Shaun of the Dead 4K UHD (2004) (20th Anniversary Edition)

[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by Ben_UK

The rear lists the ratio as 2.39:1 for the new release, the old release states its 2.35:1

Does that hold any meaning?

Nein

[PeterTHX]

Originally Posted by Cactus

Yeah, seems intentionally vague. One hopes it's not just an HDR-to-DV conversion and a better upscaling system has been used. If they did an entirely new scan - or even went back to the digital workfiles - they would have said so.

Originally Posted by Thatguyeveryonehates

Universal is re-releasing a movie with Dolby Vision?? NOW?! Does this mean that they will update all the movies they released with only HDR to a version with Dolby Vision in the future, like Sony has been doing lately? I would kill for the Dfreamworks movies that were denied that treatment. Not even Shrek got it.
Hopefully they do this for the whole Cornetto Trilogy because now I'm experiencing my first buyers remorse.

Originally Posted by Mosley likes BFDI

Strange this is being remastered even though it's not made by Sony.

This is all due to Edgar Wright and his "specs". He had it remastered for the Dolby Cinema experience like Scott Pilgrim and I seriously doubt they used the same 4K master for the current UHD Blu-ray. I haven't heard anything negative and apparently there's some digital tweaks here and there like pools of blood on the ground and such. Since they're spending the money I think we're in for a treat.

[PonyoBellanote]

Oh, I had no idea. So this is not just a reissue of the same disc, it's a new one with DV and some fixes? I'll have to put that in mind.

[jimbean]

Went to the 20th anniversary’s at Odeon Leicester square and Edgar wright said in the new transfer they have added blood on the floor of the shop before Shaun slips on it.

[dtyndall]

Originally Posted by jimbean

Went to the 20th anniversary’s at Odeon Leicester square and Edgar wright said in the new transfer they have added blood on the floor of the shop before Shaun slips on it.

But why? I wish they would just leave these movies alone. Who has watched this movie for the past 15 years and said, “You know, its a great movie but they really should have added some blood right there”

[jimbean]

Originally Posted by dtyndall

But why? I wish they would just leave these movies alone. Who has watched this movie for the past 15 years and said, “You know, its a great movie but they really should have added some blood right there”

He said loads of people always pointed it out to him

[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by PeterTHX

This is all due to Edgar Wright and his "specs". He had it remastered for the Dolby Cinema experience like Scott Pilgrim and I seriously doubt they used the same 4K master for the current UHD Blu-ray. I haven't heard anything negative and apparently there's some digital tweaks here and there like pools of blood on the ground and such. Since they're spending the money I think we're in for a treat.

Scott Pilgrim was 'just' an upscale tho, it's not like that was transferred anew (but there's so much VFX most of it would've been upscaled anyway). But Shaun having some form of cut negative makes me a lot more optimistic after my initial scepticism.

[Kylo_Ren]

I look forward to this new 4K transfer.

I somehow (don't know how) never got the initial 4K disc, which is surprising as I really like this film. This is a good excuse to finally pick it up.

[asacmurr]

Saw it in Dolby, definitely looked like an upscale

[DAT_JB]

Also getting a release in Germany from Uni.

Amazon

[ryantoyota]

Originally Posted by jimbean

Went to the 20th anniversary’s at Odeon Leicester square and Edgar wright said in the new transfer they have added blood on the floor of the shop before Shaun slips on it.

I’d always assumed it was there but just out of frame and we couldn’t see it. There’s only a short second or so while he walks in that you can see the floor in the distance where he’s about to walk, and it’s a white and red tiled floor so I just assumed there was some blood on one of the red tiles that we couldn’t quite make out from a distance. After the slip happens you don’t get a full view of the floor again so you would never notice on a first viewing, only if you’re really looking for it on a rewatch.

[Geoff D]

I always liked it as a good little bit of physical comedy, it never needed Lucas-style tomfoolery to make sense of it. Could be worse tho, there could be a CG Ronto painted in.

[Retro81]

You can barely see where they've added the blood, I looked really hard when I saw at at the weekend

[Ben_UK]

So I don’t suppose there’s any suggestion of them redoing Hot Fuzz? I hope that we won’t have to wait until the 20th anniversary of that in 2027 to get some kind of upgrade…?

[Pieter V]

Shaun Of The Dead In 4K UHD | Simon Pegg Gets His First Zombie Kill | Extended Preview - YouTube

[NoFro]

Originally Posted by Ben_UK

So I don’t suppose there’s any suggestion of them redoing Hot Fuzz? I hope that we won’t have to wait until the 20th anniversary of that in 2027 to get some kind of upgrade…?

The bad news is that you will probably have to wait until 2027. The good news is that it is very likely that we will get a new 4K of it in 2027.

[Hedrox]

Oh that looks quite nice, although I think it has some light DNR in places. Could just be the YT compression tho.

[Pieter V]

SHAUN OF THE DEAD: 20 BLOODY YEARS!* (NEW) (23 minutes)

-Director Edgar Wright joins actors Simon Pegg and Nick Frost to reflect on the funniest zombie movie ever made

[CSM101]

I’m actually cool with the added blood. That scene has always kinda bothered me that he slips but there was no blood. Are there any other changes/fixes?

[McFly42]

20 BLOODY YEARS!, will this on the 4k disc, or the Blu-ray one?