Starship Troopers 4K UHD (1997) (20th Anniversary Edition)

[bbwiscfan]

It seems the regular edition and Steelbook are available day one in store, I checked online and there seems to be plenty of stock. Good to see that. As far as yesterday I didn't see in-store stock at Target but I'll check again today.

[Lensman]

Originally Posted by rschiks

ok...guess it's just me
Anyway: point was she's still looking great! I agree!

I think the 2 men are taking some of her weight and she has got an implausible stance as a result. I can't see any Photoshopping. Zoom in on her hair.

[Lensman]

Originally Posted by MattPerdue

And it's not like Sony specifically haven't done this before. They did this with the BDs in the Ghostbusters 4K releases. Just changed the artwork but used the same discs from the Digibook.

Of course there it wasn't an issue but the point stands.

That was an error. They corrected it later resulting in me having a completely new 4K set at no cost and the original.

[formula_nebula]

Originally Posted by mzupeman

Anyone find this at Walmart or Target today Id love to know!

WM has it for $19.96. Same with Close Encounters.

[gafool]

yes saw this when i got close encounters and i should have picked it up oh well back to wally world lol

[Gamma_Winstead]

Picked up a steelbook at Best Buy. They had two copies of the regular release as well for 22.99. They had, but sold, one copy of the slipcase version of CE3K as well. Two steelbooks and two gift sets were all that was left. Passed as I don't want to pay 25 for that steelbook. Will pick it up at Walmart instead.

[esmuydavista]

anyone redeem the digital code for this? Mines not showing up on Vudu?

[Adam_ME]

Originally Posted by esmuydavista

anyone redeem the digital code for this? Mines not showing up on Vudu?

I already owned it on VUDU, but it did redeem as 4K+HDR on Sony's site.

[Darcy1]

Originally Posted by esmuydavista

anyone redeem the digital code for this? Mines not showing up on Vudu?

I tried redeeming at the Sony site and it keeps saying invalid


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[Gamma_Winstead]

Watching this now. Seemed a little warm so I switched from Warm 1 to standard and now it looks much better. The pictures a little hazy, but I frankly don't see it ever looking better. God damn do I love this movie though. I used to watch it all the time as a kid. Had all these that I'd play with too, and then I got really into the roughnecks animated series that I also loved!





Such a nostalgia trip.

[Adam_ME]

Originally Posted by Darcy1

I tried redeeming at the Sony site and it keeps saying invalid


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Even today? I got my steelbook last night and tried redeeming it and it said invalid. This morning(the official release date) it went through without a hitch.

[Vangeli]

Ooh, that creature design on the toy packaging is pretty awesome. I haven't seen this movie but my copy just arrived today and I'm planning on watching it before the week is up. Lot's of movies to catch up on and I'm so glad UHD catalogue releases are exploding; get to see the best versions possible of classics.

[JohnnyF]

Originally Posted by PeterTHX

Oh FFS


Do you return BD+DVD combo packs if the DVD isn't remastered?

Didn't mean to offend your delicate sensibilities.

I don't have a 4K set up. Given that THE PROFESSIONAL, THE FIFTH ELEMENT, BRAM STOKER's DRACULA and CROUCHING TIGER all had "mastered from 4K" editions it seemed a given that the blu included would also be remastered. Sources at Sony erroneously stated that the blu was a remaster and not a ten year old disc. Roll your eyes all you want, I'm not paying $21 for a disc I can get for $7.

[StingingVelvet]

Contrary to early reports my Best Buy did have normal case versions of this. Just an FYI, I got mine from Amazon just in case.

[madfloyd]

I just watched the first 45 minutes of this. I love it. Looks great overall. There are many scenes with heavy grain - some of the earlier ones had black-ish grain (which looks like noise) but for the most part it has a great vibrant film look to it.

Thanks Sony. You can't put these out fast enough for me.

[AllOuttaBubbleGum]

Originally Posted by PeterTHX

Oh FFS


Do you return BD+DVD combo packs if the DVD isn't remastered?

Sounds like JohhnyF was only in it for the blu-ray. Because SONY hasn't listed a separate blu-ray release timed to the 20th Anniversary, the UHD pack was the only shot for a 1080p upgrade.

I was going to snap up the 4k for the same reason. Alas, looks like the UK's still the best in blu.

I know the cam shots in this thread are not representative in a pure sense, but if they offer any indication, not sure I like the new color timing anyway.



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[LoSouL]

OMG that was so good. I really like this movie and it looks amazing on my end. Some of the posts in this thread had me shook, but Sony came through for me once again.

Skin tones are great (whew). There's no sunburnt orange bake to anybody, these are just a lot of people with healthy skin, good circulation, good tans and a little bit of natural make up. Especially leading man Rico, he's basically a Ken doll, so at times you might think he looks unreal, but he's definitely real. The one shot of him getting a laser tattoo might look a little contrasty and baked, but I think that's just a consequence of him being in the background with superimposed FX on a front layer... rather than the usual live action in front/green screen in the back. Gotta be an original production thing.

Grain? Yeah, it's there. It's immaculate to me, but I guess you're going to hate it if you're allergic to it. The only aggressive, possibly erroneous grain I saw was a total of a few seconds... those seconds consisted of the opening Tristar logo and the moment when the camera cuts to "#4" for a few seconds when they're about to get

[Show spoiler]hit by an asteroid

on Denise Richard's watch. I've seen real noise watching Walking Dead season 7 on Netflix last week, and this grain isn't even 1/100th of that.

The resolution makes it look larger than life, super full pixel density, like Leon and Fifth Element. This is what I was hoping for.

The HDR and WCG is 100% natural, and you just see nice color, skin tones, light cast on everybody when applicable and nothing artificial, garish or overblown. The blue light flares and fire effects are perfect. They're not flashing out of your screen like newer movies do, but they're as vibrant and vivid as can be without artificial, revisionist augmentation. Barring all-CG fire in stuff like Great Wall and Skull Island, this might be the best real film fire hue I've seen on the format. It's like that one explosion from the Leon UHD, except it happens more often. The carpet bombing shot will surely impress. None of the shadow is overly darkened to make anything look more modern or heavily atmospheric in a way that it never was. The image may not have the depth and contour that some other releases have, but it is a generally daytime/daylight movie.

CG has aged great. UHD color really helps with that too, I'm sure, but seriously this CG somehow looks like really limber practical effects most of the time. So when it's mingling with actual practical FX and live actors, it doesn't miss a beat. That's seriously impressive for '97, even if it's just bugs. Sure beats Mummy '99 imo.

I'm on a KS8000 with my same old K8500 player, for reference. imo buy with confidence if you appreciate and enjoy this era of films, or just dig Starship Troopers and you're confident in your display capabilities. I think this was the 4th time I've seen it? Excellent movie. Master level mix of satire and playing it straight.

[brainofj72]

What color temperature do you use? I have the KS8500 and skin tones definitely looked off to me.

[Gamma_Winstead]

Originally Posted by LoSouL

OMG that was so good. I really like this movie and it looks amazing on my end. Some of the posts in this thread had me shook, but Sony came through for me once again.

Skin tones are great (whew). There's no sunburnt orange bake to anybody, these are just a lot of people with healthy skin, good circulation, good tans and a little bit of natural make up. Especially leading man Rico, he's basically a Ken doll, so at times you might think he looks unreal, but he's definitely real. The one shot of him getting a laser tattoo might look a little contrasty and baked, but I think that's just a consequence of him being in the background with superimposed FX on a front layer... rather than the usual live action in front/green screen in the back. Gotta be an original production thing.

Grain? Yeah, it's there. It's immaculate to me, but I guess you're going to hate it if you're allergic to it. The only aggressive, possibly erroneous grain I saw was a total of a few seconds... those seconds consisted of the opening Tristar logo and the moment when the camera cuts to "#4" for a few seconds when they're about to get

[Show spoiler]hit by an asteroid

on Denise Richard's watch. I've seen real noise watching Walking Dead season 7 on Netflix last week, and this grain isn't even 1/100th of that.

The resolution makes it look larger than life, super full pixel density, like Leon and Fifth Element. This is what I was hoping for.

The HDR and WCG is 100% natural, and you just see nice color, skin tones, light cast on everybody when applicable and nothing artificial, garish or overblown. The blue light flares and fire effects are perfect. They're not flashing out of your screen like newer movies do, but they're as vibrant and vivid as can be without artificial, revisionist augmentation. Barring all-CG fire in stuff like Great Wall and Skull Island, this might be the best real film fire hue I've seen on the format. It's like that one explosion from the Leon UHD, except it happens more often. The carpet bombing shot will surely impress. None of the shadow is overly darkened to make anything look more modern or heavily atmospheric in a way that it never was - and that's how you should treat older film releases imo.

CG has aged great. UHD color really helps with that too, I'm sure, but seriously this CG somehow looks like really limber practical effects most of the time. So when it's mingling with actual practical FX and live actors, it doesn't miss a beat. That's seriously impressive for '97, even if it's just bugs. Sure beats Mummy '99 imo.

I'm on a KS8000 with my same old K8500 player, for reference. imo buy with confidence if you appreciate and enjoy this era of films, or just dig Starship Troopers and you're confident in your display capabilities. I think this was the 4th time I've seen it? Excellent movie. Master level mix of satire and playing it straight.

Agreed on nearly all accounts. Gorgeous disk, gorgeous remaster, kick ass film. Skin tones were very natural here too. Not over baked at all. Looked nearly exact to how I remembered it, and I saw this film a LOT growing up.

[LoSouL]

Originally Posted by brainofj72

What color temperature do you use? I have the KS8500 and skin tones definitely looked off to me.

I've been using Warm 1 for a few months now, instead of Warm 2. Not sure when I changed it and for what, but it's looked right to me since.

We might have some other settings different, or different out-of-the-box color calibration.

Believe me, I can't stand orange/red skin tones like I was getting on Cabin In the Woods, so if it was there for me, I'd definitely be railing on it. Especially since I went in expecting a problem.