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The Arrow Blu-ray was already a noticeable upgrade over the 2012 MGM version, so there's definitely room to grow from there without even making the leap to 4K. And a good HDR grade in 4K could really make Killer Klowns sing. My copy is on the way, and I can't wait.

I brought that issue up when I wrote about Rio Bravo, and the way that Kirgo responded shows that it's still an open wound for her. And she's a big Hawks admirer, too, but Wayne's treatment of Carl Foreman and High Noon really rankles her to this day.

Hold that thought. Yes, the Blu-ray is based on the new 4K master, but there may be some issues with it compared to the UHD. He's working hard on the full review, so it should be up soon.

There's no review up yet. Those were just his preliminary thoughts that he posted on social media.

It's pretty safe to assume that SDR on UHD is always going to be Rec. 709, but there are exceptions. All the Toho Godzilla UHDs are BT.2020. Depending on your display settings, you may have to manually switch to BT.2020 in order to prevent everything from looking desaturated. But with the...

It's true that metadata doesn't necessarily prove anything, especially since it's sometimes just plain wrong, but clipping in the highlights doesn't necessarily prove anything either. Plenty of UHDs (especially early ones) have clipping because they were mastered poorly. It's been a learning...

Also, it's not a government standard, so the word "legal" doesn't really apply.

Absolutely not. It's just one of the capabilities of the format. You have 4K with HDR, 4K with SDR Rec. 709, and even a few 4K with SDR BT.2020.

I watched it this weekend, and I have no major complaints. I didn't notice any of the macroblocking that reviewer complained about, at least on my display, but I'll go back and check it out. My only question mark is the lack of an HDR grade. Normally, I'd say that this isn't the kind of film...

Hey, I thought that we agreed not to talk about George Lucas anymore in these threads!

Can't wait until mine ships! I know that you have reservations about HDR, but if any films could benefit from the improved contrast of HDR, it's this one and Proyas' Dark City.

No. They're. Not. That's the biggest misrepresentation that keeps coming up over and over again, and it's starting to get really irritating. Those who are on the side that these new reimaginings look good are nearly universally agreed that they wish that they'd been mastered differently. Pretty...

Like I said, ASC tends to gloss over the DI stage, especially when things were shot on film. I did just scroll through the credits on it, and there was definitely some digital compositing done, which would have been rendered at 2K along with the rest of the DI. Small VFX crew, though; less than...

I do have a subscription. I'll take a look when I get a chance. They tend to focus the most on the cameras, lenses, and/or stocks, but don't always drill too deeply into the DI process. We'll see.

It's important to remember that ShotOnWhat is user-generated content, no different than iMDB. Could be accurate, and I have used information from them in the past, but there's a lot of stuff on that site that I haven't been able to verify through any other source (save perhaps for iMDB, but...