Recent content by Alan Tully

Yes, I get the impression that most people who dislike it are big musical fans, I generally don’t like musicals. There’s no big dance numbers, & only one big showstopper song, Mariah, & Harve Presnell only gets this one song, even though he’s the only one in the cast who can really sing (what a...

I viewed the 4K last night, & thought it looked stonking! Paramount really did a bang-up with this one, I doubt if it looked this good at the premier.

If only the film was as good as that poster!

I'd think separate releases would be a certainty for 4K. Only 1&2 for me too, but I do think the Blu-rays look damn good (such a great four film set, with excellent extras).

Ah, thanks for the info. I'd love to see an extra on the forthcoming disc (I'm assuming there will be a forthcoming disc) on how the restoration was done, but there probably won't be.

Yup, a lot of people have posted in various sites over the years that they thought the Blu-ray looked great. It just looked off to me, the lack of grayscale & those odd flesh-tones - is it true that is was made by combining the b/w separation dupes? Anyway, I'm glad that Warner had a second go...

Well it read like a review to me, anyway corrected. He does state that the included Blu-ray is from the new transfer, & that was the point of my post.

Bill Hunt over at The Digital Bits states that the included Blu-ray is from the new 4K "Note that the new one included in this package is based on the 4K remaster—it’s not the same disc as before.".

Ha, I think I only saw it once on TV decades ago, but yes, I'd buy it.

Yep, I think we're fine with CDs. They do so much less than video discs, 80 minutes of stereo music & that's it, they probably have a huge margin for error (& 4K discs do so much! I do worry about their long term viability). I still have a number of CDs that I bought in 1984, they play fine &...

Ten colourful titles I'd really like (maybe just two this year?): Northwest Passage (1940) Scaramouche (1952) The Master Of Ballantrae (1953)-Flynn looking a bit worse for wear, but he still has that twinkle Knight's Of The Round Table (1953) Phantom Of The Ru Morgue (1954)- I'm happy with 2D...

Yup, I agree with the others, I'm a film fan, not a tech head. Some of those early releases will get a rerelease, new transfer, maybe 4K, but most of them won't. It's a dying format*, if a favourite film is available (from anywhere), buy it. :) *"The overall video disc market is declining by...

As I understand it both Fall & El CID were transferred from new low-contrast prints (some years ago now), & that’s just not good enough for Blu-ray. I’m thinking that any Blu-ray that pops up in any country has come from the same source, that old transfer.

I thought the old HD of this looked very nice with those thick rich colours (oil paint, certainly not watercolour or crayon). I’ll be interested in just how much better this looks.

Yeah, take no notice of me. I’m just venting my own personal frustrations over releases of films I’ve never heard of (ditto TV series) in a dying market, & thinking of all the films & better known TV series that will never get a release before it all ends. I know I’m in the minority here.