Predator 3D Blu-ray (1987) [Region Locked]

[ssjgoku90501]

Lets just wait till we get more news and screen shots so everybody

[Blu-21]

Originally Posted by ssjgoku90501

Lets just wait till we get more news and screen shots so everybody

[SGB]

Originally Posted by ssjgoku90501

Lets just wait till we get more news and screen shots so everybody

LOL!

[tylergfoster]

If they hadn't been made in the opposite order, I'd think the Rob Bottin Arnold head from the opening bit of Total Recall was based directly on that Kindergarten Cop shot.

[StankYouSmellyMuch]

I wish the original total recall had a head case too. It should be that lady's head Arnold was using which opens up and the movie is inside. I hope this predator head is better than that predator head DVD set.

[dvdmike]

Originally Posted by StankYouSmellyMuch

I wish the original had a head case too. It should be that lady's head Arnold was using which opens up and the movie is inside. I hope this predator head is better than that predator head DVD set.

That would be awesome-ly expensive

[jonmoz]

Originally Posted by Kinsella5

Ugh...another Predator release on Blu-ray? Don't get me wrong, but I thought that last one wasn't that bad with regards to picture quality, much better than the first release. But if it's a 4K transfer, that would be quite nice.

Better if you wanted no picture detail at all

[jonmoz]

Originally Posted by HDvision

So er, why are you guys posting in this thread? If you're happy with that crappy mpeg2 DVD Blu-ray, why bother coming into the Predator 3D thread?

The original release captures the look and feel of the movie perfectly,and apart from a few minor compression issues it's a lot better than the waxy ultimate edition.

[-Freedom-]

Originally Posted by Blu-21

lol

[fitprod]

Originally Posted by tylergfoster

I can't repeat enough times that I have asked this guy questions before. He works in PR, but he doesn't give BS answers like that. If they were using the UHE master, he wouldn't get all sneaky about it. He'd probably try to tell me it was good in his opinion, but there wouldn't be this double-talk nonsense you keep trying to find.

Wait, he's in PR and doesn't give BS answers? Right... (Sorry, I trust Studio PR and Marketing as much as personal injury lawyers.)

fitprod

[jonmoz]

There is no magic wand that will make Predator look like a new film on Blu-ray,all I can see is a slight improvement over the original release with some of the compression artifacts removed.

A higher bitrate,larger disc and the VC-1 codec should also help matters a little,but Predator is a movie that can only ever look so good due to it's filming conditions,in my opinion.

[Old Bones]

Originally Posted by jonmoz

There is no magic wand that will make Predator look like a new film on Blu-ray,all I can see is a slight improvement over the original release with some of the compression artifacts removed.

A higher bitrate,larger disc and the VC-1 codec should also help matters a little,but Predator is a movie that can only ever look so good due to it's filming conditions,in my opinion.

EXACTLY There's no making a silk purse out of a sows ear

[Old Bones]

...... and I'm still getting it

[dvdmike]

Originally Posted by jonmoz

There is no magic wand that will make Predator look like a new film on Blu-ray,all I can see is a slight improvement over the original release with some of the compression artifacts removed.

A higher bitrate,larger disc and the VC-1 codec should also help matters a little,but Predator is a movie that can only ever look so good due to it's filming conditions,in my opinion.

VC-1? is it 2008??? AVC and a new master would make the grain less clumpy, it would be finer but there still will be a ton.
If a film like Evil Dead can look like a new release there is no reason Predator with the same care cannot look better.

[The Fallen Deity]

Originally Posted by raygendreau

That rumor started with this HTF post:

"Posted August 06 2013 - 08:29 AM (Ted Van Duyn)
I went to SDCC few weeks ago and got the chance to talk to someone that looked to be the manager of the Predator 3D Booth. I first started out by referencing the "Ultimate Edition" and the problems with the edition's transfer being DNR'd to heck and back. His response was a very sincere "mistakes were made on that release" which quite honestly took me by surprise. But than I remembered that 20th Century Fox has been re-issueing their controversial BluRays with better/different video transfers that seem to get better praise on release, so I was glad he said they re-scanned the film and won't repeat the same mistake."

The unnamed booth manager he refers to was probably a 3D Systems tech employee running the equipment for the figurine face photos depicted in blogs and You Tube videos, and not a Fox spokesman. The 3D Systems Tech guy was probably expressing a personal opinion. On the other hand, it may have been Conor Sellers, a Fox Entertainment Publicity Director. http://news.cnet.com/2300-10797_3-10017586-2.html Without attribution, I wouldn't read too much into it.

Mistakes is an understatement lol.

Ron Epstein talked to people in Fox and they said that the new release is from a new 4K transfer, that pretty much settles that debate.

Fox have been going back and fixing all their bad catalog releases over two years or so. They fixed The French Connection and Patton. The UHE is one of Fox's worst offenders when it comes to Blu-Rays.

Here's hoping that Fox go back and fix The Longest Day at some point too.

[The Fallen Deity]

Originally Posted by jonmoz

There is no magic wand that will make Predator look like a new film on Blu-ray,all I can see is a slight improvement over the original release with some of the compression artifacts removed.

A higher bitrate,larger disc and the VC-1 codec should also help matters a little,but Predator is a movie that can only ever look so good due to it's filming conditions,in my opinion.

People said the same thing about The Terminator and look how well that turned out.

Predator can easily look just as good if it was transferred properly from the OCN.

[dvdmike]

Originally Posted by The Fallen Deity

People said the same thing about The Terminator and look how well that turned out.

Predator can easily look just as good if it was transferred properly from the OCN.

No thanks, I don't want it to become Teal Hunter

[42041]

Originally Posted by jonmoz

There is no magic wand that will make Predator look like a new film on Blu-ray,all I can see is a slight improvement over the original release with some of the compression artifacts removed.

A higher bitrate,larger disc and the VC-1 codec should also help matters a little,but Predator is a movie that can only ever look so good due to it's filming conditions,in my opinion.

No one's expecting it to look like Oblivion or whatever.
I want it to look like a modern transfer, not a modern film.

[The Fallen Deity]

Originally Posted by dvdmike

No thanks, I don't want it to become Teal Hunter

It's a slight Teal push, the whole image isn't engulfed in it.

I'm on about the level of detail not the colour timing.

[dvdmike]

Originally Posted by The Fallen Deity

It's a slight Teal push, the whole image isn't engulfed in it.

I'm on about the level of detail not the colour timing.

Did you look at those links I sent?