Do the Right Thing 4K UHD (1989)

[tama]

Originally Posted by Bn43

Except for their fans, I guess. Mention 4K to them and most will act like it's unimportant and tell you they're tired of you people. Or maybe that's just people on the Blu-ray board.

I'm a fan of Criterion, but I still dog them at every point be because at this point they can go 4K. They just refused to.

[RCRochester]

Originally Posted by tama

I'm a fan of Criterion, but I still dog them at every point be because at this point they can go 4K. They just refused to.

Yeah, they really have no excuse. I get that they still sell a lot of DVD and all of the other reasons that they've offered up, but they don't need to release everything on 4K - Vinegar Syndrome, Kino and Arrow don't - but they should have at least released something by this point. It's more glaring when they release a title such as The Elephant Man which has been released on 4K in other markets.

[Bn43]

Originally Posted by RCRochester

Yeah, they really have no excuse. I get that they still sell a lot of DVD and all of the other reasons that they've offered up, but they don't need to release everything on 4K - Vinegar Syndrome, Kino and Arrow don't - but they should have at least released something by this point. It's more glaring when they release a title such as The Elephant Man which has been released on 4K in other markets.

I think most glaring is Parasite, after the 4K USA release. I'm not really interested in watching it in black and white and almost never watch special features, so my choice was obvious. I've also never read ANY of my Criterion booklets/essays.

[postmodel]

The amount of people across various Facebook groups that still buy only dvd is mind boggling. And it seems to be way more than we realize.

[Cholly]

Originally Posted by RCRochester

Yeah, they really have no excuse. I get that they still sell a lot of DVD and all of the other reasons that they've offered up, but they don't need to release everything on 4K - Vinegar Syndrome, Kino and Arrow don't - but they should have at least released something by this point. It's more glaring when they release a title such as The Elephant Man which has been released on 4K in other markets.

Elephant Man is a Paramount title in the US though and they dont license for 4k, nor do Warner.

[sfmarine]

I'm good with my Criterion copy but still awesome news!

[slimjean]

Universal doing a 4K of this great movie makes me very scared.

After the DNR fest of Back to the Future and how great the Criterion looks until I see great reviews this a hard pass.

If Criterion would only go 4K thry woukd truly dominate. The Three Color Trilogy would be top of my list.

[AndyMT]

Originally Posted by slimjean

Universal doing a 4K of this great movie makes me very scared.

After the DNR fest of Back to the Future ....

Agreed. I had high opinion of Universal before BTTF. Now proceed with caution.

[Nailwraps]

Wasn't Universal's 4K release of BTTF pretty good?

[FilmFreakosaurus]

Originally Posted by Nailwraps

Wasn't Universal's 4K release of BTTF pretty good?

If you consider a bit too much processing, DNR, and an entire reel with chroma encoding errors to be "pretty good," then it was... eh... pretty good. Better than the old Blu-ray, sure, but Universal didn't exactly bring their A game.

[4KfromBlu-ray]

Originally Posted by Cholly

Elephant Man is a Paramount title in the US though and they dont license for 4k, nor do Warner.

At least, not at this point in time.

If they do, that could make licensing 4K remasters presented in 4K with HDR easier for Kino Lorber, Shout! Factory and Arrow Video when it comes to WB and Paramount titles, save for the MGM library (post-1986 MGM, most UA & Orion titles, etc.), which Warner has the current home video license to since the Disney/Fox deal lapsed.

[4KfromBlu-ray]

As for Universal, maybe they would consider either doing no DNR, full-blown plasticky, smeary, grainless DNR or well moderated DNR that doesn't sacrifice anything--in the case of a title like Do the Right Thing--but being Universal, who knows?

[Dailyan]

Originally Posted by FilmFreakosaurus

If you consider a bit too much processing, DNR, and an entire reel with chroma encoding errors to be "pretty good," then it was... eh... pretty good. Better than the old Blu-ray, sure, but Universal didn't exactly bring their A game.

I wouldn't be surprised if Bob Gale had something to do with the inconsistent PQ on BTTF. Gale was credited as a "transfer supervisor" on Criterion's "I Wanna Hold Your Hand" and that had inconsistent uses of DNR (Criterion rarely have noticeable DNR on their in-house remasters). Not to mention, he supposedly did oversee the old HD master of BTTF.

[Pieter V]

US UPC code: 191329153994

[DAT_JB]

German 4K Steelbook release confirmed.

https://www.saturn.de/de/product/_do...f50726875f61b5

[CelestialAgent]

Originally Posted by DAT_JB

German 4K Steelbook release confirmed.

https://www.saturn.de/de/product/_do...f50726875f61b5

February is great! Wonder how it will compare to the design on the Turnine Steel release - Germany was the first territory to regrade the film back into its original colour timing.

[Pieter V]

[tama]

when?

[Pieter V]

Originally Posted by tama

when?

2/2/21.

[Akijama]

Pre-order

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08PQVDJBN...es-tv&sr=1-352