The Keep (1983) 4K UHD coming from Imprint

[Mark Meakin]

Originally Posted by Marv Inc.

Mines on a plane over the ocean.

Mine's still listed as 'processing' so hopefully not long now. I will certainly report back on the documetary when it arrives. Still waiting for more news on a long gestating UNCOVERING WOLFEN documentary.

[SS-3]

Originally Posted by PinkyCarruthers

Mine arrived today and man is this thing a beast! It positively dwarfs my Columbia Classics collection. Where am I gonna store it?! Under the bed? Easily the biggest piece of media I've ever bought. I'm kinda intimidated by it to be honest, not least because The Keep's not even close to being one of my favorite movies LOL. But my is it a beauty. And even if the doc disappoints I can at least be assured no evil spirits are ever coming anywhere near my room with that sparkly, chunky-ass cross to protect me.

Sure wish I had a couple of free days to dive into it all but gonna have to proceed piecemeal, starting with the comic and culminating with the doc which I have very high hopes for. A hefty time commitment but good times ahead and we'll all come out with Ph.D.'s in The Keep. Only quibble is the print on the Fangoria article is too miniscule to read comfortably. Great pics though.

This set puts the 'physical' into media. It's really something else. Seriously impressive package from Imprint.

Is the 4K a BD-66 or a BD-100? Hoping for the latter

[Marv Inc.]

Originally Posted by Mark Meakin

Mine's still listed as 'processing' so hopefully not long now. I will certainly report back on the documetary when it arrives. Still waiting for more news on a long gestating UNCOVERING WOLFEN documentary.

Mines in the UK now and hopefully will be delivered one day this week.

I think the Wolfen doc is all done and just finalizing distribution. Now The Keep doc is done I think Stew can put alot more time back into The Wolfen doc and hopefully we'll see it on disc sometime next year.

[SS-3]

According to Google AI, it's a BD-66. However, earlier on it said it was a BD-100. Waiting on someone to confirm that has received the set. Unfortunately, I think it will be a BD-66

[David M]

It's a 96 minute film and there are no bonus features on the UHD disc beyond the trailer. It wouldn't look any different on a 100gb disc with a marginally higher bitrate, and it would be a huge waste because nearly all of the third layer would be blank.

[DawnShadow]

Every single day I see colleagues use Google AI and it literally spews out pure misinformation. If you can't find the information yourself, neither can Google AI.

[Bumblefeet]

Originally Posted by DawnShadow

Every single day I see colleagues use Google AI and it literally spews out pure misinformation. If you can't find the information yourself, neither can Google AI.

By posting it online, you are giving it the information it needs, and it will grow to get it right eventually, AND I've also seen people use AI and well, if you don't know how to properly ask it something and define parameters, of course it's going to be the most general answer your question deserves.

[fxsavini]

Phew, the website, or rather the checkout at Imprint, is by far the worst I’ve come across in a long time. It feels like some webshop from 20 years ago. I just can’t get an order through because it always says ‘invalid recaptcha.’ But there isn’t a captcha anywhere in the process. I’ve even tried different browsers (Edge, Safari, Chrome). Has anyone else run into this problem?

[Marv Inc.]

Never had a problem myself ordering from Imprint. Have you created an account?

[fxsavini]

Originally Posted by Marv Inc.

Never had a problem myself ordering from Imprint. Have you created an account?

No. This is my first order there. I also can’t create an account beforehand, only at the end or during the checkout process. No matter what I do — I even tried using a completely different computer — it always shows ‘reCAPTCHA verification failed. Please try again.’

[odlid]

Originally Posted by fxsavini

No. This is my first order there. I also can’t create an account beforehand, only at the end or during the checkout process. No matter what I do — I even tried using a completely different computer — it always shows ‘reCAPTCHA verification failed. Please try again.’

Do you use an adblocker?

[The Hornets]

Could also be from a pop up blocker, which work in same way as advert blockers, stopping the check loading, hence you never see it.

Some retailer websites run detection for these and tell you to disable if you want to buy from them.

[DawnShadow]

Originally Posted by Bumblefeet

By posting it online, you are giving it the information it needs, and it will grow to get it right eventually, AND I've also seen people use AI and well, if you don't know how to properly ask it something and define parameters, of course it's going to be the most general answer your question deserves.

or if I don't post it online, it will continue to guess/make things up instead of admitting it can't find a credible source and doesn't know the answer.

[fxsavini]

Originally Posted by fxsavini

No. This is my first order there. I also can’t create an account beforehand, only at the end or during the checkout process. No matter what I do — I even tried using a completely different computer — it always shows ‘reCAPTCHA verification failed. Please try again.’

Originally Posted by odlid

Do you use an adblocker?

I basically had to use a ‘bare’ browser. Meaning I disabled all extensions (like Ghostery, uBlock) in Microsoft Edge and cleared all cookies. After that the order finally went through. Funny thing is, I don’t run into this issue with any other shop (Umbrella, Arrow, Severin, Vinegar, 88 UK, etc.).

[Marv Inc.]

Mine arrived this morning but I wasn't home so the delivery driver took it back.

[PinkyCarruthers]

Originally Posted by SS-3

According to Google AI, it's a BD-66. However, earlier on it said it was a BD-100. Waiting on someone to confirm that has received the set. Unfortunately, I think it will be a BD-66

It's a BD-66.

Haven't yet sampled the transfer or any of the bonus features due to lack of time. Only just getting started on the printed material. I already have the VS release so picked this up solely for the doc and the rest of the bonus features/swag. Not counting on it looking much different than the VS transfer if at all.

However, to get myself back into a Keep mood for this new set I recently re-watched all the VS featurettes and I'm 0-for-2 on the F. Paul Wilson interview: I've tried watching it twice and it's literally put me to sleep both times! Can anyone tell me what it is he's droning on about?! I honestly can't recall a single thing he said. He says a helluva lot more in the one-page foreword to the graphic novel than he does in that rambling, 24-minute snoozefest. Hope he's in better form on the newly added group commentary. But all the rest of the previous featurettes are great.

Gonna be awhile till I can dig into the on-disc material so will be interested to hear what others think of the doc and other bonus features.

[JRcanReid]

Originally Posted by Marv Inc.

Mine arrived this morning but I wasn't home so the delivery driver took it back.

And THAT'S how you know this is a special release!

[stewb]

Paul Wilson has been recovering from a stroke in recent years. The commentary from him and co. is the, largely, unheard one from the early 2000's.

We'll have our first teaser out tomorrow from the newly produced bonus.

[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by Bumblefeet

By posting it online, you are giving it the information it needs, and it will grow to get it right eventually, AND I've also seen people use AI and well, if you don't know how to properly ask it something and define parameters, of course it's going to be the most general answer your question deserves.

I'm sure it'll get there eventually, it's just a shame that humanity is its training set because humans are dumb as f*ck. It's still giving out completely incorrect answers to very simple questions e.g. the top line of this cretinous exchange linked to here:

Originally Posted by stalepie

I tried talking to my PC's AI (Microsoft Copilot, AKA ChatGPT) about 8K resolutions and film, and this is what it said in 8 pictures:

https://imgur.com/a/aPAH3cr

(Perhaps it serves as a snapshot of the current thinking out there).

Was there a different way to aks that NOTLD 16mm query so it would give out the actual fact instead of getting it wrong and then going on an entire tangent gushing about how that wrong answer affected the visual artistry of the film? I understand why AI is seen as this time-saving boon for people who are too lazy to search for themselves, as the best description of the internet is still of a library where someone's jumbled up the index cards, but with AI the librarian is pointing you to a completely different section.

[Graphic_Delusions]

I'm surprised there hasn't been an unboxing video yet. Only seen a sealed copy photo I found on Facebook.