Pale Rider (1985)

[DetroitSportsFan]

Same disc in different packaging. This was talked about months ago.

[paul_66]

Originally Posted by aggienader08

Am I invisible? I post a link and everything, and you ask if there's any confirmation to this?

How does that link prove anything? It just goes to the main page. How do you know there isn't a superior transfer just because it says reissue? A box art reissue just doesn't make any sense to me... Unless there's like new special features or something on the disc and then I'll understand. But has anyone really compared this release with the other to confirm it?

[Magicdog]

I own the first my son the reissue "Sorry to say same movie different cover art" so if you think your getting something different with the reissue guess again!

[moviesforlife]

Hello, Pale Rider forum!

No news on a re-mastered Pale Rider on Blu-ray?

I love this movie but am a little nervous about buying on Blu-ray, given the reviews, especially regarding the PQ.

Is the Blu-ray still a decent upgrade in PQ/AQ or should I just keep watching my DVD disc and be satisfied?

[BernieLomax]

Pale Rider (1985) - region ABC - Warner Bros.

1080p screenshots (x50)

[StingingVelvet]

Man, after Tightrope and now watching this I am starting to think Eastwood really hates lighting indoor scenes in any way whatsoever.

Also this movie is pretty bottom-tier Eastwood.

[gnj1958]

Just getting around to watching this tonight. PQ is pretty good overall. Like reviewers have said the color seems to be oversaturated and some scenes look better than others but it's better than the DVD.

The thing that bothered me is that in most of the dark interior scenes I had wide bands of cloudy white or green light down both sides of the screen. I don't know if this is my TV or the movie.

It's an OK Clint movie. Basically just a reworking of Shane. Not one of my favorite Clint movies.

[thatguamguy]

Originally Posted by StingingVelvet

Man, after Tightrope and now watching this I am starting to think Eastwood really hates lighting indoor scenes in any way whatsoever.

I think he basically hates anything that takes more than 20 minutes to set up.

[RCRochester]

Originally Posted by gnj1958

Just getting around to watching this tonight. PQ is pretty good overall. Like reviewers have said the color seems to be oversaturated and some scenes look better than others but it's better than the DVD.

The thing that bothered me is that in most of the dark interior scenes I had wide bands of cloudy white or green light down both sides of the screen. I don't know if this is my TV or the movie.

It's an OK Clint movie. Basically just a reworking of Shane. Not one of my favorite Clint movies.

Clint did this thing so much better in High Plains Drifter. I bought it just for the sake of completion (it was $8 so no big loss!).

I also noticed when watching this that in the trees in the background in some shots there was some weird wobbling effect going on. I don't have the technical expertise to describe what it is, but it was very distracting. Anyone else notice this?

[The Great Owl]

Haters gonna hate.

I saw Pale Rider when I was a freshman in high school, and it was one of my early introductions to Clint Eastwood's westerns. In fact, it was only the third western of his that I had seen after The Good, the Bad and the Ugly and The Outlaw Josey Wales.

I'll be the first to say that this film “pales” in comparison to those others, but I also think that it's quite the awesome 1980s action/western film, and I've always loved the touch of mystique that it offers by way of one particular story element involving the preacher.

I had the biggest crush on Sydney Penny (Megan) when I first saw this movie, partly because she looked exactly...and I mean exactly...like this girl, Christy, who was a junior at my high school while I was a freshman. Christy was the best-looking girl in our entire school, and, naturally, being a couple of years younger than her, I was too shy and intimidated to approach her. One day, however, she passed by me in the school hallway between classes and gave me this wonderfully radiant smile. I spent the rest of that day on cloud nine, and, truth be told, I've actually spent every day since then on cloud nine.

I really ought to pull this Blu-ray out of my still-unwatched stack and revisit the movie. I'll wait until November, though, because this is not exactly a Halloween season film. ....or is it? Hmmmm “Preacherrrrrr..... Preacherrrrr....”

[SeanJoyce]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

I had the biggest crush on Sydney Penny (Megan) when I first saw this movie, partly because she looked exactly...and I mean exactly...like this girl, Christy, who was a junior at my high school while I was a freshman. Christy was the best-looking girl in our entire school, and, naturally, being a couple of years younger than her, I was too shy and intimidated to approach her. One day, however, she passed by me in the school hallway between classes and gave me this wonderfully radiant smile. I spent the rest of that day on cloud nine, and, truth be told, I've actually spent every day since then on cloud nine.

[StingingVelvet]

Originally Posted by thatguamguy

I think he basically hates anything that takes more than 20 minutes to set up.

The HDR on Unforgiven makes every interior look like the fire-lit black hole it is.

[mtrot]

Unbelievable that there is apparently no soundtrack available for Pale Rider. I was watching PR on cable tonight and thought I'd pick up the soundtrack. I looked everywhere and cannot find it. Does anybody know if this is true or not?