Invasion of the Body Snatchers 4K UHD (1978) - Page 8 - Blu-ray Forum

dylrichard02 · 09-18-2021, 11:42 PM

Pre-ordered from Bull Moose! I was back and forth between there and directly from Kino, but needed to exceed the shipping threshold and decided to order this from them! Can't wait to see this in 4K!

teddyballgame · 09-19-2021, 11:01 PM

Went with deepdiscount. Using code 52UM9H5Z5 saves $5

1924 · 09-20-2021, 12:43 AM

remember thinking this was more cheesy than scary but I will give it a rewatch

AKORIS · 09-20-2021, 01:29 AM

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Originally Posted by 1924

remember thinking this was more cheesy than scary but I will give it a rewatch

it's not cheesy at all... this is regarded as one of the finest remakes of all time and it lives up to the hype!

dcx4610 · 09-20-2021, 01:57 AM

Definitely not cheesy at all. What I appreciate the most about the movie is the deadly serious tone. Sutherland's acting is a little hammy at times but that's about it.

It's probably not "Scary" per se but I find it disturbing and haunting.

Kyle15 · 09-20-2021, 02:25 AM

There's a slight darkly humorous bent to some of it and that might be what he's reading as "cheesy"

Unfortunately some people detect this but then they internalize it as cheese. lmao

cheez avenger · 09-20-2021, 02:44 AM

The "cheesiness" is due to the popularization of the Sutherland meme, which is technically a spoiler, so folks should not flip through those meme/gifs before they see the film.

Luke Dodge748 · 09-20-2021, 04:46 PM

This film is fantastic! Disturbing and Haunting is fairly accurate. It eerily resembles what's going on today, albeit more on social media. But this film is so much better than I ever thought it would be. It's one of my favorite Scream Factory releases, and because I enjoy it so much I'll probably upgrade to the KL 4K.

Other than being from an era just before I was born, I can't call this cheesy at all. Perhaps the wardrobe...?

Zimmy · 09-22-2021, 12:56 PM

I had the pleasure of seeing this in the theater at a young age. Back in the days when endings weren't spoiled.
What an ending.

gabacabriel · 09-22-2021, 01:15 PM

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Originally Posted by dylrichard02

Pre-ordered from Bull Moose!

Mine's on pre-order from Importcds, along with Citizen Kane and Mullholland Dr.

November will be expensive.

DraculaHasRisen · 10-21-2021, 01:08 PM

What do we think the chances of this now being delayed are? I'd love to pre-order from Kino, but not if it's just going to be held up like everything else, now.

JohnV2016 · 10-21-2021, 01:51 PM

So I pre-ordered this and Hard Target from Kino a few weeks ago. I got charged immediately, and then refunded a few weeks later. Does that mean my order got canceled? (First time ordering from them)

movieeddie · 10-21-2021, 02:47 PM

John.They pre-charge your card to make sure you have the credit and in a few days it goes back into the account.When they ship it out it gets fully charged and you get the movies a few days later.Best Buy does the same thing.

mar3o · 10-22-2021, 02:40 AM

Of course that's a stupid practice. Just because you have the funds when they do a pre-charge doesn't mean you'll have the funds available when they are ready to charge you and ship. And they can check if your account is legitimate with a simple $1 charge. I've always hated these full per-authorization charges. They're unnecessary. Especially when Best Buy does it over and over if the pre-order is a while away. Which is one of the many reasons I don't buy movies from Best Buy.

chas speed · 10-22-2021, 04:16 AM

Great movie, but I have never seen a great print on video, so I am going to wait for a review.

andantelise · 10-22-2021, 04:24 AM

I see shopping at Best Buy now as playing Russian Roulette. You might get your your item, you may not. You may receive your item damaged as hell, or not, etc...

Member-222782 · 10-22-2021, 07:53 PM

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Originally Posted by chas speed

Great movie, but I have never seen a great print on video, so I am going to wait for a review.

You're correct - Body Snatchers '78 has never had a really good release on home video. The last remaster was quite good but that underlying 70's grittiness is still present. Some might say the remaster accurately recreates the "original aesthetic" inherent to the original photography- I suppose that's true but it's still a dirty-looking film. We'll see how the Kino release fares; I'm not expecting a huge upgrade tbh.

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Originally Posted by andantelise

I see shopping at Best Buy now as playing Russian Roulette. You might get your your item, you may not. You may receive your item damaged as hell, or not, etc...

I've had to cancel a handful of Best Buy preorders in the last few months due to their inability to fulfill but I've always been able to buy the same title elsewhere before I've cancelled. It's just the way things are these days.

DaylightsEnd · 10-25-2021, 01:07 AM

Dear Kino, I have your new Misery 4k uhd (wow great job A-) and your new Silence of the Lambs 4k uhd (wow what a shame C+).

PLEASE do not release a Body Snatchers 4k uhd product next month with two blatantly different color spaces, and a rubbish downmixed audio track. We'll notice. This would also be a capital sin to commit such atrocities against Body Snatchers 1978. Thank you.

Geoff D · 10-25-2021, 01:18 AM

I'd say whatever has/hasn't been done to Body Snatchers '78 for their UHD is now set in stone, it's prolly at the replicators already. And it's not like Kino have some diabolical track record with UHD all of a sudden, we even got the actual OG Aussie mono on Mad Max and not the US foley and effects with Aussie dialogue mono mix that's been masquerading as the OG mono for years.

With SOTL Kino inherited a HDR master that no-one knew had anything wrong with it for like three years (or however long it's been on streaming/digital) so Kino were none the wiser, and although I'll concede that the 2.0 audio being a downmix is an unfortunate turn of events we can only hope that they pay more attention to what MGM gives them in future. Of all the majors who license stuff out it often seems to be MGM's movies that are missing something or have a general **** up somewhere and I don't think that's a coincidence.

PowellPressburger · 10-25-2021, 02:03 AM

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Originally Posted by DaylightsEnd

Dear Kino, I have your new Misery 4k uhd (wow great job A-) and your new Silence of the Lambs 4k uhd (wow what a shame C+).

PLEASE do not release a Body Snatchers 4k uhd product next month with two blatantly different color spaces, and a rubbish downmixed audio track. We'll notice. This would also be a capital sin to commit such atrocities against Body Snatchers 1978. Thank you.

which were down mixes?

09-18-2021, 11:42 PM	#141
dylrichard02 Blu-ray Ninja Top contributor Member since:Feb 2019 Location:In the mouth of madness 4K collection:593 Blu-ray collection:2207 DVD collection:271 MA collection:9 Digital collection:10 Blu-ray reviews: 6 Trading Score:1	Pre-ordered from Bull Moose! I was back and forth between there and directly from Kino, but needed to exceed the shipping threshold and decided to order this from them! Can't wait to see this in 4K!

09-19-2021, 11:01 PM	#142
teddyballgame Special Member Top contributor Member since:Sep 2019 Location:United States 4K collection:439 Blu-ray collection:443	Went with deepdiscount. Using code 52UM9H5Z5 saves $5

09-20-2021, 12:43 AM	#143
1924 Blu-ray Guru Member since:Apr 2014	remember thinking this was more cheesy than scary but I will give it a rewatch

09-20-2021, 01:57 AM	#145
dcx4610 Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Jun 2012 4K collection:653 Blu-ray collection:1257 DVD collection:7 Trading Score:21	Definitely not cheesy at all. What I appreciate the most about the movie is the deadly serious tone. Sutherland's acting is a little hammy at times but that's about it. It's probably not "Scary" per se but I find it disturbing and haunting.

09-20-2021, 02:25 AM	#146
Kyle15 Blu-ray Duke Top contributor Member since:Jan 2011 Location:Alabama 4K collection:153 Blu-ray collection:395 DVD collection:8 Trading Score:5	There's a slight darkly humorous bent to some of it and that might be what he's reading as "cheesy" Unfortunately some people detect this but then they internalize it as cheese. lmao

09-20-2021, 02:44 AM	#147
cheez avenger Blu-ray Champion Member since:Dec 2009 4K collection:807 Blu-ray collection:1586 Trading Score:9	The "cheesiness" is due to the popularization of the Sutherland meme, which is technically a spoiler, so folks should not flip through those meme/gifs before they see the film.

09-20-2021, 04:46 PM	#148
Luke Dodge748 Blu-ray Guru Member since:Sep 2018 Location:Baltimore 4K collection:250 Blu-ray collection:1997 DVD collection:1115 Digital collection:1 Trading Score:4	This film is fantastic! Disturbing and Haunting is fairly accurate. It eerily resembles what's going on today, albeit more on social media. But this film is so much better than I ever thought it would be. It's one of my favorite Scream Factory releases, and because I enjoy it so much I'll probably upgrade to the KL 4K. Other than being from an era just before I was born, I can't call this cheesy at all. Perhaps the wardrobe...?

09-22-2021, 12:56 PM	#149
Zimmy Special Member Member since:Sep 2009 Trading Score:2	I had the pleasure of seeing this in the theater at a young age. Back in the days when endings weren't spoiled. What an ending.

10-21-2021, 01:08 PM	#151
DraculaHasRisen Senior Member Member since:Oct 2021	What do we think the chances of this now being delayed are? I'd love to pre-order from Kino, but not if it's just going to be held up like everything else, now.

10-21-2021, 01:51 PM	#152
JohnV2016 Active Member Member since:Jan 2017 Location:Mississauga, Ontario 4K collection:186 Blu-ray collection:373	So I pre-ordered this and Hard Target from Kino a few weeks ago. I got charged immediately, and then refunded a few weeks later. Does that mean my order got canceled? (First time ordering from them)

10-21-2021, 02:47 PM	#153
movieeddie Active Member Member since:Feb 2007	John.They pre-charge your card to make sure you have the credit and in a few days it goes back into the account.When they ship it out it gets fully charged and you get the movies a few days later.Best Buy does the same thing.

10-22-2021, 02:40 AM	#154
mar3o Banned Member since:Dec 2011 Blu-ray reviews: 1 Trading Score:2	Of course that's a stupid practice. Just because you have the funds when they do a pre-charge doesn't mean you'll have the funds available when they are ready to charge you and ship. And they can check if your account is legitimate with a simple $1 charge. I've always hated these full per-authorization charges. They're unnecessary. Especially when Best Buy does it over and over if the pre-order is a while away. Which is one of the many reasons I don't buy movies from Best Buy.

10-22-2021, 04:16 AM	#155
chas speed Power Member Member since:Feb 2016	Great movie, but I have never seen a great print on video, so I am going to wait for a review.

10-22-2021, 04:24 AM	#156
andantelise Blu-ray Guru Top contributor Member since:Jul 2012 Location:Weirwood Network 4K collection:315 Blu-ray collection:2001 DVD collection:61 Blu-ray reviews: 2 Trading Score:143	I see shopping at Best Buy now as playing Russian Roulette. You might get your your item, you may not. You may receive your item damaged as hell, or not, etc...

10-25-2021, 01:07 AM	#158
DaylightsEnd Blu-ray Knight Member since:May 2019 Blu-ray collection:1 Blu-ray reviews:1	Dear Kino, I have your new Misery 4k uhd (wow great job A-) and your new Silence of the Lambs 4k uhd (wow what a shame C+). PLEASE do not release a Body Snatchers 4k uhd product next month with two blatantly different color spaces, and a rubbish downmixed audio track. We'll notice. This would also be a capital sin to commit such atrocities against Body Snatchers 1978. Thank you.

10-25-2021, 01:18 AM	#159
Geoff D Blu-ray Emperor Top contributor Member since:Feb 2009 Location:Swanage, Engerland 4K collection:1348 Blu-ray collection:2525 Blu-ray reviews: 6 Trading Score:33	I'd say whatever has/hasn't been done to Body Snatchers '78 for their UHD is now set in stone, it's prolly at the replicators already. And it's not like Kino have some diabolical track record with UHD all of a sudden, we even got the actual OG Aussie mono on Mad Max and not the US foley and effects with Aussie dialogue mono mix that's been masquerading as the OG mono for years. With SOTL Kino inherited a HDR master that no-one knew had anything wrong with it for like three years (or however long it's been on streaming/digital) so Kino were none the wiser, and although I'll concede that the 2.0 audio being a downmix is an unfortunate turn of events we can only hope that they pay more attention to what MGM gives them in future. Of all the majors who license stuff out it often seems to be MGM's movies that are missing something or have a general **** up somewhere and I don't think that's a coincidence.

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