Nicholas Meyer Confirms Upcoming 4K UHD Release Plans for STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KHAN
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Well, it is official.....
Note that an update states that this is an entirely new scan than the '09 release.
Amazon USA pre-order should be up within 48 hours.
http://trekcore.com/blog/2016/04/re...irst-preorders-for-new-edition-now-available/
Note that an update states that this is an entirely new scan than the '09 release.
Amazon USA pre-order should be up within 48 hours.
http://trekcore.com/blog/2016/04/re...irst-preorders-for-new-edition-now-available/
This new set looks like it was well organized too. You will note that many of the in-movie material is specific to a certain cut. That means you'll get the uncut solo commentary by Nicholas Meyer that was unavailable on the original BluRay. And the text commentaries are back too! You'd think that a subtitle track that you could simply copy and past the details would have been easy on the previous BluRay sets.
Now here's hoping they give it an awesome menu.
Now here's hoping they give it an awesome menu.
The text commentary was specific to the Director's Cut, so would have had to have been totally re-timed to fit the blu-ray. Mind you, knowing the Okudas, it's probably a brand new one for this release.
It lists two solo Meyer commentaries, one for each version. The Director's Cut is presumably the same one from the 2002 DVD, but is the one for the theatrical new?
No, the Meyer solo com is the same one made for the DE in 2002. They edited it in 2009 to fit the theatrical.
So the viewer can hear Meyer's solo on either version they choose and his shared com on the theatrical.
What is?
The fact the same commentary is on both versions?
I will never watch the theatrical and so I am glad that the commentary is on the DC that he recorded for the DC.
Other folks will prefer the Theatrical and they will get to hear it as well.
I think they were trying to be complete in detail. Letting people know the solo com was on both versions.
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Just seems unnecessary to include the truncated commentary on the theatrical, as well as the full version on the DE, when there is also a commentary specifically recorded for the theatrical as well. Still, I can't complain if people want it. Just feels redundant to me.
I doubt they filmed the DVD interview in HD back in 2002 sadly.
That cover art.
That Dolby TrueHD 7.1 audio.
That new 4K scan picture quality.
That all-new 30-minute documentary covering the development and production of The Wrath of Khan.
That Dolby TrueHD 7.1 audio.
That new 4K scan picture quality.
That all-new 30-minute documentary covering the development and production of The Wrath of Khan.
I wish they had used the original artwork ... the one used for the very first DVD.
If't that horrible blue tint is still there, I'll stick to my iTunes version of the DC.
That was the grading rather than the scan, wasn't it? Quite a few films get appallingly graded by these restoration companies - I remember On Her Majesty's Secret Service was rendered a dull blue mess on one of the DVD "remasters". They suck all the colour out to give it what they think is a more "modern" desaturated look, which completely ruins the original look of the film. See also the awful Star Wars blu-rays.
But the blue actually makes more sense as that seemed to be the primary color of the light coming from the Mutara Nebula.
After buying the DC on DVD and original remastered version on BR, I am not about to go to 4K any time soon. And if I ever do, it will only be if they also have fixed the voiceover audio track from the BR. They spent all the money to remaster the visuals, and largely did a decent job, and the FX audio track is fine, but the voiceover sound quality of TWOK BR is horrible.
