The Batman Begins UHD is honestly just an insult. They clearly grabbed the old master that had been used for HD-DVD (remember that?), and applied all sorts of filters and DNR. The result? Garbage. Sometimes it's amazing how little WB and Nolan himself care for some of their movies.
And this is an aside, but I really loathe the generic DVD menus WB uses for everything. Really cheapens the package of some movies.
The Matrix's in particular is just an aesthetic crime.
lol that's the cover art as well
That's right, although some people like it I guess! Only applies to the original Matrix movie. The rest look as intended.
The Batman Begins UHD is honestly just an insult. They clearly grabbed the old master that had been used for HD-DVD (remember that?), and applied all sorts of filters and DNR. The result? Garbage. Sometimes it's amazing how little WB and Nolan himself care for some of their movies.
And this is an aside, but I really loathe the generic DVD menus WB uses for everything. Really cheapens the package of some movies.
The Matrix's in particular is just an aesthetic crime.
it's still there, just isn't as image ruining as before
Another example of remastered blu-ray versus UHD
http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison.php?id=114106
The regular blu-ray bundled with the UHD is surely a fuckup on WB's part.
More UHD screens:
Batman Begins on itunes looks hilariously trash.
The UHD doesn't look great either tbh.
Yes under the slipcover
yes anything that was upgraded by MA to HD from SD is what the services call a "second license", and with Apple's 4K upgrade agreement with studios, "Second licenses" aren't entitled to 4K upgrades. :( It stinks but really it's understandable (i.e. that original SD redemptions aren't given free upgrades all the way to 4K HDR)
It is less green now, but this is how that shot looks on the UHD disc: http://www.screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/114216New:
Old:
So anyone that couldn't stand the green tint (like me), can now watch this movie in a decent fashion. The UHD also comes with a regular blu-ray that has the remastered picture, thankfully.
You don't have to worry about the highlight detail being missing from the UHD discAll that lost detail
I still think that new color grading on the UHD disc looks terrible when converted to SDR color (BT.709) like those shots. (I posted a fullscreen comparison of that shot yesterday, adjusted for framing differences)Nice.
Those old BDs are so bad.
The Matrix Trilogy 4K UHD release, along with the 4K UHD releases of The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions, are from a new scan of the original camera negative and is the first remaster of the films in nearly 15 years. The 4K UHD remasters were supervised by director of photography Bill Pope (The Matrix Trilogy, Spider-Man 2, Spider-Man 3, Baby Driver).
This is such a cool scene. I've always loved the little detail of the light swinging.jett reminded me of my favorite bit from this movie
I'm pretty happy with this. Looks like I'll be getting the trilogy on UHD.
The remasterd blu-ray is borked unfortunately, which is where blu-ray.com sourced that picture (and I think they actually made it worse than it actually is).
The remasterd blu-ray is borked unfortunately, which is where blu-ray.com sourced that picture (and I think they actually made it worse than it actually is).
The colors on the UHD disc are much better.
It's glorious and in no way is the original BD release better.
The new transfer is a big improvement over the old one as far as image quality is concerned, but I really dislike the new color grading.
Only if you like large portions of the film to have a cyan/magenta tint.The remasterd blu-ray is borked unfortunately, which is where blu-ray.com sourced that picture (and I think they actually made it worse than it actually is).
The colors on the UHD disc are much better.
It's glorious and in no way is the original BD release better.
