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Mic Rodgers

Mic Rodgers

5 films on Best Blurays3 in 4K2 in HD

Mic Rodgers photo

Mic's Experience: 40 years SAG Stunt Work, 30 years DGA 2nd Unit Dir; Mel Gibson's personal stunt double (1984-nov 1997). Awards & Achievements: Academy Of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences Award For Technical Achievement World Taurus Stunt Awards- Best 2Nd Unit Dir/Stunt Coord - "The Fast And The Furious" World Taurus Stunt Awards- Best 2Nd Unit Dir/Stunt Coord - "Fast And Furious 4"

Biography from TMDB

The Lord of the Rings (1978)

Small role · Director: Ralph Bakshi

Best English-Friendly & Video:

2010 Warner Bros Blu-ray

Best Audio:

HBO VHS Tape

Additional Info:

2025 reprint is the exact same master as the 2010 disc

Rambo III (1988)

Small role · Director: Peter MacDonald

Video format: UHD Blu-ray

4K · Solid
Upcoming Release:

A new Lionsgate 4K Blu-ray with DV upcoming including with the rest of the films.

Best Video:

Eagle Pictures Italy

Video Notes:

> StudioCanal UK, better compression than StudioCanal but no forced subs on non-English dialogue

2.8

Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)

Small role · Director: James Cameron

4K · Worse Than BD
Best English-Friendly & Video:

2015 Lionsgate Blu-ray 

Sources: fanrestore.com (opens in a new tab) · originaltrilogy.com (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

  • 2015 Lionsgate Blu-ray (but it's missing the extra scenes in the Ultimate Edition)

  • 2017 StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray and subsequent 4K Blu-rays are notorius for being heavily denoised and smoothened. Alternatively, 35mm scans for the theatrical cut is also available.

  • For the Ultimate Edition with the T-1000 searching John's room and the happy future ending, the 2009 Skynet Blu-ray, which is the older pre-2017 transfer, but has DNR.

Best Audio:

  • Original Kodak/ORC CDS mix:  Japan Pioneer DVD in DTS/ac3 5.1

  • Original Dolby Stereo SR: USA Widescreen LaserDisc and others.

Audio Notes:

Differences of mixes on various releases: see thread and more info here.

Additional Info:

2017 Blu-ray (which has the DNRed transfer), the 2009 Skynet Edition Blu-ray, and the 2000 Ultimate Edition DVD have exclusive extras. The 2003 Extreme Edition DVD has some exclusive easter eggs.

4.3

Lethal Weapon (1987)

Small role · Director: Richard Donner

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly, Video & Audio:

WB 4K Blu-ray

Sources: slow.pics (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

WB 4K Blu-ray see comparison https://slow.pics/c/e4V4RORi

Audio Notes:

WB 4K Blu-ray has original stereo and sounds better than US LaserDisc and about the same as earlier Japan LaserDisc.
WB 4K Blu-ray Atmos has worse fidelity than the stereo as expected.

Additional Info:

4K Blu-ray is missing featurettes from the old Blu-ray

3.7

Deep Impact (1998)

Small role · Director: Mimi Leder

4K · Good in DV Only
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Paramount 4K Blu-ray

3.0

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