Angel Has Fallen / London Has Fallen / Olympus Has Fallen 4K UHD

[Sky_Captain]

Me too, but something is holding me back.

[Mobe1969]

My order is preparing to ship, Got to say I'm excited!

[Accelerant_84]

Where did you preorder from?

Originally Posted by Mobe1969

My order is preparing to ship, Got to say I'm excited!

[Mobe1969]

Originally Posted by accelerant_84

where did you preorder from?

jpc.

[Sky_Captain]

It's Olympus Has Fallen that intrigues me.

It looks rough as f*** on BD, like many of Millennium Films releases from that era.

Expendables 2 came out the year before.

[DJR662]

Originally Posted by Mobe1969

My order is preparing to ship, Got to say I'm excited!

Oooh, thanks for taking one for the team!

Please, do report back with your findings regarding pq on both Olympus and London. I am eagerly awaiting your findings.

Btw I noticed on AVS you went from your 550 to a 760; congratz!

Originally Posted by Sky_Captain

It's Olympus Has Fallen that intrigues me.

It looks rough as f*** on BD, like many of Millennium Films releases from that era.

Expendables 2 came out the year before.

Olympus didn't exactly look pretty in the cinema either. I distinctively remember thinking it looked very dark and rather bland during the opening scenes for example; it looks like that on the Blu-ray that I own too (which is the US Sony disc).

I suspect this is intentional and source related so I'm not expecting the UHD to be a "real looker".

[Mobe1969]

Originally Posted by DJR662

Oooh, thanks for taking one for the team!

Please, do report back with your findings regarding pq on both Olympus and London. I am eagerly awaiting your findings.

Btw I noticed on AVS you went from your 550 to a 760; congratz!



Olympus didn't exactly look pretty in the cinema either. I distinctively remember thinking it looked very dark and rather bland during the opening scenes for example; it looks like that on the Blu-ray that I own too (which is the US Sony disc).

I suspect this is intentional and source related so I'm not expecting the UHD to be a "real looker".

Yeah the 760 is surprisingly a bigger jump up from the 550 than I was expecting. Now when I get my MadVR I'll be set.

Yep, I'll report back - but given I'm in Australia, I'm sure someone else here closer will order it and get it before me!

[Sky_Captain]

DHL have mine, f*** knows when it'll get here.

[andreasy969]

Leonine is holding me back as well. I expect some form of localization issue and questionable HDR grades.

But feel free to prove me wrong you brave people.

[birdztudio]

Originally Posted by andreasy969

Leonine is holding me back as well. I expect some form of localization issue and questionable HDR grades.

But feel free to prove me wrong you brave people.

is it because discs been authored in germany?

[Sky_Captain]

Most likely, the majority of UHDs released exclusively in Germany, have largely been cack-handed or had authoring issues.

Although ironically not from Leonine, based on the four titles of theirs I own.

[Agent Kay]

Originally Posted by Sky_Captain

Me too, but something is holding me back.

Owning London?

[DJR662]

Originally Posted by Agent Kay

Owning Angel?

Fixed.

[andreasy969]

Originally Posted by birdztudio

is it because discs been authored in germany?

With Leonine (== Universum + Concorde) there's a risk of stuff like localized titles and I'm quite picky in that regard. There's a reason why I import most of my discs.

With certain German labels, I just don't buy until all possible issues have been ruled out and Universum/Concorde is a part of that group I'm afraid. PQ wise I'd also prefer to hear some thoughts or see some caps first - really not interested in spending money on sth like the German Iron Mans.

Long story short, most German releases of US movies in particular are not my first choice to put it mildly.

[DJR662]

Had the opportunity to take a quick look at London Has Fallen today.

Main title card is in English, but thing's like "Two years later" etc are all in German, which is off putting for me too since there are quite a few of them in this movie (and Olympus too I think).

From what I have seen, it looks just fine. It has that slick, super clean, razor sharp digital look, typical of modern day productions like this (not that I necessarily prefer this kind of aesthetics though). Fine details during (medium) closeups are very noticable. HDR is instantly apparent and looks pleasing throughout with some nice contrasts. The only things that look off, are some shots that I presume are taken from lower resolution sources like arial shots of the White House, an outside shot of Banning's home and a shot of Air Force One taking off at night (that one looks particularly bad, though when I checked the regular Blu-ray later on I saw that it had the same issue too just not as noticable).

Going to pass on this myself (for now ), but only because of the German localization. Here's hoping for a UK or US release very soon!

[Mobe1969]

Originally Posted by DJR662

Had the opportunity to take a quick look at London Has Fallen today.

Main title card is in English, but thing's like "Two years later" etc are all in German, which is off putting for me too since there are quite a few of them in this movie (and Olympus too I think).

From what I have seen, it looks just fine. It has that slick, super clean, razor sharp digital look, typical of modern day productions like this (not that I necessarily prefer this kind of aesthetics though). Fine details during (medium) closeups are very noticable. HDR is instantly apparent and looks pleasing throughout with some nice contrasts. The only things that look off, are some shots that I presume are taken from lower resolution sources like arial shots of the White House, an outside shot of Banning's home and a shot of Air Force One taking off at night (that one looks particularly bad, though when I checked the regular Blu-ray later on I saw that it had the same issue too just not as noticable).

Going to pass on this myself (for now ), but only because of the German localization. Here's hoping for a UK or US release very soon!

What audio track on London?

[birdztudio]

yeah, that's what i wanna know too, London lossless track was freaking aggressive on blu...

[DJR662]

Originally Posted by Mobe1969

What audio track on London?

I didn't pay any attention to the audio nor did I bother to check what kind of track it was, as I only really wanted to know what the picture looked like. The volume was turned way down anyway because there were other people in attendance while I was quickly skimming through the movie (which was over at a friend's house who has it, it's not mine).

[Sky_Captain]

Translation: "I torrented it."

[DJR662]

Nah, I didn't.

Never have, never will. And even if I would resort to such a thing, in the end it would be basically useless to me since I always opt for having original, physical copies with artwork.