Dark City 4K UHD (1998) (Arrow Video) (UK)

[SpacemanDoug]

Originally Posted by RocShemp

I'll have to dig up my BD, but as I recall the color grade was untouched. The big issues were that only the new footage was sourced from a new master and the BD uses seamless branching. So the DC would look great and crappy from shot to shot. It was very jarring.

The BD didn't have both cuts branched, it was literally two entirely separate files. (and the fact that capsaholic has both cuts as a separate set of caps proves this) That BD looked terrible all around due to the heavy amount of DNR in every scene in both cuts.

Originally Posted by RocShemp

Another issue is that the DC uses temp audio for certain scenes (i.e. Connelly singing, Hurt playing the accordion, and the poor-turned-rich couple during the big tuning sequence). The quality of said acting and singing/playing was notably inferior to that of the TC. However, the DC is still the superior cut of the movie.

I highly disagree regarding Connelly's singing, I think restoring her voice was a very smart decision. Anita Kelsey's voice isn't bad, but it isn't as good as Connely's and definitely isn't as fitting either. I'd say using Kelsey's voice in the theatrical cut is actually more jarring cause you're hearing a completely different voice compared to the non-singing scenes.