Halloween II 4K UHD (1981)

[Steel76]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

Fixed

Thanks

[bobbyh64]

Originally Posted by Martoto

It's not that obvious unless you are looking for it. The blondness of the hair is only really noticeable at the last moment when the cop car's full beams are on him and only for a brief second.

At first the audience is meant to believe it might be Myers, but that two-second shot that clearly shows the crazy blond hair was deliberately meant to tip off the audience IMO. There was no need to make the hair that color for a fake-out.

Originally Posted by Martoto

Hell I remember people not believing me that Myers had a blond haired mask on in that scene in H4 and claimed it was just the lights. People see what they want to see a lot of the time and Carpenter was probably expecting that people would accept Loomis and the cops thinking it's Myers and maybe even some of the audience believing it was supposed to be Myers.

Well, of course Loomis and the cops are going to believe it might be Myers because Loomis is the only one who saw the mask before and he was at a distance in the Tramer scene where he didn’t get a good look. Even in the original Halloween he only saw the mask briefly and didn’t get a great look at it.

Originally Posted by Martoto

Why don't you ask all the people who claim it's a preposterous coincidence that someone else is going around with the same costume? How can they be saying that if it's supposedly meant to be abundantly clear that it's not Michael?

Both things can be true. It’s made clear to the audience it’s not Myers due to the crazy ass blond hair and I also think it’s a coincidence. It’s not even really a costume. Just a mask with clothes anyone would wear on a typical day. It’s like, what the hell is that “costume” even supposed to be? It’s just a guy with a weird pure white face and normal clothes.

[LanceL]

Originally Posted by mad_max2000

You're right, the color on the credits is wrong, it should be a very harsh orange. Scream messed up the coloring of the credits on the 2018 steelbook release and for some reason the error has carried over to this release, despite the fact that they used a different source (an IP for the 2018 steelbook vs. the OCN for this one). This one annoys me almost as much as the glitch, it just looks so wrong.

Maybe that is the actual color it's supposed to be; if they have it on the 4K scan for the steelbook, and from the OCN...?

[Telemachus]

Halloween II is a masterpiece that I can't stop watching

[LanceL]

Originally Posted by Robbie The Robot

Man you’r all still complaining about a two second pixelation over some 80’s titties in a very old movie that is average at best.

I can understand if there was a constant problem throughout a movie due to a problem with manufacturing. A blink and you will miss it issue really does take the Bluray.com forum nut jobs cake. Up there with the ping pong ball missing in The Thing and a the issues with the Batman TV series.

Just check out and enjoy the movie. I can’t remember the last time I read a thread on this site that didn’t have someone complaining about an issue with the disk. Colour timing, sound, aspect ratio, the plethora of other artefacts, ghosting blah blah blah blah.

I watched The Ten Commandments UHD the other day and at some point it glitched for a second. It’s technology. Stuff glitches. Not going on some forum to complain about it and demand a reissue and carry on. It was two seconds.

You all going Karen on this. You need to speak to the Jesus manager of Bluray issues please. Pump the breaks. Undertake some mindfulness exercises. Have some booze. I suggest Porn Hub or just watch an old copy of the movie if you REALLY need to see those titties unglitched.

Narcissism is the problem. Not just with Scream Factory, and these other labels, but with people like yourself who will turn the other cheek if Jesus claims you should do so. Accountability and not arrogance, dude/dudette.

[LanceL]

Originally Posted by Brian81

You need to see a doc if it takes that long to blink. The ping pong ball is nowhere as bad as this. This is glitching on a cable/OTA HD level feed level of glitching.

So, there is a glitch with The Thing, too? I heard/read an audio issue, now I'm learning of a missing ping pong ball? Oh, geeze, these discs really are the bane of the collecting society.

[DR Herbert West]

Originally Posted by LanceL

So, there is a glitch with The Thing, too?

Not on the UHD.

[LanceL]

Originally Posted by Jay Mammoth

Looks better on my TV as well.

Well, I'm referring to just the image on my element tv I use as a computer monitor, not the actual disc, if that's what you're speaking of...?

[LanceL]

Originally Posted by bobbyh64

I can think of one plot hole. Mrs. Elrod doesn’t know if her husband likes mustard or mayonnaise on his sandwiches and they’ve been together how long??? They sure don’t look like newlyweds…

If you appreciate married couples knowing everything about their significant other, that's admirable. However, in reality, not everyone cares enough. And I happen to enjoy changing up recipes if I have the means to. I don't always take my meals the same every time I order or cook, or what have you.

Just like in the new Halloween universe; things change. Whether you like it or not, we aren't the same as we were in the past.

[LanceL]

Originally Posted by Martoto

For a start, the local radio, and a TV news team, are all reporting the discovery of Michael's victims well before the town sheriff, whose daughter is one of the dead teens, knows about the murders.

He doesn't really know Annie is dead until after Ben Tramer gets Loomised. So, just because the sheriff doesn't know before the radio does, that can happen, I would think. Maybe the local police gave the reporters the news before they did the sheriff...?

[LanceL]

Originally Posted by dubhousing

This is just a guess on my part - I don't have any inside information. I suspect that scene at the Elrods' house was shot to take place after the discovery of the bodies, but was moved up during the editing stage to give the movie a "kill scene" right at the start. Otherwise, why have a radio broadcast announcing the discovery of the bodies so prominently in that scene, when it creates a continuity error? I'll guess having a murder scene at the start of the movie, in parallel with the opening scene of the first movie, trumped the mistake.

I will definitely have to pay more attention the next time I watch this movie.

[LanceL]

Originally Posted by Jay H.

The first twenty minutes or so of the 4K has the wrong color scheme.

That's messed up.

Originally Posted by Jay H.

For starters, the giant hospital in a small town like Haddonfield. The hospital with an overnight staff of less than ten. The hospital that has no patients. And no lighting.

Oh wait; do the unsupervised newborn babies count as patients?

I've been to hospitals at night. They do seem empty.

Originally Posted by questrider

Obvious that it's a razor blade since 1981! I remember squirming in the theater because it's so visceral.

https://twitter.com/retronewsnow/sta...94789775695873

[Show spoiler]

Definitely a razor blade.

Originally Posted by DR Herbert West

Not on the UHD.

Which release, please?

[DR Herbert West]

Originally Posted by LanceL

Which release, please?

The Universal Blu and the first Scream Factory release.

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[JPLeon]

Originally Posted by DR Herbert West

The Universal Blu and the first Scream Factory release.

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It's kinda weird that every release is apparently correct but only the original Universal blu-ray and Shout!'s collector's edition are the only ones with that mistake. Makes you wonder what other details are missing throughout the film in those releases.

[Jay H.]

Originally Posted by LanceL

I've been to hospitals at night. They do seem empty.

I was a patient in a hospital for five weeks about 8 years ago. Yeah... no. There is so much going on at night, I didn't get much sleep the entire time I was there. Besides, the comment was more about a large hospital in a small town like Haddonfield. Of course there were no patients or staff; why'd they have such a big hospital to begin with? Shouldn't it be in a bigger city near Haddonfield?

[LanceL]

Originally Posted by DR Herbert West

The Universal Blu and the first Scream Factory release.

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Thank you. I have only watched the 4K scan from Scream Factory. From the YouTube channel Deadpit, they had a couple conversations with Don May Jr. from Synapse who has complained about this kind of thing. I think I recall him talking about Piranha 2, something kept disappearing from the picture on that one as well. Very strange how this happens.

[LanceL]

Originally Posted by Jay H.

I was a patient in a hospital for five weeks about 8 years ago. Yeah... no. There is so much going on at night, I didn't get much sleep the entire time I was there. Besides, the comment was more about a large hospital in a small town like Haddonfield. Of course there were no patients or staff; why'd they have such a big hospital to begin with? Shouldn't it be in a bigger city near Haddonfield?

Different towns/cities, different hospitals. All I am saying is it isn't false that some hospitals are empty looking during the night. Not every hospital is the same. Hence the one I went to being vacant looking and sounding during the night time hours. During the day? They are very busy. But when the patients are sleeping, and there is less staff present, it's very Halloween 2.

One might regard this issue with big hospitals in small towns being the government. If it's a true case, that's why the government has such troubles with the economy; they need people who actually know what they are doing. Same for movies. Some times the producers don't know what they are doing.

[Jay H.]

Additional issues: there are several newborns - unattended, of course - in the nursery. Where are the mothers? Also,

[Show spoiler]Dr. Loomis causes a big explosion, which could conceivably spread out of control. No consideration for anybody else who might be in the hospital. The aforementioned newborns, for example.

That's awfully darn irresponsible.

[Telemachus]

Originally Posted by Jay H.

That's awfully darn irresponsible.

That hospital only had 5 employees, go easy

[Matt89]

Also, even if the reason the hospital is dark is because Michael cut the power...why is it dark everywhere? Lol. Often the lights get turned down overnight in certain wards, but damn not the ENTIRE hospital. This is a HOSPITAL, they don't have a backup generator? Are there zero patients there hooked up to any medical equipment? Nobody on life support? So many things wrong with this ghost town hospital. It made for good atmosphere, but literally no hospital is like this.

~Matt