Most dissapointing BD transfer,and why?

[Mahatma]

Actually pretty reassuring this thread.I have not bought any of those here mentioned-apart from the one I started this thread with ofcourse.Only other turkey I have bought which needs a mention here is Escape from new york-the european release.Bought the american release after some recommended that,and it is much better.

[TheWildWhelk]

Predator UHE - scrubbed the shit out of it with DNR.

The Perfect Storm - even the dvd has more detail in it!

Dog Soldiers - most definately a pointless blu ray release...

Ong Bak - The film never looked that bad!

Robocop is passable, but still at the top of my list for a full remastered special edition...

[sukraj]

evil dead 2
robocop

[Bluyoda]

Originally Posted by roguescribner

Shouldn't this be in the Blu-ray forum?

Exactly.

I am most disappointed with the transfer of "Star Wars: The Phantom Menace", not because it's so bad, but because it's such a mixed bag, from brilliant to awful.

I wish we received a filmic transfer of this, as the current one doesn't do the film justice.

I think it could look as good as the remastered Gladiator BD, and that one is simply gorgeous!

Dead Poets Society is another one. I blind-bought it, and love the film, but it looks so dated.

Brcue Almighty is terrible too, especially for such a relatively new film.

DNR all over the place!

[Abdrewes]

Originally Posted by timcat4843

RoboCop is the worst transfer of all time, with Die Hard 1 & 2 a close second and third respectively.

Yup! RoboCop looks pretty bad. Im sure a Criterion release would look phenomenal.

[Grand Bob]

Tremors is the worst looking BD in my collection. It has what appears to be heavy DNR and edge-enhancement.

[Hussun1]

Predator UHE - DNR'd to crap
RoboCop - not much better than the DVD
Bruce Almighty - not much better than the DVD

[Grand Bob]

One other BD worth mentioning is The Naked Gun, perhaps my favorite comedy movie. The transfer is uneven throughout and at least in one scene, at the airport right around the time Weird Al Yankovich gets off the plane, there is a weird Moire-like (?) pattern that looks like the scene was shot through a screen door. I have never seen that phenomenon appear on another Blu-ray disc.

[Canada]

The worst looking release I have has to be the The Italian Job (2003) the video was horrible and even though a DTS track is listed as one of the specs the DTS track is sadly absent.
Original Terminator release, though the audio is awesome given the mono origins.

[Blu-21]

Originally Posted by timcat4843

RoboCop is the worst transfer of all time, with Die Hard 1 & 2 a close second and third respectively.

Robocop and Die Hard 2 are bad (Die Hard 2 especially with the awful warm push with the colour timing), but the orignal Die Hard looks solid on Blu-Ray.

[Blu-21]

Originally Posted by Bluyoda

Exactly.

I am most disappointed with the transfer of "Star Wars: The Phantom Menace", not because it's so bad, but because it's such a mixed bag, from brilliant to awful.

I wish we received a filmic transfer of this, as the current one doesn't do the film justice.

At the risk of hyperbole, my Laserdisc of TPM looks more filmic then the Blu-Ray. Of course if I am being honest, as soft and as disappointing the Blu-Ray is overall, it still obliterates the DVD and Laserdisc in every way, but what it reminds me of is a scan that was intended for the 3D screening which was then carelessly also used for the 2D Blu-Ray version.

I wouldn't mind seeing a HD broadcast version of TPM to see how that stacks up, which would have been made long before the Blu-Ray..

AOTC could do without the teal and with more sharpness even though the latter is unavoidable now (without resorting to crappy EE) due to an error in judgement Lucus made at the time of shooting AOTC...

[Belmont]

Goldeneye is up there (or down there), considering how long we had to wait for it and how little care was given to it. It really looks like a murky, blurry mess.

Also, Superman Returns looks downright bad, but some of that is due to the strange aesthetic choices that Bryan Singer made rather than the transfer itself. Beyond that, it's laundry list of video defects - banding, artifacting, shimmering, poor black levels, digital noise... just check the boxes.

[WBMakeVMarsMovieNOW]

Originally Posted by Bluyoda

Exactly.

I am most disappointed with the transfer of "Star Wars: The Phantom Menace", not because it's so bad, but because it's such a mixed bag, from brilliant to awful.

I wish we received a filmic transfer of this, as the current one doesn't do the film justice.

I think it could look as good as the remastered Gladiator BD, and that one is simply gorgeous!

Dead Poets Society is another one. I blind-bought it, and love the film, but it looks so dated.

Brcue Almighty is terrible too, especially for such a relatively new film.

DNR all over the place!

Even in theaters TPM had some weird scenes. Although yeah TPM blu-ray did seem to add DNR on top of that .

[alwaysHD]

almost 11 hours on 1 50gb disc, it is the most horrible thing i have ever seen and would never like to see it again, looks like if it was the crappiest vhs ever made, i recommend everyone staying away from this forever

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[Tybo28]

Dog Soldiers or The Hills Have Eyes. Both are just completely horrible all around.

[steve dubbleyoo]

Despite all the prewarnings, nothing prepared me for the grain-fest of An American Werewolf In London.
I saw a digital screening at FrightFest in London prior to it's release and it looked incredible. Not sure what happened but the BluRay would look like it was projected onto a sandstorm in comparison.

[Ray_Rogers]

Originally Posted by steve dubbleyoo

Despite all the prewarnings, nothing prepared me for the grain-fest of An American Werewolf In London.
I saw a digital screening at FrightFest in London prior to it's release and it looked incredible. Not sure what happened but the BluRay would look like it was projected onto a sandstorm in comparison.

The movie does have heavy grain. So very sorry Universal forgot to overcrank the DNR and EE settings for you people who hate film grain. This format is not for you.


I'd have to mention DARK CITY. Tons of DNR/EE but the Director's Cut scenes have film grain oddly. I love the movie still, just crap transfer. There are others but now I do the research before buying titles.

[steve dubbleyoo]

[QUOTE=Ray_Rogers;7293822]The movie does have heavy grain. So very sorry Universal forgot to overcrank the DNR and EE settings for you people who hate film grain. This format is not for you.


I actually prefer grain to DNR and EE put seeing the version I saw on one of the biggest screens in the UK really psyched me up for it looking that good. I read afterwards that John Landis tweaked the Blu-Ray master to remove colour and add grain because it looked too good. Orginally you could actually read the labels on the beer bottles in The Slaughtered Lamb.

[JimDiGriz]

Eyes Wide Shut - Im sure a decent remaster will get this looking much better...if it ever happens

Predator "Ultimate Hunter Edition" - Ill stick with the 2008 one thanks

Robocop - Im sure this could look much better with a Terminator style remaster.

Hurt Locker - I like grain but this is silly! A film this new should be looking a lot better than this.

[Bluyoda]

Originally Posted by Grand Bob

One other BD worth mentioning is The Naked Gun, perhaps my favorite comedy movie. The transfer is uneven throughout and at least in one scene, at the airport right around the time Weird Al Yankovich gets off the plane, there is a weird Moire-like (?) pattern that looks like the scene was shot through a screen door. I have never seen that phenomenon appear on another Blu-ray disc.

Yeah, I found that weird also. There are actually two instances of this in the film. I can't explain it either. Overall, I am quite happy with the BD of The NAked Gun though. Except for the beginning and those two cases it looks pretty solid, and I would never mention it as the "most disappointing BD transfer".

Originally Posted by Blu-21

At the risk of hyperbole, my Laserdisc of TPM looks more filmic then the Blu-Ray. Of course if I am being honest, as soft and as disappointing the Blu-Ray is overall, it still obliterates the DVD and Laserdisc in every way, but what it reminds me of is a scan that was intended for the 3D screening which was then carelessly also used for the 2D Blu-Ray version.

I wouldn't mind seeing a HD broadcast version of TPM to see how that stacks up, which would have been made long before the Blu-Ray..

AOTC could do without the teal and with more sharpness even though the latter is unavoidable now (without resorting to crappy EE) due to an error in judgement Lucus made at the time of shooting AOTC...

Oh yeah, absolutely. The DVD looks like complete garbage compared to the BD. The DVD was noisy as hell, and the EE was terribly distracting and unsightly.

As I said the BD is still 3,5/5, but I wanted it to be 4,5-5/5.

I guess a HD broadcast version would be interesting to see next to the BD version indeed.

They should never have used the BD transfer for the 3-D version, as the DNR made it look soft and artificial.

AOTC is a solid 4/5 for me, but yeah, its softness is its weakness.

The first time I saw it on BD, I had to put in the DVD to compare the PQ, if it were the same, but the BD was clearly superior.

It was indeed a bad call on Lucas and team's side to use the soft setting on the camera. The should have done it in post, if at all, so they we could now have a pristine image.

Originally Posted by WBMakeVMarsMovieNOW

Even in theaters TPM had some weird scenes. Although yeah TPM blu-ray did seem to add DNR on top of that .

I don't remember that. I thought it looked great in theaters, but it has been a while since then.