Quote from: BlueMarsalis79 on Apr 01, 2024, 08:18:14 PMI could never watch one of the DVDs again honestly. Maybe to pine over the menus, but that's all really, I'm interested in Blu-ray and above.
Yeah, I honestly would prefer high resolution over some of the SD transfers, however I'm completely anal about colour grading 😅 (not just for Alien movies, in general). It pains me when you get a beautiful 4k transfer of a movie... and then you see the revised colour that looks nothing remotely like the movie you love, and honestly, it can completely put me off. 😅 Aliens on blu-ray was bittersweet; on one hand it was the best the movie has ever looked visually, with a nice layer of grain retained... but my god, what is Cameron's current boner with turquoise /teal?? 🤮 Like, show me on the doll where the pinks, purples and deep blues hurt you, Jim! Worst part was, they didn't just apply a filter or do a standard regrade that enthusiasts could easily correct.. no, they completely recoloured individual elements in frames... so even if you attempt to put it back to how it was, something is always the wrong colour in the shot without stupid amounts of time, effort and work to fix it (I've seen some valiant attempts mind you, but they just aren't right) I just don't get it 😅 he did the same shit with Terminator 2.
Ridley isn't as bad for it, though Alien is slowly getting more blue introduced; from the DTheatre release to the blu-ray (which used the same HD master) greys became blue, the derelict interior was recoloured, the Jockey recoloured... they dialed it back a bit with the 4KUHd thankfully, but then they recoloured the pink lense flares from the flashlights (that movies like Alien and John Carpenter's 'The Thing' always had; hell, even Alien Isolation perfectly emulated it) and instead made everything blue.. 😅 it's a lovely 4k transfer, and I admit, still my go to for ease of use (especially when streaming) but I wish they'd just leave them alone. Alien 3 on blu-ray is nice, but it's too desaturated, and looks flat/no depth. Prior to getting a 35mm scan, I attempted a mock 'virtual' 35mm trial by creating a duplicated layer of the blu-ray image in monochrome and overlapping it (to emulate silver retention) and the shadows gained really made a difference in faces to creating depth (obviously it would have required a complete overhaul of colour) but I dunno...I guess it probably bothers me more than majority of folk 😅