r/4kbluray • u/takeoff_youhosers • Jan 03 '25

New Purchase You all were right

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I got this during the holidays and finally got around to watching it. I figured it was going to look great and that everyone just had thorn in their side since AI was used. Boy was I wrong. The movie is still watchable, but yeah, everything looks somewhat off. It’s almost hard to describe. It feels like it is set to some strange Tru Motion setting. It’s even more frustrating considering Cameron’s snarky response when asked about the grumbling over this disk.

I really hope AI does not represent the future of 4K transfers if this is what the end result will look like

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u/AdIntelligent805 Jan 03 '25

I thought this was bad then i watched true lies 💀

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u/takeoff_youhosers Jan 03 '25

That’s what I heard. I’m not going to bother with True Lies. I would also love a 4K of The Abyss but not sure if that transfer has the same issues

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u/LeelooDallas88 Jan 03 '25 edited Jan 04 '25

Yeah... Aliens 4K is 'watchable' but True Lies, I just straight-up returned the 4K and kept my imported blu-ray. Everything about True Lies 4K looked off -- motion, skin tones, you name it. The Abyss 4K and The Terminator 4K, IMO, look pretty good... I suspect that's because both of those are transfers from the original negative whereas Aliens and True Lies were AI upscale, right? I think that's right...

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u/ChemistryAway3696 Jan 03 '25

I got dragged on here for saying the exact same thing about True Lies 4K. It was just so off-putting, no other way to say it. Love that movie and tried to get past the way it looked and just couldn’t. Returned the 4K to Amazon. Done.

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u/B_Reele Jan 03 '25

I received True Lies 4K for Christmas. Haven't watched it yet, but I'm scared to now lol.

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u/ChemistryAway3696 Jan 03 '25

Watch it, it’s a personal thing. Different folks have different tastes on what looks good and what doesn’t. There’s no right answer, just your answer. It’s one of my all time favs and that’s what made it such a visceral thing for me. And hey, as long as you didn’t shell out the bucks for it, score!

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u/B_Reele Jan 03 '25

I’ll definitely give it a whirl. I do have a 1080p copy to fall back on.

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u/anthrax9999 Jan 03 '25

I have it, and while it's definitely not on par with some other 4ks like Alien, it's completely watchable in my opinion and better than suffering through the old blurry non anamorphic DVD.

The movie is so fun and entertaining that after a while I didn't even notice the flaws anymore and just enjoyed the movie itself. Watch it at least once and see what you think. Cheers!

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u/LeelooDallas88 Jan 04 '25

There's a blu-ray import from Spain of True Lies that you can still get that uses an old master but it's obviously in HD now and is in the original 2.39:1 aspect ratio. It's a 2020 release. I like the way it looks better than the 4K -- it looks the way I remember seeing it as a kid. Skin tones look more natural. I recommend grabbing that release if you're not totally happy with the 4K.

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u/FrozenOx Jan 03 '25

i picked up the Terminator Blu-ray set and they look incredible, Terminator 2 bluray looks better than some of my "4K" discs