Movies that need a new transfer

[Lt. Aldo Raine]

Originally Posted by Dotpattern

A lot of people tend to immediately assume the problem is the transfer when they're not impressed with the picture quality. Most of the time the transfer is not the problem and accurately reflects poor source material.

+1 sometimes there is nothing a studio can do, bad source, bad film stock, bad filming techniques all come in to play
but then yes some studios get lazy and put out a upconvert of the dvd and make it a higher bitrate to look "HD"

and as for movies that need new transfers:
the dark knight

go ahead and chew me up, the majority of ppl on here will agree

Originally Posted by Blu-ray Fanatic

300 needs to be remastered as well due to the amount of grain

so im guessing you would like all movies to be butchered and not look the way they should
300 looks exactly the way it should

jog on

[darealest1]

Originally Posted by darkpoet25

I think some Lionsgate films need an upgrade, most of the Warner movies do. I mean DD 5.1 on a high def format? That has kept me from buying a lot of their titles. Hopefully they will fix Terminator 3.

I happen to like the lionsgate movies most are in dts-hd 7.1 which is a bonus for those of us with 7.1 equipment. The two discrete rear channels, as opposed to matrixed ones of faked out with pro logic II or neo 6, really make a big difference! Now that I think about it, though, you do have a point with some of their older movies released on blu ray. Total Recall looks just like the special editon dvd that I already had, although it sounds better, and The Running Man, which i just purchased in the last week, isn't much better!

[HD Goofnut]

Originally Posted by darealest1

I happen to like the lionsgate movies most are in dts-hd 7.1 which is a bonus for those of us with 7.1 equipment. The two discrete rear channels, as opposed to matrixed ones of faked out with pro logic II or neo 6, really make a big difference!

Indeed they do. I watched Stargate a few nights ago and it reminded me why 7.1 is the best quality.

[darealest1]

Originally Posted by AKORIS

can't believe nobodies mentioned TOTAL RECALL yet----one of the worst blu rays on the market!

Funny I just mentioned it, then I saw your post, we are in total agreement!

[darealest1]

[QUOTE=iceman_mw21;3493075]+1 sometimes there is nothing a studio can do, bad source, bad film stock, bad filming techniques all come in to play
but then yes some studios get lazy and put out a upconvert of the dvd and make it a higher bitrate to look "HD"

and as for movies that need new transfers:
the dark knight

go ahead and chew me up, the majority of ppl on here will agree



I have to disagree with you i think the dark knight looks spectacular, even with that non-constant aspect ratio thing in the movie.

[Lt. Aldo Raine]

Originally Posted by darealest1

Funny I just mentioned it, then I saw your post, we are in total agreement!

there is a better transfer

get the UK edition

[Meathead]

Robocop
Dumb and Dumber- no DNR!!!!

[SpotOn]

Originally Posted by iceman_mw21

and as for movies that need new transfers:
the dark knight

go ahead and chew me up, the majority of ppl on here will agree

+1
The Dark Knight is one of the biggest screw-ups in BD's short history. It seemed like all any reviewers watched were the IMAX shots (which, of course, looked amazing) and completely ignored the rest of the transfer.

WB made the BD off of the IMAX DMR which had a huge amount of Edge Enhancement and some Noise Reduction applied to the shots that were done in 35mm. While this was a perfectly acceptable image to most in the IMAX theaters, it looks almost as bad as 2006 Lionsgate fare on the disc (I'm exaggerating a bit, but it still looks terrible for a 2008 title).

The fact that the transfer received almost universal praise was one of my first lessons learned about the credibility of reviews and reviewers. Thank God we have Netflix to test-drive new titles.

[Lt. Aldo Raine]

Originally Posted by SpotOn

+1
The Dark Knight is one of the biggest screw-ups in BD's short history. It seemed like all any reviewers watched were the IMAX shots (which, of course, looked amazing) and completely ignored the rest of the transfer.

WB made the BD off of the IMAX DMR which had a huge amount of Edge Enhancement and some Noise Reduction applied to the shots that were done in 35mm. While this was a perfectly acceptable image to most in the IMAX theaters, it looks almost as bad as 2006 Lionsgate fare on the disc (I'm exaggerating a bit, but it still looks terrible for a 2008 title).

The fact that the transfer received almost universal praise was one of my first lessons learned about the credibility of reviews and reviewers. Thank God we have Netflix to test-drive new titles.

i gotta get on that boat

[SpotOn]

The Wild Bunch could definitely use a new transfer. It looks nice, but far too smeary.

[gunner99]

Originally Posted by darealest1

I have a good one. War of the worlds, with Tom Cruise. I was so exited when it came out recently on blu ray and then i was so disappointed when I took it home and watched it. There was no improvement AT ALL in the grainy picture, it was just like the dvd. The audio is great in 5.1 dts-hd-ma, its really improved, but they didn't put any effort into the picture quality AT ALL! I waited over a year for that movie to be released on blu ray and was sorely disappointed. I dont trade in movies or games, but if i did, then i would trade that one!

War of the Worlds is supposed to be grainy. That is the Directors intention. Picture quality on this disc is very good indeed although not quite as good as the audio quality.

[DetroitSportsFan]

Originally Posted by iceman_mw21

there is a better transfer

get the UK edition

Agreed, the UK release is a nice upgrade.

[TitansFan4Life]

Crash, Crash, and oh yea...

CRASH!

[Radical Ed]

RoboCop
T2
Total Recall
Gladiator

[SleeperAgent]

I would like a good transfer for Secondhand Lions. Loved that movie.

[TJS_Blu]

second The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford and will wait for a new Master and Commander as well. Audition got mediocre reviews for PQ and I'm hoping better elements are used next time.

[csdot]

i know its not the most popular movie, but its one of my favorites and the blu-ray is just AWFUL. and get rid of that lame Twilight cover art while theyre at it too.
talk about adding insult to injury..

[YodasFootPowder]

I'm baffled at the people that didn't like TDK transfer. I can see where there is room for improvement, but it's not a train wreck. I'd still give it a 4/5 for PQ. But, that's just me.

[singhcr]

Originally Posted by AKORIS

can't believe nobodies mentioned TOTAL RECALL yet----one of the worst blu rays on the market!

Get the UK version, it is far improved in both video and audio.

[Duffy12]

I am sure that this one must have been brought up, but how about American Psycho?


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