near as processed so that alone would make it a must buy, but that ain't the half of it. The colour, boys and girls. Sweet fancy moses, da colour. The luverly warmth is back (oh how I missed it). All golden hues and lush colours bathing my eyeballs.

Sounds aces. Very glad I took the punt on the steelbook.

Desk

[Filmmaker]

Originally Posted by Fat Phil

Absolutely nothing. Zip, zilch, nada, niente. On the UHD or the accompanying 1080p. So hold onto your old discs.

Really? Wow! That’s insane! I guess that makes me feel better that I didn’t really ‘waste’ money on those prior discs, but it makes the price I paid for this release seem like more a sucker punch.

[WBMakeVMarsMovieNOW]

Originally Posted by Patsfan123

That's what people said about the Gaumont transfer and I still prefer that overall to the Sony UBD.

there is a somewhat sharper, more grain, slightly more natural colors, more natural version of the Gaumont transfer released by a different label than the disc most people go on about

[FilmFreakosaurus]

Did Studio Canal borrow Sony's Dolby Atmos remix for its release, do one themselves, or drop it altogether? I have the current Sony UHD and the Atmos ain't half bad, as they say. If this release doesn't have Atmos, I will probably pass.

[Sky_Captain]

Atmos is on the SC UHD and BD.

Tempted to fling the US release on ebay, extras schmextras.

[FilmFreakosaurus]

Originally Posted by Sky_Captain

Atmos is on the SC UHD and BD.

Any difference or is it the same Sony remix?

[Sky_Captain]

No idea, my copy is still en route.

[FilmFreakosaurus]

Originally Posted by Sky_Captain

No idea, my copy is still en route.

It would be interesting to hear if SC took a stab at an Atmos mix themselves or just licensed the one already done.

[Sky_Captain]

Did they not do their own Atmos mix for The Gunman?

I remember there being a big song and dance from their end, but it ended up being at the expense of a hideously compressed disc, as they also bolted on a PCM 2.0 and DTS-HD-MA 5.1 track.

[FilmFreakosaurus]

Originally Posted by Sky_Captain

Did they not do their own Atmos mix for The Gunman?

I remember there being a big song and dance from their end, but it ended up being at the expense of a hideously compressed disc, as they also bolted on a PCM 2.0 and DTS-HD-MA 5.1 track.

I'm not sure about The Gunman... never even heard of it. Will check the film out.

[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by Fat Phil

Absolutely nothing. Zip, zilch, nada, niente. On the UHD or the accompanying 1080p. So hold onto your old discs.



Yup. I can't see how it could possibly be the same master. That would just fry my brain if that turned out to be the case.



Keep me posted about that would ya. I find that disc borderline unwatchable in it's current lego brick form.

To be fair to the SC mouthpiece who said TFE was "the same master" they also said in the same message it looked different to the Sony one, so I don't know if some wires have gotten crossed somewhere, that it might be the same raw source scan as the Sony but SC's grading, processing etc is all their own. SC's Leon is clearly the same underlying 'transfer/master/whatever' as the Sony but it's got their own grading for sure. Just a thought.

You have made me very excite anyway, I hope mine turns up on Monday.

[Geoff D]

Zavvi steel hath arrived! Huzzah! Now I literally have to go to work. Boo-urns.

[DJJez]

Finally here

[FilmFreakosaurus]

Anybody with an Atmos setup (not a soundbar) and the older Sony 4k disc care to do a comparison of the Atmos tracks on each version? At least in a few sample sections. Just curious as it whether it's a new (better) mix or not.



Gracias!