The Fifth Element 4K UHD (1997) (20th Anniversary Edition) - Page 57 - Blu-ray Forum

Fat Phil · 08-19-2020, 04:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Kwebbotaurus

In the delivery section of the email, did it say Royal Mail 2nd Class, I thought Pre-orders were supposed to be First Class?

Yup. But they used to dispatch pre-orders on a Thursday (1st Class). If they're dispatching a day earlier they can use 2nd Class and still get it to people in time for the weekend.

Just a fun side note: we've gotten to know our various postmen (and women) quite well because they personally hand us parcels each and every day rather than just sticking them through the letterbox and they confided in us that the whole 1st/2nd Class thing is bullshit anyway

. They've all basically said everything just gets piled together and delivered at much the same rate without much thought for either.

Kwebbotaurus · 08-19-2020, 04:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Fat Phil

Yup. But they used to dispatch pre-orders on a Thursday (1st Class). If they're dispatching a day earlier they can use 2nd Class and still get it to people in time for the weekend.

Just a fun side note: we've gotten to know our various postmen (and women) quite well because they personally hand us parcels each and every day rather than just sticking them through the letterbox and they confided in us that the whole 1st/2nd Class thing is bullshit anyway

. They've all basically said everything just gets piled together and delivered at much the same rate without much thought for either.

They are still advertising pre-orders as being dispatched Royal Mail First Class though and Zoom's standard free 2nd Class option is Sent via Whistl which adds a couple of days to the delivery time.

Comcam · 08-20-2020, 05:19 PM

My Zavvi stellbook just shipped.

Filmmaker · 08-20-2020, 06:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Comcam

My Zavvi stellbook just shipped.

Ditto.

alien2010 · 08-20-2020, 06:43 PM

Just got my copy from Zoom. Watching it now.

hoejunter · 08-20-2020, 07:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Filmmaker

Ditto.

Samesies.

Desk. · 08-20-2020, 07:42 PM

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Originally Posted by alien2010

Just got my copy from Zoom. Watching it now.

How does it look?

Desk

Agent Kay · 08-20-2020, 07:53 PM

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Originally Posted by alien2010

Just got my copy from Zoom. Watching it now.

Can't be any worse

Fat Phil · 08-21-2020, 03:01 PM

The Fifth Elephant. UK Stylee.

You can see that the listed artwork was wrong and that the grey banner has been corrected and now says "+ Blu-ray" as it does indeed come with the 1080p disc.

cirik · 08-21-2020, 03:53 PM

So, does it have sharpened look as Sony disc ?
Don't keep us in anticipation

FilmFreakosaurus · 08-21-2020, 03:59 PM

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Originally Posted by cirik

So, does it have sharpened look as Sony disc ?
Don't keep us in anticipation

It's very possible that the sharpening was baked into the SFX footage.

HeavyHitter · 08-21-2020, 04:11 PM

There seems to be sharpening baked into the whole Sony disc to varying amounts. I do think this can be more pronouced on some sfx shots. But even scenes where you don't or cannot seeing the outline of EE, it's got that "hard" look. I suspect if this is a new scan without the sharpening, some people will be disappointed that it now looks "soft".

Patsfan123 · 08-21-2020, 04:22 PM

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Originally Posted by HeavyHitter

There seems to be sharpening baked into the whole Sony disc to varying amounts. I do think this can be more pronouced on some sfx shots. But even scenes where you don't or cannot seeing the outline of EE, it's got that "hard" look. I suspect if this is a new scan without the sharpening, some people will be disappointed that it now looks "soft".

That's what people said about the Gaumont transfer and I still prefer that overall to the Sony UBD.

Filmmaker · 08-21-2020, 05:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cirik

So, does it have sharpened look as Sony disc ?
Don't keep us in anticipation

Quote:

Originally Posted by FilmFreakosaurus

It's very possible that the sharpening was baked into the SFX footage.

Quote:

Originally Posted by HeavyHitter

There seems to be sharpening baked into the whole Sony disc to varying amounts. I do think this can be more pronouced on some sfx shots. But even scenes where you don't or cannot seeing the outline of EE, it's got that "hard" look. I suspect if this is a new scan without the sharpening, some people will be disappointed that it now looks "soft".

Maybe I’ll just re-post this on every page

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.p...3&postcount=23

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.p...4&postcount=31

Fat Phil · 08-21-2020, 06:08 PM

First impression - haven't watched the whole thing but holy shit, Batman. This looks approximately eleventy-seven thousand times better than the Sony disc. As David M said - nowhere near as processed so that alone would make it a must buy, but that ain't the half of it. The colour, boys and girls. Sweet fancy moses, da colour. The luverly warmth is back (oh how I missed it). All golden hues and lush colours bathing my eyeballs.

FilmFreakosaurus · 08-21-2020, 06:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Fat Phil

First impression - haven't watched the whole thing but holy shit, Batman. This looks approximately eleventy-seven thousand times better than the Sony disc. As David M said - nowhere near as processed so that alone would make it a must buy, but that ain't the half of it. The colour, boys and girls. Sweet fancy moses, da colour. The luverly warmth is back (oh how I missed it). All golden hues and lush colours bathing my eyeballs.

How is the encoding quality? Same ol' Studio Canal botch job or an improvement?

Fat Phil · 08-21-2020, 06:14 PM

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Originally Posted by FilmFreakosaurus

How is the encoding quality? Same ol' Studio Canal botch job or an improvement?

Only watched snippets but it looks great. That David Mackenzie seems to know what he's doing

androcell · 08-21-2020, 06:18 PM

Any screenshot comparisons to be posted soon?

mikematt101 · 08-21-2020, 06:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Fat Phil

First impression - haven't watched the whole thing but holy shit, Batman. This looks approximately eleventy-seven thousand times better than the Sony disc. As David M said - nowhere near as processed so that alone would make it a must buy, but that ain't the half of it. The colour, boys and girls. Sweet fancy moses, da colour. The luverly warmth is back (oh how I missed it). All golden hues and lush colours bathing my eyeballs.

Can you confirm what bonus features there are? Same as the old UK blu ray disc?

andreasy969 · 08-21-2020, 06:22 PM

I honestly wouldn't be surprised if SC (or at least the person that stated it) just had no clue what exactly they do have there, when they stated it's the same master.

Under further news, SC appears to be considering an exchange for Flash's German audio track. Again. Good old SC. It's mono instead of an existing better stereo track if I got that right. I might not bother this time though - I did exchange Cliffhanger just because and to see if maybe they'd improve the encoding as well back then...

08-20-2020, 05:19 PM	#1123
Comcam Expert Member Member since:Feb 2017 4K collection:530 Blu-ray collection:606	My Zavvi stellbook just shipped.

08-20-2020, 06:43 PM	#1125
alien2010 Special Member Member since:Jun 2010	Just got my copy from Zoom. Watching it now.

08-21-2020, 03:01 PM	#1129
Fat Phil Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Dec 2014 4K collection:828 Blu-ray collection:828 Trading Score:1	The Fifth Elephant. UK Stylee. You can see that the listed artwork was wrong and that the grey banner has been corrected and now says "+ Blu-ray" as it does indeed come with the 1080p disc.

08-21-2020, 03:53 PM	#1130
cirik Active Member Member since:Jun 2010	So, does it have sharpened look as Sony disc ? Don't keep us in anticipation

08-21-2020, 04:11 PM	#1132
HeavyHitter Blu-ray Baron Member since:Jul 2007 Home Theater Gallery:4 Trading Score:154	There seems to be sharpening baked into the whole Sony disc to varying amounts. I do think this can be more pronouced on some sfx shots. But even scenes where you don't or cannot seeing the outline of EE, it's got that "hard" look. I suspect if this is a new scan without the sharpening, some people will be disappointed that it now looks "soft".

08-21-2020, 06:08 PM	#1135
Fat Phil Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Dec 2014 4K collection:828 Blu-ray collection:828 Trading Score:1	First impression - haven't watched the whole thing but holy shit, Batman. This looks approximately eleventy-seven thousand times better than the Sony disc. As David M said - nowhere near as processed so that alone would make it a must buy, but that ain't the half of it. The colour, boys and girls. Sweet fancy moses, da colour. The luverly warmth is back (oh how I missed it). All golden hues and lush colours bathing my eyeballs.

08-21-2020, 06:18 PM	#1138
androcell Member Member since:Feb 2019	Any screenshot comparisons to be posted soon?

08-21-2020, 06:22 PM	#1140
andreasy969 Blu-ray Knight Member since:Aug 2008 Trading Score:125	I honestly wouldn't be surprised if SC (or at least the person that stated it) just had no clue what exactly they do have there, when they stated it's the same master. Under further news, SC appears to be considering an exchange for Flash's German audio track. Again. Good old SC. It's mono instead of an existing better stereo track if I got that right. I might not bother this time though - I did exchange Cliffhanger just because and to see if maybe they'd improve the encoding as well back then...

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