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I wasn't referring to you with that statement. The individual who did the berating knows he did it. And because now Ronald says he agrees with what I found, I can't point out that I find it refreshing that someone else did?

I'm the same way with a lot of titles, Ron -- I just don't think they're worth the initial asking price. That's why I'm holding off on picking up Equalizer 3 and Exorcist: Believer. THANK you for noting this -- indeed, it was far from jaw-dropping, and I felt like they could have done a little...

Ahhhhhh....

Wait....I must have missed something.... There is a missing Theatrical Cut somewhere? Was it on the DISC? Because my version definitely has both.

Fair enough, and probably accurate.

Interestingly enough, I have issues with more than a few sequences in The Exorcist, which you brought up, yet that boasted (as you point out) an enhanced budget... I still think something should have been done to polish up some of these sequences in ETD; I mean, it's like you're watching a...

I'll give you an improvement of the color palette (though that golf sequence still comes off as DVD-esque to me, even in the colors), but there should have been some kind of restoration given to a few areas here. I already mentioned the golf sequence, obviously, but the part where Williams...

Oh, so it goes back that far....wow. Indeed, there's something off there; I have to watch it again just to see exactly what point I noticed the snafu. Are you referring to the "Wanna bet" line when he asks that of the Freddy henchman or when he asks his secretary at the end of the scene (before...

Yeah, I get it. My point is that certain parts of these films should have been given some restoration efforts, being that they look utterly atricious at certain moments. I can pick out a handful in ETD and more than a few in The Exorcist, just as latest Warner examples (in terms of what...

Indeed; it was an area that could have done with some cleaning up -- and I saw the awkward cut you're referring to after he kicks one of Freddy's goons. There was always an odd splice jump there, dating back to the 25th Anniversary DVD release.

Oh, and just as an aside, there is NO noise reduction being applied when viewing 4K/HDR content, whether on my display or disc player, so that isn't a factor in terms of what I was seeing on the ETD disc.

It could very well have been that they were original photography issues -- was just pointing out what I had noticed when first viewing it. May not have been a transfer issue at all; I used "transfer" in my analysis in a casual sense, as I was referring to what I saw on the disc.

I see.

Am I seeing that chart right on the Caps a Holic site? The average nit level on the US ETD release is 100?

The Criterion was a Blu-ray, was it not?

You haven't seen the UHD you said, right?

I have not because I don't do anything other than physical, but would that version bring an improvement to the things I was talking about in my post? Does the DV make that big a difference in terms of the PQ? My issue wasn't with the colors or HDR presentation but more that the film could have...

Just my personal thoughts on the transfer and audio quality... Honestly expected a little better on this one in terms of video -- the audio, on the other hand, was a night-and-day difference compared to the lossy Dolby Digital remix on the 25th Anniversary DVD this replaces for me. This...

Thanks. Just confirming what that statement in the review meant. Hopefully this will look better than the 25th Anniversary transfer.

Good to know; thanks Tino.

Also -- does anyone know if the introduction by Linda Lee Cadwell (which played by default on the 25th Anniversary DVD) is included on the "extended" cut here, or was this removed?

Waiting for my copy to arrive; bought the slipcase variant via Best Buy. Are both cuts of the film on the same disc? Was a bit confused about that based on what was mentioned above; Warner didn't give both cuts individual discs as they did with the digibook Blu-ray release of The Exorcist and...