Jurassic Park Collection 4K UHD (1993-2015)

[roadwarrior980]

Originally Posted by Dubstar

I'm a little ticked the Fandango code for the 'Jurassic World 2' ticket from the BB steel isn't working ~ is it still too early to do this, is that why it's not live and all?

I had the same issue, and wonder if that's the case too.

[LordoftheRings]

Hmmm, the size of this page doesn't want to fix itself.
It seems that the picture of George Michael above has no sizing fix; it is large and it remains large.
I don't remember the last time I saw pictures or screenshots not resizing themselves.

Anyone else experiencing this?

[Mierzwiak]

^same here.

So I watched entire JPIII and yeah, it's fugly. It's an obvious old master with phoned in HDR grade and flat colors. What's most ridiculous about it is that there are some shots with CG that have better contrast and nicer looking lighting than many shots without CG! What a MESS.

The best looking part of this film is the scene after landing.

With the true restoration based on 4K scan you can really quick tell the difference. Grain, contrast, HDR, colors. That's not the case with JP and JPIII!

[LordoftheRings]

Maybe that's why they are charging only $49.99 for all the four movies on 4K?

[Ingram]

My old man used to tell me: "If a job's worth doing, it's worth doing right."

Oh, how times have changed.

[cynatnite]

I've had some time to think about the movies I've watched on the OLED and getting used to just how good it is.

I thought JP1 looked okay. It was uneven with some shots looking good and others a bit too clean. Still my favorite by far. Spielberg knew how to amp up the anticipation to ridiculous degrees here. Love this movie.

JPII was fine. Nothing to write home about, but I was okay with it.

JPIII, It's my least favorite out of all these so I didn't bother with it at all.

Jurassic World - Looked pretty fantastic. It's a silly movie, but a fun ride that I can enjoy.

[HeavyHitter]

Originally Posted by LordoftheRings

Maybe that's why they are charging only $49.99 for all the four movies on 4K?

That was my thought too.

[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by StingingVelvet

Watched two of these tonight...

Jurassic Park: Really torn on it. The HDR adds a TON of depth and film-like contrast to the picture. Looked at the BD afterward and it looked super faded and flat in comparison. That said I am definitely on the side of those who see it as waxy and suffering from too many hits of the DNR stick. I'm sure this is due to the 3D conversion, same as T2, but it looks really bad a lot of the time. Also, as some have mentioned, I feel the grain/noise of the BD helps the CGI a good bit, especially in daytime shots.

One weird part I noticed was when Lex and Tim run to the kitchen. On the BD the kitchen looks bright, then Lex turns off the lights and it gets dark. On the UHD I noticed it is pretty dark to begin with, not changing nearly as much when she turns off the lights. Not saying the HDR is "wrong" here, but just something interesting I noticed.

Just to annoy Velvet:

I compared the raptors in the kitchen sequence at the start and although the lower APL of the UHD does make it seem a little dimmer, the kitchen is not super bright in the SDR Blu-ray either. (This is me watching at about 140 nits peak luminance in SDR though, I think you prefer a higher backlight for SDR?) When she flips off the lights there's still plenty of light streaming in from overhead (note the windows to the top right of screen) in the SDR version and it's just the lower portion of the frame that gets darker, this is true enough of both iterations. That scene has never really been a "dark" one as such.

[LordoftheRings]

Just to get rid of this page quicker...the sizing...annoying.

[LordoftheRings]

Originally Posted by HeavyHitter

That was my thought too.

For $15 less I got only one movie instead of four...The Matrix 4K.
It's a funny business this 4K BR catalog stuff.
I wonder if it's the gold rush before the flood.

[LordoftheRings]

Three more to go.
Two with Jurassic Park franchise, and most likely many more if the $ is there.

[LordoftheRings]

It's a good time to be a professional 4K Blu-ray movie reviewer.

[LordoftheRings]

Nextpageupbaby!

[buckeye1]

Originally Posted by BDougherty

I'm a little irritated I don't have this yet. I pre ordered the steelbook. Best buy told me I'd have it by 5/25 but of course they shipped it via ups so it won't arrive until next week.

I'm in the same boat as you. Mine should be here by Wednesday, nearly 2 weeks after I ordered it. Of course it goes out right before Memorial Day, which means a few more days to get here.

[BDougherty]

Originally Posted by buckeye1

I'm in the same boat as you. Mine should be here by Wednesday, nearly 2 weeks after I ordered it. Of course it goes out right before Memorial Day, which means a few more days to get here.

I'm going to get my copy of Annihilation (shipped USPS) before I get my JP Steelbook (shipped UPS), and it shipped a day later. I wish companies would stop shipping with UPS and ship more with USPS.

[Bond84]

I just finished JP1...and I just don't understand what everyone is complaining about. It looked fantastic. It completely blows both the 2D and 3D blurays out of the water. It is perfect? No. Could it have looked better? Possibly. But damn if this still isn't a helluva upgrade. The detail, the colors, the contrast...it was all excellent. 4.5/5

People are actually boycotting and/or returning this set because of the picture quality? People actually dare to say they prefer the look of the bluray? WOW. I'm sorry, I really don't want to insult people, and there's no accounting for preference or taste, but come on.

If you're a fan of these movies, you need to just buy it and check it out for yourself. Do not rely solely on people's reviews.

[Jack Priest]

I'm in the UK, and I really like the look of the DigiBook "25 Anniversary" trilogy set the US has, rather than our trilogy set. What's my best/cheapest way of getting it?

[motorheadache95]

Originally Posted by Bond84

I just finished JP1...and I just don't understand what everyone is complaining about. It looked fantastic. It completely blows both the 2D and 3D blurays out of the water. It is perfect? No. Could it have looked better? Possibly. But damn if this still isn't a helluva upgrade. The detail, the colors, the contrast...it was all excellent. 4.5/5

People are actually boycotting and/or returning this set because of the picture quality? People actually dare to say they prefer the look of the bluray? WOW. I'm sorry, I really don't want to insult people, and there's no accounting for preference or taste, but come on.

If you're a fan of these movies, you need to just buy it and check it out for yourself. Do not rely solely on people's reviews.

I don't consider myself any kind of videophile and I usually downgrade enthusiast complaints a solid 50-60% to what will bother me. But even I could tell Jurassic Park looked... mediocre. I know different movies look different, and Jurassic Park, being a film from 1993 with experimental CGI and optical shots isn't going to look like the slickest most detailed film on 4K, but I know it can look a lot better than it's presented here.

That being said, the set is really cheap for a new 4K box set. The transfer isn't like The Matrix restoration but it also isn't 30 bucks for one film, so there's that. But man, Universal just doesn't catalog that well.

Well we have the same TV so I guess that's not the reason we disagree

[Geoff D]

Random comment time: The 2:1 ratio on JW was AWESOME. Perfect combination of height and width, the borders seemed to melt away in a darkened room and it's like I was looking at a floating frame.

[ROSS.T.G.]

Yep. ‘Twas lovely.