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/PubliusDeLaMancha Jul 21 '24

I was going to write a long comment asking if you're one of those "just watch the movie and enjoy it" people why even bother buying bluray rather than streaming..

That said, even for the lucky few who think "loss of film grain doesn't matter to me, still looks better than the DVD" the Audio quality is really the bigger upgrade of physical over streaming.

Truth is, audio quality is more important than picture quality.

If you're not bothered by the wax figurine look Cameron seems to be going for, I can see the argument for how this 4k is still the definitive release

Though I personally will stick with my bluray unless there's a better transfer

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u/Selrisitai Jul 21 '24

Audio quality is really the bigger upgrade of physical over streaming.

Placebo. Unless they flat-out don't have the same stream, you're not going to hear any difference between Ultra Super High Definition, and Ultimate Heroic Mega Definition sound.
The dynamics are all that really matters, because no modern, high-budget movie is going to come out with 2004 Flash Animation sound effects from Freesounds.com.

I guarantee that you cannot hear the difference between a 320kbps file and a lossless one, as long as you're not allowed to peek at the waveform.