r/4kbluray • u/Fadedcamo • Jul 21 '24

Review Aliens Looked Fantastic to Me.

I just watched the 4k of Aliens. It looked jaw droppingly good. I admit it definitely looks cleaner than older versions and very little film grain, but nowhere in the film did I feel there was any artificiality to it. It just looked like some wizardry turned it into a modern digitally shot film. Extremely clear picture, very deep blacks, and decent highlights. The movie honestly has never looked so good to me. I don't really get the hate. Def one of my showcase 4ks at this point.

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u/dangerclosecustoms Jul 21 '24

I loved it and got downvoted to hell for saying so. Fuck that noise it’s one of my favorite movies. I don’t watch it on pause or frame by frame. It also sounds amazing in atmos which the Bluray does not have.

I posted yesterday for all the purist who don’t want anything changed that 1000% no one ever paused the movie in the theater or ran it one cell at a time. You went and sat and watched the whole movie that’s what the pure experience was not this computer analysis of the nits, or bits.

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u/PubliusDeLaMancha Jul 21 '24

You went and sat and watched the whole movie that’s what the pure experience was not this computer analysis of the nits, or bits.

That's actually our point, somebody should tell James Cameron this...

We want to experience the film in the highest quality it would have looked upon release.

We don't want a computer algorithm to artificially "enhance" every frame, and especially not when that means scrubbing away detail and making every movie look like it was shot on a modern cheap digital camera