What IYO is the most disappointing catalogue release of 2012? - Page 3 - Blu-ray Forum

Oscar Rothman · 11-08-2012, 04:33 PM

Children of Paradise

klauswhereareyou · 11-08-2012, 04:42 PM

Color of Money and The Alfred Hitchcock Masterpiece collection.

placeboBSH · 11-08-2012, 04:59 PM

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2. The PQ was fine and of course, I love the movie. Just there's crap for special features. There are plenty of behind the scenes and documentaries they could have put on their. Instead, nope.

Member-222782 · 11-08-2012, 05:39 PM

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Originally Posted by placeboBSH

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2. The PQ was fine and of course, I love the movie. Just there's crap for special features. There are plenty of behind the scenes and documentaries they could have put on their. Instead, nope.

I bought the Blu-ray a couple of weeks ago but haven't checked the disc - did they not port over the DVD extras? Among the many extras on that disc was a 90 minute doc. Not too crazy about the "Saw" cover but it was one of MGM'S best special editions.

Morsoth · 11-08-2012, 06:18 PM

I'll say Re-Animator. PQ is too dirty IMO, they could have done a better film clean-up before burning it on the disc...

nagysaudio · 11-08-2012, 10:56 PM

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.p...postcount=6062

Simply unbelievable!

nagysaudio · 11-08-2012, 10:57 PM

Nothing will top the atrocity this year than eXistenZ solo pack: https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.p...8&postcount=58

meremortal · 11-08-2012, 11:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Morsoth

I'll say Re-Animator. PQ is too dirty IMO, they could have done a better film clean-up before burning it on the disc...

Agreed. It's better than the dvd but just barely. Audio on the old M.E. dvd was also a rare full bitrate 1.5mbps DTS track and very close to the blu sound.

Love Blu-Ray · 11-09-2012, 02:28 AM

Titanic for me, terrible picture quality and sound! Hell, Color of Money looked and sounded better!

NYorker · 11-09-2012, 12:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Love Blu-Ray

Titanic for me, terrible picture quality and sound! Hell, Color of Money looked and sounded better!

You are being sarcastic, right?

Cabby · 11-09-2012, 12:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Love Blu-Ray

Titanic for me, terrible picture quality and sound! Hell, Color of Money looked and sounded better!

Seriously? That was one of the better blu's to come out this year. The picture quality and sound were near perfect. It even had a terrific array of special features. Overall, it was just a great, great release.

The Terminator anthology was disappointing. It offered nothing that the other releases had other than new packaging. It didn't even remaster the first two films which have two truly lackluster transfers. I was hoping it'd be be remastered for the anthology set but I found out the hard way. Definitely disappointing. I have yet to pick up the first two Terminator films because of the lack of a remaster in the US.

ccg1978 · 11-09-2012, 12:18 PM

Gotta be the Magic Mike thread

MifuneFan · 11-09-2012, 03:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Love Blu-Ray

Titanic for me, terrible picture quality and sound! Hell, Color of Money looked and sounded better!

Obvious troll is obvious

Sky_Captain85 · 11-09-2012, 03:14 PM

Though it's not a complete disaster, I have to cite Goldeneye when all the other OO7 titles look so much better.

HD Goofnut · 11-09-2012, 03:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Sky_Captain85

Though it's not a complete disaster, I have to cite Goldeneye when all the other OO7 titles look so much better.

It's obvious that MGM/Fox used the same master that was used for its DVD release with some added DNR and EE of course.

deepbreathsanddeath · 11-09-2012, 03:32 PM

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Originally Posted by octagon

I think people might warm up to this set once the smoke clears and emotions have a chance to settle. I've only watched Rope and Rear Window so far and for titles that are supposedly kind of meh they looked pretty good.

They didn't look great. They weren't jaw-dropping. But mediocre in this context might be a bit better than people are expecting.

But again, that's based on two titles so...

I've only watched a few from it so far which are Shadow of a Doubt, Vertigo and The Trouble with Harry, all of which looked fantastic. Vertigo has some strange lighting going on so I can forgive the lack of detail in many of the scenes but The Trouble with Harry and Shadow of a Doubt both look amazing, especially The Trouble with Harry. I couldn't believe my eyes. If only they all got the same loving treatment. I've already seen Psycho and North by Northwest from that box set so I won't comment on them since they're not new transfers, although they both look terrific.

CinemaScope · 11-09-2012, 03:42 PM

I know a lot of people liked it (loved it!), but the Fox Blu-ray of Cleopatra (1963) was very disappointing. A very processed looking picture & too cool, most of the golds in it now look silver, in fact the yellows seem to have been done away with. When I turn the colour right up on my monitor it looks just about OK.

HD Goofnut · 11-09-2012, 03:50 PM

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Originally Posted by CinemaScope

I know a lot of people liked it (loved it!), but the Fox Blu-ray of Cleopatra (1963) was very disappointing. A very processed looking picture & too cool, most of the golds in it now look silver, in fact the yellows seem to have been done away with. When I turn the colour right up on my monitor it looks just about OK.

Agreed. It's another example of a dated master that has been digitally manipulated.

yojoeski · 11-09-2012, 03:59 PM

Django Kill. For that matter, all the Italian westerns from Blue Underground have just been atrocious. Their release of Django is probably, next to 36th Chamber of Shaolin, the sorriest blu-ray I've ever seen. Natural grain is one thing but when the picture is so grainy that it can easily be mistaken for pixelation, it's terrible. Both movies to me look like the same quality of video that would've been on a Sega CD game years ago.

Livelong420 · 11-09-2012, 04:11 PM

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Originally Posted by nagysaudio

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.p...postcount=6062

Simply unbelievable!

Oh,so that's how you direct a movie. Over the phone. The more you know!

11-08-2012, 04:33 PM	#41
Oscar Rothman Banned Top contributor Member since:Apr 2012 Location:Hawaii Blu-ray collection:412	Children of Paradise

11-08-2012, 04:42 PM	#42
klauswhereareyou Blu-ray Knight Member since:Mar 2012 4K collection:232 Blu-ray collection:2199 Digital collection:22 Prime collection:1	Color of Money and The Alfred Hitchcock Masterpiece collection.

11-08-2012, 04:59 PM	#43
placeboBSH Banned Member since:Nov 2012 Location:Detroit, MI Blu-ray collection:46 DVD collection:2 Trading Score:1	The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2. The PQ was fine and of course, I love the movie. Just there's crap for special features. There are plenty of behind the scenes and documentaries they could have put on their. Instead, nope.

11-08-2012, 06:18 PM	#45
Morsoth Blu-ray Guru Top contributor Member since:Oct 2010 Blu-ray collection:- DVD collection:-	I'll say Re-Animator. PQ is too dirty IMO, they could have done a better film clean-up before burning it on the disc...

11-08-2012, 10:56 PM	#46
nagysaudio Banned Top contributor Member since:Aug 2011 Blu-ray collection:274 Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:8	https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.p...postcount=6062 Simply unbelievable!

11-08-2012, 10:57 PM	#47
nagysaudio Banned Top contributor Member since:Aug 2011 Blu-ray collection:274 Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:8	Nothing will top the atrocity this year than eXistenZ solo pack: https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.p...8&postcount=58

11-09-2012, 02:28 AM	#49
Love Blu-Ray Banned Member since:Jun 2012 Blu-ray collection:321	Titanic for me, terrible picture quality and sound! Hell, Color of Money looked and sounded better!

11-09-2012, 12:18 PM	#52
ccg1978 Special Member Member since:Jan 2012 Location:The Quaker State, USA Blu-ray collection:420 DVD collection:50 Digital collection:109 Trading Score:79	Gotta be the Magic Mike thread

11-09-2012, 03:14 PM	#54
Sky_Captain85 Special Member Member since:Feb 2010 Location:Atlantic Canada 4K collection:71 Blu-ray collection:170 DVD collection:6 iTunes collection:60 Trading Score:175	Though it's not a complete disaster, I have to cite Goldeneye when all the other OO7 titles look so much better.

11-09-2012, 03:42 PM	#57
CinemaScope Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Jun 2011 Location:London	I know a lot of people liked it (loved it!), but the Fox Blu-ray of Cleopatra (1963) was very disappointing. A very processed looking picture & too cool, most of the golds in it now look silver, in fact the yellows seem to have been done away with. When I turn the colour right up on my monitor it looks just about OK.

11-09-2012, 03:59 PM	#59
yojoeski Senior Member Member since:Feb 2008 Blu-ray collection:609	Django Kill. For that matter, all the Italian westerns from Blue Underground have just been atrocious. Their release of Django is probably, next to 36th Chamber of Shaolin, the sorriest blu-ray I've ever seen. Natural grain is one thing but when the picture is so grainy that it can easily be mistaken for pixelation, it's terrible. Both movies to me look like the same quality of video that would've been on a Sega CD game years ago.

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